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Postman pros and cons

Vendor: Postman
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Postman is user-friendly and accessible, allowing even those with minimal experience to use it effectively.
It supports automation and performance testing, significantly increasing testing efficiency and supporting in-sprint automation.
Postman provides extensive API testing capabilities, including REST API testing, and supports authentication methods like OAuth 2.0.
It allows users to create, manage, and share collections easily, improving collaboration among team members.
Postman supports multiple environments, enabling users to configure and use environment variables seamlessly across different stages of development.

CONS

Postman needs improved environment compatibility to avoid connection issues when using builds on different machines.
Users find the documentation insufficient compared to other tools, impacting ease of use and understanding.
Advanced data-driven testing and automation support are required for better functionality.
While handling SOAP APIs, Postman needs more flexibility and specific documentation for configuration.
Pricing adjustments are suggested, especially for the Pro plan and regions with different currency values.
 

Postman Pros review quotes

reviewer1675566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 20, 2021
With Postman you can do automation. Automation has increased efficiency by more than 30% or 40%. Because the speed has increased, it's also possible for us to do in-sprint automation testing.
RP
Sep 26, 2022
In Postman, we have an option to directly import a call, make it a Postman collection, and execute it in a batch. This feature is very useful. It saves a lot of time. The manual effort is also reduced when we can just pick it in a Postman collection and then run and execute it to get the results.
Gourav Kaila - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 11, 2021
We use it for REST API testing. Feature-wise, it is pretty lightweight. It is pretty fast, and we don't have to do a lot of things. We can just simply go and post our endpoint, and it gives different kinds of authorizations. We usually use authentication 2.0, which is the most common industry practice. So, it has the support for authorization through 2.0.
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PR
Oct 18, 2021
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.
Mahesh Doshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2022
The solution is stable.
Riya Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 23, 2023
Postman helps us to automate the API testing in the team.
Kumara Swamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2022
It is stable and reliable.
AS
Jul 23, 2024
It is a very stable solution.
reviewer1369950 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 15, 2020
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.
AP
Sep 14, 2021
Simple to use and you can easily store your projects.
 

Postman Cons review quotes

reviewer1675566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 20, 2021
To get this email reporting function, we have to integrate Postman with Newman. If the two are not integrated, we won't be getting all these things in one group.
RP
Sep 26, 2022
If there is any way to have a record and playback feature through UI, as we do in Selenium and IDEs such as Eclipse, it would be great.
Gourav Kaila - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 11, 2021
The request encryption could be one thing on which they can work a little bit. If we don't want to expose our production data but we still want to test our APIs on the production data, there should be a way to do that. It is not only with Postman. I think no tool in the market is doing that right now.
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PR
Oct 18, 2021
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.
Mahesh Doshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2022
Postman does not have a check-in balance. Essentially what I mean by that is if there is something that is already configured on a particular device, it just overrides it without checking whether you really want to override it or not.
Riya Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 23, 2023
There is no support for the testing of the SOAP APIs.
Kumara Swamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2022
We'd like to see some better UI in newer versions.
AS
Jul 23, 2024
The product lacks a good console.
reviewer1369950 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 15, 2020
If we have a certain build on one machine it won't work with another build even if we are using the same URL. It would give us a connection refuse. So developing environment compatibility would make it better.
AP
Sep 14, 2021
The solution is quite complex partly because the UI needs simplification.