Postman alternatives
Postman: Platform for building, testing and documenting APIs.
Postman keeps pushing you to sign in and sync your collections to its cloud. These API clients are open source, work offline or store requests as files in your repo.
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5 alternatives to Postman
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Insomnia supports REST, GraphQL and gRPC and is made by Kong. You can use it with local storage only.
- Freemium
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Made in United States
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Hoppscotch is open source and runs in your browser, so there's nothing to install.
- Freemium
- Web, Mac, Windows, Linux
- Made in India
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Bruno stores collections as plain text files, so you can commit them to Git with your code. It works fully offline.
- Freemium
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Made in India
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HTTPie is known for its friendly command-line tool, and it also has a desktop app.
- Freemium
- Web, Mac, Windows, Linux
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Thunder Client runs inside VS Code, so you test APIs in the same window as your code.
- Freemium
- Mac, Windows, Linux
Postman alternatives compared
| Product | Pricing | Platforms | Made in |
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| Insomnia | Freemium | Mac, Windows, Linux | United States |
| Hoppscotch | Freemium | Web, Mac, Windows, Linux | India |
| Bruno | Freemium | Mac, Windows, Linux | India |
| HTTPie | Freemium | Web, Mac, Windows, Linux | – |
| Thunder Client | Freemium | Mac, Windows, Linux | – |
Postman alternatives: frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to Postman?
Popular alternatives to Postman are Insomnia, Hoppscotch and Bruno. You can compare their pricing, platforms and the country they're made in on this page.
Is there a free alternative to Postman?
Yes. Insomnia, Hoppscotch and Bruno have a free plan.
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