Hoppscotch is the lightweight, open-source champion of API testing. Kamatera’s high-performance cloud servers eliminate the lag and throttling so you can test APIs with sub-millisecond latency, run concurrent requests without slowdowns, and collaborate with your team in real-time without interruption.
Run your own Hoppscotch instance on Kamatera’s enterprise-grade infrastructure and move your API workspace into a secure, sovereign environment. Keep your API keys, authentication tokens, and sensitive request data entirely within your control.
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Hoppscotch is an open-source API development platform that provides a complete suite of tools for building, testing, and documenting APIs. Unlike traditional API clients, Hoppscotch supports REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, Socket.IO, and MQTT all in one interface. It’s designed with modern development workflows in mind, offering real-time collaboration, environment management, collection organization, and extensive customization options. Developers choose Hoppscotch because it’s faster, more intuitive, and more powerful than alternatives, while being completely free and open-source.
Hoppscotch is designed to run well on both small and large deployments. The minimum requirements to run Hoppscotch are an operating system that supports Docker and 4 CPU cores + 4GB of RAM to generate the build image and as little as 1 CPU core + 2GB of RAM to host the generated output files.
For more details, refer to the Hoppscotch documentation.
The primary difference between Hoppscotch and Postman lies in their philosophy: Postman is a feature-rich, proprietary “all-in-one” enterprise platform, while Hoppscotch is a lightweight, open-source alternative designed for speed and data privacy.
When you self-host Hoppscotch on Kamatera, you have complete control over your data security. All API requests, credentials, tokens, and development data stay within your infrastructure and never transit through third-party services. You can implement your own security policies, use your firewall rules, encrypt data at rest and in transit, restrict access through VPNs or IP whitelisting, and maintain complete audit logs. Kamatera provides the infrastructure security foundation with DDoS protection, secure data centers, and network security, while you control the application-level security configuration. This architecture is ideal for meeting strict compliance requirements like SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR.
Kamatera makes scaling incredibly simple. You can upgrade your server’s CPU, RAM, or storage through the control panel with just a few clicks, and most upgrades can happen with minimal or no downtime. If you need significant scaling, you can deploy Hoppscotch in a more distributed architecture with load balancing and multiple instances. The open-source nature of Hoppscotch means you’re not locked into any specific deployment pattern and can architect the solution that fits your scale. Kamatera’s infrastructure supports everything from small single-server deployments to complex multi-region setups.
You have full root access to your server. You can easily point your domain to your Kamatera IP address and set up an SSL certificate (like Let’s Encrypt) to ensure your API lab is accessible via a secure address.
Our 30-day free trial includes one server worth up to $100. You can set up your free VPS server, install an operating system, and select a location from one of our 20+ data centers worldwide.
If you choose monthly billing, you will receive your first invoice the month after the free trial expires. For example, if you start your free trial on November 20, the free trial will be until December 20. If you choose to continue using our services and don’t terminate your server, your first invoice will be sent out after January 1. That invoice will include a prorated charge for December 20-31, as well as the month of January.
Our flexible monthly and hourly pricing models allow you to keep your costs under control. If you choose an hourly server, we bill for the resources you use. You’re only charged for the time your server is running. You can see real-time usage in your dashboard, and there are no surprise charges or hidden fees.