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Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by michaelsbradley » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 6:54 PM UTC

Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs
paw.cloud

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

#2

Post by apearson » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:10 PM UTC

Anyone have any experience with how this compares to Postman?

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by zhs » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:11 PM UTC

apearson wrote: post #2

Anyone have any experience with how this compares to Postman?

significantly more buggy in my experience (this was a few months ago though)

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by danpalmer » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:12 PM UTC

apearson wrote: post #2

Anyone have any experience with how this compares to Postman?

I've found Paw to have much better UX than Postman. Plus it's not an Electron app which is always nice.

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

#5

Post by InTheArena » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:13 PM UTC

$50? Ouch. I support developers making a living, but this is a market with a lot of competition, some of it free, some of it great, and some of it free and great.

If it were $19, the professional looking UI would have had me pull the trigger, but $50 is way on the other side of of my price sensitivity.

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by XVincentX » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:19 PM UTC

InTheArena wrote: post #5

$50? Ouch. I support developers making a living, but this is a market with a lot of competition, some of it free, some of it great, and some of it free and great. If it were $19, the professional looking UI would have had me pull the trigger, but $50 is way on the other side of of my price sensitivity.

I'm on the same page. I'm not totally sure it's worth the money they're asking.

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by christotty » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:19 PM UTC

danpalmer wrote: post #4

apearson wrote: post #2

Anyone have any experience with how this compares to Postman?

I've found Paw to have much better UX than Postman. Plus it's not an Electron app which is always nice.

Maybe I'm lucky, but I've used Postman quite a bit and never ran into an issue caused by it being Electron based. For that matter, my favorite code editor, VS Code, is in that same boat.

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by _Codemonkeyism » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:21 PM UTC

apearson wrote: post #2

Anyone have any experience with how this compares to Postman?

Postman free is 1000 API calls/month if I see this correctly, above it's $8/month subscription.

I'd rather buy Paw.

Edit: Sorry, see comment. Thanks!

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by eli » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

InTheArena wrote: post #5

$50? Ouch. I support developers making a living, but this is a market with a lot of competition, some of it free, some of it great, and some of it free and great. If it were $19, the professional looking UI would have had me pull the trigger, but $50 is way on the other side of of my price sensitivity.

(Offtopic, but HNers thinking of creating a startup that sells tools to developers should heed these comments.)

Re: Paw – macOS HTTP client for testing and describing APIs

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Post by s_dev » Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 7:23 PM UTC

I have Paw through my SetApp bundle that I pay €9 a month for. Don't think I'd buy it as it's basically the same as Postman though maybe a little prettier.