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What is Postman?

Postman is a collaborative platform tailored for API development, aimed at streamlining the process of creating APIs while promoting teamwork, which leads to the quick production of high-quality APIs. Its various features support every stage of API development, thereby enhancing collaboration and expediting the process of building superior APIs. Users have the ability to rapidly and easily send requests for REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs right within Postman, which optimizes their workflow significantly. Moreover, it offers the capability to automate manual testing, integrating these tests into your CI/CD pipeline to prevent potential issues when new code is deployed. The platform also enables effective communication regarding API behavior by allowing users to simulate endpoints and their responses without needing a backend server. Additionally, you can create and publish visually appealing, machine-readable documentation, making your API more user-friendly and accessible. Regular monitoring of performance and response times keeps you updated on the health of your API, allowing for proactive management. Furthermore, Postman encourages a shared environment for both the creation and consumption of APIs, fostering real-time collaboration among team members, which can lead to more innovative solutions. This combination of features not only enhances productivity but also helps teams work more cohesively towards developing robust APIs.

Postman’s AI Agent Builder is a comprehensive tool that accelerates the creation, testing, and deployment of AI agents by providing easy integration with APIs and LLMs. It allows users to quickly turn APIs into agent-ready tools, test LLMs’ performance and costs, and compare responses to choose the best model. The no-code platform features a visual canvas that lets developers design and configure agent workflows with ease.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$12 per user per month
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

Screenshots and Video

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Postman
Date Founded:
2014
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.postman.com

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Postman Categories and Features

API Testing Tool

Functional Testing
Fuzz Testing
Load Testing
Penetration Testing
Runtime and Error Detection
Security Testing
UI Testing
Validation Testing

API Management Software

API Design
API Lifecycle Management
Access Control
Analytics
Dashboard
Developer Portal
Testing Management
Threat Protection
Traffic Control
Version Control

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  • Reviewer Name: Navneet A.
    Position: Data Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Must have tool for API testing.

    Date: Feb 19 2024
    Summary

    All in all it is the best API interface and tools for testing, I have used many tools but this comes out to be the best overall application which fulfills all my needs.

    Positive

    I have used Postman for more than 5 years now and never have i faced any lags or stutters in my usage, even with low end computers.
    Earlier it was available as only desktop application but now it is also available as web application making it more accessible and easy to use, i can login from anywhere and test my endpoints. It keeps my collection and environments saved so i wont have to worry about that also.

    Negative

    If you are using an free account it does not allow collaboration with many people. I can only think of this cons as of now, also, if you have a company or do serious freelance work you would have business account anyways.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: CTO
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great for API development

    Date: May 01 2023
    Summary

    Highly recommended! The ability to download API packages from the community is a nice bonus. We use it almost daily.

    Positive

    This is our go-to solution for API testing. It is easy to set up endpoints and save them to a shared workspace.

    Negative

    Would like to see a better mock server implementation.

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  • Reviewer Name: Siddharth N.
    Position: SDE
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Almost Perfect API Interface.

    Date: Aug 13 2023
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is the most intuitive and easy-to-use application that provides an API interface and supports all the features that are needed to test the APIs.

    Positive

    1. The application's user interface is intuitive and easy to learn for a new user.
    2. Collection and environment can be easily imported.
    3. It gives detailed information about each API call with a brief response body which can also be converted into different formats like raw, text or JSON.
    4. It supports dark mode which is very useful for all of us developers who likes to work late nights.

    Negative

    I have faced a weird problem with Postman, sometimes when I do an API call I modify the request body and does not save it, and if I close the app and reopen it the request body and API endpoint gets replaced with some random endpoint from the collection that I am using.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ankit K.
    Position: Systems Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best application for complete API testing and documentations.

    Date: Jul 20 2022
    Summary

    Postman is overall a great tool for testing all kind of APIs with different requests in a mocking environment or on a live server. It is available on all the platforms and operating systems.

    Positive

    The user interface and experience of the application is simplified and curated in such a way that all the necessary features gets highlighted on the screen. It has all the required tools to test the APIs extensively and further share or collaborate with other team members on a project.
    It has all the requests options for testing like, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE etc. The load time of the requests are pretty quick. All in all, a great tool to test APIs on a live server as well as in a mocking environment.

    Negative

    For testing SOAP APIs, there are still a lot of improvements needed to be done in the application.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Principal Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Excellent API testing software

    Date: Jul 12 2022
    Summary

    Overall an excellent tool for both testing and documenting REST APIs, but may not be the right choice if working with GraphQL endpoints.

    Positive

    Very easy to get started.
    Excellent documentation and built in tutorial.
    Highly configurable and automatable.
    Makes sharing API specs with team members very easy.
    Generous free tier.

    Negative

    Desktop app's startup time and memory footprint could be improved.
    GraphQL support is less robust.

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  • Reviewer Name: Balwinder B.
    Position: SDE
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    All in one tool for API testing.

    Date: Jun 15 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is a necessary tool in backend and API development in any organization. It has a vast number of useful features that enables the user to test and mock APIs.

