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Verifiedby Postman · San Francisco, United States · Since 2014
API platform founded in Bengaluru, used by millions of developers.
- Starting price
- $9/user/month
- Solo plan, billed annually; the pricing page notes the monthly rate is higher
- Free trial / plan
- Free plan — $0/month
- Includes API client, specs and mock servers, native Git, Collection Runner, manual Flows, 1,000 API monitoring requests/month and 50 AI credits
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Web
- App Advisor rating
- 4.6
- transparency & India fit
What is Postman?
Postman is an API platform for designing, testing, documenting and monitoring APIs, built around collections of saved requests that a team shares in a workspace.
The free tier is generous enough for individual developers: API client, specs, mock servers, native Git, the Collection Runner and 1,000 API monitoring requests per month.
Paid tiers are priced per user per month on annual billing and add collaboration, RBAC, custom-branded documentation and higher monitoring and API-call limits.
Enterprise adds the Private API Network, advanced RBAC, governance and audit logs, private runners, and an EU-only data residency option (vendor-stated on the pricing page).
What works well
- +The free tier is genuinely usable for solo developers and small side projects, not a crippled demo.
- +Collections are the de-facto lingua franca for sharing API examples; most vendors publish a Postman collection.
- +Covers design, mock, test, document and monitor in one tool, so a team does not need four separate products.
- +Native Git support on every plan, including Free, keeps collections versioned alongside code.
- +Transparent per-seat list pricing all the way up to Enterprise, which is unusual in this category.
What to watch out for
- −Per-seat pricing gets expensive for large teams — Enterprise lists at $49/user/month, so 50 engineers is a substantial annual commitment.
- −AI features are credit-metered, so heavy AI use is an extra constraint on top of the seat price.
- −API monitoring allowances are modest (1,000/month free, 10,000/month on Team) compared with dedicated synthetic-monitoring tools.
- −Data residency is listed as EU-only on Enterprise; there is no published India data region.
- −The pricing page does not publish a monthly (non-annual) price for Solo, so budgeting a month-to-month plan needs a sales or checkout check.
Best suited for: Backend and API teams that need a shared, versioned library of requests · QA engineers writing API test suites without building a code framework · Companies publishing a public API who want hosted, branded documentation · Enterprises that need an internal API catalogue and governance over API sprawl
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Postman features
Researched from Postman's official product pages · updated September 2026.
API client and testing
- Send and save HTTP/REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket requests
- Collections that group and version saved requests
- Collection Runner for running a whole collection as a test suite
- Data-driven testing with exports (paid plans)
- Performance testing runs
- Scripted pre-request and test assertions
API design and documentation
- API specs (OpenAPI and other spec formats)
- Mock servers
- Auto-generated API documentation
- Custom-branded documentation and unlimited custom domains (paid plans)
- SDK generation and distribution (Team and above)
Collaboration and governance
- Shared team workspaces
- Unlimited workspace and collection viewers (Team and above)
- Basic RBAC on Team; advanced RBAC and organization controls on Enterprise
- Governance, audit logs and reporting (Enterprise)
- Private API Network and API Catalog (Enterprise)
- Private and Partner workspaces (Enterprise)
Monitoring and automation
- Scheduled API monitors (1,000 requests/month free; 10,000/month on Team)
- Webhooks support (paid plans)
- Flows — manual on Free, private Flows runners on Enterprise
- Insights for production visibility (Enterprise)
- Native Git integration on all plans
- Postman API access, metered per plan
AI features
- AI credits metered per plan (50 free / 400 per user on Solo and Team / 800 pooled per user on Enterprise)
- AI-assisted work inside the Postman client, credit-metered
AI capabilities
- AI credits are included on every plan and metered: 50 on Free, 400/user/month on Solo and Team, 800/user/month pooled on Enterprise (vendor-stated).
- Credits are consumed by Postman's in-product AI assistance; the pricing page does not break down per-action credit costs.
