API Test Automation Pricing for Modern Engineering Teams
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What you get with every plan
Automate REST, GraphQL & OpenAPI
Support for all major API types and specification-driven test design.
CI/CD Native Integration
Run tests in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and more.
AI-Powered Test Generation
Generate and maintain tests from your specs with one click.
Real-Time Reporting & Analytics
Track coverage, success rates, and response times in one place.
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32 free, hands-on API testing lessons — REST, GraphQL, SOAP, JWT, OAuth2 and AI — running against a live sandbox. No signup required.
Plans for every team
Trial, Citizen Developer, Professional, and Enterprise — pick the tier that fits your team.
Trial
Full Evaluation15-day full evaluation that mirrors Enterprise — every feature unlocked.
Free15 days
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- Mirrors Enterprise — all features unlocked
- Unlimited users, endpoints, mocks, workflows
- Self-hosted or cloud deployment
- AI test & mock generation (BYO key)
- Self-hosted LLM (Ollama / LM Studio / vLLM)
- Persona dashboards & analytics
- Audit logs, RBAC, MCP server
- Trial-priority email support
Citizen Developer
Free ForeverForever-free single-user tier with caps — perfect for solo developers.
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- 1 user / single-seat license
- 50 endpoints, 50 mocks, 50 workflows
- 10 steps per workflow, 1 concurrent run
- 3 auth profiles per project
- REST / SOAP / GraphQL authoring
- AI test & mock generation (BYO key)
- Local Runner (.exe desktop)
- Reports include "Powered by Shift-Left Studio" watermark
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Professional
Up to 25 seats with no caps — built for growing API teams.
Custom
Per user / annual
- Up to 25 seats
- Unlimited endpoints, mocks, workflows & runs
- Visual workflows with parallel & advanced retries
- Test Run Packs, Scheduler & CRON
- Analytics, trend & regression dashboards
- Shareable dashboards (token / password / expiry)
- RBAC, audit logs & policies
- Public REST API + 6 CI/CD plugins (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, Bitbucket)
- MCP server (AI agent integration)
- Business-hours email support
Enterprise
Enterprise GradeUnlimited seats with SSO, HA & white-label on the roadmap.
Custom
Annual / Custom
- Unlimited seats
- Persona-specific dashboards
- Self-hosted LLM (Ollama / LM Studio / vLLM)
- Extended run-history retention 🟡
- SSO: Azure AD, OIDC, SAML 2.0 🟡
- HA / clustering, custom domain, white-label 🟡
- HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets, Azure KV 🟡
- SLA-backed priority support
- Dedicated success engineer
- Custom training & onboarding
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Shift-Left Studio feature matrix — see how Trial, Citizen Developer, Professional, and Enterprise stack up.
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✅ Included · ❌ Not included · 🔒 Visible-but-disabled (upgrade prompt) · 🟡 Coming Soon
Trial = 15-day full evaluation that mirrors Enterprise. Citizen Developer (Free) = forever-free single-user tier with caps. Professional = up to 25 seats, no caps. Enterprise = unlimited seats, SSO/HA/white-label roadmap.
| Capability | Trial (15 days) | Citizen Developer (Free) | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Plan & Deployment | ||||
| Users / seats | Unlimited | 1 | Up to 25 | Unlimited |
| Self-hosted deployment | ||||
| Cloud (multi-tenant) | ||||
| License duration | 15 days | Forever | Annual | Annual / Custom |
| High Availability / clustering | Coming Soon | |||
| Custom domain | Coming Soon | |||
| White-label branding | Coming Soon | |||
| Report watermark | Removed | "Powered by Shift-Left Studio" | Removed | Fully white-labelComing Soon |
| 2. Core Limits | ||||
| Endpoints (REST/SOAP/GraphQL combined) | Unlimited | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Mock servers | Unlimited | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Workflows / Integration Tests | Unlimited | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Steps per workflow | Unlimited | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Concurrent test runs | Unlimited | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Auth Profiles per project | Unlimited | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Projects | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 3. Authoring & Protocols | ||||
| REST / SOAP / GraphQL testing | ||||
| gRPC testing | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Swagger / OpenAPI import | ||||
| Postman collection import | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Test Editor with Chai assertions | ||||
