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What it is

Beeceptor is a developer-focused API simulation platform for mocking services, virtualizing them, testing contracts, and simulating failures. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, mTLS, REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC. Users can build no-code mocks with request-matching rules and set response status codes, headers, and bodies. Uploading an OpenAPI specification can create a populated mock server with AI-generated data. Beeceptor can proxy requests to live backends, record traffic, and switch to mock behavior when a backend is unavailable. Latency, timeouts, and errors can be simulated to check client resilience. Its CLI exposes a localhost service through a public HTTPS URL and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Management APIs support mock-server configuration, while MCP connectivity supports AI agents including Claude and Cursor. API Connections store OAuth credentials and generate tokens for outbound requests. Beeceptor says it is SOC 2 Type II audited, adheres to ISO 27001, and complies with GDPR; it also says data is encrypted in transit and at rest. The free plan has public endpoints, a 1 MB request payload limit, and cleanup rules for unclaimed endpoints.

Spec sheet

What it does
Beeceptor provides browser-based mock servers and API service virtualization for testing, traffic inspection, integration debugging and controlled failure simulation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Product
Beeceptor is a developer-focused API simulation platform for mocking, service virtualization, contract testing, and controlled failure simulation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Intended users
Beeceptor describes its audience as developers, testers, and QA professionals using API mocks for development, testing, integrations, CI pipelines, and customer demos.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Security
Beeceptor states that it is SOC 2 Type II audited, adheres to ISO 27001, and is GDPR compliant; it says data is encrypted in transit and at rest.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Support
Paid Individual and Team plans include chat and email support, while Scale includes chat and priority email support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Headquarters
Hyderabad, IndiaRead 23 Sep 2026 · beeceptor.com
Founded
G2’s company profile states that Beeceptor was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
API and AI integrations
Beeceptor provides management APIs for programmatically configuring and operating mock servers, and MCP connectivity for AI agents including Claude and Cursor.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
CLI platforms
The local-tunnel CLI documentation lists Windows, macOS and Linux support, with macOS ARM64 and x64 binaries.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Company facts
Crunchbase lists Beeceptor as a private, for-profit software company in Hyderabad, India, with founders Ankit Jain and Arti Bandi and 1–10 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
CRUD APIs
CRUD routes automatically expose create, read, update and delete REST operations over endpoint-scoped JSON data.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Documentation depth
The documentation site includes quickstarts, protocol guides, API reference, CI/CD guidance, security, governance and troubleshooting material.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Dynamic responses
Mock rules can generate predefined or dynamically templated responses and apply latency, failure and chaos behavior.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
External API authentication
API Connections store OAuth credentials and automatically generate tokens for outbound requests through callout or proxy rules.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Free endpoint exposure
Free endpoints are public by default, and anyone with the dashboard URL can view and inspect their traffic.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Free plan limits
Free endpoints are public by default, have a maximum request payload size of 1 MB, and unclaimed endpoints are removed after 30 days.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Limit: complexity and retention
G2 reviewers mention complex manual rule setup, short retention periods, limited advanced simulation controls and a basic management-API documentation experience.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: CRUD behavior
Beeceptor warns that CRUD routes provide storage without business logic and can automatically purge the oldest records after plan limits are exceeded.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Limit: free tier
A Gartner review headline describes the free tier as limiting, while another criticizes prominent banners that make configuration harder to find.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Limit: free usage
The free tier is capped at 50 requests per day per endpoint and unclaimed endpoints are automatically removed after the stated retention period.Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com
Limit: missing features
G2’s pros-and-cons summary reports missing query-string handling, limited Faker options and absent file-upload support in some scenarios.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Local tunnel
Its CLI exposes a localhost service through a public HTTPS URL and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Local tunneling
Its CLI publishes localhost services through a Beeceptor endpoint and is distributed through npm or standalone binaries.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Management API
Beeceptor documents a version 2.0.0 management API with an OpenAPI specification, API-key authentication and endpoints for configuring and inspecting mock servers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
MCP extensibility
The documentation provides an MCP endpoint for connecting coding agents such as Codex or Claude to create and manage virtual APIs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Mocking
Users can create no-code mocks with request matching rules and customize response status codes, headers, and bodies.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Mocking protocols
The management API documentation lists HTTP/REST, SOAP, gRPC and GraphQL mocking support.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Notable news: snapshots
On August 7, 2026 Beeceptor announced configuration snapshots for restoring and switching mock-server setups.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Notable news: workspaces
On July 30, 2026 Beeceptor announced Enterprise workspaces with inherited access policies and Read, Write and Manager roles.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
OAuth integrations
API Connections securely store OAuth credentials and automatically attach generated access tokens to outbound callouts or proxy requests.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
OpenAPI
Beeceptor can create a populated mock server with AI-generated data from an uploaded OpenAPI specification.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Praise: ease of use
G2 reviewers repeatedly praise the clean interface, quick setup and ability to mock APIs without writing servers or code.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: testing speed
G2 reviewers describe real-time inspection, webhook testing and frontend work before backend completion as major time savers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: time savings
A Trustpilot reviewer says Beeceptor replaced a self-built Node server for dummy JSON testing and saved substantial time.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Protocols
It supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, mTLS, REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Proxy and interception
Beeceptor can forward traffic to live upstream services while selectively intercepting or replacing responses.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Proxy and recording
Beeceptor can proxy requests to live backends, record traffic, and switch to mock behavior when the backend is unavailable.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Public repositories
Beeceptor’s GitHub organization publishes public examples and plugins; the Claude plugin repository is marked Apache-2.0.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Rating on G2
4.8 out of 5 from 77 reviews.Read 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
4.7 out of 5 from 76 ratings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on GetApp
0 out of 5 from 0 reviews.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Trustpilot
4.2 out of 5 from 6 reviews.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Request retention
Request payloads are retained for 15 days and then permanently purged; metadata-only application logs are retained for 90 days.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Retention policy
Request payloads are retained for 15 days, while metadata-only application logs are retained for 90 days according to the FAQ.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Security controls
Beeceptor states that it encrypts data in transit and at rest and maintains SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance claims.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Self-hosting
An on-premises edition runs as Docker-packaged services on a single host, supports optional Kubernetes scaling and can operate air-gapped.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Specification support
Beeceptor documentation describes importing OpenAPI, GraphQL, SOAP/WSDL and gRPC specifications to generate mock services.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Testing features
It can simulate network latency, timeouts, and errors to test client resilience.Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Traffic inspection
The product provides real-time request and response inspection, including headers and payloads, through its dashboard.Read 14 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com

