Easy API development and testing that's fast and user-friendly
What is our primary use case?
We used the solution in multiple ways, including:
1. We create Rest APIs for the communication of the front end to the backend. For the testing of those Rest APIs, we use Postman. It provides a user-friendly platform for API testing with all the request methods like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, and many more. We can create our own collections like group requests. We can easily share the collection with the team.
2. We are using Postman to create the documentation of the REST APIs, which the backend team creates, so the frontend engineer can easily see the request type, headers, methods, and response body for the request.
3. It is also used as an API testing tool by the automation testing team. We can write our own tests with the assert statements in Postman after the response.
How has it helped my organization?
Postman helps us to automate the API testing in the team.
It helps to share the Rest API documents with the front-end team so that they can easily integrate the API with the front-end.
It also helps in the monitoring of the APIs to check the health of an existing API.
It makes API development and testing faster and more user-friendly. It does not require any prior knowledge to work with the Postman.
It supports the GQL requests as well as the REST API.
What is most valuable?
It allows all the request methods like GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, COPY, OPTIONS, LINK, UNLINK, and many more.
It allows all types of authentication requests like API Key, JWT bearer, Basic OAuth, OAuth 2.0, Bearer token, and many more.
It allows us to set the environment variables as per our different environments, like QA1, QA2, STAGE, DEV, PERF, and UAT.
It allows you to write the pre-request script that runs prior to any API call.
It allows us to save requests in a collection and share the collection with the team.
What needs improvement?
There is no support for the SOCKET testing with Postman.
There is no support for the testing of the SOAP APIs.
Sometimes it crashes when a lot of collections are imported in a Postman.
There is no mechanism for parallel testing.
There is no scope for load testing like in JMeter.
There is low script reusability.
It does not support SMTP protocols; it only allows HTTP protocol.
It does not allow for a data-driven approach. It cannot get the data from a database and use it for testing purposes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Postman for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is easy to use and is a lightweight solution. For the last three years it has been working perfectly fine, and we are using it for API development, API testing, and documentation to share with the front end.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We can easily use Postman for large projects. We can create collections - as many as we want - and share them as JSON, for example.
How are customer service and support?
There is a huge community of Postman users. I have never had a chance to connect directly with the support team of Postman as I get help online.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have been using Postman from the start as it is user-friendly and does not require any prerequisite language to use it.
How was the initial setup?
It's quite easy to set up. You simply download it and then install it and start using it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are using the free version as of now. However, the paid version allows users to create the workspace and share the common collection with more than four teammates.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Katalon as well.
What other advice do I have?
It is easy to use. However, it does not allow for Socket and SOAP API testing.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
The gold standard for API development and integration testing
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to test API requests in a way that is pretty consistent
What do you dislike about the product?
I'd like it to be easier to run a transform script on the API responses
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In a lot of cases this obviates the need to write a script, saving me time and giving me consistent results, all good for productivity
One of the best API testing tool.
What do you like best about the product?
Almost all things related to API testing are available within the software.
What do you dislike about the product?
I didn't find anything that disappointed me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We can test the API very easily before implement on the Live.
A good tool to hit REST APIs
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use. The ability to export the collections and share them with the different teams.
What do you dislike about the product?
Noting really. Could not find any cons here. Being a free-to-use product, it gives a lot of benefits that overcome the very infrequent choppiness of the system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to test out the new APIs being created for my product. Free-to-use, easy-to-use. Makes me more productive and is very intuitive.
Must have tool for API testing and debugging.
What do you like best about the product?
Postman is a small desktop application that helps me debug and test API endpoints with different parameters. It gives you complete control of all the variables involved in the API call. It has all the tools to document and compare different scenarios related to any particular API endpoint.
What do you dislike about the product?
It has too many options, which could be a bit intimidating to new users. I wouldn't call it an entry barrier. But there is a little bit of a learning curve. But once you get the hang of it, all those tools come in handy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Postman is a stand-alone application built solely for API testing and documentation. It has way more tools and provides finer control than simple API testing in the browser console.
A must have tool on every Web Developer's machine
What do you like best about the product?
Postman allows you to quickly test API endpoints with complete control over all parameters of the API call. It provides a quick way to tweak API variables to fine-tune the call and extensively test the endpoint.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as such comes to my mind. But if I had to nitpick, I would say that the UI might seem cluttered to newcomers. A cleaner, simplified UI mode would be great, especially for those who are only getting used to the application.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is not easy to test APIs in the browser. Postman is a dedicated tool for just that purpose and provides all the tools to quickly and effectively test and optimize APIs and UI components that use these APIs.
Best tool for rest API
What do you like best about the product?
1. It have different tabs for header, cookies, form data and raw data.
2. It keep the history as well
3. We can create the collection of ApIs
4. Import and export of collection is also a good feature.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. It should have response formatter for XML and JSON.
2. Pojo generator should be there.
3. next API automatic call or script writing should be there.
4. Individual api import export is not there.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before deploying api on server we can test api locally with proper header, cache and cookies. Also by sharing collection it help developer to understand easily.
My go to tool for testing and collaborating working on API
What do you like best about the product?
- Team collaboration
- Free account
- Environment variables
- Acess collections remotely
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, none that come to mind :D Started using the tool about 5 years back and each release has been 10 steps ahead!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The need to test API calls, save the responses and document everything related to them.
Best developer and tester can use it efficiently.
What do you like best about the product?
1. API testing with postman is simple
2. Navigation through the dashboard is easy
3. Cost efficient
4. API response can be saved easily
5. It has various methods to use for authentication
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Allow sharing single API call
2. Allow integration with IDE
3. Documentation work needs some thorough knowledge
4. Allow collaboration among different teams
5. It won't allow us to run API's in parallel; everything is just sequential
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used postman for almost every project, and integrating, developing, and testing API with it is very easy. It is used for capturing correct responses and meeting API user requirements
API testing with postman is simple
What do you like best about the product?
We can create a workspace for the whole team to collaborate and test the APIs. Switching between environments (local, dev, stage, prod) within the same collection without duplicating is a good feature. Automatically fetching auth tokens from token generating script is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be good if postman could automatically load new bearer tokens whenever the existing permit is expired. Do we need the capability to run postman collections through Jenkins or any CI?CD pipelines easily without much configuration or using Newman.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Postman is helping in testing the APIs during development and after deployments. As a person from a non-technical background, it's pretty simple to operate postman and validate functionalities during Business Acceptance Testing.