Postman pricing (USD)
SourceEvery edition as published by the vendor. Prices exclude GST unless stated. Full Postman pricing breakdown
Free
$0
per month
- 50 AI credits
- API client and core tools
- Specs and mock servers
- Native Git
- Collection Runner and performance testing runs
- Manual Flows
- 1,000 API monitoring requests/month
- 1-day collection recovery
- Community and email support
Solo
$9
per user/month, billed annually
- 400 AI credits / month
- Data-driven testing with exports
- Unlimited private NPM packages and library
- Custom-branded documentation
- Unlimited custom domains
- Expanded API monitoring and webhooks support
- 30-day collection recovery
- Up to 10 integrations
- 100,000 Postman API calls/month
Team
$19
per user/month, billed annually
- 400 AI credits / user / month
- Team collaboration
- Unlimited workspace and collection viewers
- Basic RBAC
- SDK generation and distribution
- 10,000 API monitoring requests/month
- Up to 50 integrations
- 90-day collection recovery
Enterprise
$49
per user/month, billed annually
- 800 AI credits / user / month (pooled)
- API Catalog
- Unlimited private and Partner workspaces
- Private API Network
- Advanced RBAC and organization controls
- Governance, audit logs and reporting
- Private test and Flows runners
- Insights (production visibility)
- 10 million Postman API calls/month
- Custom terms of service
- Data residency (EU-only) option
Other pricing options & add-ons
- • All figures above are from Postman's own pricing page and are quoted in USD.
- • The pricing page states Solo is $9/month billed annually and that the month-to-month rate is higher, but does not publish the exact monthly figure, so it is not listed here.
- • Postman's pricing page did not state a free-trial length for paid plans, so freeTrial is null rather than guessed.
- • Postman's public billing documentation does not state which billing currencies are supported, so no INR claim is made here.
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Implementing Postman
SourceWays to implement
- Self-serve signup and credit-card checkout for Free, Solo and Team
- Invoice-based purchase for Enterprise (online, ACH or wire transfer)
Self-serve plans are usable the same day; an Enterprise rollout with SSO, RBAC and a Private API Network is a procurement-led project whose length Postman does not publish.
- 1Create a Postman account and a team workspace
- 2Import or author collections, or connect a Git repository using native Git
- 3Add environments and variables so the same collection runs against dev, staging and production
- 4Write test scripts and run them through the Collection Runner
- 5Wire the Collection Runner into CI (Newman or the Postman CLI)
- 6Publish documentation and, on Enterprise, register APIs into the Private API Network
- 7Configure RBAC, SSO and audit logging on Enterprise before wide rollout
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Integrations, security & India
Integrations
- Git providers via native Git support
- CI/CD pipelines via the Postman CLI and Newman
- Up to 10 integrations on Solo, up to 50 on Team, per the pricing page
- Webhooks (paid plans)
- Postman API for programmatic access, with per-plan call quotas
Security & compliance
- Basic RBAC on Team; advanced RBAC and organization controls on Enterprise (vendor-stated)
- Governance, audit logs and reporting on Enterprise (vendor-stated)
- EU-only data residency option on Enterprise (vendor-stated)
- No specific certification (SOC 2, ISO 27001) is claimed here because none was verified on the pages fetched
For Indian businesses
- Postman was founded by Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti and Abhijit Kane and has a large Bengaluru engineering presence — it is one of the best-known India-origin developer tools, though the company is now headquartered in San Francisco.
- Pricing is published in USD on the global pricing page; no INR price list was found, so budget in dollars.
- Postman's public billing documentation does not state supported billing currencies or whether a GSTIN can be added to invoices — confirm with Postman billing before purchase if you need a GST input-tax-credit invoice.
- ACH direct debit is US-only per Postman's billing docs; Indian buyers on self-serve plans will use a credit card, and Enterprise buyers can request invoice/wire payment.
- Data residency is published as EU-only on Enterprise. There is no India data region on the published pricing page.
- No India-specific support hours are published; Free is community and email support.
