Shippy

What Shippy does

Shippy (operated by PKRV LLC, a Colorado-based LLC headquartered at 11590 Ridgeline Dr Ste 130 #1026 in Colorado Springs) provides a desktop API client for testing, organizing, and collaborating on APIs. The product is aimed at individual software developers and development teams who work with APIs as part of building software applications, with explicit positioning against the complexity of incumbent API clients and a stated gap in real-time collaboration and AI-workflow integration. Shippy offers a free Solo Developer tier that works offline with no account required and a paid Teams tier priced at $5 per user per month that adds cloud syncing, real-time collaboration, online environments, and access to a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

The desktop application is distributed directly through the Shippy website as installers for Windows 64-bit and macOS (both Apple Silicon and Intel), with the product currently at version v1.2.7. Core technical components include real-time workspace synchronization, environment variable management using {{variable}} syntax with one-click environment switching, click-to-save response values as variables, granular per-workspace permissions, and workspace-level search. The product natively imports Postman collections while preserving requests, folders, and structure, with import support for Bruno and Insomnia announced as upcoming. The MCP server, available to Teams subscribers, connects Shippy to AI coding assistants such as Claude and Cursor, enabling developers to sync API changes, scaffold new requests, and update environment variables from their AI-assisted development workflow.

Shippy's business model is a freemium, product-led growth motion: the free Solo Developer tier targets individuals and small teams up to two users as a top-of-funnel acquisition channel, with conversion to the $5/user/month Teams tier as collaboration, cloud syncing, and AI workflow needs emerge. Shippy is a privately held company with 1-10 employees, no disclosed institutional funding, no named customers, no disclosed partnerships, and no awards or patents in the available source material. The company was founded in 2026, indicating an early-stage operation with limited operating history and no disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Shippy

Legal name

PKRV LLC

Website

https://shippy.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Shippy provides a desktop API client enabling individual developers and teams to test, organize, and collaborate on APIs in real time. Its freemium product includes a built-in MCP server that integrates with AI coding assistants such as Claude and Cursor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Colorado Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Team Subscriptions: Monthly subscription at $5 per user per month for team mode features including cloud syncing, MCP server, online environments, and larger teams. Solo mode is free with limited features.
2. Solo Free Tier: Free offline use for individual developers with basic features including Postman import, organizations, workspaces, environment variables, granular permissions, and search. No account required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Shippy is a desktop API client application for testing and collaborating on APIs, available in a free Solo Developer tier and a paid Teams tier at $5 per user per month. The Teams tier adds real-time cloud-synced collaboration across requests, variables, and environments, plus a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects directly to AI coding assistants such as Claude and Cursor. The product supports importing Postman collections (with Bruno and Insomnia support coming soon) and provides environment management, granular per-workspace permissions, and click-to-save variable workflows.

Product overview

Shippy is a unified desktop API client application designed for testing and collaborating on APIs. The product consists of two tiers: a free Solo Developer tier for individual offline use, and a paid Teams tier at $5/user/month with cloud syncing, real-time collaboration, and the built-in MCP server for AI workflow integration. The MCP server (included with Teams tier) connects to AI assistants like Claude and Cursor, allowing developers to manage API requests, environments, and collections from their AI development workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Shippy Solo Developer (Free Tier) Free desktop API client tier for individual software developers and small teams up to 2 users, providing core API testing and management functionality including Postman collection import, organizations, workspaces, environment variables, granular permissions, and search features without requiring an account.
• Shippy Teams ($5/user/month) Paid collaborative desktop API client tier at $5 per user per month for development teams, offering real-time cloud syncing of requests, variables, and environments, MCP server access, online environments, and support for larger teams. Includes all Solo Developer features plus real-time collaboration capabilities and AI workflow integration.
• Shippy MCP Server Built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server bundled with Shippy Teams that connects the Shippy API client to AI coding assistants such as Claude and Cursor, enabling developers to sync API changes, scaffold new requests, and update environment variables directly from their AI-assisted development workflow.

Quantifiable outcome

• Import existing Postman collections directly without losing structure or context

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Insomnia: Desktop API client for designing, debugging, and testing APIs, with strong REST and GraphQL support. Shippy lists Insomnia as a 'coming soon' import source, making it a direct comparator in the developer API client category.
• HTTPie: Command-line and desktop HTTP client focused on human-friendly API interaction. Competes for the same individual-developer and CLI-oriented audience Shippy targets, though Shippy is desktop-GUI-first with collaboration.
• Thunder Client: Lightweight API client built as a VS Code extension for testing APIs inside the editor. Competes for developer mindshare in the same lightweight API testing niche, particularly among VS Code users.
• Hoppscotch: Open-source API development tool (formerly Postwoman) providing a lightweight web and desktop client for API testing. Competes in the same developer-targeted API client space as Shippy with a free, accessible positioning.
• Apidog: All-in-one API platform combining design, debugging, mocking, and automated testing. Overlaps directly with Shippy on API testing and team collaboration, but bundles a broader API lifecycle product.
• Bruno: Open-source, file-based API client that competes on simplicity and git-friendly collaboration. Shippy has announced Bruno import support, positioning the two as directly comparable API testing tools with different collaboration models.
• Postman: The dominant API client platform used by millions of developers for testing, documenting, and collaborating on APIs. Shippy directly targets Postman users with native Postman import, real-time collaboration, and a free solo tier as a wedge.

Broad incumbents

• Stoplight: API design, documentation, and governance platform serving enterprise teams. Overlaps with Shippy on API testing/collaboration but operates at a broader, enterprise-tier scope with API design and governance at its core.
• RapidAPI: API hub and tooling platform that includes testing, monitoring, and marketplace features. Adjacent to Shippy through its API testing and developer-collaboration capabilities, but operates a much broader marketplace business.
• Kong Insomnia: Kong-owned API client with an attached enterprise API platform. Same core product as Insomnia above, but listed separately here as the broader Kong-incumbent entity funding ongoing API tooling development.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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