Hoppscotch

What it is for

Hoppscotch is an API client desk: you send REST, GraphQL, or realtime calls from one composer, save them in collections, and you can start Cloud at $0 or self-host. Use it when the job is requests you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Hoppscotch request composer (GET Echo Server, parameters, JSON body, collections) from the GitHub product still — not a pricing card. The composer itself is ops of the client.

Key features

• API client — REST, GraphQL, and realtime live in the same composer (pricing REST, GraphQL, and realtime API testing). One send. Protocol is an option on this call. Pre-request scripts and tests are this surface. The SDK snippets are install.
• Team workspaces — shared collections and environments for an org (pricing Team workspaces). A room, not a request. Real-time collab sits here. Personal workspace on Free is ops of the client.
• API documentation — publish a collection as docs (pricing API documentation publishing). A page, not a send. Business and up.
• API mocking — serve a mock from a collection (pricing API mocking). A fake server, not a live send. MCP server support sits on Business, as a connector, not a fifth meter.
• Self-host — the open-source app you run yourself; Cloud is the hosted desk (GitHub; pricing Self-Host). A deploy, not a request. Enterprise Cloud IAM / SSO / SCIM is SKU of Cloud.

Seats are the Cloud meter on Business / Enterprise. Collections, environments, and the cover composer are ops.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from hoppscotch.com/pricing. Cloud is seats. Self-host of the public app is $0. The page prints annual dollars on the cards we fetched.

• Free — $0 forever. REST, GraphQL, and realtime. Personal workspace. Collections and environments. Pre-request scripts and tests. Collection runner. Code snippets. Community support.
• Business — $6 / user / month, billed annually. Team workspaces and real-time collaboration. Shared collections and environments. API documentation publishing. API mocking. MCP server. Admin dashboard. Email support.
• Enterprise — $11 / user / month, billed annually. IAM, RBAC, SAML / OIDC, SCIM, AI Agent features, audit logs, domain allow-list, Slack Connect. Custom payment.
• Self-host — $0 for the public GitHub app. You run it.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. A monthly toggle exists — do not invent a third card.

Limitations / costs

• Free is a personal workspace. Shared collections are Business at $6 / user / month (annual).
• An API client, not an API gateway. For a docs-and-client reference see Scalar. For click-together workflows see n8n.

Alternatives

• Scalar — API reference plus a live client when the job is docs next to the request, not a Hoppscotch workspace.
• n8n — a visual workflow canvas when you will chain calls, not send one.
• GitBook — product docs when you are not testing an endpoint.

Official tutorial

Official docs / GitHub path only. The @hoppscotch YouTube handle we opened resolved to a personal channel (Samantha Lopez), not Hoppscotch, on 2026-10-22 — do not embed a third-party walkthrough.

Written path: hoppscotch.com/pricing plus the official request-composer still on GitHub.

Website

https://hoppscotch.com

Repository

https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Hoppscotch request composer from the GitHub product still. Dollars checked on hoppscotch.com/pricing (Free $0; Business $6/user/mo annual; Enterprise $11/user/mo annual; self-host $0).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.