Postman
Postman is an API development platform for sending requests, inspecting responses and maintaining collections and environments. Its Free plan covers individual API work, while shared team workflows and some automation features use paid plans.
About Postman
Postman is an API development platform for sending requests, inspecting responses, and keeping collections and environments. It supports finding and reusing organizational APIs, generating collections and assertions, creating mock servers, monitoring live endpoints, and running collection checks in CI.
It also provides a Context Graph map of APIs and collections and a credential proxy that swaps references for stored secrets. The Free plan covers individual API work, while shared team workflows and some automation features use paid plans.
Key features
- Send API requests and inspect responses
- Store requests in collections with environments
- Find and reuse existing organizational APIs
- Generate collections and assertions for regression checks
- Start mock servers before APIs exist
- Monitor live endpoints for uptime and drift
Best for: Developers and teams who build, test, and maintain APIs.
Good for
- Available on Web, Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Free plan covers individual API work
- Covers requesting, testing, mocking, and monitoring in one platform
Watch out for
- Shared team workflows and some automation features use paid plans
Postman at a glance
- Website
- postman.com
- Category
- Development › APIs & Databases
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
- Open source
- Not stated
- Good for
- Developers
- Last checked
- Oct 7, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 7, 2026
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Postman FAQ
How do I install Postman for agents?
Install the CLI with npm install -g postman-cli, then run postman init.
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Individual API work. Shared team workflows and some automation features use paid plans.
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