Hurl vs Testfully

Hurl is a command-line tool for running HTTP requests written in a plain-text format. It can fetch data or test HTTP sessions, including flows where later requests use values captured earlier. It can evaluate queries against response headers and bodies. Hurl works with HTML, REST, SOAP, GraphQL, XML, and JSON APIs, and examples cover assertions for status, headers, cookies, XPath, JSONPath, response duration, and SHA-256 body hashes. For CI/CD, it can produce text, JUnit, TAP, and HTML reports; its documentation covers GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD. The lightweight binary is written in Rust, with an HTTP engine powered by libcurl. Installation options include binaries or packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as Docker, Cargo, conda-forge, and npm. The precompiled Linux binary requires libc 2.35 or newer. Windows installation requires a separately installed Visual C++ Redistributable Package. Hurl is free under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Testfully is an API testing and monitoring platform with web, desktop and browser extension options. Its client supports RESTful, GraphQL and XML APIs, with cloud or local offline storage. Testing tools include no-code response validation, contract testing, request chaining, folder runners and scripts; the CLI can run tests in CI/CD pipelines. Users can import data from Postman or Insomnia, and the product supports OpenAPI Specification.

Monitoring can reuse workspace requests, retain a history of runs and send alerts through email, SMS, Slack or PagerDuty. Teams can assign roles and control folder access. The free Developer Edition includes core features and commercial use, one offline and one cloud workspace, and up to five invited users per workspace. Offline workspaces can be used without an account. Team Edition costs $14 a month per user when billed annually; Enterprise Edition costs $29 a month per user when billed annually. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial enabled by contacting sales. Desktop apps support macOS 12 or later, Windows 10 or later (64-bit), and Ubuntu 20+ and compatible Linux distributions. Browser extensions are listed for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge; Safari is marked as coming soon. Testfully says it was made in Australia and is headquartered in Sydney.