Comparison

Insomnia vs Swagger UI

On the evidence we track, Swagger UI leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Insomnia full profile →Swagger UI full profile →

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Insomnia63

★Swagger UI69

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Insomnia	Swagger UILeader
vioscaleAI score	63 / 100high · 75%	69 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.8	7.3
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=insomnia-importers&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=swagger-ui-dist&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	91	60,531
Github starsadoption.github_stars	40,046	29,027
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	129,984
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	900	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	53	26
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU, AU · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Insomnia63 / 100high · 75%

Swagger UI69 / 100medium · 68%

Pricing

Free tier

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Model

Insomniafreemium

Swagger UIcommercial

Price level

Insomnialow

Swagger UIfree

Transparent

Insomnia✗

Swagger UI✓

Integrations

Count

Insomnia2

Swagger UI3

Security

Certifications

InsomniaSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018

Swagger UI–

Fedramp

Insomnia–

Swagger UI✓

Gdpr

Insomnia–

Swagger UI✓

Hipaa

Insomnia–

Swagger UI✓

Iso27001

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI–

Scorecard

Insomnia8.8

Swagger UI7.3

Soc2

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Vulnerabilities

InsomniaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=insomnia-importers&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Swagger UICount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=swagger-ui-dist&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Reliability

Status page

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Insomnia91

Swagger UI60,531

Github stars

Insomnia40,046

Swagger UI29,027

Package downloads weekly

Insomnia–

Swagger UI129,984

Stackoverflow questions

Insomnia900

Swagger UI–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Insomnia53

Swagger UI26

Release

Cadence days

Insomnia6

Swagger UI11

History

Insomnia20 items

Swagger UI20 items

License

Spdx

InsomniaApache-2.0

Swagger UIApache-2.0

Language

Primary

InsomniaTypeScript

Swagger UIJavaScript

Market

Availability

InsomniaAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Swagger UIAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU, AU · HQ US

Content

Faq

Insomnia8 items

Swagger UI8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api development tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for API Development Tools
Capability	Insomnia	Swagger UI
Core
REST client	✓	✓
GraphQL support	✓	-
gRPC support	✓	-
Design
Mock servers	✓	✓
Testing
Automated / contract testing	✓	✓
Collaboration
Team collaboration & sharing	✓	✓
Docs
Doc generation	✓	✓
Standards
OpenAPI / spec import	✓	✓
Ops
CI integration / CLI	✓	✓

Core

REST client

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

GraphQL support

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI-

gRPC support

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI-

Design

Mock servers

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Testing

Automated / contract testing

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Collaboration

Team collaboration & sharing

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Docs

Doc generation

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Standards

OpenAPI / spec import

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Ops

CI integration / CLI

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Insomnia

An open-source application for designing, testing, and managing APIs across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets and other HTTP protocols, with flexible local, cloud, and git-based storage options.

Independently observed

Swagger UI

Leader

A tool that automatically transforms OpenAPI specifications into visual, interactive documentation allowing developers to explore and test API operations directly without implementing the backend. Works across browsers and deployment environments as a set of reusable web components.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Insomnia

from $12/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

Free tier with unlimited projects and Git Sync. Pro from $12/user/mo. Enterprise from $45/user/mo with contact sales for 50+ users.

EssentialsFree
- Unlimited Git Sync projects for small teams
- Unlimited Cloud/Local projects
- Inso CLI access for CI/CD
- Unlimited collection runs
- Unlimited environments
- +4 more
Pro$12/user/mo (15% savings annually)
- Everything in Essentials
- Unlimited users
- Git Sync for all users
- Unlimited organizations
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- +1 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Pro
- Native Kong Konnect integration
- SSO (SAML/OIDC) and SCIM
- Mandate data storage location
- Domain capture and invite control
- +6 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Swagger UI

Leader

from €21.20/moSubscriptionFree tier

From €21.20/user/month. Free tier available. Yearly billing offers 20% discount. Contact sales for Enterprise Plus.

Individual€21.20/user/month (20% discount for annual billing)
- Catalog
- Studio (Codegen, editor, form-based editor, 5 domains)
- Portal (1 public product with SmartBear branding)
- Contract testing (10 contracts, 10 AI credits)
- Functional testing (50 test executions, test automation, CI/CD integration, assertions, reporting, sequential testing)
Team€32.34/user/month (20% discount for annual billing)
- Catalog
- Studio (Codegen, editor, form-based editor, 10 domains)
- Portal (2 public products with SmartBear branding)
- Contract testing (20 contracts, 10 AI credits per user, 1 System Account, 2 Webhooks)
- Functional testing (50 test executions, test automation, CI/CD integration, assertions, reporting, sequential testing)
Enterprise€54.68/user/month (20% discount for annual billing)
- Catalog
- Studio (Standardization, unlimited domains)
- Portal (5 public products with SmartBear branding)
- Contract testing (50 contracts, 10 AI credits per user, 1 System Account, 50 Webhooks, RBAC)
- Functional testing (100 test executions, test automation, CI/CD integration, assertions, reporting, sequential testing)
Enterprise PlusContact sales
- Catalog
- Studio (Standardization, unlimited domains, custom API templates)
- Portal (Unlimited public and private products with full customization)
- Contract testing (Unlimited contracts, 30 AI credits per user, Unlimited System Accounts, Unlimited Webhooks, RBAC)
- Functional testing (Unlimited test executions, test automation, CI/CD integration, assertions, reporting, sequential & parallel testing)

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Insomnia	Swagger UI
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Insomnia✗

Swagger UI✓

macOS

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✗

Windows

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✗

Linux

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✗

CLI

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✓

Self-hosted

Insomnia✓

Swagger UI✗

On-premise

Insomnia✗

Swagger UI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

GitHub

Insomnia

9 total - 8 not shared

Kong Konnect
Google
Microsoft
HashiCorp Vault
Azure Key Vault
AWS Secrets Manager
GCP Secret Manager
Spectral

Independently observed

Swagger UI

Leader

3 total - 2 not shared

GitLab
BitBucket

Independently observed

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