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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NGINX Plus

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ANGINX Plus is presented as a cloud‑native, easy-to-use reverse proxy, load balancer, and API gateway, from F5.

    $849

    per month billed annually

    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
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $849
    per month billed annually
    Advanced
    $2,099
    per month billed annually
    Enterprise
    Tiered Pricing
    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
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—1. 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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    Features
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of NGINX Plus and Postman
    Feature
    NGINX Plus
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Postman
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of NGINX Plus and Postman
    Feature
    NGINX Plus
    -
    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
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Small Businesses
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Azure API Management
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    OCI API Management
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NGINX PlusPostman
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    Makes our life easy as application admins in securing our applications and making them accessible. We can easily add an application within a few minutes and define the backend servers right away.
    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
    • APIGW
    • Policy Enforcement
    • Centrally Manage API Traffic
    Incentivized
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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
    • An AI bot would be cool to help build config files
    • More webinars for advanced NGINX Plus would be great
    • GUI tool... might already be one available
    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
    No reason not to renew it, we are happy with it.
    Incentivized
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    Postman
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    Very easy to use
    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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    Support Rating
    F5
    We had an issue after upgrading from RHEL 7 to 8, and there were some issues that the security team imposed upon the platform with a scanning tool. We also had a VXLAN environment that was not properly sending a gratuitous arp to the network. NGINX support was instrumental to speedily resolving our issue.
    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
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    The API and dashboard alone make NGINX Plus a better choice.
    Incentivized
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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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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • We are planning by using NGINX it can greatly reduce our OPEX by 50% "just our own running APIGW" the cascading effects in the long run will be much more.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    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.