Postman
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
4warn against
Feb 22, 2026first mention
Oct 31, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“VS Code, Slack, Postman, Obsidian.. I use this software every day”
“tools like Postman make sense”
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“postman is great for complex stuff”
Caveats and dissent
“postman, insomnia, bruno all followed the same free -> freemium bait and switch”
“Enshittification at its best. I used Postman for several years before it become unusable for me.”
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“the monolithic nature of tools like Postman feels way too heavy”
“No need for Postman's Postbot or whatever AI solution the tools are locking the users into”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: What you use for quick API checks? 3 mentions
- The API Tooling Crisis: Why developers are abandoning Postman and its clones? 2 mentions
- Show HN: Ghostman – A fast, keyboard-driven TUI API client and webhook inspector 1 mention
- Anthropic's Method to Losing Goodwill in a Few Easy Steps 1 mention
- Show HN: Voiden – API Workflows as Markdown Files (Obsidian × Curl) 1 mention
- The API Tooling Crisis 1 mention
Data: postman.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“postman, insomnia, bruno all followed the same free -> freemium bait and switch”
“VS Code, Slack, Postman, Obsidian.. I use this software every day”
“Enshittification at its best. I used Postman for several years before it become unusable for me.”
“Basically I use it only to edit the documentation.”
“I no longer need my Postman subscription.”
“tools like Postman make sense”
“the monolithic nature of tools like Postman feels way too heavy”
“postman is great for complex stuff”
“No need for Postman's Postbot or whatever AI solution the tools are locking the users into”