Apidog vs PactFlow
Apidog
apidog.com
PactFlow
pactflow.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apidog | PactFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9/mo | $115.42/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 6 |
| Spec score · API Testing Tools | 9.5 (#1) | 8.9 (#5) |
| Spec score · API Design Tools | 9.5 (#1) | 9.0 (#3) |
| API design | The visual editor supports JSON Schema based API design and automatic request and response generation. | The API is a Richardson Level 3 hypermedia API using HAL and is documented through an OpenAPI portal with browser try-it-out support. |
| Documentation depth | The Learning Center includes getting started tutorials, API design, debugging, testing, mocking, publishing, CLI, administration, billing and on-premises sections. | The broker repository documents autogenerated pact documentation, network diagrams, HAL browsing, API relations, upgrades and semantic versioning. |
| Notable news | Apidog announced Japanese-language availability on May 8, 2023, in a May 10, 2023 press release. | The September 14, 2026 Pact update announced AsyncAPI 2.x and 3.0.x support in Drift plus Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS and Protobuf plugins. |
| Rating on Capterra | 5.0 out of 5 from 27 reviews. | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.8 out of 5 from 231 reviews. | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
| Security | Apidog says it uses AWS hosting, access controls, and encryption, and describes TLS 1.3 encryption for data in transit on its security measures page. | The security page says data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher. |
| Self-hosting | Apidog offers an on-premises edition and documents deployment of its web interface on customer infrastructure. | Enterprise customers can deploy PactFlow on premises as a drop-in replacement for the open-source Pact Broker. |
| What it does | Apidog combines API design, debugging, mocking, automated testing and documentation in one platform. | PactFlow is a managed Pact Broker and contract-testing collaboration platform for checking compatibility among microservices, APIs, messaging systems and serverless applications. |
Plans
Apidog
- FreeFree
- Basic$9 a month
- Professional$18 a month
- Enterprise$324 a year
- FreeFree
- Basic$9 a month
- Professional$18 a month
- Enterprise$27 a month
- Enterprise$27 a month
- On-premisesPriced on request
PactFlow
- StarterFree
- Team yearly$115.42 a month
- Team (yearly billing)$115.42 a month
- Team monthly$127 a month
- Team (monthly billing)$127 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Apidog
Apidog is an API platform for designing, debugging, mocking, testing, and documenting APIs, with GraphQL and SOAP support. Its specification-led workflow can generate request parameters, body content, and mock data, then check responses against specifications. For automated testing, users can arrange request sequences, add assertions, extract variables, and save requests as endpoint cases. It imports Postman data and supports Postman scripts. Database operations include MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle on Free; ClickHouse, MongoDB, and Redis are listed for paid tiers. The CLI can connect to Jenkins, GitHub, and GitLab, and activity notifications can go to Slack or webhook-compatible tools. Deployment choices include Global and Europe SaaS services and an on-premises option hosted on customer servers. Apidog says desktop requests travel directly from the user's computer to the target server, not through Apidog servers. The free plan is time-unlimited for four users; paid plans start at $9/user/mo (annual), with a 14-day trial.
PactFlow
PactFlow is a managed Pact Broker for teams checking integrations in distributed systems through contract testing. It supports consumer-driven testing with Pact and bi-directional testing with OpenAPI. Its AI-augmented testing can generate tests from OpenAPI, traffic data or existing code. Integrations include SwaggerHub Editor and Pact plugins, including gRPC and protobuf; pull-request status checks work with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or other source control tools. A Developer API, CLI tools and Terraform support help automate configuration. PactFlow offers a managed service and an Enterprise on-premises option. Starter is free, allows unlimited users and includes two integrations. Team includes 50 integrations and community support; it costs $115.42 a month with yearly billing, billed yearly as $1,385, or $127 a month with monthly billing. Enterprise includes unlimited integrations, SAML SSO, role-based access management and dedicated support, with price available through sales. PactFlow states customer data and backups are stored in AWS data centres in Sydney, Australia, with encryption at rest and in transit.