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24 alternatives to Mockden

Rapid api prototyping & mock data

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Generate custom data & API to build apps in less than 30s

    2021 · retool.com · its alternatives →

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    Mockaroo▲354

    A realistic data generator to test your app

    2015 · mockaroo.com · its alternatives →

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    Effortless mock APIs for seamless testing & prototyping

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A rapid prototyping, design collaboration and handoff tool

    2018 · its alternatives →

  5. 5MO
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    Mockoon▲89

    Mock servers in seconds

    2017 · mockoon.com · its alternatives →

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    Get mock APIs from your schema

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to run mock REST API servers. No remote deployment, no account required, free, open source and cross-platform.

    2017 · mockoon.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate mock data using AI

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    API Mocks Prototyping

    2020 · mock-api-builder.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    A HTTP-based API simulator to assist parallel development 🛠️

    2018 · mocklets.com · its alternatives →

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    Mockable▲114

    For rapid API prototyping: create REST/SOAP mocks in 3 sec

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Mock your entire API in minutes.

    2019 · mockadillo.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14CM
  15. 15MM
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    Generate customized, realistic mock data & APIs, via GPT

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Fast and collaborative online prototyping platform

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Free mock api generator for developers | instant test data

    Nov 2025 · fakeapifordevs.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Instant API Mocking for Faster Development

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Stateless API mocks in seconds, powered by tokens.

    2025 · apifastmock.com · its alternatives →

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    GUI approach to generating realistic mock JSON data

    2022 · mockturtle.net · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    Hi HN! I'm Ankit, the founder of Beeceptor, a request mocking and intercepting tool. This time, I built something new to address a pain I’ve personally felt (and heard from dozens of QA, frontend, and platform teams): making OpenAPI specs actually useful during development. API contracts just sit around as docs often. What if you could 'activate' them, instantly have a realistic, hosted mock server-with contract validation, smart test data, and early usage? So I made _Mockaroo for OpenAPI_, but with brains. It spins up a hosted mock server from your spec in one click. It: - Generates…

    2025 · beeceptor.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I built the first version of Mocktail years ago. I recently came back to the project, and after a pretty substantial rebuild, v4 is now out. Mocktail is a free and open-source, self-hosted mock API server with a built-in dashboard and database, packaged as a single ~25 MB binary. You can run it locally or on your own infrastructure — no account or hosted service required. You can define endpoints and responses, generate realistic data per request, customize headers, status codes and latency, and inspect incoming requests in real time. With v4, I also added MCP support, so coding…

    Aug 2026 · getmocktail.com · its alternatives →

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    Figma plugin to generate & customise random data for designs

    2022 · figma.com · its alternatives →

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