Pact Broker

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About

Pact Broker is ranked #7 of 22 in contract testing tools on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $115.42/mo.

Compared on contract testing tools

Free plan: Yesgithub.com
Contract formats: Pact JSON (HTTP and message interactions)github.com
Consumer verification: Yesgithub.com
Provider verification: Yesgithub.com
Contract registry: Yesgithub.com
GraphQL support: Yesgithub.com
Self-hosted deployment: Yesgithub.com

Facts

Purpose: Pact Broker shares consumer-driven contracts and verification results, and is optimized for Pact contracts while also accepting contracts serializable to JSON.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Safe deployments: It provides a compatibility matrix to identify consumer and provider versions that can safely be deployed together.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Core features: Features include a REST API, embedded API browser, autogenerated pact documentation, service network diagrams, verification results, and status badges.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Automation: Webhooks can trigger actions when pacts change, such as running a provider build or notifying a Slack channel.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
CI workflow: Consumer builds publish pacts, provider builds retrieve and verify them, and consumers can use the can-i-deploy command to check before deployment.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Integrations: The project documents Docker deployment, Terraform on AWS, PostgreSQL, and SQLite for quick-start and CI use; SQLite is not supported for long-term broker operation.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
API availability: The Pact Broker exposes a RESTful API for publishing and retrieving pacts.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Authentication: The Docker distribution supports configurable basic-auth users with read/write and read-only privileges.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Security scanning: The Docker project says it uses bundler-audit, Trivy scans on published image digests and weekly, and Renovate.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Supported platforms: The Docker project provides multi-platform images for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Support: The project directs users to its wiki, GitHub issues, Stack Overflow with the pact-broker tag, and Pact Slack.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
License: The Pact Broker repository is published under the MIT license.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Free trial: PactFlow's Team plan offers a free 14-day trial, and its Starter plan is listed as free.pactflow.io · 30 Sept 2026