Apidog is the only platform that covers the entire API lifecycle in a single tool. No more tab-switching, no more data drift between spec and implementation, no more paying for five subscriptions when one will do.
Up to 4 users with unlimited API calls, collection runs, and projects. Postman limits free plans to 1 user.
Your specs, requests, mocks, and tests stay in sync automatically. Change a schema and everything updates.
Debug MCP servers visually and publish AI-consumable API docs. The future of API development is here.
| Features | Postman | Insomnia | Bruno | Hoppscotch | Stoplight | Smartbear RapidAPI | Mintlify | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sending requests | ||||||||
| HTTP | ||||||||
| WebSocket | ||||||||
| SOAP | ||||||||
| GraphQL | ||||||||
| gRPC | ||||||||
| SSE | ||||||||
| API Designing | ||||||||
| Design APIs visually | ||||||||
| Import/export OAS | ||||||||
| Generate API spec from request | ||||||||
| Generate example automatically | ||||||||
| Branches | ||||||||
| API debugging | ||||||||
| Pre/Post-request Scripts | ||||||||
| Response validation | ||||||||
| Connect to databases | ||||||||
| Reference other programming languages | ||||||||
| API testing | ||||||||
| Visual orchestration (no code) | ||||||||
| Visual assertions | ||||||||
| CI/CD | ||||||||
| Run collections | Unlimited | 25/mo (Free) · Unlimited (Paid) | Unlimited | |||||
| Scheduled task | ||||||||
| Performance test | ||||||||
| Online test reports | ||||||||
| Self-hosted runner | ||||||||
| API Documentation | ||||||||
| Custom domain | ||||||||
| Custom documentation layout | ||||||||
| Markdown pages | ||||||||
| Versioning | ||||||||
| API Mock | ||||||||
| Fixed response mocking | ||||||||
| Smart mock engine | ||||||||
| Cloud mock server | ||||||||
| Customized mocking scripts | ||||||||
| Self-hosted mock server | ||||||||
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) | ||||||||
| MCP Server (expose API specs to AI) | ✓ (auto-generated) | |||||||
| MCP Client (debug/test MCP servers) | ||||||||
| Visual MCP debugging | ||||||||
| MCP transport: STDIO | ||||||||
| MCP transport: Streamable HTTP | ||||||||
| MCP OAuth 2.0 auto-config | ||||||||
| Generate MCP server from APIs | ✓ (AI Tool Builder) | ✓ (24 tools) | ||||||
| MCP-enabled published API docs | ||||||||
| Others | ||||||||
| IDE Plugin | IDEA | VS Code | VS Code | |||||
| Users on Free Plan | Up to 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Entry Price | $9/user/mo | $19/user/mo | $12/user/mo | $6/user/mo | $6/user/mo | $44/mo | $1,170/ license /year | $300/mo |
Apidog implements API Design-first, facilitating the effortless synchronization of API,specifications and modifications across the entire API lifecycle.
Practice API Design-first in Apidog
Discover an easier way to build and use APIs