Runscope

7.3easy start · #13of 27
in API Monitoring Tools

Free trialyes
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows. Paid plans from $79/mo.

Runscope is ranked #13 of 27 in API monitoring tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $79/mo.

Runscope plans and pricing

All plans

Small $79/mo Billed once per month 250K Requests · 5 team members · 19 global locations · Up to 1-minute schedules · Standard email support blazemeter.com · 4 Oct 2026

Medium $199/mo Billed once per Month 1M Requests · 40 team members · Priority support · Custom script libraries · Reusable script snippets · Enhanced response timings blazemeter.com · 4 Oct 2026

Large $599/mo Billed once per Month 5M Requests · 50 team members · Priority support · SAML single sign-on · Client certificates blazemeter.com · 4 Oct 2026

Unleashed Contact Us Higher request volumes · Customizable options · Premium support · Splunk integrations · Secrets management · RBAC support · Service level agreement · File uploads · Dedicated success manager blazemeter.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on API monitoring tools

Paid from: $79/mo
Check frequency: 1 min
Response assertions: Yes
Multi-region checks: Yes
Private locations: Yes
Incident workflows: Yes

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The record

Current positioning: The Runscope homepage says API Monitoring is now available through BlazeMeter.
What it does: Runscope provides developers a place to monitor and manage APIs used in mobile and web applications.
API tests: An API test is one or more sequential HTTP requests, with assertions and variables available for validating and passing data between steps.
Monitoring locations: API Monitoring can run tests in the cloud or behind a firewall against public or private APIs.
Validation features: Tests can assert response time, JSON or XML content, HTTP headers, status codes, and response bodies.
Workflow features: The product supports chained requests, dynamic data, reusable checks across local, staging, and production environments, and imports from Swagger or OpenAPI formats.
Alerts: The documentation lists email, webhook, PagerDuty, and Slack notifications for completed or failed test runs.
Integrations: The product page names Jenkins, Slack, HipChat, PagerDuty, Datadog, Splunk, and New Relic Insights integrations.
Private API access: The product page says an on-premises agent can monitor private APIs and supports macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Enterprise features: The enterprise page lists role-based access control, SAML single sign-on, an SLA option, custom support, and a dedicated account manager.
Support: BlazeMeter support hours are listed as 6 AM–5 PM PST, Monday through Friday; Unleashed customers can submit tickets through the support portal.
Security: Runscope’s terms say it uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards, while noting that it cannot guarantee those measures will never be defeated.
Audience: The Runscope about page describes its mission as building tools for API, infrastructure, and developer experience teams supporting modern application development.
Product status: The Runscope homepage says API Monitoring (Runscope) is now part of BlazeMeter.
Price from: $79/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best API Monitoring Tools in 2026#13 of 27

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Sources

runscope.com· checked 3 Oct 2026
runscope.com/terms· checked 3 Oct 2026
help.blazemeter.com/docs/guide/api-monitoring-create-your-f· checked 3 Oct 2026
runscope.com/product· checked 3 Oct 2026
runscope.com/enterprise· checked 3 Oct 2026
help.blazemeter.com/docs/answers/support-ticket.html· checked 3 Oct 2026
runscope.com/about· checked 3 Oct 2026
blazemeter.com/pricing· checked 4 Oct 2026
blazemeter.com/product/blazemeter/api-monitoring· checked 4 Oct 2026