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# Build and test APIs and MCP servers faster

Ship faster with an API development platform built for collaboration and security at scale.

[Book Demo](/contact-sales)Book Demo[Get Started with Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest/pricing)Get Started with Insomnia

## Collaborative API design, mocking, testing, and debugging

### Intuitive API design

Streamline API development with a design-first approach. Use OpenAPI specs to create, edit, and preview APIs effortlessly.

### Native API mocking

Create API mocks with dynamic responses manually or automatically from your collections, OpenAPI specs, API responses, or natural language.

### Automated, Dynamic API testing

Automatically test multiple requests in your collections with unlimited collection runs. Use pre- and after-response scripting to create complex workflows, advanced tests, and dynamically generated data. 

### AI-Native Testing

Validate MCP servers with the built-in client to test, inspect, and debug before agentic consumption. Accelerate development with AI-powered workflows to help you ship faster. 

## Why Kong Insomnia?

Build APIs with security, compliance, and collaboration in mind. Leverage an all-inclusive solution to drive efficiency across teams, with no hidden fees.

## 01/ Flexibility

## Store data locally, via Git, or in the cloud

  • - Create collections, design specs, tests, and more with 100% local storage, backups, and recovery.
  • - Leverage a third-party Git repository as the backend storage option for your API data.
  • - Easily collaborate in the cloud with native cloud sync (with optional end-to-end encryption).
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/local-vault)Learn More

## 02/ Governance

## Mandate data locality

  • - Mandate top-down storage settings for every member of the organization.
  • - Configure storage settings as local-only + Git, cloud-only, or all of the above.
  • - Securely manage access to sensitive API assets like collections, design documents, API tests, and more.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/enterprise)Learn More

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## Leverage enterprise-grade identity & security

  • - Integrate with any third-party IDP compatible with OIDC and SAML for a streamlined and secure SSO experience.
  • - Use SCIM with a third-party IDP to automatically initiate user provisioning or deprovisioning without having to manually create or remove user accounts.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/enterprise)Learn More

## 04/ Collaboration

## Drive cross-functional collaboration

  • - Use RBAC rules to set up guardrails for team collaboration.
  • - Share Kong Insomnia projects, collections, and other API resources with your trusted team members.
  • - Reduce merge conflicts with a real-time status indicator and 3-way merge.
  • - Start collaborating how you want with any Insomnia plan.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/collaboration)Learn More

## 05/ Comprehensiveness

## Full lifecycle API development

  • - Break down silos and consolidate tooling with a single solution for API design, mocking, testing, and debugging.
  • - Scale efficiently with unlimited collection runs on every plan, and unlimited API mocks requests on the Enterprise plan.
  • - Extend the platform to meet custom use cases with an open source plugin architecture and 350+ community-built plugins.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/api-testing)Learn More

## 06/ MCP Client

## Test MCP Servers Like You Test APIs

  • - Connect MCP servers to visualize and test available tools, resources, and prompts.
  • - Inspect a complete sequence in the MCP Auth event log to see exactly where authentication or capability succeeds or fails.
  • - Call any tool with custom parameters to validate responses, test edge cases, and catch issues before agents do in production.
[Learn More](https://konghq.com/products/kong-insomnia/mcp-client)Learn More

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## SOC 2, enterprise support, and SLAs

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  • - Access enterprise certifications like SOC 2 Type 2.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/enterprise)Learn More

## Unlock CI/CD automation with 
the Inso CLI

  • - Use the Inso CLI tool to automate the validation and linting of the OpenAPI specifications using your existing Git workflows.
  • - Automatically deploy approved OpenAPI specifications to the Kong Gateway, Kubernetes Ingress Controller, and Developer Portal.
[Learn More](https://insomnia.rest/features/insomnia-cli)Learn More

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