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Azure API Management vs Postman

Azure API Management

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Postman

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FigureAzure API ManagementPostman
Price from—$9/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published94
Spec score · Rest Apis7.7 (#13)8.4 (#3)
Spec score · API Marketplace Software7.7 (#18)8.4 (#6)
Spec score · Apis7.8 (#14)8.4 (#7)
Spec score · Api 17.8 (#15)8.4 (#7)

Plans

Azure API Management

  • ConsumptionPriced on request
  • DeveloperPriced on request
  • BasicPriced on request
  • StandardPriced on request
  • PremiumPriced on request
  • IsolatedPriced on request
  • Basic v2Price not published
  • Premium v2Price not published
  • Standard v2Price not published

Azure API Management pricing →

Postman

  • FreeFree
  • Solo$9 a month
  • Team$19 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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In their own words

Azure API Management

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Postman

Postman is a platform for building, exercising, sharing, documenting, and monitoring APIs. Its API client handles multiple protocols and includes authentication, response inspection and visualization, variables, environments, and request history. For API design, it supports specifications, mock servers, importing definitions, multiple definition formats, and third-party integrations. Testing options include collection runs and automated, integration, performance, regression, and end-to-end testing, with Postman CLI also available. Listed integrations include Jira, Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft Teams, VS Code, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Secrets Manager, and 1Password Vault. Postman describes local secret protection, cloud detection, runtime resolution, and connections to secret-management services. Its stated compliance credentials include SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and others. It says customer data is not used to train its models and Enterprise teams control AI access and usage. The Free plan includes 50 AI credits. Solo is $9 a month, billed annually. Basic and Professional plans are closed to new customers; existing Professional customers retain their current plan and pricing.

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