Postman AlternativesOnly apps categorised as HTTP Clients
The best HTTP Client alternative to Postman is Insomnia REST Client, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Postman and loads of them are HTTP Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting HTTP Client alternatives to Postman are NativeRest, HTTPie for Terminal, Hoppscotch and RapidAPI for Mac.
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76 Insomnia REST Client alternativesA powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
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- Freemium • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
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- Flathub
- Flatpak
Insomnia REST Client VS Postman
Comments about Insomnia REST Client as an Alternative to Postman
Comment summary: Insomnia REST Client is favored for its lightweight, intuitive design, and lack of login requirement for basic features compared to Postman. Users value its cleaner interface, Linux support, and full features even in the freemium model. However, it lacks team collaboration features and multi-device sync without payment. While praised for better UI and storage efficiency, some users note that request chaining and environment setup are still experimental, unlike Postman's polished offerings.Top Positive CommentTop Negative CommentIt's not lightweight, because still uses Electron and not native, so consuming memory alot
Most Recent CommentAdinanCenciused to like it, now it is as garbage as postman
45 NativeRest alternativesNativeRest is a native HTTP client for Windows. NativeRest desktop application is not using Electron, Chromium, Node.js and JavaScript Frameworks. This makes the application function faster. NativeRest runs fast, uses less memory and CPU.
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- Paid • Proprietary
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United States
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- Windows
NativeRest VS Postman
34 HTTPie for Terminal alternativesHTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides a simple http command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and...
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- Free • Open Source
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- United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Python
- FreeBSD
HTTPie for Terminal VS Postman
Comments about HTTPie for Terminal as an Alternative to Postman
Most Recent CommentscottfrostUpdate to the (only) negative comment. The UI is now free (price) but closed source.
Blue PaintCan be launched without internet connection (useful in cases of restrictive VPN policy)
Leonardo ColmanHTTPie doesn't contain an interface. The current UI is closed behind a private beta.
65 Hoppscotch alternativesHoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem. It helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development.
Hoppscotch VS Postman
Comments about Hoppscotch as an Alternative to Postman
Most Recent CommentnotPlanchaCompletely free, no account needed for anything, can be used on browser and even offers proxy
Helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development
Max FisherAFAIK, doesn't have a feature to import cURL from clipboard.
55 RapidAPI for Mac alternativesRapidAPI for Mac (formerly Paw) is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test and describe the APIs you build or consume. It has a beautiful native macOS interface to compose requests, inspect server responses, generate client code and export API definitions.
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RapidAPI for Mac VS Postman
Comments about RapidAPI for Mac as an Alternative to Postman
Most Recent CommentSimple request chaining (right-click in the UI, no code or globals); Great workflow for when writing a fast-changing API
Superb 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.
malternativeHandles cookies way better than Postman
26 Bruno alternativesBruno is a new and innovative open source API client, aimed at revolutionizing the status quo represented by Postman, Insomnia and similar tools out there.
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- Freemium • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Bruno VS Postman
Comments about Bruno as an Alternative to Postman
Top Positive CommentOla JohanssonLooks nice, and like the simplicity with data just stored in a folder and you can sync it with git or Dropbox or whatnot.
Most Recent CommentPort5000Lightweight, runs on local, extremely simple and easy to use, enough to test APIs and it even exports to Postman!
jarneBest alternative to Postman in my opinion, open source and lightweight, easy to use, and the ability to import existing Postman collections. A nice bonus that you can easily commit Bruno files to Git.
77 soapUI alternativesEviware, the maker of soapUI, Web Service Testing Leader
soapUI is a tool for functional testing, mainly of web services like SOAP based web services and RESTful web services, but also HTTP based services and JMS Services as well as databases. soapUI is an open source and compl.
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- Free • Open Source
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- United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
soapUI VS Postman
Comments about soapUI as an Alternative to Postman
DiskCrasherCan create a mock server for free.
Compared to postman this is definitely better the UI is less cluttered there's Linux support, and it just looks nicer.