Postman vs RapidAPI Testing

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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
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Pros of Postman
Pros of RapidAPI Testing
  • 488
    Easy to use
  • 368
    Great tool
  • 275
    Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
  • 155
    Easy setup, looks good
  • 143
    The best api workflow out there
  • 53
    History feature
  • 53
    It's the best
  • 44
    Adds real value to my workflow
  • 42
    Great interface that magically predicts your needs
  • 34
    The best in class app
  • 11
    Can save and share script
  • 9
    Fully featured without looking cluttered
  • 7
    Collections
  • 7
    Option to run scrips
  • 7
    Global/Environment Variables
  • 6
    Dead simple and useful. Excellent
  • 6
    Shareable Collections
  • 6
    Dark theme easy on the eyes
  • 5
    Awesome customer support
  • 5
    Great integration with newman
  • 4
    Simple
  • 4
    The test script is useful
  • 4
    Documentation
  • 3
    Easy as pie
  • 3
    Saves responses
  • 3
    Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,3
  • 3
    This has simplified my testing significantly
  • 2
    API-network
  • 2
    I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis
  • 2
    Mocking API calls with predefined response
  • 1
    Easy to setup, test and provides test storage
  • 1
    Graph
  • 1
    Postman Runner CI Integration
  • 1
    Now supports GraphQL
  • 1
    Continuous integration using newman
  • 1
    Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable
  • 0
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  • 0
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    Cons of Postman
    Cons of RapidAPI Testing
    • 9
      Bloated features and UI
    • 9
      Stores credentials in HTTP
    • 8
      Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens
    • 7
      Poor GraphQL support
    • 5
      Expensive
    • 3
      Can't prompt for per-request variables
    • 3
      Not free after 5 users
    • 1
      Import curl
    • 1
      Import swagger
    • 1
      Support websocket
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      What is Postman?

      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

      What is RapidAPI Testing?

      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.

      Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

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