Item: Postman
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We write and maintain several WCF applications and integrate with WCF services from other teams and departments. Postman has been great for testing method calls for parameters sent and data being returned. We use it for testing these services and for testing other APIs that we're considering using, just to make sure we're getting the data we expect to get.

Pros and Cons

Easy to configure, just point to the service URL and you're good to start.
Easy to set up parameters on method calls.

Limited reporting: it would be nice if we could export a log file of failed calls.
Not a ton of automation: would be really useful for QA/integration testing.

Return on Investment

Postman has been great for debugging issues with API method calls, which definitely saves our teams some time.

Alternatives Considered

SoapUI Pro, JMeter and SwaggerHub

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).

Support Rating

I was able to find answers to my questions in the Postman FAQ/forums. I didn't contact Postman support so I can't speak to that.

Key Insights

Do you think Postman delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Postman's feature set?

Yes

Did Postman live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Postman go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Postman again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SwaggerHub, SoapUI Pro, dbForge Event Profiler for SQL Server

Likelihood to Recommend

Postman's a tool that's pretty easy to set up and get started with, and it's very handy for testing API calls for internal and external APIs. This is invaluable when troubleshooting issues with calling the API methods or just confirming the team's understanding of the API methods involved. Teams that don't do much integration with APIs or REST services probably won't see much benefit from Postman.

Postman Delivers

Overall Satisfaction with Postman