    Positive

    - Postman provides an intuitive platform to test APIs of all types.
    - It helps in getting raw as well as JSON response for the APIs.
    - It has various levels of organization for collections in folders and subfolders.
    - It enables the developers to test the APIs via mocking any CRUD operation.
    - The application is easy to set up and use.

    Negative

    - The only shortcoming I felt while using Postman that it does not have feature for generating random data for testing, otherwise, it is an all-in-one API testing tool.

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  • Reviewer Name: Zaheer P.
    Position: Software Tester
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Makes API testing process easy.

    Date: Feb 16 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is an excellent tool to test APIs of different methods. It is easy to use and has an intuitive user interface. It is also fast and reliable to use.

    Positive

    - Postman provides an interactive and immersive user interface to test APIs.
    - It covers all the API methods like POST, GET, PUT and UPDATE.
    - It is available on all the platforms, so the accessibility becomes easy.
    - All the results and tests can be saved on cloud for future references.
    - Various virtual environments can be created to test APIs.

    Negative

    - The only limitation of using Postman as an API testing tool, that it is only limited to testing rest APIs.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Product
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Postman Review

    Date: Oct 18 2022
    Summary

    Postman is a great developer tool for storing, testing and running requests.
    A plus is also the web app you can run online, sync accounts and also have a team account as well.

    Positive

    Postman is an excellent software for running APIs.
    Usage for me, it excelled at was running quick requests and then being able to transform the call into multiple formats.
    For example, by running a cURL request, you can get the NodeJS, Python, Axios code quite easily.
    You can also store requests in folders, something that always came in handy was Postman storing a history of previous made requests, so if you didn't save or lost a request, you could always go back to it.

    Negative

    There are no real cons to Postman, it does its job exceptionally well with every feature.

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  • Reviewer Name: Vidya B.
    Position: System Architect
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    An ease to use and reliable API testing application.

    Date: Feb 24 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is the best API testing platform that gets the job done without complicating things too much, it is a great application for beginners because of its simple UI and can be used for bigger projects as well considering it feature-rich and consistently stable nature.

    Positive

    1. Postman helps in testing APIs in both XML and JSON format.
    2. There are some unique and useful features like mocking server that helps in testing APIs by mocking an actual server which eliminates the chances of failed response.
    3. The API response can be visualized in multiple formats like raw, JSON, XML and plain text.
    4. The user interface of the application is beginner-friendly and easy to get started.
    5. Multiple workspaces can be created to test the API of multiple projects without mixing them up.

    Negative

    1. The only area in which I see postman lacking is the RAM management, especially when using it as the application instead of web app.

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  • Reviewer Name: Prithvi K.
    Position: Kotlin Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Simple Application for API testing.

    Date: Jan 28 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is a great tool to mock and test APIs of any format. The application is fast and easy-to-use, with multiple useful features.

    Positive

    - Postman best feature is the simulation of ready to use API calls whenever it is required for testing or development purpose.
    - The application is quick and has low load times.
    - It can be used to test API in raw or JSON formats.
    - It is user-friendly and secure to use.

    Negative

    - The user interface of the application need a bit of modification and improvement in terms of usage simplicity.

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  • Reviewer Name: Subhan A.
    Position: React Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Develop, Test, and Debug APIs with Postman.

    Date: Nov 23 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is the simplest and easiest to learn API testing tool available. The user interface is clean and simple. It also provides an interface for the API.

    Positive

    - Postman is the simplest application for testing APIs.
    - It allows importing the API code into any major programming language.
    - It is easy to install, configure and get started.
    - The user interface of the application well-built and is suitable for beginners.

    Negative

    - The enterprise version of the application is priced quite higher and makes it unaffordable for small organizations.
    - It does not allow testing more than one API at once.

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  • Reviewer Name: Sahir L.
    Position: Software Tester
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Testing APIs made easy for beginners.

    Date: Oct 07 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Postman provides an interface to test all king of APIs and see the JSON and raw data of the same. It is fast, reliable and simple to use.

    Positive

    - Postman allow to test all types of APIs like get, post, put and delete.
    - It provides the user to check the APIs workings without developing the front end interface.
    - The interface of the software is clean, simple and easy to understand.
    - The community support is astonishing.

    Negative

    - No complaints about the software so far, it makes the life of developer easy by providing a platform that is effective and simple.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ibrahim S.
    Position: Associate Software Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    API testing and Postman goes hand in hand.

    Date: Sep 27 2021
    Summary

    Postman is one of the best API testing software with a user-friendly interface and highly configurable layout. It is of industry-standard yet straightforward to use.

    Positive

    1. Postman has a well-organized layout for APIs testing.
    2. It is user-friendly to use and also secure.
    3. It supports multiple forms of data like JSON and raw.
    Furthermore, it is easy to configure according to the purpose of the user.

    Negative

    1. The price of the enterprise version is quite high. Other than this, no complaints!

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  • Reviewer Name: Lakshay S.
    Position: Senior Project Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    The real API tester

    Date: Feb 20 2021
    Summary

    Overall, you can consider using this software, but you can look for some other software in the market if you have a tight budget. But overall a convenient and useful software in my opinion.

