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At a Glance
Postman
Postman
Star Rating
(1,219)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (34.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
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Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
Star Rating
(130)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (36.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Postman vs Selenium IDE

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Postman easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Postman overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Postman meets the needs of their business better than Selenium IDE.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Postman is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Postman over Selenium IDE.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Postman
Free Plan
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plans
Selenium IDE
No pricing available
Free Trial
Postman
Free Trial is available
Selenium IDE
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
909
8.4
103
Ease of Use
9.1
916
8.5
103
Ease of Setup
9.2
163
8.1
31
Ease of Admin
8.8
133
7.7
28
Quality of Support
8.7
721
7.4
85
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
106
7.6
25
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
872
7.6
100
Features by Category
PHP Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
9.1
35
Functionality
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Python Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
8.3
48
Functionality
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
9.0
308
Not enough data
API Management
9.0
33
Not enough data
9.5
34
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.9
29
Not enough data
Security Testing
8.8
29
Not enough data
9.4
32
Not enough data
9.6
32
Not enough data
Security Management
8.9
29
Not enough data
8.9
29
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
8.9
2,168
Not enough data
Development
9.5
350
Not enough data
8.8
308
Not enough data
8.8
286
Not enough data
8.8
307
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.8
316
Not enough data
8.8
295
Not enough data
8.9
306
Not enough data
Service VirtualizationHide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
8.9
115
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
17
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
Usability
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
3,706
Not enough data
API Construction
9.4
602
Not enough data
8.6
510
Not enough data
8.6
456
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
API Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
544
Not enough data
8.8
524
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
439
Not enough data
Data Integration
8.8
470
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Postman
Postman
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
Postman and Selenium IDE share no categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Postman
Postman
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
31.8%
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
35.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Postman
Postman
Computer Software
33.9%
Information Technology and Services
29.5%
Financial Services
3.5%
Internet
2.5%
Hospital & Health Care
2.1%
Other
28.5%
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
Information Technology and Services
35.2%
Computer Software
28.7%
Internet
7.4%
Financial Services
4.1%
Information Services
3.3%
Other
21.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Postman
Postman
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Yogesh C.
YC
Yogesh C.
Verified User in Financial Services

This tool is best to test API its look and feel is also great. I like the user interface of postman and this is light weighted . Overall user experience is very nice . First time user can use this product without any guidance. It can add another feature to...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

All things it has attempted to add on that were not part of the original design are better handled by other tooling. A UI based test framework with no ability to trace code across files, or even use different file types, no support for an IDE, and doesn't...

Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

It provides built in functions which easy to use for writing the script. It is free and open source web application tool. This tool can be used without purchasing the license. It support selndroid and appium . It support different platform like...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Vipul J.
VJ
Vipul J.
Verified User in Automotive

The IDE has a big limitation as it can only be used with Firefox. For overcome this disadvantage we use Selenium Web driver to support all other browsers like Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari. The major problem we encountered while using Selenium is...

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Discussions
Postman
Postman Discussions
Is it possible to make such a service in the form of a Web App ?
3 comments
Vu N.
VN
Hey Shrini, We recently launched Postman on the Web feature to use on a browser. Make sure to install the Postman Agent file to bypass any CORDS...Read more
Is there any alternative?
3 comments
Laurent P.
LP
There exists Postwoman as an alternative: https://postwoman.ioRead more
can you tell me some advance features of postman, which i can use?
2 comments
SV
It has several features which can be used by the developers. The core use of the postman is for API testing.Read more
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE Discussions
What Does Selenium software do?
1 comment
RC
Automation, Its a single software supports many languages Java, PHP,Pearl,Ruby,etc... Its an Automated Web Browser, Software will do everything as...Read more
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