Go from Postman to Hoppscotch
The job: API client (Multi-protocol API client, Collections and environments, Shared team workspaces, Tests and collection runner). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.
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Switch app
Open source
The money
$23/mo today , then $8/mo
Postman Team
Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math
Does it do the job? 4 of 4 covered
- Covered: Multi-protocol API client
- Covered: Collections and environments
- Covered: Shared team workspaces
- Covered: Tests and collection runner
The work
- Setup
- About 1 h
- Upkeep
- None
- Watch out
- Check first: You only rely on: Multi-protocol API client, Collections and environments, Shared team workspaces, Tests and collection runner
Make the move in four steps
Export from Postman
All collections and environments from every workspace you created (personal, private, team and public)
Export stepsSet up Hoppscotch
Teams that want hosted team workspaces with mocking and published docs: Hoppscotch Business is $8 per user a month ($6 annual) against Postman Team's $23.
DetailsSwitch links and integrations
Point links, embeds and integrations at Hoppscotch, then send a test through every one.
Cancel Postman
Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works.
How to cancel Postman
The whole recipe: 5 ways out, best first
What you use
- Multi-protocol API client
- Collections and environments
- Shared team workspaces
- Tests and collection runner
Not covered
- Mock servers
- API monitoring
- Published API documentation
- Postman AI and Agent Mode
Check before switching
- You only rely on: Multi-protocol API client, Collections and environments, Shared team workspaces, Tests and collection runner
- Export your data from Postman before canceling
Agents: get_recipe("replace-postman") on the Stackcut MCP server.
5 ways out, best first
How we got this
| You pay now: Postman Team | $23/user/mo × 1 user | $23/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Bruno (free tier) | free plan | $0/mo |
| Difference each month | $23 − $0 | +$23/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$23 × 12 | +$276 |
| Setup, once | 1 h × $50/h | −$50 |
| Year one | +$276 − $50 | +$226 |
- Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $276 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Postman Team | $23/user/mo × 1 user | $23/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Insomnia (free tier) | free plan | $0/mo |
| Difference each month | $23 − $0 | +$23/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$23 × 12 | +$276 |
| Setup, once | 1 h × $50/h | −$50 |
| Year one | +$276 − $50 | +$226 |
- Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $276 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Postman Team | $23/user/mo × 1 user | $23/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Hoppscotch | $8/user/mo × 1 user | $8/mo |
| Difference each month | $23 − $8 | +$15/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$15 × 12 | +$180 |
| Setup, once | 1 h × $50/h | −$50 |
| Year one | +$180 − $50 | +$130 |
- Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $180 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Postman Team | $23/user/mo × 1 user | $23/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Insomnia | $12/user/mo × 1 user | $12/mo |
| Difference each month | $23 − $12 | +$11/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$11 × 12 | +$132 |
| Setup, once | 1 h × $50/h | −$50 |
| Year one | +$132 − $50 | +$82 |
- Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $132 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Postman Team | $23/user/mo × 1 user | $23/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Hoppscotch | a small server (modeled) | $5/mo |
| Your upkeep time | 2 h/mo × $50/h | $100/mo |
| Difference each month | $23 − $5 − $100 | −$82/mo |
| Over 12 months | −$82 × 12 | −$984 |
| Setup, once | 4 h × $50/h | −$200 |
| Year one | −$984 − $200 | −$1,184 |
- Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $216 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
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