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Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by dashwav » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

We moved from postman to insomnia a year ago and have loved it due to its simplicity and ease of use. The ability to use the "environment" variables is amazingly flexible since you can use them in almost every text field.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by giancarlostoro » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

I have to agree, I've been enjoying insomnia more, especially with the dark theme. I'm also glad the developer makes enough income on it. I also enjoy using Mockoon since it keeps a history of requests I make when I proxy it, very useful. I wish I knew a good proxying API tool that was a little more autonomous and feature full.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by chasingthewind » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

Postman is a good tool that I've used for many years. It's currently open on my desktop. However I would never pay for their team collaboration features and I doubt I would pay much for the desktop client if they started charging for it. There are too many bizarre UI choices, too many missing features, and it's much too difficult to maintain scripted tests in their awful JSON based "collection" format. The good news is that they have lots of room for improvement and it's quite a bit better than some of the older alternatives like the absurdly awful SoapUI / ReadyAPI line of products.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by ericwooley » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

It would be great for a competitive app that commits you're collection in your version control.

Syncing collections is a solved problem that postman resolved so they could charge for it.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by rvz » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

UnbugMe wrote: post #2

If your team is using solely Mac, it's now more expensive than using [Paw](1). (1): https://paw.cloud/

Exactly this.

I don't see why I should be billed annually for using a managed HTTP client. Given that, Paw sounds better equipped for my personal API development needs all for a one time payment.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by seanbarry » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

gschier wrote: post #9

__erik wrote: post #8

If anyone is looking to switch, I've far preferred using Insomnia to Postman https://insomnia.rest/

As the creator of Insomnia, that makes me so happy to hear :)

I use Insomnia on a daily basis as does every engineer in my 5 man team. It's really incredible.

Thanks for your awesome work. Aside from upgrading from the free version, is there any other way to show support?

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by momentmaker » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

reallydontask wrote: post #7

patrickaljord wrote: post #4

There's also PostWoman for free (no affiliation): https://postwoman.io/ https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman

I feel that we need a new app called postperson :)

postdude :)

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by ossworkerrights » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:10 PM UTC

scolson wrote: post #5

Worth pointing out that postwoman is free and opensource. It is not quite as full-featured as postman, but for quick mocking without requiring registration, it is a great option. https://postwoman.io/ https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman

Oh look a free clone of a commercial product, let's all jump on it and undermine the devs of postman and insomnia, whom have escaped the 9 to 5 by building awesome tools, because that's what we do: we kill indie development with free clones of small projects.

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by scolson » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

ossworkerrights wrote: post #18

scolson wrote: post #5

Worth pointing out that postwoman is free and opensource. It is not quite as full-featured as postman, but for quick mocking without requiring registration, it is a great option. https://postwoman.io/ https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman

Oh look a free clone of a commercial product, let's all jump on it and undermine the devs of postman and insomnia, whom have escaped the 9 to 5 by building awesome tools, because that's what we do: we kill indie development with free clones of small projects.

coughlinuxcough

Re: Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing

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Post by beart » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

ossworkerrights wrote: post #18

scolson wrote: post #5

Worth pointing out that postwoman is free and opensource. It is not quite as full-featured as postman, but for quick mocking without requiring registration, it is a great option. https://postwoman.io/ https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman

Oh look a free clone of a commercial product, let's all jump on it and undermine the devs of postman and insomnia, whom have escaped the 9 to 5 by building awesome tools, because that's what we do: we kill indie development with free clones of small projects.

Didn't insomnia start as a free clone of postman?