We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and Postman based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When comparing Apache JMeter and Postman, it is evident that Postman is the more popular choice. While both have great features and both share good flexibility and stability ratings, users of Postman seem to find fewer things lacking with it and are generally more satisfied. A noticeable difference between the two
"We really appreciate that the solution comes with a live community, which continuously provided plugins and support protocols."
"The reports and analysis tools are very good. They are the solution's most valuable features."
"Due to process automation, I don't have to prepare reports, making it the perfect solution."
"JMeter is a free tool with a large user population, which comes in handy because we have a vast knowledge base to tap into when needed. It's also easier to hire consultants who know JMeter."
"Apache JMeter is quite flexible."
"Apache JMeter is stable."
"The most valuable features of Apache JMeter are user-friendliness, large resource, and the quality of assistance they provide. Additionally, it is easy to integrate with cloud platforms, such as AWS."
"It is scalable. You can scale up to 1,000 users in JMeter. If you can put up four slave servers, you can easily ramp up to 1,000 users."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries."
"Postman uses the DRY framework of JavaScript and that framework is easy and a good way to put assertions on responses."
"The API testing features are valuable."
"It helps me to test APIs independently. It also supports hosting."
"Postman helps us to automate the API testing in the team."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"Postman is open-source and free to use."
"It is simple, easy to use and a good tool."
"Automation is difficult in JMeter."
"JMeter's reporting is extremely rudimentary. The fundamental reporting mechanisms need to be drastically improved. It doesn't utilize an automatic session management mechanism or methods other tools use like parsing cookies and variables. Everything needs to be done manually. There's no automation."
"The interface could be made more user-friendly."
"Apache JMeter's UI can be made more colorful."
"Given that Apache JMeter is a free and open-source tool, documentation improvement may not be a major concern, as it is mostly contributed on a voluntary basis. The essential information is already available. However, in terms of the interface, there are occasional bugs, and the tool may not address them as quickly as some users would like. Fixing defects and bugs might take a considerable amount of time, with users sometimes having to wait for several months or even a year for the next release to address specific issues."
"The solution could use some sort of educational features to offer tips and hints to help users navigate it better. They should improve the manuals and help files."
"At times when we overload the application, it gets stuck...After the solution gets stuck due to overloading, we have to restart our computers. In short, the solution keeps crashing."
"It's not easy to get the data from one place or to do customizations."
"I would like that if you click on one of the fields you should be able to see the entire row of fields, names, and values."
"The solution has some user interface difficulties when conducting environment collections."
"I would like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"An area that needs some improvement would be to allow multiple windows with different collections to be open at the same time."
"The pricing should be adjusted for the Pro plan."
"Postman quality assurance could improve when doing tests."
"We do the implementation of Postman and give support. We had to use two engineers for the implementation, one senior and one junior for the process."
"I have display issues in my Windows that need to be fixed."
Apache JMeter is ranked 3rd in API Testing Tools with 82 reviews while Postman is ranked 1st in API Testing Tools with 52 reviews. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while Postman is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apache JMeter writes "It's a free tool with a vast knowledge base, but the reporting is lackluster, and it has a steep learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Postman writes "Reliable and easy to expand with a helpful API network". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, Katalon Studio, OpenText LoadRunner Professional and ReadyAPI, whereas Postman is most compared with ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Apigee and Parasoft SOAtest. See our Apache JMeter vs. Postman report.
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Postman lets you easily define variables, which then get updated automatically. This is a huge time-saver and makes processes very efficient. We can also export the test cases we create and share them with our teams. Offering great collaboration code testing options and project storage, Postman is also possibly the best solution for testing REST APIs.
Developing environment compatibility could be better, though. When testing web services, there are some shortcomings; a visual component would be a great addition. There also should be better flexibility testing SOAP APIs.
Apache JMeter, which is open-source and has a free option, offers great performance. We like the scripting ability the most: once you have a good set of tests, you have a scripted document you can execute in a pipeline. Apache JMeter integrates well with other solutions.
The reporting could be better, though. Many of the reports are not concise enough and can be difficult to understand. There should also be a better way of saving reports. We also felt the installation could be simplified. Overall, the interface could be made more user-friendly.
Conclusion:
These solutions both perform many of the same functions and do them very well.
We ultimately chose Postman because we felt they offer better collaborative options and that the solution is more user-friendly over all. (You don’t have to be a tech genius to use it.) The UX is very fresh and easy to understand. Postman’s reporting process is simple to manage and easily shared. The solution scales easily and is very reliable and stable.
Postman is for API verification. It can be used for inspections of API as well.
JMeter is mainly used for performance tests - such as a load or stress test. Both tools have different perspectives, however API calls can be intersected between them.