Comparison
APIMock vs Mockoon
Choose APIMock for a hosted mock with a public URL that teammates, CI and preview deploys can all call, free, with nothing to install: CRUD data that survives restarts, 7 days of request history and an MCP server. Choose Mockoon to run mocks on your own machine or servers, offline, with an open-source desktop app and CLI, WebSockets, proxy mode and recording.
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Disclosure: we build APIMock. Every Mockoon fact on this page comes from Mockoon's pricing page or docs as of October 20, 2026, linked under Sources. Plans change, so check their page before you decide.
Feature comparison
| APIMock | Mockoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. There are no paid plans. | Desktop app and CLI are free and open source (MIT). Pro Team plan is €10 per licence per month, billed yearly, minimum 5 licences; Enterprise on request. |
| Free request allowance | 50,000 per month per workspace. | No free hosted plan. Mocks run on your own machine or server, so traffic is up to you. |
| Request history | 7 days of headers, query and timing; body previews when capture is on. | Logs tab in the desktop app with headers, params and body; optional JSON log file. |
| How long free mocks last | Mocks stay until you delete them. | Mocks are JSON files on your machine, kept as long as you keep the files. |
| Stateful CRUD data | Resources with pagination, filtering, sorting and seed data. | CRUD routes over data buckets with filtering, sorting and pagination; changes reset when the mock restarts. |
| Different responses per request | Response variants matched on headers, query, path params, cookies or body fields, chosen by weight, or forced with a header. | Rules on body, query, headers, cookies, route params, path, method and request number; random or sequential responses. |
| OpenAPI import | Import from a file or URL, with optional request validation; extra examples become response variants. | Import and export in OpenAPI (Swagger) format. |
| Failure testing | Fault injection: error statuses, latency and broken payloads, per request header or by rule. | Latency per environment or route; rules can return any status code. |
| Protocols | REST over HTTPS. | REST and WebSockets. |
| Proxy and local tunnel | Not offered. | Proxy mode for undefined routes, and recording a real API into mocks. |
| Teams | Up to 3 workspaces with members and roles, free. | Real-time collaboration, roles and an audit trail with Pro, self-hosted. |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes, free, with OAuth sign-in or an access token. | Not listed on mockoon.com. |
Choose APIMock when
- You want a public HTTPS mock URL without installing or hosting anything.
- Teammates, CI jobs and preview deploys all need to call the same mock.
- Your CRUD data should still be there after a restart.
- You want to look back at a week of requests from any browser.
- You drive mocks from Claude, Cursor or another MCP client.
Choose Mockoon when
- You want mocks to run offline, on your own machine or inside CI.
- You need WebSocket mocks.
- You want to proxy a real API and record its traffic into mocks.
- Your company requires self-hosting, including on an air-gapped network.
Sources
Checked October 20, 2026.
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