Support, resources & partner network
Support & learning
- Community and email support on the Free plan (vendor-stated on the pricing page)
- Enterprise adds custom terms of service; the pricing page does not publish an SLA figure, so none is claimed here
Is Postman the best choice for you?
Best choice if you are…
- Backend and API teams that need a shared, versioned library of requests
- QA engineers writing API test suites without building a code framework
- Companies publishing a public API who want hosted, branded documentation
- Enterprises that need an internal API catalogue and governance over API sprawl
Look elsewhere if you are…
- Teams that need browser or mobile UI testing — Postman is an API tool only
- Teams wanting heavy synthetic uptime monitoring; the monitoring quotas are small
- Organisations with a hard India data-residency requirement, since only an EU-only residency option is published
- Very large orgs looking for a low per-seat cost, where an open-source client may be cheaper
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Specifications
- Category
- Developer tools & APIs
- Vendor
- Postman
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2014
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Starting price
- Free plan
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Platforms
- Web
- Best for
- Startup, Small business, SMB
- Made in India
- No
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Postman — frequently asked questions
What is Postman pricing in 2026?+
Postman's published plans are Free at $0/month, Solo at $9/user/month billed annually, Team at $19/user/month billed annually and Enterprise at $49/user/month billed annually. All figures are from Postman's own pricing page and are in USD.
Is Postman free?+
Yes. Postman has a permanent Free plan at $0/month that includes the API client and core tools, specs and mock servers, native Git, the Collection Runner, performance testing runs, manual Flows, 1,000 API monitoring requests per month, 1-day collection recovery and 50 AI credits. It is a free tier, not a trial.
How much does Postman cost per user?+
$9 per user per month for Solo, $19 per user per month for Team and $49 per user per month for Enterprise, each billed annually. Postman notes that month-to-month billing costs more but does not publish the exact monthly figures.
Does Postman have a free trial?+
Postman's pricing page does not state a free-trial length for its paid plans, so we do not quote one. The Free plan itself is permanent, which is how most teams evaluate the product before upgrading.
What is the difference between the Postman Team and Enterprise plans?+
Team ($19/user/month) adds collaboration, unlimited workspace and collection viewers, basic RBAC, SDK generation and 10,000 monitoring requests a month. Enterprise ($49/user/month) adds the API Catalog, Private API Network, unlimited private and Partner workspaces, advanced RBAC, governance, audit logs and reporting, private test and Flows runners, Insights, 10 million Postman API calls a month, custom terms and an EU-only data residency option.
Does Postman bill in INR and provide a GST invoice for Indian customers?+
Postman publishes its prices in USD and its public billing documentation does not state supported billing currencies or GST handling. If you need INR billing or a GSTIN on the invoice for input tax credit, confirm directly with Postman billing or sales before you purchase — we do not have a verified answer.
Does Postman offer data residency in India?+
No. The only data residency option published on Postman's pricing page is an EU-only option on the Enterprise plan. There is no India data region listed.
How many API monitoring requests does Postman include?+
1,000 API monitoring requests per month on the Free plan and 10,000 per month on the Team plan. Solo is described as 'expanded API monitoring' without a published number, and Enterprise quotas are negotiated.
What is Postman?+
Postman is developer tools & apis by Postman. API platform founded in Bengaluru, used by millions of developers.
How much does Postman cost?+
Postman has a free plan. Check the vendor's pricing page for current plans.
Does Postman offer a free trial or free plan?+
Yes — Postman offers a free plan you can start with.
Is Postman made in India?+
No. Postman is developed by Postman in San Francisco, United States, though it is used by Indian businesses.
Who is Postman best suited for?+
Postman suits startup, small business, smb buyers looking for developer tools & apis.
What are the best alternatives to Postman?+
Popular alternatives in developer tools & apis include BrowserStack, DronaHQ, TestMu AI. Use App Advisor's compare tool to see them side by side.
How is Postman deployed?+
Postman is available as a cloud (SaaS) product, with web access.
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