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MuleSoft API Manager vs Postman comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

MuleSoft API Manager
Ranking in API Management
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Postman
Ranking in API Management
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (1st), API Testing Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of MuleSoft API Manager is 5.4%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Postman is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dipanjan_Nandi - PeerSpot reviewer
Valuable testing stubs and policy enforcement with room for better security and cost management
From an API management perspective, MuleSoft's API Manager is not as powerful as some other tools available. Features like monetization and advanced security, which are present in Apigee, are missing. I also want the API Manager to be used as a separate product apart from MuleSoft's other integration solutions. Additionally, the licensing cost is high, and many clients are looking to switch due to this.
Anagha Mahadik - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution simplifies web service testing with impressive speed and accessibility
It is very easy for me to use and I highly prefer it compared to SoapUI and other products for performing its job. It is more handy and faster. It has impacted us very nicely. Postman is used for free by us. I'm not sure if there might be a paid version for multiple users. It is a very good product used for development. It is easy to install, as well as to learn, particularly for new users, even if they are not developers. I taught my business analyst to use it. I just showed them once, and it was easy for them to understand. For example, I gave them the URL and request format and asked them to test independently. They were able to use it on their own and do their testing as well. It was a good experience, especially for generally smart people, like those we usually hire in our company. It is pretty easy to explain, and learning it is not complex.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Leveraging MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform allows us to seamlessly integrate across different systems within enterprises, enabling customers to extend their products and services to the market with seamless channel integration."
"Both the cloud and on-premises options are available. Customers can leverage the MuleSoft Cloud platform to deploy the applications or set up their own online infrastructure to deploy applications."
"The security features are good. It's easy to configure the end-to-end integration with existing applications."
"We use it heavily because Azure offers better pricing than its competitors."
"The integration process was straightforward."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager has the most valuable data components and can integrate APIs across multiple microservices."
"The ease of policy maintenance and API functionality are key features for me. They streamline business processes by allowing configurable control over policies, instead of writing codes and making maintenance more straightforward."
"Offers good integration and flexibility."
"The initial setup of this solution is straightforward. Postman can be used as an extension in Google Chrome for those who do not wish to install it directly. Deployment took an hour and a half."
"The user-interface is very good."
"The solution is open-source and does the work required for day-to-day API testing activities."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to use and user-friendly."
"Postman allows you to incorporate and export the test cases we create. It enables me to share the test cases with my colleagues, so I don't have to copy them into an Excel sheet. Postman lets me export the dataset and share it with my team. They can use my test case for their testing."
"I recommend Postman for all business types."
"The variables part is good. We can easily define the variables and we don't have to manually do a change every time, it gets automatically updated."
"One of the most valuable aspects of Postman is scalability. We can scale the collection and for the multiple repositories of the collections."
 

Cons

"MuleSoft has advanced features but is slower."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"The initial setup, if you go back three or three and a half years, definitely, for us, was complex."
"The setup process could be simpler."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"Rather than focusing on numbers, they should focus more on the customer support service."
"Testing API is pretty straightforward in Postman, but it falls short when testing web services. For example, when we test web services, there is a visual component that we can import in SoapUI but not in Postman."
"It should be able to check the records and compare them to the regression testing more on the automation side."
"I would like that if you click on one of the fields you should be able to see the entire row of fields, names, and values."
"We do the implementation of Postman and give support. We had to use two engineers for the implementation, one senior and one junior for the process."
"We'd like to see some better UI in newer versions."
"The performance needs to be improved."
"Version management could be simplified."
"I would like to see advanced automation in reference to Postman."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Anypoint is the most expensive solution on the market, as far as I know, though it's also the most capable."
"The licensing model is based on how many cores are used. It is a very simple licensing scheme."
"The pricing is quite reasonable and affordable."
"The product is highly priced compared to other advanced software. It is affordable only for tier-one customers."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as six and a half to seven."
"The price of Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is very high."
"The product's main drawback is its cost. It's expensive for our company, and their recent change in pricing strategy last year complicated things further. That's the only thing we're not happy with."
"The pricing is very expensive, although you get a lot of power from the product."
"I rate the price of Postman a four out of five."
"Postman is an open-source product. It is free to download from Google."
"The solution has a licensing fee which might be prohibitive."
"We are using the free version that is available."
"The solution has moderate pricing."
"The solution is free for individuals, but for companies that use it across the organization, you have to pay per user."
"The solution is open-source and free."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Kong Enterprise compare with Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager was designed with its users in mind. Though it is a reasonably complex piece of software, it is easy to install and upgrade. While there are different things that ...
How does Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager compare with Amazon API Gateway?
I have found that Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager is the best integration tool out there for API management. It is easy to implement and learn; it provides several options for deployment, (including ...
What do you like most about Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies.
How does Postman compare with Apache JMeter?
Postman lets you easily define variables, which then get updated automatically. This is a huge time-saver and makes processes very efficient. We can also export the test cases we create and share t...
What do you like most about Postman?
The product is easy to implement.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Postman?
Postman is open-source, so the cost is minimal compared to commercial platforms.
 

Also Known As

Anypoint API Manager
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Splunk, Citrix, UCSF, Vertu, State of Colorado, National Post, TiVo, Deakin, LLS, Oldcastle Precast, ParcelPoint, Justice Systems, Ube, Sumitomo Corporation, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Groupe Initiatives, Camelot, Panviva
PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
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