Postman vs. SwaggerHub

SwaggerHub

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Postman	Score 8.7 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 8.0 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

Postman

SwaggerHub

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
Postman	SwaggerHub
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No 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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Community Pulse
	Postman	SwaggerHub
Considered Both Products	Postman Verified User Professional 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). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional 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 … Helpful? Bimal Subedi Web Developer 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	SwaggerHub Verified User Engineer 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer 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 & … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant 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. Incentivized Helpful?

TrustRadius Insights
	Postman	SwaggerHub
Highlights	Research Team Insight Published August 3, 2020 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

Postman

SwaggerHub

API Management

Comparison of API Management features of Product A and Product B
	Postman 7.8 39 Ratings 8% below category average	SwaggerHub 8.0 6 Ratings 5% below category average
API access control	8.536 Ratings	8.74 Ratings
Rate limits and usage policies	7.118 Ratings	6.74 Ratings
API usage data	8.117 Ratings	7.34 Ratings
API user onboarding	8.321 Ratings	8.73 Ratings
API versioning	7.828 Ratings	9.96 Ratings
Usage billing and payments	7.715 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
API monitoring and logging	6.735 Ratings	7.64 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Postman	SwaggerHub
Small Businesses	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Postman	SwaggerHub
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (43 ratings)	8.0 (6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.8 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.1 (11 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Postman	SwaggerHub
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Callum O'Connor Senior Analytics Engineer Read full review	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 Incentivized LK Lisa Krol Quality Assurance Engineer Read full review
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. Incentivized Kerry Haupt HR Director Read full review	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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. Incentivized Anthony Aziz Senior Software Engineer Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized JP Juan Palma Software Development Manager Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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