Plans and prices

Free Free monthly 50 requests/day per endpoint · 3 mock rules · public endpoint · 10 CRUD objects · ephemeral local tunnel Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com
Individual $10 a month 15,000 requests/month per endpoint · up to 50 mock rules · private endpoints · 100 CRUD objects · persistent local tunnel · chat and email support Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Individual $10 a month monthly 15,000 requests/month per endpoint · up to 50 mock rules · private endpoint · 100 CRUD objects · persistent local tunnel Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com
Team $25 a month 100,000 requests/month per endpoint · up to 250 mock rules · private endpoints · live and historical traffic inspection · 500 CRUD objects · persistent local tunnel · chat and email support Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Team $25 a month monthly 100,000 requests/month per endpoint · up to 250 mock rules · private endpoint · 500 CRUD objects · historical traffic inspection · persistent local tunnel Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com
Scale $99 a month 1M+ requests/month per endpoint · up to 500 mock rules · private endpoints · live and historical traffic inspection · 5,000 CRUD objects · persistent local tunnel · chat and priority email support Read 7 Oct 2026 · beeceptor.com
Scale $99 a month monthly 1M+ requests/month per endpoint · up to 500 mock rules · private endpoint · 5,000 CRUD objects · historical traffic inspection · persistent local tunnel Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com
Enterprise Priced on request contact vendor private-cloud or VPC deployment · unlimited usage · unlimited team access · SAML SSO · observability and logging · IP whitelisting · dedicated support Read 14 Oct 2026 · app.beeceptor.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Supports HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, and other protocols.
  • OpenAPI uploads can generate mock data.
  • Can record live traffic and fall back to mocks.
  • Simulates latency, timeouts, and errors.
  • Management APIs and MCP connectivity are available.

Limits

  • Free endpoints are public by default.
  • Free payloads are limited to 1 MB.
  • Unclaimed free endpoints are removed after 30 days.
  • Paid plans start at $10 per month.

Who it suits

It suits developers, testers, and QA professionals building or testing APIs, integrations, CI pipelines, and customer demos. Teams can use it for mocks, contract tests, and controlled failure simulation.

Beeceptor in depth

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Overview

Beeceptor is an API simulation platform for teams building or testing integrations against services that are unfinished, unavailable, or unreliable. Its broad protocol support and traffic-proxy features make it a strong fit for development, QA, and CI work; the free tier is a poor match for private endpoints or sustained traffic.

Key features

No-code rules match requests and let users set response status codes, headers, and bodies. That is useful for building controlled fixtures without writing a mock service, though the Free plan’s three-rule limit is quickly constraining once tests need several scenarios.

Upload an OpenAPI specification to create a populated mock server with AI-generated data. Support for REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC, alongside HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, and mTLS, gives teams working across different API styles more latitude than a REST-only mock tool.

