# Redocly vs Thunder Client

| Attribute | Redocly | Thunder Client |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.8 (76% (high)) | 68.6 (30% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 3 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2,769 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 25,888 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,522,119 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A suite of tools for generating API reference documentation from specifications, enabling collaborative API design, and maintaining an internal catalog of APIs with governance and discovery features. | A lightweight API testing client for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs that stores all data locally on developers' machines and enables team collaboration through Git-based synchronization without requiring context-switching to external tools. |
| features.capabilities | `{"api_docs":true,"mock_server":true,"collaboration":true,"ci_integration":true,"openapi_import":true}` | `{"rest_client":true,"grpc_support":true,"collaboration":true,"ci_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"IE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$10/seat/month","features":["Custom domain hosting","1 Project","100 Pages","OpenAPI/GraphQL/AsyncAPI/SOAP support","Mock servers"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Includes Redoc with custom domain hosting, 1 Project, 100 Pages","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"pages":"100","projects":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$24/seat/month","features":["Everything in Pro","500 Pages","SSO","Guest SSO","RBAC","Remote content","Typesense search","Analytics","MCP Servers"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":24,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything in Pro plus 500 Pages, SSO, RBAC, Remote content, AI search, Analytics","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"pages":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise+","summary":"Custom pricing, billed annually","features":["Everything in Enterprise","Data residency options","Sales-assistance","Procurement forms","Security questionnaires","Pay-by-invoice/PO process","Legal reviews","Single-tenant hosting options","Premium support and professional services"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Everything in Enterprise with custom deployment, procurement support, and premium services","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Revel","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Reef","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Realm (Redoc + Revel + Reef)","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":18,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Respect Monitoring","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $10/seat/month (Pro). 30-day free trial. Respect Monitoring from free (first 1,000 requests/month) with usage-based or commitment tiers.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://redocly.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T14:13:05.254Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["VS Code extension","Local storage"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$3/user/month billed annually","features":["VS Code & JetBrains extensions","Team features","CLI & CI/CD","WebSocket, SSE, gRPC","250 Collection Runs per user"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"collection_runs":"250/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$7/user/month billed annually","features":["VS Code & JetBrains extensions","Team features","CLI & CI/CD","WebSocket, SSE, gRPC","500 Collection Runs per user"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":7,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"collection_runs":"500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$16/user/month billed annually","features":["VS Code & JetBrains extensions","Team features","CLI & CI/CD","WebSocket, SSE, gRPC","Unlimited Collection Runs","Offline Activation","Enterprise SSO","Secrets Manager Integration (Azure & AWS)","License Management API","Audit Logs","Performance Testing"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"collection_runs":"Unlimited"}}],"summary":"From free to $16/user/month. 14-day free trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.thunderclient.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:32:19.922Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 43 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.5.3","date":"2026-05-29T10:40:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2025-09-26T20:58:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2025-04-14T15:29:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2025-02-07T12:43:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.3.0","date":"2025-01-16T12:20:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.2.0","date":"2024-10-16T10:33:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.5","date":"2024-06-10T13:33:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.4","date":"2024-04-25T16:52:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.3","date":"2023-10-25T09:01:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.2","date":"2023-09-11T10:45:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.1","date":"2023-08-17T21:14:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.1.0","date":"2023-08-17T14:10:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0","date":"2022-09-13T12:29:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.77","date":"2022-09-06T16:16:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.77"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.76","date":"2022-08-18T15:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.76"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.75","date":"2022-08-10T15:20:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.75"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.74","date":"2022-07-28T14:20:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.74"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.72","date":"2022-06-02T13:44:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.72"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.71","date":"2022-05-31T13:39:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.71"},{"url":"https://github.com/Redocly/redoc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.70","date":"2022-05-17T08:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc.70"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=redoc&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | - |

## Capabilities (API Development Tools)

| Capability | Redocly | Thunder Client |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:29:38.460Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*