Postman
Postman is a popular API platform website and app used to build, test, document, automate, and collaborate on APIs across the software development lifecycle.
What Postman is
Postman is an API platform and website at postman.com for building, testing, documenting, and managing APIs. Developers use it to send requests, inspect responses, organize collections, share API work, and coordinate how software systems talk to each other.

API development workflow
Postman sits in the daily workflow between code, services, and documentation. A team can model an API, test endpoints, save requests, attach examples, and reuse those requests as an API changes over time.
Testing and collections
Collections are one of Postman's central ideas. They group requests, examples, variables, tests, and documentation-like context so a set of API calls can be run, shared, automated, or used as a reference by other developers.
Collaboration platform
Postman is not only a personal request client. Its product pages present it as a platform for teams that need shared workspaces, review, governance, documentation, and coordination across private, partner, or public APIs.
Docs and learning
The Postman Learning Center documents how to get started, send requests, work with collections, and use the platform's API development features. That documentation matters because API tooling can span many roles, from backend engineers to QA testers and technical writers.
Plans and downloads
Postman's pricing pages separate individual, team, and enterprise needs, while the downloads page supports users who want the desktop app. Teams evaluating Postman usually compare collaboration features, automation needs, governance controls, and the number of people working with APIs.
Who uses Postman
Postman is used by software developers, API designers, QA engineers, DevOps teams, technical writers, product teams, support engineers, and organizations that expose or consume APIs. It is especially useful when API behavior must be tested, documented, and shared across multiple people or services.
Strengths and cautions
Postman's strength is making API work visible and repeatable across teams. The cautions are practical: saved requests can drift from real production behavior, secrets must be handled carefully, automated tests need maintenance, and governance rules should not slow down necessary iteration.
Why it matters
Postman matters because APIs are the connective tissue of modern software. A shared API platform helps teams move from scattered one-off requests toward reusable collections, documented contracts, automated checks, and clearer collaboration between services.
WHOIS domain data
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- Domain
- postman.com
- Registrar
- Amazon Registrar, Inc.
- WHOIS server
- whois.registrar.amazon
- Referral URL
- http://registrar.amazon.com
- Created
- March 13, 1995
- Updated
- February 7, 2026
- Expires
- March 14, 2027
- Nameservers
- ns-1576.awsdns-05.co.uk (205.251.198.40); ns-397.awsdns-49.com (205.251.193.141); ns-1497.awsdns-59.org (205.251.197.217); ns-745.awsdns-29.net (205.251.194.233)
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