Beeceptor can proxy requests to live backends, record traffic, and switch to mock behavior when a backend is unavailable. It can also inject latency, timeouts, and errors, making it useful for testing client resilience and failure paths rather than only successful responses.

The CLI exposes a localhost service through a public HTTPS URL on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Persistent tunnels are included with paid plans, while Free provides an ephemeral tunnel. Management APIs support programmatic mock-server configuration, and MCP connectivity works with AI agents including Claude and Cursor.

API Connections store OAuth credentials and generate tokens for outbound requests through callout or proxy rules. Beeceptor also states that it is SOC 2 Type II audited, adheres to ISO 27001, and is GDPR compliant, with encryption in transit and at rest. These protections do not change the practical caution around Free endpoints, which are public by default.

Request payloads are retained for 15 days before permanent purging; metadata-only application logs are retained for 90 days. That retention window may not suit teams that need longer-term payload history.

Pricing

Beeceptor is freemium, with a 10-day trial and paid plans from $10 a month. Free has no listed price and allows 50 requests per day per endpoint, three mock rules, public endpoints, 10 small CRUD objects, and an ephemeral local tunnel. Unclaimed endpoints are removed after 30 days; claimed endpoints are retained for 90 days. This is enough to explore simple mocks, but low daily volume, public access, and limited rules make it a weak choice for private or ongoing test environments.

Individual costs $10 a month and raises the allowance to 15,000 requests per month per endpoint, 50 mock rules, private endpoints, and 100 CRUD objects; it also adds a persistent tunnel and chat and email support. It suits solo developers or small projects that need private mocks and a dependable tunnel, but its per-endpoint quota can still constrain heavier test traffic.

Team costs $25 a month, with 100,000 requests per month per endpoint, 250 rules, private endpoints, 500 CRUD objects, persistent tunnels, and chat and email support. It adds live and historical traffic inspection, making it the more useful step for teams that need to review request behavior together.

Scale costs $99 a month and includes 1M+ requests per month per endpoint, up to 500 rules, private endpoints, 5,000 CRUD objects, traffic inspection, persistent tunnels, and chat plus priority email support. It is the fit for high-volume environments; the higher allowance and priority support matter most when test services are central to delivery.

Platforms

Beeceptor is available for API, web, Linux, macOS, and Windows workflows, with self-hosted deployment also supported. The local-tunnel CLI specifically supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Who it's for

Developers, testers, and QA professionals can use Beeceptor for API mocks in development, integration work, CI pipelines, and customer demos. Its proxy fallback and failure simulation are especially relevant when tests need to cover backend outages or degraded responses. Teams that require private endpoints should move beyond Free; those needing only a few low-volume public fixtures may find the free allowance sufficient.

Pros and cons

Broad protocol coverage: REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC, and multiple HTTP variants support varied API estates.

More than static mocks: Live proxying, traffic recording, fallback, and fault simulation support integration and resilience testing.

Useful private-plan progression: Paid tiers add private endpoints, more rules and CRUD objects, persistent tunnels, and higher per-endpoint quotas.

Free-tier exposure and caps: Endpoints are public by default, with just 50 requests per day per endpoint and three rules.

Finite payload retention: Request payloads are purged after 15 days, limiting longer-term review of captured traffic.

Alternatives

For a community-driven, 100% open-source option, consider Microcks; choose it when open-source distribution is the priority. Mockzilla is another freemium alternative, with a Free plan capped at 1K requests per month, 5 req/s, one simulation, and 10 MB data transfer.

Parasoft SOAtest is a paid option with a free trial and tailored quote pricing. WireMock offers a free tier with 1,000 calls per month, a single user, three mock APIs, and a 10-requests-per-second limit. Mockttp has a free Hobbyist plan for traffic viewing and rewriting, manual breakpoints, and a built-in HTTP client.

Mockoon is another freemium option. MockServer is free and open source, self-hosted, and does not require a SaaS account. A separate WireMock listing also offers a free tier with 1,000 calls per month, one user, three mock APIs, a 10-requests-per-second limit, and community support.

Browse API Mocking Tools, Service Virtualization Software, and Integration Testing Tools for more options by category.

Verdict

Choose Beeceptor if your team needs one platform for configurable mocks, live-backend proxying, and deliberate failure testing across varied API protocols. Its strongest reason to buy is that combination; its clearest reason to look elsewhere is the free tier’s public-by-default endpoints and tight caps, while paid use still comes with a finite payload-retention window.

Verdict

Beeceptor combines mock creation, traffic proxying, and failure simulation for API development and testing. Review free-plan visibility, payload, and cleanup limits against the needs of your test environment.

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