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PorticolPorticol vs Thunder Client
Thunder Client is an API client extension for VS Code and JetBrains editors. 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 Thunder Client below cites its source, checked on 20 Oct 2026.
| Porticol | Thunder Client | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free for up to 3 seats1 | Free for three collections of up to 30 requests2 |
| Paid plans | Team $12, Business $24, Enterprise $48 a seat a month1 | Starter $3, Business $7, Enterprise $16 a user a month, billed annually2 |
| Use it without an account | Yes, the desktop app needs no account and no network3 | Not stated2 |
| Collections kept on your computer | Yes, in one SQLite file on your computer3 | Yes, on your device4 |
| Collections as files in Git | Yes, linked to a folder in a Git repository as readable files5 | On paid plans, with Git Sync6 |
| MCP server for coding agents | Yes, built in, read-only until you allow writes7 | Yes, on the free plan too2 |
| CLI for CI | Yes, porticol-cli with JUnit, JSON and HTML reports8 | On paid plans2 |
Sources
- porticol.app/pricing
- www.thunderclient.com/pricing
- porticol.app/docs/faq
- docs.thunderclient.com/get-started
- porticol.app/docs/api-design
- docs.thunderclient.com/team
- porticol.app/docs/mcp
- porticol.app/docs/cli
Speed on the same Mac
Thunder Client is not in our benchmark run yet; see how we measured for the apps it covers.
Where Thunder Client is stronger
- Its free plan includes the Thunder Client MCP server. Source
- Its paid plans start at $3 a user a month. Source
Switching from Thunder Client
Porticol imports Postman collections and environments, Insomnia v4, OpenAPI 3, HAR and cURL; see Import.