Our take
Pick Hoppscotch if app teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (personal workspace, REST / GraphQL / realtime, no card) while they send a first Echo request, then buy Business at $6 per user / month billed annually when they need shared collections and mocks. Pick Scalar if aPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (3 APIs, 1 SDK ≤25 endpoints, 1 editor) during the 7-day Pro trial, then buy Pro at $150/month ($125 billed
API docs + client + SDK desk
Best for
Hoppscotch Requests you start at $0
Scalar Docs, SDKs, and MCP metered by API size and editor seats
Free plan
Hoppscotch $0 · forever. REST, GraphQL, and realtime. Personal workspace. Collections and environments. Pre-request scripts and tests. Collection runner. Code snippets. Community support
Scalar $0 · no card. 3 APIs. 1 SDK up to 25 endpoints. 1 editor seat. Hosted docs + Client + landing pages. 50 Agent credits. No hosted MCP. No Git Sync
Lowest paid
Hoppscotch Business $6/mo yearly
Scalar Pro $150/mo yearly
Next step up
Hoppscotch
Scalar Business $600/mo yearly
Coding agent
Hoppscotch
Scalar Hosted MCP servers
Runs where
Hoppscotch Local; you host it
Scalar
Watch out
Hoppscotch Free is a personal workspace
Scalar After the 7-day trial, publishing Docs is paid
Last checked
Hoppscotch 2026-10-22 · hoppscotch.com/pricing
Scalar 2026-10-22 · scalar.com/pricing
app teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (personal workspace, REST / GraphQL / realtime, no card) while they send a first Echo request, then buy Business at $6 per user / month billed annually when they need shared collections and mocks.
Read the Hoppscotch pageaPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (3 APIs, 1 SDK ≤25 endpoints, 1 editor) during the 7-day Pro trial, then buy Pro at $150/month ($125 billed yearly) when they need Git Sync, hosted MCP, and 5 editor seats.
Read the Scalar page