| Projects, Features, Tags | ||||
| Variables and environments | ||||
| 4. Mocks | ||||
| Mock servers | Unlimited | (50 max) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Mock subdomain routing | ||||
| AI mock generation (BYO key) | ||||
| 5. Workflows / Integration Tests | ||||
| Visual workflow editor | ||||
| Sequential step execution | ||||
| Parallel step execution | ||||
| Conditional & loop nodes | Full | Basic | Full | Full |
| Data flow between steps | ||||
| Retry strategies | Advanced | Basic | Advanced | Advanced |
| 6. Execution | ||||
| Manual run (Run Now) | ||||
| Local Runner (.exe desktop) | ||||
| Concurrent runs | Unlimited | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Test Run Packs (Functional / Integration / E2E / Workflow / Compliance / Performance) | Upgrade | |||
| Run history retention | Default | Default | Default | ExtendedComing Soon |
| 7. Scheduling | ||||
| Scheduler | Upgrade | |||
| CRON / recurring schedules | Upgrade | |||
| Workflow Pack scheduling | Upgrade | |||
| Schedule chaining & dependencies | Upgrade | |||
| 8. Dashboards, Analytics & Reporting | ||||
| Persona-specific Dashboards | Upgrade | |||
| Analytics & aggregations | Upgrade | |||
| Trend & regression analysis | Upgrade | |||
| Shareable dashboards (token, password, expiry) | ||||
| High-level workflow reports | Basic (single run) | |||
| Report export (PDF / HTML) | no watermark | with watermark | no watermark | White-label 🟡 |
| 9. AI / Intelligence | ||||
| AI test generation (BYO key) | ||||
| AI mock generation (BYO key) | ||||
| Multi-provider (Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini / Azure OpenAI) | ||||
| Self-hosted LLM (Ollama / LM Studio / vLLM) | ||||
| Rule Intelligence / requirements review | Full | Basic | Full | |
| MCP server (AI agent integration) | Upgrade | |||
| 10. Identity & SSO | ||||
| Local authentication (JWT) | ||||
| Email-based user invitations | ||||
| Azure AD / Entra ID SSO | Coming Soon | |||
| Generic OIDC (Okta, Google Workspace) | Coming Soon | |||
| SAML 2.0 SSO | Coming Soon | |||
| Group → Role mapping | Coming Soon | |||
| Auto-provisioning on first SSO login | Coming Soon | |||
| 11. Users, Roles & Governance | ||||
| User Management UI | ||||
| RBAC (Administrator / Contributor / Reviewer / Reader / Environment Manager) | ||||
| Project assignments (single global role per user) | ||||
| Per-project role variations | Coming Soon | |||
| Custom roles & fine-grained permissions | Coming Soon | |||
| User policies | ||||
| API spec change approval | ||||
| Group-based access | Coming Soon | |||
| 12. Secrets & Auth Profiles | ||||
| Project Auth Profiles | Unlimited | 3 max | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Encrypted credential storage (AES-256) | ||||
| Bearer / Basic / API Key / OAuth2 | ||||
| HashiCorp Vault | Coming Soon | |||
| AWS Secrets Manager | Coming Soon | |||
| Azure Key Vault | Coming Soon | |||
| 13. Audit & Observability | ||||
| Audit logs (capture, viewer, filters, stats, export) | Upgrade | |||
| Configurable audit retention | Coming Soon | |||
| Activity feed (real-time team stream) | Coming Soon | |||
| System health & metrics | Basic | |||
| Real-time logs | Basic | |||
| 14. APIs & CI/CD Integrations | ||||
| Public REST API (test packs, runs, results, history) | Upgrade | |||
| Public API auth (token expiry, role-based, rate-limit, CORS) | Upgrade | |||
| API key generation / rotation UI | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Webhooks (subscriptions, signed delivery, retry) | Coming Soon | Upgrade | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| Azure DevOps CI/CD task | ||||
| Jenkins (Java plugin with quality gates) | Upgrade | |||
| GitHub Actions | Upgrade | |||
| GitLab CI | Upgrade | |||
| CircleCI | Upgrade | |||
| Bitbucket Pipelines | Upgrade | |||
| 15. Collaboration | ||||
| Shared projects (admin-managed multi-user access) | ||||
| Shareable dashboards (token, password, expiry) | ||||
| Self-service project invitations | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Team / workspace hierarchy (above projects) | Coming Soon | |||
| Comments on tests & endpoints | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Review / approval flows (general) | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Activity feed | Coming Soon | |||
| 16. Support & Services | ||||
| Documentation & community | ||||
| Email support | Trial-priority | Business hours | Priority | |
| SLA-backed support | ||||
| Dedicated success engineer | ||||
| Custom training & onboarding | ||||
Note: Persona Dashboards are gated to Trial / Enterprise; Analytics & charts are available to Professional.
All Platform Features
Explore every feature included with Shift-Left API — grouped by category.
