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How Insomnia’s scores are calculated

The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.

verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10

PA Score34/100

Agent-ready 37.1 × 0.30 = 11.13

API quality 36.6 × 0.20 = 7.32

Openness 43.6 × 0.20 = 8.72

Built-in AI 18.7 × 0.15 = 2.80

Automation 29.0 × 0.15 = 4.35

(11.13 + 7.32 + 8.72 + 2.80 + 4.35) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 34.33 ÷ 1.00 = 34.3

Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.

Agent-ready37.1/100×0.30 of the PA blend

Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developer.konghq.com/llms.txt # developer.konghq.com > Kong's developer documentation for Kong Gateway, Kong Konnect, Kong AI Gateway, Kong Mesh, and”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/.md”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Insomnia provides the ability to chain requests. This means you can extract values from the responses of other requests while also sharing state across requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/scripts.md“Pre-request scripts allow you to execute tasks before a request is sent.”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“In CI, use inso lint spec <identifier> to lint OpenAPI and fail builds on errors.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Use the Insomnia CLI to automate the execution of your API tests using your existing Git workflows.”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/“official CLI documented at https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/”

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mcp-clients-in-insomnia.md“Use Insomnia to connect external Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers to access AI-ready tools, prompts, and resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mcp-clients-in-insomnia.md“The Insomnia MCP Client discovers these elements, which enables you to invoke, query, or test them directly in the app.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia.md“Use MCP clients to connect Insomnia to Konnect for mocking, validating, and protecting requests in real time.”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia.md“Use MCP clients to connect Insomnia to Konnect for mocking, validating, and protecting requests in real time.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mcp-clients-in-insomnia.md“The Insomnia MCP Client discovers these elements, which enables you to invoke, query, or test them directly in the app.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mcp-clients-in-insomnia.md“Use Insomnia to connect external Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers to access AI-ready tools, prompts, and resources.”

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“In CI, use inso lint spec <identifier> to lint OpenAPI and fail builds on errors.”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/“official CLI documented at https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Use the Insomnia CLI to automate the execution of your API tests using your existing Git workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“In CI, use inso lint spec <identifier> to lint OpenAPI and fail builds on errors.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://insomnia.rest/pricing“Unlimited access to plugins or build your own”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.konghq.com/openapi.json, https://developer.konghq.com/swagger.json, https://developer.konghq.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.konghq.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/“official CLI documented at https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/”

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia.md“Use Role-based access control (RBAC) for fine-grain control over who can access which Insomnia resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/external-vault.md“Insomnia supports integrating with external vault service providers to retrieve secret values automatically when sending requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/environments.md“Use environments to define groups of variables that Insomnia applies across your requests. For example, you could create variables for base URLs, tokens, or credentials.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mcp-clients-in-insomnia.md“Use Insomnia to connect external Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers to access AI-ready tools, prompts, and resources.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Use the Insomnia CLI to automate the execution of your API tests using your existing Git workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://insomnia.rest/pricing“Unlimited access to plugins or build your own”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/“official CLI documented at https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Agent-ready = 70.4 ÷ 190 × 100 = 37.1

API quality36.6/100×0.20 of the PA blend

The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“View a generated preview of your spec in the right pane.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“Automatically linted. Errors display at the bottom of the center pane and include error type, line number, and error message”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“Generate code snippets automatically in over 12 different programming languages.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia.md“Build and iterate on your OpenAPI specs to design your next API.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Import a Postman collection or OpenAPI spec into Insomnia Method: UI → Import → choose File/Clipboard/URL.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/collections.md“Use the Collection Runner to send multiple requests in a specific order”

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia.md“Build and iterate on your OpenAPI specs to design your next API.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“View a generated preview of your spec in the right pane.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“Automatically linted. Errors display at the bottom of the center pane and include error type, line number, and error message”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Import formats: Insomnia JSON (v4), Insomnia YAML (v5), Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Import a Postman collection or OpenAPI spec into Insomnia Method: UI → Import → choose File/Clipboard/URL.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“In CI, use inso lint spec <identifier> to lint OpenAPI and fail builds on errors.”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 10 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mock-servers.md“The Insomnia Cloud mock servers allow you to create a mock endpoint in a few steps.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“Creates a mock server from a prompt, OpenAPI definition, or live URL response. Automatically scaffolds routes, responses, and configurations.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/dynamic-mocking.md“Dynamic mocking renders Liquid templates so responses can include: - Data from the request (headers, query parameters, path, or body). - Randomly generated fake data.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mock-servers.md“Auto-generate a mock server from a natural language prompt and one of the following input types: URL, OpenAPI, or JSON.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/environments.md“Use environments to define groups of variables that Insomnia applies across your requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/environments.md“Use environments to define groups of variables that Insomnia applies across your requests. For example, you could create variables for base URLs, tokens, or credentials.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/environments.md“Global environments, which can be accessed by all collections in a project * Collection environments, which can be accessed by all requests in a collection * Folder environments”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI-assisted mock server generation, which transforms prompts or API definitions into mock APIs.”

