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What it is

Runscope provides API testing and monitoring for development and QA teams. It helps teams check uptime, correctness, and performance from the API consumer's point of view, automate tests in CI/CD pipelines, and monitor live APIs. A test runs one or more HTTP requests in sequence, with assertions and variables for checking responses and passing data between steps. Assertions can cover response time, JSON or XML content, headers, status codes, and response bodies. Tests can run in the cloud or behind a firewall against public or private APIs. Teams can chain requests, use dynamic data, reuse checks across local, staging, and production environments, and import API definitions from Swagger or OpenAPI; the Small plan also lists Postman import. Notifications for completed or failed runs include email, webhook, PagerDuty, and Slack. An on-premises agent supports private API monitoring on macOS, Linux, and Windows. The Free Starter plan includes 1,000 API Monitoring and API Functional Testing runs per month. Small costs $79 a month; the homepage says API Monitoring (Runscope) is now available through BlazeMeter.

Spec sheet

What it does
Runscope provides developers a place to monitor and manage APIs used in mobile and web applications.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Purpose
API Monitoring evaluates API performance from the API consumer point of view and monitors uptime and correctness.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Intended users
The product page describes the API testing and monitoring platform as designed for development and QA teams.Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Audience
The Runscope about page describes its mission as building tools for API, infrastructure, and developer experience teams supporting modern application development.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Trial
The Runscope homepage offers a free trial, but does not state its length.Read 4 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Integrations
The API pricing page lists Slack, DataDog, PagerDuty, and similar integrations, as well as continuous integration support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Security
Runscope’s terms say it uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards, while noting that it cannot guarantee those measures will never be defeated.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Support
BlazeMeter support hours are 6 AM–5 PM PST, Monday through Friday, with tickets, email, and community forums listed as contact options.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Alerts
Test notifications can be sent through email, Webhook, PagerDuty, and Slack.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
API tests
An API test is one or more sequential HTTP requests, with assertions and variables available for validating and passing data between steps.Read 3 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Current positioning
The Runscope homepage says API Monitoring is now available through BlazeMeter.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Enterprise features
The enterprise page lists role-based access control, SAML single sign-on, an SLA option, custom support, and a dedicated account manager.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Free tier
The pricing page lists a Free Starter plan with 1,000 API Monitoring and API Functional Testing runs per month (12k per year).Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Imports
The Small API plan lists OpenAPI (Swagger) import and Postman import.Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Monitoring locations
API Monitoring can run tests in the cloud or behind a firewall against public or private APIs.Read 3 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Payment security
The pricing page says credit card information is sent over SSL to its PCI-certified payments provider and is not stored on its servers or databases.Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Private API access
The product page says an on-premises agent can monitor private APIs and supports macOS, Linux, and Windows.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Product status
The Runscope homepage says API Monitoring (Runscope) is now part of BlazeMeter.Read 4 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Run automation
The product page says teams can run API tests automatically in CI/CD pipelines and monitor live APIs in production.Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Test locations
Tests can run from the cloud or behind a firewall against public or private APIs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Test model
An API test consists of one or more HTTP requests executed sequentially, with assertions and variables available for test steps.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.blazemeter.com
Validation features
Tests can assert response time, JSON or XML content, HTTP headers, status codes, and response bodies.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com
Workflow features
The product supports chained requests, dynamic data, reusable checks across local, staging, and production environments, and imports from Swagger or OpenAPI formats.Read 3 Oct 2026 · runscope.com

Plans and prices

Small $79 a month Billed once per month 250K Requests · 5 team members · 19 global locations · Up to 1-minute schedules · Standard email support Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Medium $199 a month Billed once per Month 1M Requests · 40 team members · Priority support · Custom script libraries · Reusable script snippets · Enhanced response timings Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Large $599 a month Billed once per Month 5M Requests · 50 team members · Priority support · SAML single sign-on · Client certificates Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com
Unleashed Priced on request Contact Us Higher request volumes · Customizable options · Premium support · Splunk integrations · Secrets management · RBAC support · Service level agreement · File uploads · Dedicated success manager Read 4 Oct 2026 · blazemeter.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Tests can run in cloud or behind a firewall.
  • Assertions cover response times and response content.
  • Checks can be reused across local, staging, and production.
  • Free Starter includes 1,000 runs per month.

Limits

  • Small costs $79 a month.
  • Free Starter is limited to 1,000 runs per month.
  • The homepage says API Monitoring is now available through BlazeMeter.

Who it suits

Runscope is designed for development and QA teams checking APIs across environments or monitoring production. Teams with private APIs can use the on-premises agent, while the homepage identifies the product as now part of BlazeMeter.

Verdict

Runscope provides sequential API tests, multiple run locations, and alerts for teams monitoring API behavior. Its homepage notes the BlazeMeter transition, so account for that product status when considering it.

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