Hey,
I’ve been re-evaluating my API workflow recently and realized I’ve mostly been sticking with Postman out of habit.
The current free plan limitations aren’t new, but they’ve definitely changed how usable it is for anything beyond solo work. For quick testing it’s still fine, but once you need even lightweight collaboration, it starts to feel a bit friction-heavy unless you upgrade.
Given how fast tooling is evolving (especially with more devs working in editor-centric setups like Cursor), I’m wondering if Postman still makes sense as a default.
Lately I’ve been trying a few different approaches:
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keeping Postman but minimizing team usage
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switching to lighter tools (Bruno, Insomnia)
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going more OpenAPI + Git-first
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or using more integrated platforms
I also tested a couple of newer tools for example Apidog felt closer to a “collaborative by default” workflow, which is interesting, but I haven’t used it enough to fully compare.
Curious what people here are actually using day-to-day.
Are you still relying on Postman, or have you moved to something that fits better with your current dev setup?