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Import formats: Insomnia JSON (v4), Insomnia YAML (v5), Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”

API quality = 25.6 ÷ 70 × 100 = 36.6

Openness43.6/100×0.20 of the PA blend

Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Use the Insomnia CLI to automate the execution of your API tests using your existing Git workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“In CI, use inso lint spec <identifier> to lint OpenAPI and fail builds on errors.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [probe] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/“official CLI documented at https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/”
  • [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37680126“'Even insomnia had garbage-tier glue code support, something that was very much missing coming from Postman,' notes a user comparing scripting support across API clients.”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 12.6 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/import-export.md“Import formats: Insomnia JSON (v4), Insomnia YAML (v5), Postman v2.0/v2.1, HAR, OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger, WSDL, and cURL”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository. Insomnia does not host or manage it.”
  • [github] https://github.com/Kong/insomnia“Git Sync: for Git storage using any 3rd party Git repository, without going through the cloud.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/convert-project-storage.md“You can convert a project to: - Local Vault - Cloud Sync - Git Sync”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/convert-project-storage.md“You can convert a project to: Local Vault, Cloud Sync, Git Sync”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

  • [github] https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/blob/develop/LICENSE“Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004 — repository LICENSE file; the README's License section states: [Apache-2.0](LICENSE) (c) Insomnia (insomnia.rest).”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

  • [github] https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/blob/develop/LICENSE“Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004 — repository LICENSE file; the README's License section states: [Apache-2.0](LICENSE) (c) Insomnia (insomnia.rest).”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository. Insomnia does not host or manage it.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/data-security.md“At no point in the sync process can the Insomnia servers read or access sensitive application project data.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/convert-project-storage.md“You can convert a project to: - Local Vault - Cloud Sync - Git Sync”

Openness = 43.6 ÷ 100 × 100 = 43.6

Built-in AI18.7/100×0.15 of the PA blend

Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“Creates a mock server from a prompt, OpenAPI definition, or live URL response. Automatically scaffolds routes, responses, and configurations.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mock-servers.md“Auto-generate a mock server from a natural language prompt and one of the following input types: URL, OpenAPI, or JSON.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI-assisted mock server generation, which transforms prompts or API definitions into mock APIs.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help maintain clear and atomic commit histories.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/collections.md“Use the Collection Runner to send multiple requests in a specific order”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“Creates a mock server from a prompt, OpenAPI definition, or live URL response. Automatically scaffolds routes, responses, and configurations.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mock-servers.md“Auto-generate a mock server from a natural language prompt and one of the following input types: URL, OpenAPI, or JSON.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI-assisted mock server generation, which transforms prompts or API definitions into mock APIs.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help maintain clear and atomic commit histories.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“Creates a mock server from a prompt, OpenAPI definition, or live URL response. Automatically scaffolds routes, responses, and configurations.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/mock-servers.md“Auto-generate a mock server from a natural language prompt and one of the following input types: URL, OpenAPI, or JSON.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help maintain clear and atomic commit histories.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI-assisted mock server generation, which transforms prompts or API definitions into mock APIs.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/ai-in-insomnia.md“AI commit message suggestions, which help”

Built-in AI = 16.8 ÷ 90 × 100 = 18.7

Automation29.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend

Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automatically test multiple requests in your collections, with unlimited collection runs.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/collections.md“Use the Collection Runner to send multiple requests in a specific order”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Automate your tests with Inso CLI”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://insomnia.rest/pricing“Unlimited collection runs * Unlimited environments”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Test complex workflows by chaining the responses from requests together”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/scripts.md“Pre-request scripts allow you to execute tasks before a request is sent.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/scripts.md“Pre-request scripts allow you to execute tasks before a request is sent. They can be used to: * Manipulate environment variables or authentication * Manipulate the contents of the request”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Pre-request and after-response scripting to add logic to your requests”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/test.md“Test complex workflows by chaining the responses from requests together”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/inso-cli/continuous-integration.md“Inso CLI is designed to run in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment. It disables prompts and provides exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 7.0 of 10 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Insomnia opens a merge view so you can review and resolve conflicts without leaving the app.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/git-sync.md“Git Sync connects Insomnia directly to your Git repository. Your project data stays in your repository. Insomnia does not host or manage it.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/design.md“Collaboratively create APIs with an unlimited number of contributors (free accounts allow unlimited contributors on one project) and git version control.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/convert-project-storage.md“You can convert a project to: - Local Vault - Cloud Sync - Git Sync”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.konghq.com/insomnia/convert-project-storage.md“You can convert a project to: Local Vault, Cloud Sync, Git Sync”
  • [github] https://github.com/Kong/insomnia“Git Sync: for Git storage using any 3rd party Git repository, without going through the cloud.”

Automation = 23.2 ÷ 80 × 100 = 29.0