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Insomnia vs REST Assured

Insomnia and REST Assured are both listed under APIs in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Insomnia vs REST Assured field by field

Insomnia, REST Assured compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Insomnia
REST Assured
CategoryAPIsAPIs
Pricing modelFreemiumOpen Source
Open sourceYesYes
GitHub stars40.1K7.1K
Key features
  • Beautiful and intuitive interface
  • REST and GraphQL support
  • Environment variables and templating
  • Code generation for multiple languages
  • Plugin system for extensibility
  • Team collaboration features
  • Request chaining and automation
  • Built-in authentication methods
  • Behavior-driven development style
  • Support for various authentication methods
  • JSON and XML path expressions
  • Request and response specifications
  • Integration with testing frameworks
  • Extensive matcher library
  • File upload and download support
  • Custom serialization and deserialization
Use cases
  • API development and testing
  • GraphQL query building
  • Team API collaboration
  • API documentation generation
  • Authentication testing
  • Environment-specific testing
  • API workflow automation
  • Client SDK generation
  • REST API automated testing
  • Integration testing
  • Behavior-driven development
  • Continuous integration testing
  • API contract testing
  • End-to-end testing
  • Microservices testing
  • Quality assurance automation
Integrations
  • Kong Gateway
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • VS Code
  • JUnit
  • TestNG
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • Jenkins
  • Spring Boot
Tags
  • api-client
  • rest
  • graphql
  • testing
  • cross-platform
  • java
  • testing
  • rest-api
  • bdd
  • automation
  • junit
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What each one is

Insomnia

Cross-platform REST client and API design tool

Insomnia is a powerful REST API client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux. It's designed to help developers build and test APIs efficiently with a clean, intuitive interface.

Full Insomnia listing

REST Assured

Java library for testing REST services with behavior-driven development

REST Assured is a Java library that provides a domain-specific language (DSL) for writing powerful, maintainable tests for REST services. It supports various authentication schemes, has excellent integration with existing Java-based testing frameworks, and simplifies testing of REST APIs.

Full REST Assured listing

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