Postman (software)
{{Short description|Indian software company}}
{{Primary sources|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox software
| logo = Postman (software).png
| license = Proprietary software
| author = Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti, Abhijit Kane
| genre = Software testing
| latest release version = v11.19
| latest release date =
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Postman is an Indian-origin{{Cite web |last=Harichandan |first=Arakali |date=January 5, 2022 |title=Abhinav Asthana and Postman: Putting India on the global tech map |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/tycoons-of-tomorrow-2021/abhinav-asthana-and-postman-putting-india-on-the-global-tech-map/72337/1 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Forbes India}}{{Cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Digbijay |last2=Mukul |first2=Pranav |date=August 5, 2024 |title=SaaS star Postman sees 30-40% cut in valuation in secondary deal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/postman-sees-secondaries-at-steep-discount/articleshow/112269113.cms?from=mdr |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=The Economic Times}} global software company that offers an API platform for developers to design, build, test, and collaborate on APIs.{{Cite web |last=Asthana |first=Abhinav |date=April 5, 2021 |title=How we built Postman—the product and the company |url=https://blog.postman.com/how-we-built-postman-product-and-company/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}} Over 30 million registered users and 500,000 organizations are using Postman.{{Cite web |title=Postman Acquires Orbit To Expand Reach In Software Developer Community |url=https://bwdisrupt.com/article/postman-acquires-orbit-to-expand-reach-in-software-developer-community-516935 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=BW Disrupt |language=en}} Postman also maintains the Postman API Network, a directory of over 100,000 public APIs that is listed as the world’s largest such collection.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=DRJ Editorial |date=2024-05-14 |title=Postman Announces Winners of Inaugural Postman API Network Awards |url=https://drj.com/industry_news/postman-announces-winners-of-inaugural-postman-api-network-awards/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Disaster Recovery Journal |language=en-US}} The company is headquartered in San Francisco and maintains additional offices in Tokyo and Bengaluru, where Postman was founded.{{Cite web |title= About Us |url=https://www.postman.com/company/contact-us/#:~:text=We're%20a%20global%20company,team%20members%20on%20multiple%20continents |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}}
In August 2021, Postman raised a $225 million Series D round at a $5.6 billion valuation making it a unicorn company.{{Cite news |last=Bhalla |first=Tarush |date=2021-08-18 |title=Postman raises $225 mn, turns most valuable SaaS unicorn |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/postman-raises-225-million-valuation-soars-to-5-6-billion-11629297332045.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240609080036/https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/postman-raises-225-million-valuation-soars-to-5-6-billion-11629297332045.html |archive-date=2024-06-09 |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=mint |language=en}}
History
Postman started in 2012 as a side project of software engineer Abhinav Asthana, who wanted to simplify API testing while working at Yahoo Bangalore.{{Cite web |last=Asthana |first=Abhinav |date=2021-04-05 |title=How We Built Postman—the Product and the Company |url=https://blog.postman.com/how-we-built-postman-product-and-company/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Postman Blog |language=en-US}} He named his app Postman – a play on the API request “POST” – and offered it free in the Chrome Web Store. As the app's usage grew to 500,000 users with no marketing, Abhinav recruited former colleagues Ankit Sobti and Abhijit Kane to help create Postman, Inc. The three co-founders lead the company today, with Abhinav serving as CEO and Ankit as CTO.{{Cite web |title= About Us |url=https://www.postman.com/company/contact-us/#:~:text=We're%20a%20global%20company,team%20members%20on%20multiple%20continents |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}}{{Cite web |last=Asthana |first=Abhinav |date=April 5, 2021 |title=How we built Postman—the product and the company |url=https://blog.postman.com/how-we-built-postman-product-and-company/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}}{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Postman Origin Story |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BOAKOAG_Y |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=YouTube}}
In 2017, Postman moved its corporate headquarters from Bangalore to San Francisco.https://www.bwdisrupt.com/article/postman-moves-its-corporate-headquarters-from-bangalore-to-us-114508
In 2023, Postman announced it had acquired Akita, an API observability solution.{{Cite web |author=((Business Wire)) |date=2023-07-19 |title=Postman Acquires Akita Software |url=https://martechseries.com/technology/postman-acquires-akita-software-to-help-build-the-future-of-api-observability/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=MarTech Series |language=en}} In 2024, Postman acquired Orbit, a solution for building and managing developer communities.{{Cite web |title=Postman Acquires Orbit {{!}} DEVOPSdigest |url=https://www.devopsdigest.com/postman-acquires-orbit |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.devopsdigest.com}}
Features
Postman features include: {{Cite web |last=Keegan |first=Seam |date=June 8, 2021 |title=10 Postman features everyone should know |url=https://blog.postman.com/10-postman-features-everyone-should-know/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}}{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Kin |date=December 7, 2021 |title=A Timeline of Postman's Journey to Become an API Platform |url=https://blog.postman.com/timeline-postman-journey-to-api-platform/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman}}{{Cite web |title=What is Postman? |url=https://blog.postman.com/timeline-postman-journey-to-api-platform/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman|date=7 December 2021 }}
- Workspaces: Personal, team, partner, and public workspaces allow for API collaboration internally and externally
- API repository: Allows users to store, catalog, and collaborate around API artifacts in a central platform within public, private, or partner networks
- API builder: Helps implement an API design workflow through specifications including OpenAPI, GraphQL, and RAML. Integrates varied source controls, CI/CD, gateways, and APM solutions
- Tools: API client, API design, API documentation, API testing, mock servers, and API detection
- Intelligence: Security warnings, API repository search, workspaces, reporting, API governance
Postman v11 was released in May 2024. The update includes AI-powered features to help developers with API test generation, documentation, debugging, and data visualization.{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Loraine |date=2024-05-08 |title=New Postman Release Supports AI API Development With ... AI |url=https://thenewstack.io/new-postman-release-supports-ai-api-development-with-ai/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=The New Stack |language=en-US}} V11 also enables more users to share API collections with external partners.
Business model
Postman offers tiered pricing, ranging from free options for small teams to paid plans for larger companies and enterprises.{{Cite web |title=Postman API Platform plans and pricing |url=https://blog.postman.com/how-we-built-postman-product-and-company/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Postman|date=5 April 2021 }}
Ownership
Postman is privately held, with funding from Nexus Venture Partners, CRV, Insight Partners, Coatue, Battery Ventures, and Mary Meeker’s BOND. In May 2015, the company raised a $1 million seed round. In August 2021, Postman raised a $225 million Series D round at a $5.6 billion valuation.{{Cite web |last=Asthana |first=Abhinav |date=April 5, 2021 |title=Postman API Platform plans and pricing |url=https://blog.postman.com/postman-announces-series-d/ |access-date=August 18, 2021 |website=Postman}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{GitHub|postmanlabs}}