Octrafic
Octrafic aims to simplify API testing by allowing developers and QA teams to describe test scenarios in plain English, leveraging AI to plan and execute them.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- QA Engineers
- Engineering Leaders
- Early-stage Startups
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Octrafic
AI CLI Tool for API Testing
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Octrafic launched on Product Hunt: Test your APIs in plain English, straight from the terminal.
Ben Howdle shares the story of building Octrafic as a solo founder to simplify API testing workflows.
Products & Services
An open-source AI-powered CLI tool for automated API testing, reporting, and OpenAPI spec generation. Users can describe tests in plain English and the AI agent handles scenario planning and execution.
Market Position
Lightweight, CLI-first, AI-driven alternative to GUI-heavy tools like Postman or Insomnia.
Leadership
Founders
Ben Howdle
Ben Howdle is a two-time startup CTO and author of 'The First CTO'. He has over 16 years of experience in engineering, working with companies like Clerk, WorkMade, Letter, GoDaddy, and Cisco. He specializes in fractional CTO and engineering advisory services.
Executive Team
Ben Howdle
Founder
Ben Howdle is a two-time startup CTO and author of 'The First CTO'. He has over 16 years of experience in engineering, working with companies like Clerk, WorkMade, Letter, GoDaddy, and Cisco. He specializes in fractional CTO and engineering advisory services.
Founding Story
Ben Howdle built Octrafic to solve the repetitive and boring nature of manual API testing. He wanted a tool that didn't require complex test scripts or heavy GUIs, enabling developers to 'write less and test more' using natural language.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open-source / Free (Bring Your Own Key - BYOK). No direct revenue model for the CLI tool itself.
Pricing Tiers
Full access to CLI tool; requires own LLM API keys (OpenAI, Claude, etc.)
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- QA Engineers
- Engineering Leaders
- Early-stage Startups
- Automated API testing in CI/CD pipelines
- Validating OpenAPI/Swagger specs against live endpoints
- Enabling non-technical users to perform API testing
- Generating shareable test reports
- Open-source community users