The Cloud-Hosted Mockoon Alternative

Mockoon is a great desktop app, but its mock server only runs on your machine. When the endpoint needs to be reachable by a teammate, a phone, or a CI job, MockBolt gives you a public HTTPS URL in seconds with nothing to install.

Mockoon vs MockBolt

Feature	Mockoon	MockBolt
Install / setup	Download and run the desktop app	Nothing to install — runs in the browser
Where it runs	Your machine only	Public HTTPS URL, reachable from anywhere
Share an endpoint with a teammate	No — they install and configure it too	Yes — send them the URL
Test from a phone, emulator, or CI	Needs a tunnel or hosting	Works out of the box
Multi-route API definition	Yes — its core strength	One endpoint per mock
Templating / dynamic responses	Yes — full templating engine	Dynamic variables for uuid, timestamp, randomInt, name
Conditional responses	Yes — route rules	Yes — up to 5 rules, or 25 values via a query-param switch
Request inspector	Yes — local UI	Yes — live, in the browser
Runs in CI	Yes — CLI mode	Yes — endpoint is already public
Cost	Free, open source	Free; $2 once to make an endpoint permanent

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Mockoon alternative with a public URL?

MockBolt. Mockoon runs a mock server on your own machine, so the endpoint is not reachable from anywhere else. MockBolt gives you a public HTTPS URL the moment you paste your JSON, which you can share, call from a phone, or hit from CI without a tunnel.

Why would I use MockBolt instead of Mockoon?

Because the mock needs to be reachable by something other than your laptop — a teammate, a deployed preview build, a mobile device, or a CI job. Mockoon is excellent locally, but making it public means adding a tunnel or hosting it yourself.

When is Mockoon still the better choice?

When you are defining a complex API with many routes and want full control offline. Mockoon is open source, supports a real templating engine and detailed route rules, and runs as a CLI server in pipelines.

Do I need to keep an app running for MockBolt?

No. There is no local process and nothing to install. Once you create an endpoint it stays live on MockBolt's servers — free for 7 days, auto-renewing while it receives traffic, or permanently for a one-time $2.

Can I create many endpoints at once, like a Mockoon environment?

Yes. Paste an OpenAPI 3.x or Swagger 2.0 spec and MockBolt creates one mock per operation, up to 50 per import. Each gets its own public URL and manage page.

Does MockBolt support dynamic responses?

Partly. You get dynamic variables such as uuid, timestamp, randomInt, and name, plus conditional rules, round-robin payloads, response delay, and error-rate simulation. It is not a full templating engine like Mockoon's.