Postman Alternatives
Postman is a great tool but it might not fit everyone. Since it's a tool for developers you can be sure there are many other similar tools that do stuff a little bit different. So whatever the reason is that you want to replace Postman check the list below. Thousands of other users has provided their opinion about what they like the most.
Postman is mainly a HTTP Client but alternatives to it may also be API Clients or HTTP(S) Debuggers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Postman.Postman
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Online
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
- A powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
Insomnia REST Client vs Postman opinions
juls07 Compared to postman this is definitely better the UI is less cluttered there's Linux support, and it just looks nicer.nassyma Full featured, open source, freemiumIt's not lightweight, because still uses Electron and not native, so consuming memory alotscottfrost Many of the same features as Postman, but no sync unless you pay. This is a deal breaker to developers who work on multiple computers, like home & work PCs.davidmiller1990x Found it really useful and fast, thanks!Have very usefule api call history, and clean interface, and lightweightyogidevendra Creating new request was easy. I loved the feature to Generate client code from the request. - Easily craft your HTTP requests, try them, archive them. Setup HTTP Headers, URL parameters, form-encoded POST key-values or text. Get easy-to-read responses with well formatted headers and body. Sync your projects with your team through Paw for Teams.
Paw vs Postman opinions
Simple request chaining (right-click in the UI, no code or globals); Great workflow for when writing a fast-changing APImalternative Handles cookies *way better* than PostmanSuperb flexibility and cookie handling. An entire session with transactions can be constructed in Paw with it's ability to parse incoming data and extract potions for the next request. - HTTPie—aitch-tee-tee-pie—is a user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. It comes with JSON support, syntax highlighting, persistent sessions, wget-like downloads, plugins, and more.
- Free • Open Source
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- Eviware, the maker of soapUI, Web Service Testing Leader
- Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem. It helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development.
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Hoppscotch vs Postman opinions
fully web based interfaceHelps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development - cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.
- Free • Open Source
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- BSD
- Cygwin
- Haiku
- API testing tool. Which allows web developers to create and test custom HTTP requests.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
- Chromium
- Chrome Web Store
Advanced REST Client (ARC) vs Postman opinions
The import request are so badpatheticcockroach Better features than Postman for my use case: I need full control over the headers, including the ability to remove them all, something which Postman doesn't allow to do (they add tons of junk headers)blurHY It has all features postman has, and it's modern - A REST client for almost any web service (Firefox and Chrome extension).
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
RESTer vs Postman opinions
Amazing interface, integrates very well in Firefox, prettyfies the code… What else? - RESTClient can be used to test variety of HTTP communications and RESTful webservices. Friendly GUI, rich functionalities.
- HttpRequester is a tool for Firefox for easily making HTTP requests (GET/PUT/POST/DELETE), viewing the responses, and keeping a history of transactions.
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Doesn't support Firefox WebExtensions:
https://github.com/tommut/HttpRequester/issues/43Also latest commit d62a6ea on Mar 12, 2017.