Item: Postman
Rating: 9
Author: Paul Alexander

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Postman to test and automate any new API's that we are creating, we have created full suites of automated scripts, which has allowed us to speed up testing in key areas. It also allows developers to run a test when needed to improve the quality of the overall work while at the same time reducing the time needed to test things.

Pros and Cons

Simple to use and understand UI.
Easy to integrate with release pipeline using Newman.
A lot of online help available.

Make it a little easier to share tests as one-off.

Most Important Features

Test suite runner.
Creating and using variables as part of the test suite.
Linking into Newman for release pipelines.

Return on Investment

This has helped a lot of team work better with API and share information.

Alternatives Considered

ReadyAPI, SoapUI Open Source and supported by SmartBear

There isn't much between them, really we just picked Postman as it was slightly better but the others are still good. We also had a few people that had a good experience of using Postman join the team when we were looking at what tools to use and with them using Postman before it allowed for us to get started much quicker.

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

Microsoft Teams, Sage 50cloud Accounting

Likelihood to Recommend

Postman is easily one of the best tools for API testing, there is a lot to it and best of all there is a free version of the software, you can build out security test's as well as long as you know what you are doing with it, the only thing I can think of where it might not be appropriate is if you are not doing anything with API's. It doesn't allow any testing of any UI, just API's, so you will still need other tools to ensure full coverage.

Postman the all-around best and simplest to use API tool

Overall Satisfaction with Postman