Insomnia vs Apollo GraphQL Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
| Insomnia | Apollo GraphQL | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | $12/mo | Custom |
| Number of plans | 3 | 4 |
| Free plan | ||
| Free trial | — | |
| Pricing model | per-seat | usage-based |
Essentials
- Unlimited Git Sync projects for small teams
- Unlimited Cloud/Local projects for all users
- Access to Inso CLI for CI/CD automation
- Unlimited collection runs
- Unlimited environments
- 1,000 mock server requests per month
- End-to-end encryption (E2EE)
- Define custom linting rules
- Unlimited access to plugins or build your own
- AI-powered quality-of-life features
Pro
- Unlimited users
- All users have access to Git Sync projects
- Unlimited organizations
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- 10,000 mock server requests per month
Enterprise
- Natively integrated with Kong Konnect
- SSO (SAML/OIDC) and SCIM
- Mandate where projects are stored (local, git, or cloud)
- Domain capture/lock and invite control
- Enterprise support
- Access to our SOC2 compliance and latest security testing results
- Native vault integrations including AWS, GCP, Hashicorp, and Azure
- Unlimited mock server requests
- Custom payment options
Free
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router (limited to 60 requests per minute)
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Up to 3
- 1 day
- Community Support
Developer
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Up to 10
- 7 days
- Developer Support (8×5, no SLA)
Standard
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Up to 30
- 90 days
- Standard Support (8×5, with SLA)
Enterprise
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Audit logging
- Custom MSA
- Unlimited
- 18 months
- Business Support (24×7×365, with SLA)
- (Add-on) Premium Support Packages
- (Add-on) Professional Services Packages
Insomnia vs Apollo GraphQL FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Insomnia uses per-seat pricing, while Apollo GraphQL goes with usage-based. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Insomnia: They're undercutting Postman's paid tiers pretty deliberately — Postman Basic runs $14/seat and Professional hits $29. Insomnia is positioning as the leaner, cheaper alternative for teams that don't need Postman's full platform weight, targeting cost-conscious dev teams and open-source-friendly orgs. Apollo GraphQL: Apollo sits in a premium position for GraphQL infrastructure — they're not competing on being cheap, they're betting on being the de facto standard for federated GraphQL at scale. They're targeting mid-market to enterprise engineering teams who've already bought into the GraphQL ecosystem and need a managed, production-grade layer.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Insomnia and Apollo GraphQL and let you know when something moves.