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Insomnia vs Unprofane
Open-source API client, no content moderation features
InsomniaOpen-source API client for REST, GraphQL and gRPC
UnprofaneProfanity and toxicity API that catches what users try to hideWhich to pick
Pick Insomnia if you want…
- Collaborative AI-native API testing
- API debugging
- Open-source code (Kong/insomnia on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license)
- Integrations with Kong Konnect, OIDC or SAML (on Insomnia's list, not Unprofane's)
Pick Unprofane if you want…
- Detecting leetspeak and disguised profanity
- Integrations with Supabase, Clerk or Firebase (on Unprofane'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.
- Unprofane:Unprofane is an API that detects and censors profanity, toxic language and disguised abuse in user-generated text.
- Best for
- Insomnia:Collaborative AI-native API testing
- Unprofane:Detecting leetspeak and disguised profanity
- Who it’s for
- Insomnia:API developers, security-focused teams, and organizations needing collaborative API workflows.
- Unprofane:Developers building apps with user-generated content such as chat, usernames or custom prints.
- Pricing
- Insomnia:Freemium
- Unprofane:Paid
- Plans
- Insomnia:—
- Unprofane:Hobby $9 a month per month · Starter $29 a month per month · Growth $249 a month per month · Scale $999 a month per month · Research free
- Open source
- Insomnia:Yes, 40,038 GitHub stars
- Unprofane:—
- Works with
- Insomnia:Kong Konnect, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, Inso CLI
- Unprofane:Supabase, Clerk, Firebase, Auth0, Better Auth, Unity, Godot, Node.js
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.
Unprofane features
- Disguise detection. Catches leetspeak, homoglyphs, zero-width characters and other obfuscation techniques.
- Multi-language support. Filters profanity in 17 languages with language-specific lexicons.
- Contextual policies. Provides preset policies (e.g., teen) for different content types.
- Live chat integration. Filters messages in real-time, returning censored text for display.
- Username validation. Checks usernames at sign-up, handling swapped letters and staff name exceptions.
- Custom text moderation. Reviews custom designs or prints before they are processed.
- Privacy by design. No request text is stored; Edge-only projects keep data off the cloud.
- SDKs & recipes. Ready-to-use integrations for Supabase, Clerk, Firebase, Auth0, Unity, Godot, Node.js and Python.
Insomnia vs Unprofane FAQ
Is Insomnia or Unprofane free?+
Insomnia has a free plan and paid plans. Unprofane has a free plan (Research); paid plans start at $9/month (Hobby).
Is Insomnia or Unprofane open source?+
Insomnia is open source (Kong/insomnia on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Unprofane.
Do Insomnia and Unprofane integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Insomnia lists Kong Konnect, OIDC, SAML, SCIM and 1 more; Unprofane lists Supabase, Clerk, Firebase, Auth0 and 5 more.
On DevHunt
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