    Positive

    Postman is one of the widely used API testing and building software in the market. It is effortless to set up and is cross-platform so that you can use it from anywhere. Also, it is so easy to use and implement then anyone can use it seamlessly. Testing your API gives you a clear idea that whether there are bugs and are they fixed. I like its code snippet generator, which helps me a lot to generate curl requests on different projects.

    Negative

    The only con in using this software is that some features are paid. While you can find those features for free on the other options available in the market.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mikael R.
    Position: Scholar
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Develop APIs faster

    Date: Jun 24 2021
    Summary

    If you want to develop and deploy your API faster, this software can help you a lot.
    It has a ton of testing tools for accurate results and error verification.
    It may cost you more than other software but it has better toolkit.

    Positive

    You can test and debug your APIs.
    Everything is well organize on dashboard.
    I have been testing my APIs with the help of Postman, it gives you the most accurate feedback.

    Negative

    You need to do a lot of things manually.
    Quite expensive for a beginner.
    You cannot test all kind of APIs.

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  • Reviewer Name: Tehseen A.
    Position: Project Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    Test APIs with ease.

    Date: Oct 05 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is a tool that provides an interface to test different types of APIs without the need of front end. It shows both raw JSON data with ease.

    Positive

    - Postman allows testing rest API of different types all at one place.
    - The user interface of the tool is designed in way that it shows all the necessary information like HTTP head and status code clearly.
    - It can be easily configured and ready to work in no time.
    - postman ends the hassle to rely on front end to test the APIs.

    Negative

    - There is nothing to dislike about the tool, everything is organized and works perfectly fine.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rishu A.
    Position: Software Tester
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    Clean and simple interface for API.

    Date: Sep 01 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Postman provides an interface to test various API calls like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE etc. The method calling with postman is straightforward and easy. It is also rich in features.

    Positive

    - Postman makes it really effortless to to test get request and post calls.
    - It supports multiple headers and raw data.
    - It is easy to configure and use.
    - There are different modes to chose from, such as JSON and XML.
    - Postman makes the making of HTTP requesting and integration process a piece of cake.

    Negative

    - There not a lot of useful documentation is available about the functioning of the tool.
    - The user interface of the software is a bit confusing initially.

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  • Reviewer Name: Gaurav P.
    Position: Senior Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    Postman is a great API testing software. Open source tool and easy in use!

    Date: Jun 19 2021
    Summary

    Postman is the best tool to work with HTTP and to write/integrate/connect/test APIs in general and just some AJAX calls as well. Interface is very easy and understandable.
    Postman is extremely useful when developing any web-based service, such as RESTful APIs. Particularly when you need to repeat requests, either while iterating overdevelopment, or when doing automated testing.
    You can use variables and even write scripts. Postman also used for some king of automated testing suites building.

    - Creating collections of requests and sharing them between the team.
    Test, develop, and document web services
    - Ability to store commands.
    - Keeping the history of previously run requests.
    - Easy to use and user-friendly.
    - Account sync feature is amazing and in case you are trying on some other laptop just log in and get all your APIs.
    - Monitoring APIs using collections.
    - Open source tool.

    Positive

    Postman is used by our Development team to test and debug APIs. This allows us to begin testing earlier in our projects than we would have been able to otherwise, which saves time and money on programming projects.
    Postman is one of the best API testing tools in the market, it is very fast and user-friendly.
    It also reduces the ramp-up time required for new employees to become productive when working with our existing codebase.

    - Awesome interface - Postman's desktop client is well designed and easy to use.
    - Set up mock servers and mock requests for testing
    - Collaboration - Coworkers can share a work space and work together from any location.
    - Sharing with teammates.
    - Save collections of common requests
    - Configuration - Postman offers hundreds of settings for extensive customization.
    - Able to save requests and parameters.

    Negative

    - Postman doesn't allow you the ability to run multiple post request at the same time to simulate stress testing on a development server.

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  • Reviewer Name: Zeeshan I.
    Position: Java Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Efficient and simple API testing tool.

    Date: Dec 21 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Postman is an easy-to-use application to test any type of API created on any programming language. It also helps in sharing the collections with other team members.

    Positive

    1. Postman provides an intuitive user interface to test and APIs.
    2. The application is user-friendly with simple UI.
    3. It is lightweight and can be used on any system without any lags.
    4. It helps in converting API request of almost all the major programming languages.

    Negative

    1. The error logs are not detailed sometimes.
    2. The integration support can be improved.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rashmi N.
    Position: Full stack developer
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    The postman

    Date: Jan 16 2021
    Summary

    Overall a must tool for web developers to test their API's. And most almost every one who is in this profession uses this so it is a trusted and reliable product with can increase your work flow and save your lot of time.

    Positive

    Postman is one of the best and my personal favourite Rest API testing tool. You can easily test your Api's and can catch the errors and can fix them on time. It saves a lot of time and comes with a very clean and handy user interface with is easy to learn and use.

    Negative

    There are no cons in using this product. It is easy to use and free of cost.

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