Compare 5 free alternatives to Postman for Testing. Every one of their free tier limits side by side, each with the date we last verified it.

Best Postman Alternatives with Free Tiers (2026)

5 free alternatives in Testing. Sorted by pricing stability.

Current Postman Situation

Risk Level: caution
Why: discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown — The free tier now includes 50 AI credits and has limitations on API monitoring requests (1,000 requests/month). Team collaboration features are no longer removed and require a Team plan ($19/user/month). Source ↗
Category: Testing

Recent Pricing Changes (2)

reduced discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown medium impact
The free tier now includes 50 AI credits and has limitations on API monitoring requests (1,000 requests/month). Team collaboration features are no longer removed and require a Team plan ($19/user/month). Source ↗
restricted effective 2026-03-01 high impact
Free plan now single-user only. Team collaboration (shared workspaces, collection sharing) requires paid plan at $19/user/month Source ↗
📖 In-depth migration guide available

Read our detailed API Development Tools Free Tier Comparison 2026 guide with curated recommendations and service comparison.

Recommended Migration Targets

These alternatives were identified from Postman’s pricing changes as recommended replacements.

Bruno stable recommended
Free OSS
API Development Read and confirmed 2026-09-13
Hoppscotch recommended
Free OSS
API Development Read 2026-09-13 · catalogue date 2026-07-29
Thunder Client stable recommended
Free
API Development Read 2026-09-10 · catalogue date 2026-08-28
Insomnia stable recommended
Free
API Development Read and confirmed 2026-09-09
Free
API Development Read 2026-09-10 · catalogue date 2026-07-31

All Free Alternatives (5)

5 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 0 are demoted with the reason named, and 0 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.

Bruno stable
Free OSS
API Development Read and confirmed 2026-09-13
Free OSS
API Development Read 2026-09-13 · catalogue date 2026-07-29
Free
API Development Read 2026-09-10 · catalogue date 2026-08-28
Insomnia stable
Free
API Development Read and confirmed 2026-09-09
Free
API Development Read 2026-09-10 · catalogue date 2026-07-31
Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
date
2026-09-17
query_key
alternative-to:Postman
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tie_count
5

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best free alternatives to Postman?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 5 free alternatives to Postman, each listed below with its tier, category and the date we last verified it. Of those, 5 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Postman's free tier still available?
Postman has a free tier (Free), but it's flagged as "caution" because of one specific recorded change, discovered 2026-09-02: The free tier now includes 50 AI credits and has limitations on API monitoring requests (1,000 requests/month). Team collaboration features are no longer removed and require a Team plan ($19/user/month). Source: https://www.postman.com/pricing/
How many free alternatives to Postman exist?
There are 5 free alternatives to Postman tracked on AgentDeals across the Testing, API Development categories.
Has Postman changed their pricing?
Postman has 2 recorded pricing changes. The most recent was discovered 2026-09-02: The free tier now includes 50 AI credits and has limitations on API monitoring requests (1,000 requests/month). Team collaboration features are no longer removed and require a Team plan ($19/user/month). Source: https://www.postman.com/pricing/

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