Application Utilities

Postman vs Swagger UI

Postman44.3K Stacks

Swagger UI1.3K Stacks

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Followers32.9K

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Pros of Postman

Pros of Swagger UI

476
Easy to use
362
Great tool
271
Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
151
Easy setup, looks good
142
The best api workflow out there
51
It's the best
51
History feature
42
Adds real value to my workflow
40
Great interface that magically predicts your needs
34
The best in class app
10
Can save and share script
9
Fully featured without looking cluttered
7
Collections
6
Global/Environment Variables
6
Dead simple and useful. Excellent
6
Option to run scrips
6
Dark theme easy on the eyes
6
Shareable Collections
5
Great integration with newman
5
Awesome customer support
4
The test script is useful
3
Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,3
3
Easy as pie
3
Saves responses
3
This has simplified my testing significantly
3
Simple
2
Documentation
2
I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis
2
API-network
1
Postman Runner CI Integration
1
Continuous integration using newman
1
Now supports GraphQL
1
Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable
1
Easy to setup, test and provides test storage
0
<a href="http://fixbit.com/">useful tool</a>
0
Runner
0
Mocking API calls with predefined response

44
Open Source
32
Can execute api calls from the documentation
28
Free to use
19
Customizable
13
Easy to implement in .Net
13
Mature, clean spec
10
API Visualization
9
Coverage
6
Easy to use
6
Scaffolding
5
Vibrant and active community
4
Elegant
3
Adopted by tm forum api
2
Clear for React
1
Can deploy API to AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda

Cons of Postman

Cons of Swagger UI

8
Stores credentials in HTTP
7
Poor GraphQL support
5
Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens
4
Bloated features and UI

2
Need to learn YAML and RAML
1
You don’t actually get in-line error highlighting
1
Does not support hypermedia

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