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Apiary vs Postman Enterprise comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Apiary
Ranking in API Management
37th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Postman Enterprise
Ranking in API Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (1st), API Testing Tools (1st), AI Software Development (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apiary is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Postman Enterprise is 1.9%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Postman Enterprise1.9%
Apiary0.9%
Other97.2%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

PW
Enterprise Integration Architect at Capgemini
The ability to configure rules to check for consistency has helped
Apiary provides a free tier of the platform which allows a small group of developers to collaborate easily on the design of open source APIs. In addition to this, it provides mock endpoints allowing people to experiment with the API without depending or having to stand up a real backend. With our clients, using Apiary allows us to very quickly pull together an API definition (particularly when using API Blueprint). The whole API design process for the simpler use cases can be done in a relatively short workshop which makes it a lot easier to agree, publish, version-manage an API definition with suitable documentation. This can then be evolved and enhanced (particularly in the documentation aspects). With the ability to support Swagger (Open API v2 and introducing/ed support for v3) and API Blueprint makes it a very versatile tool.
RituRaj - PeerSpot reviewer
SDE 2 at Virtusa
Centralized collaboration has transformed API testing and documentation across multiple teams
In terms of improvement, the UI can sometimes feel heavy for larger collections in the workspaces. Additionally, performance may slow down with complex API projects, and pricing can be expensive for smaller teams. However, it is quite suitable for bigger teams. Other areas for improvement include better reporting and analytics dashboards, and more advanced native test environment features could enhance workflow, with smoother offline support and sync handling. Additionally, better performance for very large collections would be helpful, along with more intuitive navigation for enterprise-scale workspaces, stronger reporting analytics, easier management of permissions across large teams, and more flexible automation and testing report options would be beneficial. Small usability and performance improvements would make Postman Enterprise even more efficient for larger organizations. Postman Enterprise needs better performance optimization for large enterprises, more detailed analytics user reporting, improved API governance and audit visibility, simpler permissions and access control management, faster sync and loading times for larger collections, and more advanced built-in testing and reporting capabilities.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The feature I find most valuable is that it offers authentication and allows us to develop communication points."
"Vey high - very easy API design with no setup effort"
"This solution has allowed us to standardize API definitions and bring consistency into our shared components, reducing the effort and cost of using functionality across domains within the organization, with Apiary being crucial to our good API strategy."
"Quick and easy way to share a new API design with teams."
"I find the generation of mock services very useful, especially when demonstrating for new consumers."
"In two years, there was one time the service was down for an hour or so."
"Git integration"
"I do like the overall performance of the solution."
"The scripting capabilities in Postman are excellent."
"One of the most valuable aspects of Postman is scalability. We can scale the collection and for the multiple repositories of the collections."
"No coding required."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"I can use multiple environments, which allows me to create environment variables for each endpoint."
"With Postman you can do automation, automation has increased efficiency by more than 30% or 40%, and because the speed has increased, it's also possible for us to do in-sprint automation testing."
"I rate Postman as a ten out of ten."
"One of the biggest advantages of Postman is its user-base approach."
 

Cons

"Better Swagger support."
"I would like an integrated option to download a Swagger version of the definition."
"Validation messages could be a bit clearer."
"I don't think this solution is very stable so we try to manage stability from our side."
"The Oracle release cycle is very bad because the patches only update once a year."
"Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and Blueprint Support"
"Initially, the setup is a little bit complex"
"They can lower the pricing because small teams cannot afford it."
"Postman does not have a check-in balance. Essentially what I mean by that is if there is something that is already configured on a particular device, it just overrides it without checking whether you really want to override it or not."
"There needs to be more flexibility surrounding the testing of SOAP APIs."
"I don't think there is any need for comments on improvements."
"We'd like to see some better UI in newer versions."
"There is no support for the testing of the SOAP APIs."
"The performance needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is easy to get started with personal (free) accounts, but a subscription is required for additional features."
"There is a free subscription option to start and try the service."
"We are using its free version."
"I rate the product's price a nine or ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive. Postman is an expensive tool for Turkey."
"The solution is free for individuals, but for companies that use it across the organization, you have to pay per user."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"We do not pay any money for Postman."
"Postman is an open-source product. It is free to download from Google."
"This tool is open-source and free to download and use."
"Unlike APIs, the solution does not require a license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise45
 

Questions from the Community

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How does Postman compare with Apache JMeter?
Postman lets you easily define variables, which then get updated automatically. This is a huge time-saver and makes processes very efficient. We can also export the test cases we create and share t...
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Almost 30% of our time has been saved when it comes to complete regression testing of one feature. That is the rough estimate I can provide.
What needs improvement with Postman?
One area for improvement is that sometimes performance is slightly slow when we are handling large collections. Also, we need better integrations with CI/CD tools so that automation would be smooth...
 

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Sample Customers

Microsoft, salesforce.com, Bloomberg, GoodData, Viacom, Akamai Technologies, DigitalGlobe
PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
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