Comparison between Mockoon and WireMock Cloud API mocking
Discover the differences between WireMock Cloud API mocking and Mockoon's desktop application and CLI mocking features
What is Wiremock Cloud?
Initially a Java library, WireMock offers a cloud-based solution for API mocking and service virtualization. It allows development and testing teams to simulate APIs, microservices, and third-party systems. Key features include integration with CI/CD pipelines, request verification, fault simulation, and performance testing. WireMock Cloud supports real-time collaboration, enabling teams to work together efficiently.
Screenshot of Wiremock Cloud's interface
What is Mockoon?
Mockoon is a set of open-source tools that allow developers to mock APIs quickly and easily. It offers an offline-first and privacy friendly desktop application to design and run mock APIs locally. A CLI and various libraries are also available to deploy your mock APIs anywhere: CI/CD pipelines, servers, etc.
Mockoon features include a powerful templating system to generate dynamic and realistic mock data, a rules system, a proxy mode to partially mock API endpoints, and many customization options: status codes, dynamic headers, TLS, file serving, etc.
Mockoon Cloud is also available for teams and organizations looking for a cloud-based solution. It enables teams to collaborate on API mocking projects and share mock APIs with others by deploying them to the cloud.
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Screenshot of Mockoon's interface
Offer comparison
Below is a comparison of the main characteristics of Wiremock Cloud and Mockoon respective offers:
| Wiremock Cloud | Mockoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Offline/Cloud based | Offline and Cloud | Offline and Cloud |
| Tools provided | Online interface and Java library | Desktop application to design your mock CLI, Docker image and GitHub Action to deploy anywhere |
| Free/paid | Freemium | Free for the open-source tools, paid for the Cloud |
| Billing | Billed per seat | Billed per seat |
| Main cloud features | API mocks deployment and team collaboration | Deployments, team collaboration and AI assistant |
| Open-source | Java library is open-source | |
| Enterprise support |
Features comparison
While Wiremock Cloud and Mockoon offer similar API mocking capabilities, they have different approaches. Below is a comparison of the main features of Wiremock Cloud and Mockoon:
| API mocking Features | Wiremock Cloud | Mockoon |
|---|---|---|
| Self-host | Java application can be run with the command line | A CLI, Docker image and GitHub Action are available to deploy in headless environments |
| Proxy mode | Can intercept and forward the traffic | Documentation |
| OpenAPI support | Documentation | |
| Recording | Can record entering requests to create stubs | Mockoon can create mock endpoints based on entering requests |
| CRUD operations | Automated CRUD endpoints with fake databases | |
| Response rules | Request matching system similar to Mockoon's one | Advanced system of rules |
| Dynamic/realistic data | Templating system similar to Mockoon's one | Advanced templating system and AI assistant to generate realistic fake data |
| Callbacks/Webhooks | Callbacks system | |
| File serving | Basic static file serving from dedicated directory | Documentation |
| Custom headers | At endpoint's level | At endpoint's and server's levels Supports templating helpers for dynamically generated headers |
| Customizable status code | ||
| Route regex | Documentation | |
| GraphQL support | ||
| Slow network/server simulation | At endpoint's level | At server's and endpoint's levels |
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