requestly.com

What It Is

Requestly is a privacy-first API client and HTTP(S) debugging tool available as both a desktop app and a Chrome extension. Like Postman, it can manage Collections, Environments, authentication, and API testing. It can also intercept, modify, and mock requests/responses, covering use cases such as frontend-backend integration, mocking when the backend is not ready, rewriting third-party API responses, and testing edge cases.

Core Capabilities

Its main selling points are “local-first” and “no cloud lock-in”: it supports Local Workspaces, Git Sync, Team Projects, and also mentions Self-Host support. Features include a REST API Playground, pre/post scripts, import/export from cURL/Postman/OpenAPI, multi-workspace views, environment variables, authentication management, and local request history. On the network debugging side, it supports modifying responses, replacing URL segments, redirects, modifying request/response headers, query parameters, and request bodies, network throttling/delays, and injecting JS/CSS. For GraphQL, it supports schema introspection, auto-completion, and precise filtering/modification by operation name.

Pricing and Enterprise Features

The main content states that the free plan can be used for local testing and Modify API Response, and allows users to create multiple response modification rules. The free plan supports up to 10 collaborators. Paid plans mainly unlock collaboration, sync, and team workflows, while enterprise features include SOC-II, SSO, RBAC, data encryption, audit logs, and regular security updates. The downside is that specific pricing, payment methods, and plan limits are not disclosed.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

Its strengths are high tool consolidation, reducing the need to switch between Postman, Charles Proxy, and browser DevTools; local JSON files and Git sync are friendly to teams that care about version control; and no mandatory login or cloud lock-in makes it suitable for scenarios involving sensitive API data. Limitations include no mobile or tablet downloads, and insufficient detail on supported desktop platforms, open-source licensing, and self-hosted deployment. It is well suited to frontend developers, QA engineers, API developers, and engineering teams with multi-environment, multi-API, and multi-person collaboration needs.

Access from China

The captured text does not provide information on availability in mainland China, network nodes, or local payment options, so this remains unknown. If access or payment is restricted, alternatives such as Postman, Insomnia, Hoppscotch, Mockoon, or Charles Proxy may be worth evaluating.