Beeceptor vs Karate
Beeceptor
beeceptor.com
Karate
karatelabs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Beeceptor | Karate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | $8.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · Integration Testing Tools | 9.4 (#1) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Documentation depth | The documentation site includes quickstarts, protocol guides, API reference, CI/CD guidance, security, governance and troubleshooting material. | Documentation covers installation, CLI, Maven, Gradle, standalone JAR, syntax, HTTP, assertions, parallel execution, Java API, databases, WebSocket, MQ, UI and performance testing. |
| Founded | G2’s company profile states that Beeceptor was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana. | 2021 |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India | LinkedIn lists headquarters as Worldwide, United States, with locations shown in Sugar Land, London and Bengaluru. |
| Protocols | It supports HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2, mTLS, REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC. | Async integrations include Kafka, gRPC, WebSocket, ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.8 out of 5 from 77 reviews. | 4.4 out of 5 from 6 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.7 out of 5 from 76 ratings. | 4.7 out of 5 from 6 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews. | 4.8 out of 5 from 14 reviews |
| 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. | Karate Labs says its products run locally or in customer infrastructure, store no customer test data, and ship with zero telemetry. |
| 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. | The security brief describes local desktop execution, no cloud data storage, offline license activation, Maven/Sonatype checks and GitHub Dependabot scanning. |
| Self-hosting | An on-premises edition runs as Docker-packaged services on a single host, supports optional Kubernetes scaling and can operate air-gapped. | The vendor states that products run on customer infrastructure, support air-gapped deployment and make no outbound calls. |
| Support | Paid Individual and Team plans include chat and email support, while Scale includes chat and priority email support. | The free tier includes community support, Pro includes priority email support, and Enterprise includes commercial support with an SLA and dedicated Slack channel. |
| What it does | Beeceptor provides browser-based mock servers and API service virtualization for testing, traffic inspection, integration debugging and controlled failure simulation. | Karate combines API, UI, mock, contract and performance testing in one Gherkin-style framework. |
Plans
Beeceptor
- FreeFree
- Individual$10 a month
- Individual$10 a month
- Team$25 a month
- Team$25 a month
- Scale$99 a month
- Scale$99 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Karate
- FreeFree
- IDE Plus$100 a year
- Xplorer Premium$200 a year
- Pro$640 a year
- Karate EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Beeceptor
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.
Karate
Karate is a testing framework for API, UI, mock, and performance work. Its MIT-licensed core is free for commercial projects and supports REST, GraphQL, and SOAP testing, with JSON and XML assertions and schema validation. It can automate browsers and desktop apps, and combine UI and API steps in one test. Built-in Gatling integration lets teams reuse API tests for performance testing. The Free plan costs nothing and includes community support. Paid plans include IDE Plus at $100 a year, Xplorer Premium at $200 a year, and Pro at $640 a year; Pro adds IDE plugins, debugging, enhanced autocomplete, development async protocol testing, and priority email support. The platform lists integrations including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, Docker, IntelliJ, VS Code, and Gatling. Enterprise async protocol testing covers Kafka, gRPC, and WebSocket, but production CI/CD execution requires an Enterprise runtime license. Platforms include API, extension, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, and Windows.