Automate API testing and streamline development with AI-powered workflows.
What is Postman?
Postman is a leading API platform developed by Postman Inc., a company founded in 2014 by Abhinav Asthana. The platform has evolved from a simple HTTP client into a comprehensive collaborative workspace for API development. While not an AI model itself, Postman integrates AI-powered features, such as its Postman AI, which leverages large language models to assist users in writing API tests, generating documentation, and explaining complex code snippets. Its core capabilities include designing, testing, documenting, and mocking APIs, all within a unified interface that supports real-time collaboration. The tool primarily targets developers, QA engineers, and API product managers, enabling use cases from rapid prototyping and automated testing to governance and public API publishing. By centralizing the API lifecycle, Postman significantly impacts business workflows, reducing development cycles and improving reliability. Its integration capabilities extend across CI/CD pipelines and version control systems. For teams exploring complementary API testing tools, options like Insomnia are also available on https://ai-plaza.io/ai/insomnia. Further technical details on Postman’s architecture can be found in their official documentation at https://www.postman.com/api-platform/api-repository/.
Key Findings
- API Development: Streamlines the creation and testing of APIs for teams with collaborative tools.
- Team Collaboration: Enables seamless sharing of collections and environments across your entire organization.
- Automated Testing: Runs scheduled tests to monitor API performance and reliability around the clock.
- Integrated Monitoring: Provides real-time insights and alerts for API uptime and response metrics.
- Request Building: Offers an intuitive interface to construct, send, and debug HTTP requests quickly.
- Documentation Generation: Automatically creates and publishes up-to-date API documentation from your collections.
- Mock Servers: Instantly simulates API endpoints for development and testing before the backend exists.
- Environment Variables: Uses dynamic values to manage different configurations across development stages smoothly.
- Version Control: Tracks changes and manages different iterations of your API collections effectively.
- Workspace Management: Organizes projects, teams, and APIs into dedicated spaces for clear structure.
Who is it for?
Programmer
- API development and testing
- Automating API workflows
- Generating API documentation
- Mocking API responses
- Monitoring API performance
Project Manager
- Streamlining team collaboration
- Tracking project progress
- Onboarding new team members
- Client demo preparation
- Ensuring API compliance
IT or DX Manager
- Standardizing API governance
- Accelerating digital transformation
- Managing API lifecycle
- Integrating third-party services
- Measuring developer efficiency
Pricing
Free @ $0/mo
- API request building
- Collections
- History
- 1 user account
- 30-day collection recovery
- 50 Postbot activities monthly
Basic @ $14/mo
- Expanded API quotas
- Increased monitor quotas
- No seat caps
- 50 Postbot activities monthly
- 25,000 Flows credits monthly
Professional @ $29/mo
- Role-based access control
- Invite-only workspaces
- Multi-partner workspaces
- 90-day collection recovery
- Static IP for API testing
- 100,000 calls to Postman API
Enterprise @ $49/mo
- Private API Network
- SSO, SCIM & SAML
- Advanced RBAC
- API governance tools
- Audit logs and compliance
- Enterprise support and SLAs