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Insomnia vs selltostate.com
Insomnia is an API client for testing, unrelated to government tender data.
InsomniaOpen-source API client for REST, GraphQL and gRPC
selltostate.comStructured government procurement data across 194 countries — tenders, suppliers and agencies.Which to pick
Pick Insomnia if you want…
- Collaborative AI-native API testing
- REST/GraphQL/gRPC API testing
- A free plan to start with
- Integrations with Kong Konnect, OIDC or SAML (on Insomnia's list, not selltostate.com's)
Pick selltostate.com if you want…
- AI-ready procurement data across many countries
- Integrations with REST API (on selltostate.com's list, not Insomnia's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Insomnia:Insomnia is an open-source API client for designing, testing, debugging and mocking REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP and WebSocket APIs.
- selltostate.com:Sell to State provides searchable, structured government procurement data across 194 countries via web, API, CLI and MCP.
- Best for
- Insomnia:Collaborative AI-native API testing
- selltostate.com:AI-ready procurement data across many countries
- Who it’s for
- Insomnia:API developers, security-focused teams, and organizations needing collaborative API workflows.
- selltostate.com:IT vendors, consultants, engineering firms and suppliers targeting public-sector contracts.
- Pricing
- Insomnia:Freemium
- selltostate.com:Paid
- Plans
- Insomnia:—
- selltostate.com:3-day pass US$19 · Monthly US$49 per month · Annual US$499 per year
- Open source
- Insomnia:Yes, 40,038 GitHub stars
- selltostate.com:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Insomnia:Kong Konnect, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, Inso CLI
- selltostate.com:REST API
Insomnia features
- Design-first API editor. Create and preview OpenAPI specs in real time with live linting.
- Native API mocking. Generate dynamic mock responses from collections, specs or plain language.
- Automated testing at scale. Run unlimited collection tests with pre/post scripts and CI/CD integration via Inso CLI.
- Kong Konnect integration. Sync API catalog directly with Kong Konnect for up-to-date endpoint discovery.
- Collaboration & RBAC. Real-time project sharing, role-based access controls and unlimited collaborators per project.
- Flexible storage options. Store data locally, in Git, in the cloud, or hybrid with end-to-end encryption.
- Enterprise identity & security. SSO via OIDC/SAML, SCIM provisioning, SOC 2 compliance and enterprise SLAs.
- MCP client support. Test and debug MCP servers with AI-powered workflows.
selltostate.com features
- Entity graph browsing. Free web UI to explore tenders, suppliers, buyers and agencies with plain-English search.
- REST API. Stable JSON endpoints with a single bearer token to pull award data programmatically.
- CLI tool. npm/pip/brew installable command-line client for searching and exporting data.
- MCP server. Model Context Protocol endpoint for querying data from Claude, Cursor or any MCP-compatible client.
- Saved searches & alerts. Create persistent searches and receive daily email notifications of new matching tenders.
- Full dataset access. One subscription unlocks all 194 countries, unblurred values, history and export capabilities.
Insomnia vs selltostate.com FAQ
Is Insomnia or selltostate.com free?+
Insomnia has a free plan and paid plans. selltostate.com is paid.
Is Insomnia or selltostate.com open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Insomnia (Kong/insomnia on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and selltostate.com (getbeton/selltostate-mcp on GitHub, MIT license).
Do Insomnia and selltostate.com integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Insomnia lists Kong Konnect, OIDC, SAML, SCIM and 1 more; selltostate.com lists REST API.
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