Our primary use case is for API testing and I focus on automation.
QA Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Excellent parameters feature when powering directly, competitive pricing, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "I have enjoyed using parameters and setting parameters while powering directly."
- "I would like to see advanced automation in reference to Postman."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I have enjoyed using parameters and setting parameters while powering directly.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see advanced automation in reference to Postman.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Postman for the past four years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Postman is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Postman is suitable for my needs.
How are customer service and support?
There is technical support online but not as much as Selenium. Postman has documentation and not live support. The documentation is around seventy to eighty percent of where it needs to be for Postman.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Swagger and SoapUI. SoapUI does not have API automation. Postman is better than SoapUI when it comes to usability.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Postman was straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Postman is an open-source or free-source product.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Postman a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT Project Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Large libraries, stable, and features are complete
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries."
- "Postman quality assurance could improve when doing tests."
What is our primary use case?
I am using Postman for API tests.
How has it helped my organization?
Postman is a very important tool for API testing and it has helped our company.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries.
What needs improvement?
Postman quality assurance could improve when doing tests.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Postman for approximately two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Postman is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have approximately 10 people using Postman in my company.
How are customer service and support?
We only used the information we found online for support. We did not use the support from Postman.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used a similar solution to Postman.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Postman is of a middle level of difficulty, it is not difficult or easy. However, it depends on the skills of the person doing it, it is easy for me.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We do not pay any money for Postman.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated other options and I found that Postman is more complete than other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Postman a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Software Testing Services Manager at Virgosol
An easy-to-use solution for API testing but it requires additional tools for UI testing
Pros and Cons
- "The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
- "UI testing needs to be added to the solution."
What is our primary use case?
Our company uses the solution for API testing. We have forty users who are trained in-house for various projects.
What is most valuable?
The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time.
The solution's integration is useful for Jenkins or other tools.
What needs improvement?
UI testing needs to be added to the solution. The solution does not compare UI testing and API testing or API testing and database testing. To check data, additional tools are required for the comparisons.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable for API testing but requires additional tools for UI testing or database testing.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not difficult and you can find everything on the internet. I rate setup an eight out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is open-source and free.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I also use Katalon Studio and Selenium because they allow for UI, database, and API testing together. For API test automation, Katalon Studio or Selenium are better than Postman.
For just API testing, Postman is easy to learn and use.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a five out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Product Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
A stable and user-friendly solution that provides different workspaces and more visibility about the APIs
Pros and Cons
- "It is nice to have different workspaces. You have your personal workspace, and then you have a team workspace. In general, I like its UI. It is quite cool."
- "I have recently noticed that, for some reason, I am not able to import collections in JSON. It is weird because I was able to do it before. When you create a new collection and documentation, in tests, you usually have to click Save. If you don't click Save, your collections don't sync with other devices, which is something I don't like. It is not clear for the users in a shared workspace, and I usually forget to click Save and end up losing all the collections that I created. I create a lot of routes, and clicking Save all the time isn't efficient. Instead of clicking Save all the time, there should be an option to save everything in one go."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for our APIs. We also use it for automated testing.
How has it helped my organization?
In general, we have more visibility about the APIs that we have and how they work. We also have more visibility about the documentation. A lot of users are now familiar with APIs because Postman has quite a user-friendly UI. There is an educational improvement.
What is most valuable?
It is nice to have different workspaces. You have your personal workspace, and then you have a team workspace. In general, I like its UI. It is quite cool.
What needs improvement?
I have recently noticed that, for some reason, I am not able to import collections in JSON. It is weird because I was able to do it before.
When you create a new collection and documentation, in tests, you usually have to click Save. If you don't click Save, your collections don't sync with other devices, which is something I don't like. It is not clear for the users in a shared workspace, and I usually forget to click Save and end up losing all the collections that I created. I create a lot of routes, and clicking Save all the time isn't efficient. Instead of clicking Save all the time, there should be an option to save everything in one go.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In general, it has been quite stable. I did not see any issues apart from the recent issue related to importing collections in JSON.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have around 10 users of this solution. It is good for now. We don't have plans to increase its usage.
How are customer service and technical support?
I did not have an opportunity to contact them.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is moderate as compared to other competitors. The version that we are using is not open source, so it is not free.
What other advice do I have?
Make sure that the tool that you choose will solve the problems that you have and meet your goals. I only have experience with Postman, so I can't recommend anything else.
