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PorticolPorticol vs Yaak
Yaak is an offline-first API client built with Tauri and Rust. 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 Yaak below cites its source, checked on 20 Oct 2026.
| Porticol | Yaak | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free for up to 3 seats1 | Free for personal use; a licence is needed at work2 |
| Paid plans | Team $12, Business $24, Enterprise $48 a seat a month1 | Individual $79 a year or $399 once; Business $149 a user a year2 |
| Use it without an account | Yes, the desktop app needs no account and no network3 | Yes for personal use; work licences are tied to a Yaak account2 |
| Collections kept on your computer | Yes, in one SQLite file on your computer3 | Yes, offline-first4 |
| Collections as files in Git | Yes, linked to a folder in a Git repository as readable files5 | Yes, workspaces mirror to a folder for Git4 |
| MCP server for coding agents | Yes, built in, read-only until you allow writes6 | Yes, as a plugin7 |
| CLI for CI | Yes, porticol-cli with JUnit, JSON and HTML reports8 | Yes, the Yaak CLI9 |
Sources
- porticol.app/pricing
- yaak.app/pricing
- porticol.app/docs/faq
- github.com/mountain-loop/yaak
- porticol.app/docs/api-design
- porticol.app/docs/mcp
- yaak.app/docs/getting-started/mcp-server
- porticol.app/docs/cli
- yaak.app/docs/cli
Speed on the same Mac
- Porticol opened its first window in 0.24 s; Yaak took 0.47 s.
- At idle Porticol used 114 MB of memory; Yaak used 234 MB.
- Porticol takes 29 MB on disk; Yaak takes 239 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 Yaak is stronger
- Yaak's source is MIT-licensed, and personal use of its builds is free. Source
- It sells a lifetime licence for one person. Source
Switching from Yaak
Porticol imports Postman collections and environments, Insomnia v4, OpenAPI 3, HAR and cURL; see Import.