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Mock/it vs Reqres: What are the differences?
Developers describe Mock/it as "Dead Simple API Mocking". Mocking accelerates your development by building against a stand-in API. Ideal for mocking RESTful services or decoupling your client from an external API dependency. Setup a mock endpoint in seconds by claiming a custom sub-domain and inviting teammates to collaborate. On the other hand, Reqres is detailed as "Test your front-end against a real API". A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests.
Mock/it and Reqres belong to "API Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Mock/it are:
- Dedicated subdomains
- Unlimited teammates
- No coding required
On the other hand, Reqres provides the following key features:
- Reqres does not store any of your data at all
- Fake data
- Real responses
Reqres is an open source tool with 944 GitHub stars and 118 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Reqres's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Mock/it
Pros of Reqres
- Fake data2
- RESTful API2
- Open source1
- Always-on1
- Rapid prototyping of interfaces1
- Language agnostic1
- Hosted on Digital Ocean1