I would rate Postman a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
QA Lead at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Offers good data-driven automation and response validation but the fields should be more organized
Pros and Cons
- "We can also submit requests multiple times and it allows us to capture the response each time by using utility scripts."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
Almost all the teams here depend on the APIs, which are built-in SOAP or JSON. We have multiple teams testing JSON and they use Postman. There are multiple applications teams that integrate their interfaces with APIs, and they use the Postman.
How has it helped my organization?
We used to test APIs with different kinds of data by keying in the data from Excel sheets and using it to test APIs in Postman. But now, our testing is more data-driven.
What is most valuable?
Among the valuable features are
- data-driven automation
- response validation
- testing of the performance of APIs.
We can also submit requests multiple times and it allows us to capture the response each time by using utility scripts.
What needs improvement?
When you get a response, for example, if you search the response and want to know how many numbers of fields, it displays 10 times. If a purchase has five to 10 cards in the response, instead of one of the fields being mandatory, it has to be part of each section of the cards. 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.
For how long have I used the solution?
Half of my career has been on web service testing only, and we have used Postman for JSON testing. For SOAP, we use ReadyAPI.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We only use Postman for JSON testing, but we don't have any issue with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have also had no issues with scalability.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have not had to contact Postman's technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. It takes a maximum of five to 10 minutes.
What other advice do I have?
The deployment is done by the development team. We have a giant scrum we follow. Development does the deployment using XL Deploy. And right now they are not using Jenkins.
I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
A helpful solution for data-driven testing for API
Pros and Cons
- "The API testing features are valuable."
- "The solution could be more user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for the solution is data-driven testing for API. We get data from the environment, and we have some APIs to get the data.
What is most valuable?
The API testing features are valuable.
What needs improvement?
The solution could be more user-friendly and improve its documentation.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not tested the extent of its scalability yet. Currently, ten people are using the solution in our organization.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously did not use other solutions.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was complex because we had limited first-time user experience. I rate the setup process a six out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution an eight out of ten. I advise users considering this solution to watch Youtube videos to bridge the documentation gap.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Technical Product Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Simple to use, stable, setup is easy and is an overall good tool
Pros and Cons
- "It is simple, easy to use and a good tool."
- "One thing which Postman needs to improve is the documentation. The documentation of Postman is not that great when compared to other tools."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Postman for testing APIs. It is simple, easy to use and a good tool.
What needs improvement?
One thing which Postman needs to improve is the documentation. The documentation of Postman is not that great when compared to other tools.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Postman for two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Postman is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Postman is good.
How are customer service and support?
I have not had any experience with technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Postman is straightforward. Setup is easy and you install it on your PC just like any other application from the browser.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
What other advice do I have?
Postman is a good, easy-to-use, and simple tool. I give Postman a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Sr Testing Consultant at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We can test APIs. We know if they are functional or throwing any errors.
Pros and Cons
- "It's user-friendly. Anybody can learn it within five to seven minutes."
- "We are using the automation and performance testing tools."
- "We can test APIs. We know if they are functional or throwing any errors."
- "We cannot see transaction times in the product."
- "It should be able to check the records and compare them to the regression testing more on the automation side."
What is our primary use case?
We are using it to test the API service for the GET and the POST. For this type of test, it is working properly for the APIs. It tests for the minimum usage of Postman. Also, if developers insist in collections, then we can share these collections as well.
How has it helped my organization?
- We can test APIs. We know if they are functional or throwing any errors.
- We can use the code for performance testing.
What is most valuable?
- It is easy to use.
- It's free.
- It's user-friendly. Anybody can learn it within five to seven minutes.
- We are using the automation and performance testing tools.
What needs improvement?
We would like to create an entire suite where we can check the contents of the definition, like the server file. It should be able to check the records and compare them to the regression testing more on the automation side.
We cannot see transaction times in the product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
You can send it multiple tests at one time.
How is customer service and technical support?
We have not used technical support yet.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very straightforward. It was easy to install, because it is a very lightweight application.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is free.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I am searching for other options now.
What other advice do I have?
We started using this solution because we have a requirement to do more integration testing and automated regression testing.
Most important criteria when selecting a vendor:
- Saves time.
- Creates automate processes.
- Easy to use.
- Easy to understand.
- Provides knowledge transfer.
- Less coding involved.
- Does not take up a lot of memory.
- Cost.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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