| Feature | Description | Plan | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
AI-Powered TestingFor Developers & QA Leads | |||
AI Test Generation | Generate comprehensive test suites from OpenAPI specs with one click. | All plans | Details |
Coverage Gaps | Identify untested endpoints and missing scenarios automatically. | All plans | Details |
Edge Cases | Discover boundary conditions and edge cases humans miss. | All plans | Details |
Multi-AI | Choose between OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini. | All plans | Details |
RAG & Learning | AI that learns from your team — every edit, every failure, every document makes tests smarter. | All plans | Details |
Test Execution & CI/CDFor DevOps & Developers | |||
Shift-Left Agent | Run API tests on-premise behind your firewall. | Business+ | Details |
CI/CD | Native integrations with every major CI/CD platform. | Business+ | Details |
Scheduler | Run tests automatically on a cron schedule. | Business+ | Details |
Test Packs | Group and batch-execute tests for focused regression runs. | All plans | Details |
Workflows | Build multi-step API flows with a visual DAG editor. | All plans | Details |
Multi-Protocol SupportFor Architects & Tech Leads | |||
REST | Full support for REST APIs with OpenAPI and Swagger import. | All plans | Details |
GraphQL | Test GraphQL queries and mutations with schema validation. | All plans | Details |
SOAP | Test SOAP web services with WSDL import and XML validation. | All plans | Details |
Assertions | Validate every aspect of API responses with 40+ built-in assertions. | All plans | Details |
Mock Server | Create mock APIs for parallel development and testing. | Business+ | Details |
Enterprise & ComplianceFor CTOs & Engineering Managers | |||
RBAC | Control who can view, edit, and execute tests. | Business+ | Details |
HIPAA/GDPR | Meet healthcare and privacy regulations with built-in compliance features. | Enterprise | Details |
Multi-Tenant | Isolated workspaces for teams, departments, or clients. | Enterprise | Details |
Auth Profiles | Manage OAuth, API keys, AWS Sig V4, and more per project. | All plans | Details |
Analytics & MonitoringFor QA Leads & Product Owners | |||
Dashboard | Track test coverage, pass rates, and response times at a glance. | All plans | Details |
Regression | Detect test regressions and failure trends over time. | Business+ | Details |
Change Detection | Detect breaking API changes before they reach production. | Business+ | Details |
Shared Reports | Share live test reports with stakeholders via secure links. | Business+ | Details |
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Why Teams Choose Our API Automation Platform
Teams see reduced regression time, faster deployments, lower QA costs, and improved API reliability. Our platform is built for modern engineering: specification-driven, CI/CD native, and AI-powered so you can shift left without slowing down.
Manual Testing vs Our Platform
| Aspect | Manual Testing | Our Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Regression time | Days to run full suite | Minutes with automated runs |
| Deployments | Bottlenecked by late testing | Faster, confident releases |
| QA cost | High manual effort | Lower with AI and automation |
| API reliability | Reactive, post-release issues | Shift-left, catch issues early |
What every paid plan includes
Beyond the 15-day trial, here is what your team gets to ship APIs with confidence.
OpenAPI/Swagger import
Import specs from files, URLs, or API gateways. OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0.
AI test generation
Generate comprehensive test suites from your spec — positive, negative, edge cases, and security checks.
Coverage tracking
Endpoint, method, status code, and parameter coverage dashboards with gap detection.
CI/CD execution
Native Azure DevOps and Jenkins plugins. REST API for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and more.
Contract validation
Schema-based contract testing on every run. Catch drift before it reaches production.
Self-healing tests
Tests adapt to non-breaking spec changes. Fix real regressions, not false positives.
Local Runner
Test private APIs and development environments without exposing them to the cloud.
API mocking
Static and dynamic mock servers generated from your spec for parallel development.
Analytics and reporting
Test run history, success rates, response times, and coverage trends across releases.
Pricing FAQ
How long is the free trial?
The free trial is 15 days with full access to every feature on the platform — including AI test generation, CI/CD, mocking, analytics, and RBAC. No credit card is required to start.Do I need a credit card for the free trial?
No. You can start your 15-day free trial without entering a credit card. We'll remind you before the trial ends.What happens after the trial ends?
When your trial ends, you can contact our team to choose a plan that fits your needs. We'll help you continue without interruption—no surprise charges.What's the difference between Professional and Business?
Professional is ideal for individual developers and small teams who need CI/CD, the Shift-Left Agent, and multi-protocol support. Business adds team collaboration features like RBAC, shared dashboards, API mocking, and change detection.Can I upgrade anytime?
Yes. You can upgrade from any plan at any time. We'll prorate where applicable.Do you support OpenAPI?
Yes. We support OpenAPI 3.0 and Swagger 2.0. You can import specs via URL or file upload; the platform discovers endpoints and organizes them automatically.Do you offer on-premise deployment?
Yes. Enterprise plans can include a private cloud or on-premise deployment option. Contact sales to discuss your requirements.Is there a limit on API calls?
Free includes cloud execution within trial limits. Professional and Business have higher limits. Enterprise plans have custom limits tailored to your needs.What AI usage limits apply?
AI-assisted test generation is included in all plans. Free has a limit suitable for evaluation; Professional, Business, and Enterprise have progressively higher or custom AI request limits.How does pricing scale?
Professional, Business, and Enterprise pricing is per-user based on your team size, projects, and usage. We'll provide a tailored quote so you only pay for what you need.Do you offer discounts for startups?
We offer competitive pricing for early-stage and growth-stage teams. Contact us with your team size and use case and we'll share options.
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