We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure API Management and Postman based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use this solution for API rate limiting and for its security features against DDoS."
"We're very satisfied with Azure API Management. We've had no issues with bugs, everything runs smoothly, and the connection between the cloud and the on-premise infrastructure was good."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"Azure API Management is an API gateway that can be used for different purposes, for example, to monetize APIs."
"The API management is great."
"It's easy to use compared to other products. It's easy to set up."
"What I like most about Microsoft Azure API Management is that it's flexible and user-friendly. The solution also has rich documentation and guides available, so users can configure and use it."
"The mediation and translation from SOAP to REST technology makes it possible to open up legacy systems that couldn't be opened before."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Collections."
"It is stable and does not lag."
"The solution provides visibility for PDF reports without needing to install plugins."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the verification and testing of APIs."
"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."
"It's user-friendly. Anybody can learn it within five to seven minutes."
"We are using the automation and performance testing tools."
"Maybe the customization could be a bit better."
"The developer portal can be improved."
"Sometimes when immediate support is required, it isn't available."
"Microsoft Azure API Management should have the ability to allow multitenancy."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"In terms of improvement, it would be helpful if they could develop an on-premises option."
"Microsoft Azure API Management needs to improve stability."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"Postman quality assurance could improve when doing tests."
"They should provide more specific documentation on configuration."
"The tool needs to have a reporting feature."
"We'd like to see videos or user-friendly reference documentation to help us figure out the solution or troubleshoot issues on our own."
"We cannot see transaction times in the product."
"Multi-part requests should be handled in the octet-stream."
"The solution is quite complex partly because the UI needs simplification."
"Postman is a bit more of a complex tool, making it an area where improvements can be made."
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Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 67 reviews while Postman is ranked 9th in API Management with 52 reviews. Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8, while Postman is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Postman writes "Reliable and easy to expand with a helpful API network". Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect, whereas Postman is most compared with Apache JMeter, ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio and Apigee. See our Microsoft Azure API Management vs. Postman report.
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