Description
🖼️ Tool Name:
Postman
🔖 Tool Category:
API Development & Testing Platform; it falls under the category of developer tools used to build, test, document, and automate APIs.
✏️ What does this tool offer?
Postman is a complete platform for API development that allows developers to design, test, debug, document, and automate APIs. It streamlines collaboration across backend teams and simplifies working with REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, and other protocols.
⭐ What does the tool actually deliver based on user experience?
• Send and test API requests in REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and WebSocket
• Build API collections and save reusable requests
• Automated API testing using scripts (Pre-request & Test scripts)
• Environment variables for dev/stage/production
• API monitoring to detect failures
• API documentation automatically generated
• Mock server creation for testing without backend
• API schema design and validation
• Version control and team collaboration
• Integration with CI/CD tools
• Importing/exporting API collections easily
• Desktop and web versions available
🤖 Does it include automation?
Yes — Postman includes powerful automation features:
• Automated test scripts for API validation
• Scheduled monitors to test APIs periodically
• Automated workflows using Postman Flows
• Auto-documentation generation
• CI/CD integration with Newman (command-line runner)
• Automatic environment switching and request chaining
💰 Pricing Model:
Freemium (free with paid upgrades)
🆓 Free Plan Details:
• Unlimited personal collections
• Basic API requests (REST, GraphQL, WebSocket)
• Local testing & scripting
• Limited collaboration
• Basic Postman Flows
• Limited API monitoring
💳 Paid Plan Details:
• Higher rate limits and more monitoring
• Team collaboration features
• API design & governance tools
• Advanced Postman Flows and automation
• Reporting and analytics
• Enterprise security, SSO, and role management
• Unlimited mock servers and integrations
🧭 Access Method:
• Desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• Web version (cloud)
• Postman API
• CLI tool “Newman” for automated and CI/CD testing
• Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, and CI/CD platforms
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