| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · gRPC Tools | 8.0 (#10) | 7.1 (#21) |
| Installation | The README documents release binaries, Homebrew, Docker, Snap, installation from source, and third-party packages. | The README lists installation through Cargo, Homebrew, X-CMD, downloaded binaries, or building from source. |
| License | The repository identifies its license as MIT. | The repository identifies the project as MIT licensed. |
| Purpose | grpcurl is a command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers and invoking RPC methods. | WireMan is a terminal-based gRPC client for developers testing gRPC endpoints. |
| Streaming | It supports streaming RPCs, including interactive bidirectional streaming through a terminal and stdin. | It supports unary, server-side streaming, client-side streaming, and bidirectional streaming gRPC methods. |