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Perforce Acana vs Postman Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 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

Perforce Acana
Ranking in API Management
30th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Postman Enterprise
Ranking in API Management
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (1st), API Testing Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Perforce Acana is 0.5%, down from 0.6% 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%
Perforce Acana0.5%
Other98.3%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

Saurav Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
Authentication mechanism is easy to implement but improvement is needed in documentation
For API security purposes, we use the tool to host all our APIs. This allows us to take advantage of the security features provided by the platform. With the solution, we can implement rules such as rate limiting and restricting the number of API calls for each user. It acts as a secure gateway…
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

"Good interface, intuitive solution."
"It allowed us to publish and replace pre-essential transactions in one place, with a uniformity in terms of control and policies."
"The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters."
"Postman offers great features, so I get a better opportunity to run bulk tasks through single command lines and single APIs, and we have an internal Postman AI tool, which helps improvise the code and analyze the quality if you find any errors."
"We can also submit requests multiple times and it allows us to capture the response each time by using utility scripts."
"I recommend Postman for all business types."
"Postman lets you create, manage, and validate a suite of tests. It has several features to help you organize your test suite. You can also automate stuff with a lot of validations and assertions. Postman supports GraphQL, and you can do various kinds of calls."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the verification and testing of APIs."
"The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
"Postman is very user-friendly and accessible even for those with minimal experience."
 

Cons

"The product has new features that we are going to implement in the next few months, such as API management and analytic reporting."
"Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation."
"Lacks an integrated billing feature."
"Something that could be better is the inclusion of another type of test, for example, end-to-end tests."
"One of the primary challenges with Postman is handling authentication issues, especially relating to tokens and passwords."
"One thing which Postman needs to improve is the documentation. The documentation of Postman is not that great when compared to other tools."
"UI testing needs to be added to the solution."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"The pricing should be adjusted for the Pro plan."
"The request encryption could be one thing on which they can work a little bit. If we don't want to expose our production data but we still want to test our APIs on the production data, there should be a way to do that. It is not only with Postman. I think no tool in the market is doing that right now."
"Postman quality assurance could improve when doing tests."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For us, the pricing and licensing policies were for an on-premise installation with a fixed cost structure, that matched our budgeting policies."
"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 has a licensing fee which might be prohibitive."
"I use the tool's free version."
"This is an open source solution."
"I am using the free option."
"It is free."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Performing Arts
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
9%
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 do you like most about Akana API Management?
The tool's authentication mechanism is easy to implement. We had to define a few parameters.
What needs improvement with Akana API Management?
Akana API Management needs to improve its documentation.
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

British American Tobacco, Credit Suisse, Daimler, eBay, FOX, Liberty Mutual, Marriott, Mayo Clinic, Skandia, Tata communications
PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
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