Postman vs. SwaggerHub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Postman
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Postman, 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.
$0
SwaggerHub
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SwaggerHub is a platform for API design and documentation with OpenAPI. Whether it’s push generating an API’s design and code to source control hosts, deploying the API to API Management platforms, or triggering a Jenkins build, SwaggerHub boasts a host of integrations. Faster, Standardized API Design Design APIs in an editor that is built for efficiency without any loss in design…
$75
per month per user
Pricing
PostmanSwaggerHub
Editions & Modules
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
Team 3 - Annual
$75
per month per user
Team 3 - Monthly
$90
per month per user
Team 5 - Annual
$125
per month per user
Team 5 - Monthly
$150
per month per user
Team 10 - Annual
$250
per month per user
Team 10 - Monthly
$300
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PostmanSwaggerHub
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
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
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Considered Both Products
Postman
Chose Postman
Postman is a great out-of-the-box tool for API testing. SwaggerHub is also good but requires a bit more configuration to integrate with the API you're going to test (if the API isn't set up for it, you probably won't get much out of SwaggerHub).
Chose Postman
Postman has the ability for an end to end development of API. Others apps available don't have this ability. They lack in one or more cases. But Postman here is developed itself by an IT engineer working in Banglore, the IT city of india. He understands the issues faced by the …
Chose Postman
Postman is a lot more affordable and maintainable than its competitors. Also, it is easy to use and deployment takes less amount of time. So, we selected Postman as it best fits our requirements.
Chose Postman
Swagger functionality is a subset of what Postman can do. Although Swagger is better to keep track of your API documentation, Postman is much better at everything else. Basically, Postman is the jack of all trades. On top of documenting your APIs, you could test your API …
SwaggerHub
Chose SwaggerHub
SwaggerHub is the best for what it can do in terms of API management and monitoring, compared to Postman, which is more like tools for everything (testing, monitoring, mock request, etc.). If you are overwhelmed with the number of API endpoints that you have and are finding it …
Chose SwaggerHub
The only other product we looked at was Postman. But we liked the SwaggerHub UI & the integrations it has with the AWS API gateway. Though Postman has some other great features like the ability to write test cases & execute them, SwaggerUI was more convenient to document & …
Chose SwaggerHub
We liked the SwaggerHub UI & the integrations it has with the several cloud API gateways. Though Postman has some other great features like the ability to write test cases & execute them, SwaggerUI was more convenient to document & share them.
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TrustRadius Insights
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Highlights

TrustRadius
Research Team Insight
Published

Postman and Swaggerhub are both API management tools designed to enable business applications to communicate with each other as efficiently as possible. Swaggerhub is a .yaml based open source technology, which makes it a popular choice for businesses with skilled development teams.  In contrast, Postman is a web-based tool that can be accessed for free by small businesses.  These accessibility features make Postman popular among small and independent businesses.

Features

Postman and Swaggerhub can both be used to develop and manage APIs, but they also have a few standout features that are important to consider.

Postman is a web-based tool, so users will be able to access and work with API’s anywhere they can get an internet connection. For new users, Postman also provides thorough documentation and web tutorials that make it easy to learn to use the tool. Additionally, Postman provides sharing features that make it simple to share HTTP calls with other members of an organization.

Swaggerhub is an open source tool, meaning that it is free for businesses of all sizes, provided they have the skill to use it.  Additionally, Swaggerhub automates the creation of documentation for HTTP calls, so it can potentially save businesses a lot of time since they won’t have to create documentation on their own.  Because it is open source, Swaggerhub is also highly customizable.

Limitations

Though Postman and Swaggerhub are both competent tools for testing HTTP calls, they also have some limitations that are important to consider.

Postman is free for individuals and smaller businesses, but larger businesses with the technical resources to use Swaggerhub may prefer its free price point.  When testing APIs with Postman, users will also have to create documentation manually, while Postman documents results automatically.

Swaggerhub has a small learning curve for new users, compounded by a lack of official documentation and tutorials.  Many businesses will need to take some time to train staff on Swaggerhub before using it to its full effect.  Postman, by contrast, has a wide variety of learning resources available for free that users can take advantage of.

Pricing

Swagger is an open source product that businesses can access for free, but Swaggerhub includes additional features and support for teams.  Swaggerhub is free for individual users, and starts at 15$ per user per month for the Swaggerhub Teams package.

Postman is available for free for independent and small development teams.  For larger teams, Postman pricing starts at $24 per user per month. 

Features
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API Management
Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
Postman
8.3
35 Ratings
2% above category average
SwaggerHub
8.0
6 Ratings
2% below category average
API access control9.532 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies7.118 Ratings6.74 Ratings
API usage data8.117 Ratings7.34 Ratings
API user onboarding8.321 Ratings8.73 Ratings
API versioning8.724 Ratings9.96 Ratings
Usage billing and payments7.812 Ratings7.01 Ratings
API monitoring and logging8.832 Ratings7.64 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
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NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(39 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PostmanSwaggerHub
Likelihood to Recommend
Postman
Postman is very good for easy entry into testing. Thanks to snippets it is easy to use, but also provides a lot [of] possibilities for testing thanks to the in-line editor. Easy to use on multiple environments (versioning) thanks to sets of environment variables. The Collections view can get very full with time and it is not possible to reuse or link requests so that they have always been copied and maintained manually for each copy if changes have to be applied.
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SmartBear
ReadyAPI and SwaggerHub are a match made in heaven. Being able to so easily import the API directly into ReadyAPI and then being able to generate a test suite from the API is my favorite part of these softwares. We have rather large services so building out the API can take some time
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Pros
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.
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SmartBear
  • Treating the design as documentation ensures that we have consistent and well defined APIs
  • API consumers can export the swagger definition or code stubs to use within their development environment
  • We can iterate through multiple versions of a definition privately before making a version publicly available
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Cons
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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SmartBear
  • The user interface could be more improved to sustain with other similar tools in the market.
  • Beneficial if we have better integration with third party softwares.
  • Nice to have ability to download the documentation in usable formats.
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Usability
Postman
I think from a non-technical perspective there are a few things that could be more clearly labeled to better understand what is being asked for or where to add certain parts of the request.
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SmartBear
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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SmartBear
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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.
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SmartBear
The only other product we looked at was Postman. But we liked the SwaggerHub UI & the integrations it has with the AWS API gateway. Though Postman has some other great features like the ability to write test cases & execute them, SwaggerUI was more convenient to document & share them.
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Return on Investment
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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SmartBear
  • Faster API development lifecycle.
  • Reduced discussion time when building a new vital API endpoint.
  • Complete documentation which makes the new team member onboarding process easier.
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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.

SwaggerHub Screenshots

Screenshot of Faster, Standardized API Design