Free Postman Alternatives

The best free alternative to Postman is Insomnia REST Client, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Postman and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Postman are HTTPie for Terminal, Hoppscotch, RapidAPI for Mac and soapUI.

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Postman alternatives are mainly API Clients but may also be HTTP Clients or HTTP(S) Debuggers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Postman.
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Postman is a tool that facilitates the development and use of APIs. Postman provides all the functionality needed to create or simulate API specifications and use the Postman Collection Runner to create tests.

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Postman alternatives page was last updated Jan 13, 2025
  1. Hubql icon
     1 like

    The collaboration platform for building, documenting and testing APIs together.

    20 Hubql alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Hubql Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  API Management
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  2. Hurl icon
     7 likes

    Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can capture values, evaluate queries on headers and body response. It is very versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions.

    33 Hurl alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Cross-Platform
    4.  REST API
    5.  API Integration
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  3. ArdorQuery icon
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    ArdorQuery is a cross-platform tool for performing any HTTP(S) endpoints like REST API, HTML, Images, GraphQL, OData etc.

    51 ArdorQuery alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    ArdorQuery Features

    1.  REST API
    2.  QA Automation
    ArdorQuery iconPostman Icon

    ArdorQuery VS Postman

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  4. RESTer icon
     6 likes

    A REST client for almost any web service (Firefox and Chrome extension).

    48 RESTer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    RESTer Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Project Organization
    3.  API Management
    4.  Variables
    RESTer iconPostman Icon

    RESTer VS Postman

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    Comments about RESTer as an Alternative to Postman
     
    Guest

    Amazing interface, integrates very well in Firefox, prettyfies the code… What else?

    Positive commentSep 13, 2018
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    • Almost everyone thinks RESTer is a great Postman alternative.

    • RESTer is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. gRPC icon
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    gRPC is a modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication.

    52 gRPC alternatives
    gRPC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    gRPC Features

    1.  RPC
    gRPC iconPostman Icon

    gRPC VS Postman

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    Comments about gRPC as an Alternative to Postman
     
    Guest

    gRPC is a protocol, Postman is an API testing tool/framework

    Negative commentJan 13, 2025
    0
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    • gRPC is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. WizTools RESTClient icon
     6 likes

    RESTClient can be used to test variety of HTTP communications and RESTful webservices. Friendly GUI, rich functionalities.

    57 WizTools RESTClient alternatives
    WizTools RESTClient screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    WizTools RESTClient Features

    1.  REST Client
    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 3.7.1, released in December 2018, can be still downloaded from GitHub

    WizTools RESTClient iconPostman Icon

    WizTools RESTClient VS Postman

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  7. Treblle icon
     2 likes

    Treblle is an all-in-one platform for the entire API lifecycle that helps engineering and product teams build, ship, and maintain rest-based APIs faster. A very intuitive UI gives value, especially to teams that have APIs as a product.

    56 Treblle alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  API Management
    2.  Application & API Monitoring
    3.  Logging
    4.  Requests monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
    6.  REST API
    Treblle iconPostman Icon

    Treblle VS Postman

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    • Treblle is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Postman.

    • Treblle is Freemium and ProprietaryPostman is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Treblle is LightweightPostman is not according to our users
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