Developer Tools Review
Insomnia
Deep Dive Analysis
Insomnia is an API client for designing, testing and debugging requests, with an interface less crowded than its main rival.
Target Audience
Developers who want to test APIs without a heavy platform.
The Final Verdict
"A lighter alternative to Postman. If your team already lives in Postman collections, switching costs more than it saves."
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What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.