Hey!

I’m currently hitting the limits with Postman’s free tier and need your recommendations for alternatives. My company isn’t planning to upgrade to the paid version, so I’m specifically looking for:

Must-have features:

  • Unlimited API requests
  • Collection runner or similar batch testing capability
  • Data import from spreadsheets for test automation
  • The collection runner feature is crucial for my workflow: I heavily rely on being able to import Excel data to generate and map multiple API calls without manual setup.

Has anyone switched from Postman to something else that offers these capabilities? What’s your experience been like?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions! 🙏

  • sirdorius
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    5 days ago

    If you use VSCode, Rest client is so much better than Postman. Requests are simple text files that area easy to edit, version and share with others

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      5 days ago

      Also my go-to, I prefer everything in version control instead of someone else’s cloud.

      IIRC, Pycharm can also inject the same .rest files.

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      5 days ago

      Wow… it’s pretty awesome! Thanks.

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      5 days ago

      I use this as well. In fact, I have an instance of VSCode running only for access to the extension library - I do most of my editing in Android Studio, but manage Git interactions and things like Rest Client in VSCode.

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        3 days ago

        android studio is built on intellij, and as a result can do the exact same things intellij does, which includes the .http files (which I think are the same as .rest files). So you can get the exact same features in android studio as you do in vscode. I think.