Portlivo vs MockForge

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Portlivo compared with MockForge
Detail	Portlivo	MockForge
What it does	Mac menu bar app for viewing and managing local dev servers and ports	Open-source API mock server for multiple protocols
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	US
Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	Free trial for 7 days. After trial: $8.99 USD one-time for 1 Mac (early-bird pricing, normally $19.99), $39.99 USD for 3 Macs, $59.99 USD for 5 Macs. One-time purchase with free updates, no subscription.	Free: $0/month with 10,000 requests/month and local mocks only. Pro: $29/month with 250,000 requests/month, 100,000 platform AI tokens/month, and 3 hosted mocks. Team: $99/month with 1,000,000 requests/month, 1,000,000 platform AI tokens/month, and unlimited hosted mocks. Annual plans include 2 mont
Key features	Menu bar display of all listening ports and processes Kill, restart, and manage dev servers from the menu bar Live health checks with HTTP status indicators and response times Live website previews and screenshots of dev servers Live log streaming and tail capabilities Project stacks to start multiple servers together QR code sharing and public HTTPS sharing via cloudflared or ngrok devports CLI for Terminal and Raycast access CPU and memory monitoring per server	Multi-protocol support (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, Kafka, MQTT and more) Realistic data synthesis with template tokens and faker fields Latency and fault injection for testing retries and fallbacks Record and replay for capturing and replaying live traffic Modern admin UI for managing servers, overrides and metrics Configuration as code with OpenAPI specs and YAML Local-first development without account requirement CI integration with local endpoints HTTP bridge exposing gRPC services over REST BYOK AI integration with user provider keys
What makes it different	Native SwiftUI app optimized for Mac menu bar with no Electron overhead Complete local privacy with no account, no analytics, and no data collection One-time purchase with free updates instead of subscription model Recognizes and integrates with major development frameworks and tools Keyboard-first interface designed for developer efficiency	Multi-protocol mocking from one configuration file Realism-first simulation with data synthesis and failure injection Open source with permissive MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing Local-first approach with optional cloud collaboration Deploy to cloud hosting with a single command
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	8 +1 (up) since last check	9 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	21	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	13	7

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