Hoppscotch
by Hoppscotch · Open-source API client for building, testing and sharing requests
BenchRank score
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Overview
Hoppscotch is an open-source API development platform for creating, testing and sharing API requests. It runs on the web, on Mac, Windows and Linux, or from the command line, and supports HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT and Server-Sent Events. Teams share collections through workspaces with access-level roles, and the platform can be deployed on your own servers.
- Best for
- Developer teams wanting an open-source API client they can use on the cloud or self-host.
- Pricing
- Free plan at $0 forever, then the Organization plan at $6 per user/month billed annually; no monthly rate is shown.
- Runs on
- macOSSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free plan covers unlimited workspaces, collections and requests
- Apps for Mac, Windows, Linux, web and CLI, with cloud sync
- HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT and SSE in one client
- Self-hostable from GitHub; local-first storage, no tracking or ads
Trade-offs
- Admin dashboard and dedicated support need the paid Organization plan
- Free plan gets community support only
- Only the annual $6 rate is published; no monthly figure is shown
- Self-hosting means running and maintaining your own servers
How Hoppscotch markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Hoppscotch’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Make Better APIs”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Hoppscotch’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Hoppscotch pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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