Quick Answer
Beeceptor is a popular mock API tool with a hard limit: 50 requests per day on the free tier. Fine for demos, unusable for any real integration test loop. Requex.me has no request cap on the free tier, mock APIs with unlimited calls, plus auth simulation, conditional responses, and team-shareable URLs.
Beeceptor Alternative, No Request Cap
Beeceptor makes it easy to spin up a mock endpoint. The catch: 50 free requests per day. Integration tests, CI, polling clients, they all blow through that budget in minutes. Here is a version without the cap.
The 50-Request Limit in Practice
A single Playwright end-to-end suite might hit your mock 100+ times. A polling dashboard hitting once per minute uses 1,440 requests per day. Your CI job that ran yesterday already used 40 requests, so today starts at 10 remaining. Free-tier Beeceptor becomes a full-time babysit.
Once you hit the cap, Beeceptor returns 429 on subsequent requests until the daily reset. Tests fail. Team asks why. You upgrade to paid ($10/mo for 5,000 requests) or look for an alternative.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Beeceptor Free | Requex.me |
|---|---|---|
| Daily request limit | 50 | Unlimited |
| Endpoints | 1 active | Multiple mock servers, multiple routes each |
| Auth simulation | Via rules | Built-in (Bearer, HMAC, API key, Basic) |
| Conditional responses | Rules engine | UI condition builder |
| Retention | Until inactive 14 days | Persistent |
| Paid plan | $10+/mo for real usage | Free |
When Beeceptor Still Wins
- You want a custom subdomain (
mysite.free.beeceptor.com) - You need their proxy / response rewriting features
- You only do 10–20 requests a day and the 50-req limit never triggers
Switching from Beeceptor
- Sign in to Requex.me and create a mock server
- Add routes matching your Beeceptor endpoint paths
- Copy response bodies and status codes from Beeceptor rules
- Update your test config / frontend
API_URLto the Requex mock URL - Run your test suite at full volume, no 429
FAQ
Is Requex really unlimited?
Yes. No daily cap, no per-endpoint cap. Fair-use abuse protection exists but does not affect normal development or CI use.
Will my Requex URL change?
No. Each mock server has a stable ID that persists. Your https://requex.me/mock/{id}/... URL never rotates.
Does Requex support Beeceptor's rules engine?
Requex has a UI condition builder, match on query params, headers, body fields, or path parameters, with operators (equals, contains, regex, exists, etc.). Covers the same use cases without the YAML/JSON rule editor.