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PorticolPorticol vs Insomnia
Insomnia is Kong's API client, with local, Git and cloud storage. Porticol is a native API client that works offline with no account, keeps collections in Git, and lets your coding agents run them over MCP. Every fact about Insomnia below cites its source, checked on 20 Oct 2026.
| Porticol | Insomnia | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free for up to 3 seats1 | Essentials is free; Git Sync for up to three users2 |
| Paid plans | Team $12, Business $24, Enterprise $48 a seat a month1 | Pro $12, Enterprise $45 a user a month2 |
| Use it without an account | Yes, the desktop app needs no account and no network3 | Only in the local Scratch Pad; the rest needs an account4 |
| Collections kept on your computer | Yes, in one SQLite file on your computer3 | Yes, in a Local Vault4 |
| Collections as files in Git | Yes, linked to a folder in a Git repository as readable files5 | Yes, with Git Sync4 |
| MCP server for coding agents | Yes, built in, read-only until you allow writes6 | No; Insomnia 12 is an MCP client for testing servers7 |
| CLI for CI | Yes, porticol-cli with JUnit, JSON and HTML reports8 | Yes, the Inso CLI4 |
Sources
- porticol.app/pricing
- insomnia.rest/pricing
- porticol.app/docs/faq
- github.com/Kong/insomnia
- porticol.app/docs/api-design
- porticol.app/docs/mcp
- konghq.com/company/press-room/press-release/kong-releases-insomnia-12-to-accelerate-api-and-mcp-development-with-ai-powered-testing-and-collaboration
- porticol.app/docs/cli
Speed on the same Mac
- Porticol opened its first window in 0.24 s; Insomnia took 1.43 s.
- At idle Porticol used 114 MB of memory; Insomnia used 802 MB.
- Porticol takes 29 MB on disk; Insomnia takes 1,081 MB.
Measured on 18 Oct 2026 on an Apple M4 Pro, macOS 26.4, arm64, the median of five launches each; see how we measured.
Where Insomnia is stronger
- Insomnia is open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. Source
- Insomnia 12 can connect to an MCP server and call its tools, for testing servers you build. Source
Switching from Insomnia
Import Insomnia v4 exports directly; see Import.