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Kong Konnect vs Postman Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

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

Kong Konnect
Ranking in API Management
24th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Postman Enterprise
Ranking in API Management
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (1st), API Testing Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Kong Konnect is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Postman Enterprise is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Postman Enterprise1.2%
Kong Konnect1.1%
Other97.7%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

ShubhojitDasgupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Have worked across industries to streamline API lifecycle and integration with strong support experience
When comparing documentation, Kong's documentation is not on par with Google, Amazon, or other cloud providers. If a new person joins a team and wants to start using Kong's product and their associated tools, they would find it difficult initially compared to Google, Amazon, or Microsoft products, or even Azure from the deployment perspective. Kong has been working on their documentation and has developed a separate portal for the documentation. They are trying to improve that area.
Anagha Mahadik - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution simplifies web service testing with impressive speed and accessibility
It is very easy for me to use and I highly prefer it compared to SoapUI and other products for performing its job. It is more handy and faster. It has impacted us very nicely. Postman is used for free by us. I'm not sure if there might be a paid version for multiple users. It is a very good product used for development. It is easy to install, as well as to learn, particularly for new users, even if they are not developers. I taught my business analyst to use it. I just showed them once, and it was easy for them to understand. For example, I gave them the URL and request format and asked them to test independently. They were able to use it on their own and do their testing as well. It was a good experience, especially for generally smart people, like those we usually hire in our company. It is pretty easy to explain, and learning it is not complex.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Their tech support is excellent; when I raise an incident or a support ticket, it gets answered in four hours."
"The documentation is excellent, and it includes a developer portal, which helps create a common distribution channel for APIs within and outside the enterprise."
"Technical support from Proofpoint was absolutely excellent."
"The data you are sending and fetching from that endpoint is very clean and understandable; anyone can understand it."
"Postman is one of the easiest tools; I have not seen anybody complaining because it's just one Google search away."
"Postman helps to write pre-request scripts and make a collection out of each request. You don’t have to spend time writing or copying the requests. The solution lets you integrate multiple environments and their features. Either the tool’s pro or premium version lets you do the merge and pull request for the Git directly."
"The API testing features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries."
"It's user-friendly. Anybody can learn it within five to seven minutes."
"It is a stable solution."
"I have enjoyed using parameters and setting parameters while powering directly."
 

Cons

"Pricing was the issue as it becomes very expensive due to the nature of local circumstances."
"When comparing documentation, Kong's documentation is not on par with Google, Amazon, or other cloud providers."
"Kong Konnect's RBAC needs to evolve more, as they currently offer only one or two levels of RBAC in terms of organization and teams."
"Postman needs to improve its support for a lot of integrations."
"If you have knowledge of JavaScript, the initial setup is easy and straightforward. If not, it may take some time to learn about JavaScript before starting the implementation."
"Initially, the setup is a little bit complex. Whenever a user comes to Postman for the first time, it is just a bit complex since they do not know where to start and what is the structure."
"They should provide more specific documentation on configuration."
"Integration of the solution towards Bitbucket, BitHub, and CI pipelines is difficult."
"I would like to see improvements in the maintenance of the scripts and their collections. It is really painful that the user cannot drag and drop. It was also painful to create the standard suite of operations for the product. I am not sure if this is improved in the tool’s latest versions. The maintenance of the complex scenarios prompted us to use the solution only for unit testing. In the future, we may switch to the k6 framework."
"Multi-part requests should be handled in the octet-stream."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We do not pay any money for Postman."
"This tool is open-source and free to download and use."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"Postman is a free service."
"I use the tool's free version."
"It is free."
"The solution has a licensing fee which might be prohibitive."
"Its price is moderate as compared to other competitors. The version that we are using is not open source, so it is not free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise41
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kong Konnect?
The pricing deserves a high rating for consideration. Cost was the reason we stopped using it. Pricing was the issue as it becomes very expensive due to the nature of local circumstances.
What needs improvement with Kong Konnect?
Pricing might be a topic to consider regarding improvements. I may advise Proofpoint to adjust marketing solutions based on each country itself.
What is your primary use case for Kong Konnect?
The clients mainly were using Proofpoint for email security, which is the primary use case. We have used Proofpoint for email security.
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 do you like most about Postman?
The product is easy to implement.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Postman?
Postman is much cheaper than the other tools. I am not aware of the current pricing for Postman because that's taken care of by the client; we just pay and they simply create options. On a per-pers...
 

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Sample Customers

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PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
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