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Roley
API Testing tool built for Teams
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API Testing tool built for Teams
43 followers
Build, test, and manage APIs all in one powerful workspace. Roley.io is a faster, cleaner, and more affordable alternative to Postman, designed for modern development teams. Streamline API testing, collaboration, documentation, and project management with a developer-first experience.
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thanks for sharing @rajjagani021
question to the founders: what are the key things about the client? how does it compare to other legacy tools like postman, insomnia etc and how does it compare to open source tools like Voiden, Bruno or Yaak?
Hi @nikolas_dimitroulakis
I started Roley because, as a small company, tools like Postman became difficult to justify financially, especially when the most important need for us was simple team collaboration. In most projects, we work with 3–5 developers, and having shared collections, synchronization, and documentation is essential.
To be fair, Postman has built a great product with an excellent UI/UX, and that’s one of the reasons developers love using it. But over time, I felt the focus shifted more toward AI-driven features, while many SaaS teams still primarily need reliable collaboration, documentation, and testing workflows at an affordable price.
The pricing also became challenging for smaller and mid-sized teams. With the reduction in their free collaboration limits and paid plans starting around $19/user/month, many companies end up paying for features they may rarely use.
That’s where Roley comes in.
Our goal is simple: build an API testing and collaboration tool that focuses on what development teams actually use every day: team synchronization, documentation, history tracking, and communication, while keeping pricing accessible. Our Professional plan starts at $4/user/month annually, and we’re also introducing features like “Inline Comments” directly inside collections and requests, which will even be available in the free plan.
Since I’m a developer myself, I’m building Roley from real frustrations I’ve personally faced while working in teams.
Regarding open-source tools like Bruno, Yaak, or Voiden, I genuinely respect what they are building. Open-source tools are great for individual developers and local workflows. However, once teams start collaborating at scale, features like audit logs, request history, shared workspaces, inline communication, and centralized documentation become extremely important. In many cases, those capabilities are either limited or locked behind higher-tier plans.
Long term, we will absolutely integrate AI features as well, but in a practical way, helping developers generate mocks, validate APIs, or speed up workflows based on actual project requirements, instead of adding AI just for hype.
At the end of the day, Roley is focused on one thing: making API collaboration simpler, more affordable, and more team-friendly for modern SaaS companies.
The Postman pricing creep is real, I've seen small teams pushed to paid tiers just for shared collections. One question on the team side: when collections sync across a workspace, how are environment secrets like API keys handled? Encrypted server-side, kept local, something else? That's usually what decides whether a team can actually adopt a tool like this.
Hello @adrian_rebega
That’s a very valid point, and honestly, one of the important areas we’re actively improving.
Right now, environment variables are synchronized within the workspace to make team collaboration seamless.
However, we’re already planning server-side encryption for sensitive data such as authorization tokens, API keys, and other secrets to ensure stronger security and compliance for teams.
As Roley evolves, security around shared environments and credentials will be a major focus for us, especially for teams working on production-scale projects. We definitely want to make sure this is handled properly before expanding collaboration features further.
Really appreciate you bringing this up. Feedback like this helps us prioritize the right things early.