Insomnia vs Cruss

Compare API development workflows for modern engineering teams.

Insomnia provides a flexible environment for building and testing APIs. Cruss takes a collaborative workspace approach, bringing API development, testing, documentation and shared team workflows together in one place.

Feature comparison

FEATURE	CRUSS	INSOMNIA
Price for teams	See current Cruss plans	Free (Essentials) / $12 per user/month (Pro)
Open source	VS Code extension (MIT)	Yes (MIT)
VS Code extension	Yes	No
Local agent	Yes	No
Web app	Yes	No
Collection Runner	Supported	Supported
Request chaining	Yes	Yes
Environment variables	Yes	Yes
GraphQL support	Yes	Yes
API documentation	Supported	No
cURL import	Yes	Yes
Postman import	Yes	Yes
Assertions & tests	Yes	Yes

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Questions about how Cruss compares? Here are some common questions about API development, collaboration and migration.

What is the main difference between Insomnia and Cruss?

Both support API development and testing, but Cruss is structured around collaborative workspaces where teams can build, test, document and share API workflows together.

Can I migrate my Insomnia collections to Cruss?

Yes, with some manual steps. Cruss imports Postman Collection v2.1 JSON and individual cURL commands rather than Insomnia's own export format, so where a Postman v2.1 file is not available, requests can be copied from Insomnia as cURL and imported one at a time. See the Insomnia migration guide for the supported workflow.

Does Cruss support REST and GraphQL?

Yes. Cruss supports both REST and GraphQL API workflows.

Does Cruss support local API development?

Yes. Run npx cruss-agent to test APIs on localhost from the Cruss web app, or use the Cruss VS Code extension to send requests from your editor, so you can work with APIs running in your development environment.