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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AF5's Distributed Cloud API Security provides discovery and deep insights from use of AI/ML. It can be used to block API attacks in real time and eliminate vulnerabilities at their source. The SaaS-based portal enables users to manage and go deep for threat analytics, forensics, and troubleshooting of modern applications.N/A

    Postman

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APostman, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their flagship API development and management free to small teams and independent developers. Higher tiers (Postman Pro and Postman Enterprise) support API management, as well as team collaboration, extended support and other advanced features.

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    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Postman Free Plan
    $0.00 US Dollars
    Postman Basic Plan
    $12 US Dollars
    per month per user
    Postman Professional Plan
    $29 US Dollars
    per month per user
    Postman Enterprise Plan
    $99 US Dollars
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details1. Postman Free plan: Start designing, developing, and testing APIs at no cost for teams of up to three people. 2. Postman Basic plan: Collaborate with your team to design, develop, and test APIs faster; $12/month per user, billed annually 3. Postman Professional plan: Centrally manage the entire API workflow; $29/month per user, billed annually 4. Postman Enterprise plan: Securely manage, organize, and accelerate API-first development at scale; $99/month per user, billed annually
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    No answer on this topic
    Postman
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    39 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    API Security
    Comparison of API Security features of F5 Distributed Cloud API Security and Postman
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
    8.4
    34 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Postman
    -
    Ratings
    Data Protection8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audit Logging8.329 Ratings00 Ratings
    Input Validation7.826 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Filtering8.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Denial of Service (DoS) Protection8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Notification and Alerts8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Key Management8.328 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Protection8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of F5 Distributed Cloud API Security and Postman
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
    -
    Ratings
    Postman
    8.1
    40 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API access control00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings8.117 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings8.321 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings8.229 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings8.136 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
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    Amazon API Gateway
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Azure API Management
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    OCI API Management
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (40 ratings)
    8.5
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (39 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.1
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityPostman
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    I believe it covers everything related to the applications' security aspects, but there are a lot of improvements that need to be made. For example, better granular controls like bot categories listed on the distributed console and a granular URL-based control for the rate-limiting option are needed.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    Postman is good for organising your API credentials, vendor settings, environments etc. It's also a good way of getting stared with APIs as you get to use a GUI which can help you understand what we mean by a 'body' or 'bearer token'. I think people generally gravitate towards GUI tools for getting started in a new technology area.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    F5
    • It auto-discovers APIs, even the ones engineers forget to document. Then profiles them without needing changes to our codebase.
    • Shadow API exposure.
    • It's pretty decent at abnormal behavior detection.
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    Postman
    • It has opened a door for me to explore more out of it, as it is associated with so many APIs that I never felt any difficulty in finding the right API template, which are well organized and easily available.
    • It is very secure to use and provides great services which are user-friendly.
    • Due to this software I have got rid of the excessive emails and the slack channels, Now I am using my own private API and even it give me an option to produce my personal Postman’s API Builder from its Private API Network and this features has shared my excessive workload.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    F5
    • More accurate detection of advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting APIs.
    • A greater emphasis on checking APIs' schema and contract may prevent them from accepting misconfigurations or malicious input.
    • More customized, dynamic, and targeted protection for high-value APIs or high-risk user groups.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    • Wherever you need to automate tests that involve database verification or rely on data from databases, Postman is less suitable.
    • Postman's disc usage is extremely high, and it occasionally causes the computer to fade.
    • It doesn't have the ability to generate random data. To achieve randomness in my tests, I've been working around scripts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security provides robust API protection with solid threat detection, excellent visibility, and seamless integration into our architecture
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    Great product. Working with F5 for many years, we found the products F5 provided are all cutting edge technology. Although in F5 Distributed Cloud API Security we still have a lot to find out, but we believe this experience will be very good. Especially on the security side. Trust in F5.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    1. Friendly user friendly - when I started using Postman, I was a beginner to the API world, and it gave me a friendly view to begin its usage 2. Postman offers many features, including API testing, monitoring, documentation, and mock servers 3. Environment variables simplify testing across multiple environments (dev, prod) without repetitive configuration.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    F5
    Always available
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    F5
    The UI is cloud-native and generally responsive. Report generation is easy Integrates with cloud providers
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    F5
    Lo hacemos mediante un partner We did it through a partner
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    There is a lot of in-depth documentation for Postman available online, including detailed guides with screenshots and videos. They provide example APIs for new users to explore while learning how to use the tool. Generally, bugs in the client are quickly addressed through frequent free updates. Community and professional support options are available - most of the time, the free/community level support is adequate
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    Implementation Rating
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is our company looking forward product. With more and more API is using in both on prem, private cloud, public cloud and multi cloud environment, we as a financial institution, we are keep into the security settings to protect the information. That's the main reason we want to use this product.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    We ran a short POC with Salt. Its data classification and attack replay features were impressive. What held us back was the limited support for hybrid deployments and poor integration into our CI/CD pipelines, as F5 did.
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    Postman
    Previous to using Postman, I would either use browser tools directly, or write an in-house tool to send requests. Postman eliminates that need while providing a much better experience and more features. At the base level, Postman is as simple as typing in the address as you would in a browser. Authentication can be provided simply as well.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    F5
    Centralized policy management: You can manage API security policies consistently across locations without duplicating effort, which supports scaling.


    API discovery and monitoring at scale: It automatically discovers APIs and monitors them in real time across large and complex environments.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    F5
    • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security mitigates many API-related security threats, including bot attacks, DDoS, data breaches, and unauthorized access attempts.
    • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security uses robust threat detection, machine learning, and real-time monitoring for speedier identification.
    • Reductions in security events result in fewer breaches, reduced downtime, and lower attack remediation costs.
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    Postman
    • Postman is free (although there's a paid tier that offers more features) so using it for testing APIs comes with little to no risk (besides learning curve).
    • The learning curve is a little steep for non-developer users, but developers should find it easy to pick up and use right out of the box, so to speak.
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    Postman Screenshots

    Screenshot of API design - You can design your API specifications in Postman using OpenAPI, RAML, GraphQL, or SOAP formats. Postman’s schema editor makes it easy to work with specification files of any size, & it validates specifications with a built-in linting engine.Screenshot of API documentation - Postman automatically generates documentation & supports markdown-enabled and machine-readable documentation. Docs automatically include request details & sample code. Share the docs with your team, in a public workspace, or in a dedicated portal.Screenshot of API testing - Build and run functional, integration, & regression tests directly in Postman or as part of your CI/CD pipeline with Newman (Postman’s a command-line Collection Runner that enables you to run & test a collection from the command line).Screenshot of Public workspaces - Public workspaces allow you to share your APIs publicly with anyone. You can use public workspaces to gather feedback on your APIs, onboard developers quickly, or just showcase your work.Screenshot of Reporting - Postman generates reports that enable you to visualize data for team metrics and usage, & for API activities such as creation, collection execution, and test runs. Use reports to get insights on performance, troubleshooting, & SLA adherence.