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RapidAPI Testing vs Postman: What are the differences?
Developers describe RapidAPI Testing as "Create and manage comprehensive API tests from development through deployment". It is a functional API testing solution that enables enterprises to create and manage comprehensive API tests from development through deployment. It supports any API type including REST, SOAP and GraphQL, and offers an intuitive UX that simplifies testing, monitoring, management and integration across the development lifecycle. On the other hand, Postman is detailed as "Only complete API development environment". It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
RapidAPI Testing and Postman belong to "API Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by RapidAPI Testing are:
- Drag-and-Drop Editor
- Granular Control
- End-to-End Flows
On the other hand, Postman provides the following key features:
- Compact layout
- HTTP requests with file upload support
- Formatted API responses for JSON and XML
Pros of Postman
- Easy to use488
- Great tool368
- Makes developing rest api's easy peasy275
- Easy setup, looks good155
- The best api workflow out there143
- History feature53
- It's the best53
- Adds real value to my workflow44
- Great interface that magically predicts your needs42
- The best in class app34
- Can save and share script11
- Fully featured without looking cluttered9
- Collections7
- Option to run scrips7
- Global/Environment Variables7
- Dead simple and useful. Excellent6
- Shareable Collections6
- Dark theme easy on the eyes6
- Awesome customer support5
- Great integration with newman5
- Simple4
- The test script is useful4
- Documentation4
- Easy as pie3
- Saves responses3
- Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,33
- This has simplified my testing significantly3
- API-network2
- I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis2
- Mocking API calls with predefined response2
- Easy to setup, test and provides test storage1
- Graph1
- Postman Runner CI Integration1
- Now supports GraphQL1
- Continuous integration using newman1
- Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable1
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- Runner0
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Cons of Postman
- Bloated features and UI9
- Stores credentials in HTTP9
- Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens8
- Poor GraphQL support7
- Expensive5
- Can't prompt for per-request variables3
- Not free after 5 users3
- Import curl1
- Import swagger1
- Support websocket1