Apidog vs Postman
Postman falls short for API development teams due to limited support for evolving APIs, requiring constant rewriting of requests and scripts. Additionally, its separation of API specifications and collections can lead to discrepancies and confusion, preventing a unified source of truth for API data.
Apidog support API development collaboration better.
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Postman
Limited support for evolving APIs
Frequent API changes necessitate constant rewriting of requests and scripts, adding additional overhead for developers when working with APIs that are evolving rapidly.
Detached API Specification
The separation of API specifications and collections prevents a single source of truth, causing discrepancies and confusion, as updates may not reflect automatically.
Collection Run Limitation
Postman limits free users to 25 collection runs per month, requiring a paid plan for more, which may add unexpected costs for small teams or budget-constrained developers.
High cost
The minimum cost is 14 per user per month, and the enterprise version goes up to 49, making it unsuitable for small companies.
Apidog
Real-Time Updates with API Spec Changes
Reflect changes in API specs immediately across requests to ensure tests stay current, reducing manual updates and minimizing errors.
Visual API Specification Creation
Allow teams to visually create and manage updates seamlessly, benefiting iterative development.
Auto-Generate Req & Mock Responses
Auto generates requests and mock responses from API specs, simulating API behavior before the backend is complete.
Low cost and unlimited run
Apidog starts at just $9 per month, 36% cheaper than Postman, offering unlimited runs and a rich suite of tools for API collaboration.
A better API Design-first Platform
Apidog implements API Design-first, where API specifications and modifications can be automatically
synchronized across every stage of the API lifecycle.
Postman vs Apidog
| HTTP | ||
| WebSocket | ||
| SOAP | ||
| GraphQL | ||
| gRPC | ||
| SSE |
| Design APIs visually | ||
| Import/export OAS | ||
| Define and reuse schemas | ||
| Generate API specification from request | ||
| Generate example automatically | ||
| Branches |
| Pre/Post-request Scripts | ||
| Response validation | ||
| Connect to databases | ||
| Multiple services | ||
| Reference other programming languages |
| Visual Orchestration with no code | ||
| Visual assertions | ||
| CI/CD | ||
| Run collections | 25/month | Unlimited |
| Scheduled task | ||
| Performance test | ||
| Online test reports | ||
| Self-hosted runner |
| Custom domain | ||
| Custom documentation layout | ||
| Markdown pages | ||
| Versioning |
| Fixed response mocking | ||
| Smart mock engine | ||
| Cloud mock server | ||
| Customized mocking scripts | ||
| Self-hosted mock server |
| IDEA plugin | VS Code | IDEA |
Implement REAL API Design-first
Apidog implements API Design-first, facilitating the effortless synchronization of API,specifications and modifications across the entire API lifecycle.
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