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Insomnia vs Postman

Insomnia and Postman are both listed under APIs in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Insomnia vs Postman field by field

Insomnia, Postman compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Insomnia
Postman
CategoryAPIsAPIs
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Open sourceYesNot recorded
GitHub stars40.1KNot tracked
Key features
  • Beautiful and intuitive interface
  • REST and GraphQL support
  • Environment variables and templating
  • Code generation for multiple languages
  • Plugin system for extensibility
  • Team collaboration features
  • Request chaining and automation
  • Built-in authentication methods
  • API request builder and testing
  • Automated testing and continuous integration
  • API documentation generation
  • Mock servers for API simulation
  • Team collaboration and workspaces
  • Environment and variable management
  • API monitoring and performance testing
  • Collection runner for bulk testing
Use cases
  • API development and testing
  • GraphQL query building
  • Team API collaboration
  • API documentation generation
  • Authentication testing
  • Environment-specific testing
  • API workflow automation
  • Client SDK generation
  • API development and testing
  • API documentation and sharing
  • Team collaboration on API projects
  • Automated API testing in CI/CD
  • API monitoring and performance testing
  • Mock API creation for frontend development
  • API specification and design
  • Integration testing workflows
Integrations
  • Kong Gateway
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • VS Code
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
Tags
  • api-client
  • rest
  • graphql
  • testing
  • cross-platform
  • api
  • testing
  • documentation
  • development
  • rest
  • graphql
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What each one is

Insomnia

Cross-platform REST client and API design tool

Insomnia is a powerful REST API client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux. It's designed to help developers build and test APIs efficiently with a clean, intuitive interface.

Full Insomnia listing

Postman

API development platform for building, testing, and managing APIs

Postman is the world's leading API development platform used by millions of developers and companies to build, test, document, and monitor APIs. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline the entire API lifecycle, from design and development to testing and deployment.

Full Postman listing

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