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Best Alternative to Postman? (programming.dev)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hey!

I'm currently hitting the limits with Postman's free tier and need your recommendations for alternatives. My company isn't planning to upgrade to the paid version, so I'm specifically looking for:

Must-have features:

  • Unlimited API requests
  • Collection runner or similar batch testing capability
  • Data import from spreadsheets for test automation
  • The collection runner feature is crucial for my workflow: I heavily rely on being able to import Excel data to generate and map multiple API calls without manual setup.

Has anyone switched from Postman to something else that offers these capabilities? What's your experience been like?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions! 🙏

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[–] heavydust 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That’s hilarious. I remember Bruno being sold as the better tool because it had no subscription, and they switched to being evil in less than a year.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

I wonder why is this kind of product so liable to enshittification. It's just a simple Electron GUI to edit and submit requests to a REST API. Much more complex software has worked fine for years as FOSS.