Postman vs Hoppscotch

Yes. Postman supports the entire API lifecycle, including design, mocking, testing, documentation, publishing, monitoring, and governance all in one connected platform. Hoppscotch is a lightweight request client that makes it easy to send requests across protocols, but it lacks the connected lifecycle capabilities teams need to scale.

Hoppscotch is great for individual developers who want to fire off quick requests or explore APIs. But teams quickly run into limits: no mocking, no auto-generated docs, no governance, and no enterprise security. Postman provides everything in one platform, reducing tool sprawl and long-term operational costs. Review our pricing and capabilities here.

Hoppscotch offers real-time collaboration inside collections but only for developers, with no comments, reviews, RBAC, or audit logs. Postman enables full team collaboration through shared workspaces, inline comments, forks and PRs, and role-based permissions, while still integrating seamlessly with Git.

Postman is trusted by 98% of the Fortune 500 for its enterprise-grade controls like RBAC, SSO/SAML, audit logs, BYOK encryption, SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance. Hoppscotch supports basic auth flows and shared environments but lacks encryption, auditability, or compliance features.

Fact: Postman's CLI lets you run unlimited tests for free, locally or in CI/CD. The difference is that Postman's testing capabilities are deeper, more automated, and more reusable, so “unlimited” actually means more when the product is robust. You can review our pricing and capabilities for the full breakdown. Unlimited without those features is still limited.

Fact: Postman supports both local-only workflows and secure cloud collaboration. You can start fully offline, connect with Git, and scale into governed multi-user environments when needed. Hoppscotch's offline-first model may look safer, but it leaves teams without auditability, secret management, compliance controls, or enterprise-grade security. Offline setups also lack scalability and often miss critical security updates. The average breach in an offline instance goes undetected for over 200 days, compared to just minutes in managed cloud environments.

Postman has both desktop and web apps, with seamless syncing across devices. Teams can collaborate in shared workspaces and access collections from anywhere. Hoppscotch's mobile story is centered on request execution, not full lifecycle workflows like design, mocking, testing, or governance.

Fact: Postman's free plan already includes robust features like collaboration, secret management, and governance. As organizations grow, Postman scales into advanced features like role-based access, audit logs, and compliance certifications. Hoppscotch avoids upsells by avoiding enterprise features altogether, leaving teams to patch gaps with other tools.

Is Postman Free safe for enterprise use?

Absolutely. Postman's platform is built with a secure-by-design philosophy that security leaders can trust. Our mission is to empower our customers with the controls, visibility, and data ownership necessary to confidently secure their APIs. Our responsibility is to ensure enterprise-grade security is embedded at every layer of the platform.

• Cloud-first architecture: Postman has chosen a cloud-first architecture because API development is an intrinsically collaborative process across teams, between departments, with partners, and often with the public.
• Integrated throughout the entire development cycle: At Postman, security is integrated throughout the entire development lifecycle. To accomplish this, we work closely with trusted partners like Okta and AWS to enhance our posture across identity, cloud infrastructure, and data protection. Regular third-party penetration testing is conducted against both our cloud platform and endpoint agent to proactively surface vulnerabilities. And, through rigorous, ongoing compliance efforts, we align with global standards to meet the evolving needs of our users—no matter their size or industry.
• Secrets stay safe: Postman has several methods for managing secrets. It can be done locally through the Postman Local Vault, which will store credentials locally and never syncs them to the cloud, ensuring that even workspace admins and teammates can't access them. The vault clears on sign-out, preventing data from being compromised if your device or account is ever at risk.
• Proactive scanning: Postman Secret Scanner proactively scans your private and public workspaces, documentation, and GitHub/GitLab repos for exposed secrets. If something sensitive is detected, Postman alerts you immediately. Postman also supports variable masking for risks associated with screen sharing and Postman Local Vault for ensuring credentials don't leave your machine. And before any collection is published or made visible in a public workspace, the Postman Secret Scanner will detect, redact, and notify the admin of any sensitive values such as API tokens, credentials, or private keys.

Learn more about how Postman Free is safe here.

How does Postman prevent accidental secret exposure?

Postman automatically scans for secrets in shared content and removes them before exposure. With Postman Local Vault, secrets and sensitive data are stored in end-to-end encrypted local storage.

What security rules can I enforce in Postman?

Postman Enterprise supports configurable API security rules based on OWASP API Top 10 and Spectral. You can enforce them in designer workflows and even integrate them into CI/CD pipelines via the CLI.

Does Postman offer data control like BYOK?

Yes. Postman intentionally trusts users with control over their own encryption keys through the BYOK feature. This allows teams to design, govern, and build APIs within a secure, single-platform workflow.

Can Postman work natively with Git?

Yes. Postman offers bi-directional sync with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and GitLab, enabling teams to keep API specs and collections in version control while enabling non-Git-savvy contributors to edit visually. This gives the best of both worlds: control with flexibility.

How open and extensible is Postman's platform?

Postman supports and embraces open standards like OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, MQTT, and SOAP. We also have our own open API endpoints available for further extensibility, allowing users to automate, customize, and integrate deeply.

Does Postman have an ecosystem?

Yes. Postman has the largest API ecosystem with 40M+ users and the Postman API Network, where teams can discover and reuse public APIs, Flows, and collections. Hoppscotch does not have a comparable ecosystem.

Can Postman integrate with our existing tools (Jira, Slack, BI, etc.)?

Yes. Postman integrates with Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Datadog, GitHub, GitLab, and many other workflow and monitoring tools. Hoppscotch does not provide comparable integrations.

Does Postman provide AI capabilities?

Yes. Postman includes AI-powered tools like Agent Mode for auto-generating tests and documentation as well as API automation. Hoppscotch does not include AI features, leaving users to rely on third-party tools that aren't API-specific.

How does Postman help prepare APIs for AI use cases?

Postman provides tools like MCP server generation, API publishing via the Postman API Network, and an AI Agent Builder, helping teams design, test, and deploy APIs that are AI-ready. Hoppscotch does not provide AI-related capabilities.

Does Postman have an ecosystem?

Yes. Postman has the largest API ecosystem with 40M+ users and the Postman API Network, where teams can discover and reuse public APIs, Flows, and collections. Hoppscotch does not have a comparable ecosystem.

Can Postman integrate with our existing tools (Jira, Slack, BI, etc.)?

Yes. Postman integrates with Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Datadog, GitHub, GitLab, and many other workflow and monitoring tools. Hoppscotch does not provide comparable integrations.

What support and services does Postman provide?

Postman offers dedicated customer success, technical support, enablement programs, and in-person/remote training. Hoppscotch is open-source with limited community-based support and no enterprise services.