No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Apiary vs Postman Enterprise comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Apiary
Ranking in API Management
36th
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
72
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (1st), API Testing Tools (1st), AI Software Development (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 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 0.9% 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

"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."
"Vey high - very easy API design with no setup effort"
"The feature I find most valuable is that it offers authentication and allows us to develop communication points."
"I find the generation of mock services very useful, especially when demonstrating for new consumers."
"I do like the overall performance of the solution."
"Git integration"
"In two years, there was one time the service was down for an hour or so."
"Quick and easy way to share a new API design with teams."
"The best thing about Postman is it was very easy to use, and we could test APIs and get immediate results."
"The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
"No coding required."
"The initial setup is simple."
"We are using the automation and performance testing tools."
"We can also submit requests multiple times and it allows us to capture the response each time by using utility scripts."
"I would absolutely recommend this solution."
"The user interface is very easy to learn and use, and it is a lightweight application."
 

Cons

"I don't think this solution is very stable so we try to manage stability from our side."
"Validation messages could be a bit clearer."
"The Oracle release cycle is very bad because the patches only update once a year."
"Better Swagger support."
"Swagger (OpenAPI Specification) and Blueprint Support"
"I would like an integrated option to download a Swagger version of the definition."
"To get this email reporting function, we have to integrate Postman with Newman. If the two are not integrated, we won't be getting all these things in one group."
"The management of endpoints' headers sometimes conflicts with APIs that require information in the body, leading to difficulties."
"Postman could be improved by providing options for performance testing of APIs."
"Scalability-wise, it can be improved a little bit. They can include more options to do the performance testing or rate testing so that we can query or push a lot of requests to our APIs."
"It is not that easy to use and should have a more improved easy-to-use interface."
"I was not even aware that it was possible to automate tasks in Postman...Some features related to the automation of tasks need to be added to the solution."
"I don't think there is any need for comments on improvements."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a free subscription option to start and try the service."
"It is easy to get started with personal (free) accounts, but a subscription is required for additional features."
"We use the open-source version. They introduced a new licensing model where your company must subscribe to their services if you're using it for business purposes. However, I think they charge too much if you're only using the basic features. It limits what your organization can do if you're not a paying customer."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
"The solution has moderate pricing."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The solution is open-source and free."
"I use the tool's free version."
"It is free."
"This solution offers a free version."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which API Management solutions are best for your needs.
908,858 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Insurance Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise45
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Postman?
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...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Microsoft, salesforce.com, Bloomberg, GoodData, Viacom, Akamai Technologies, DigitalGlobe
PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
Find out what your peers are saying about Apiary vs. Postman Enterprise and other solutions. Updated: August 2026.
908,858 professionals have used our research since 2012.