Bruno vs Postman
Two of the top three API clients, compared rule by rule on published facts.
In short
- Bruno has 82 points and Postman 78, 4 apart on our API clients rules.
- Bruno earns more on your data and price; Postman earns more on systems, requests and protocols and teams and trust.
- Cheapest paid plan: Bruno $6/mo, Postman $9/mo.
- Only Bruno meets: works without an account and open-source apps.
- Only Postman meets: mock servers and shared team workspaces.
Bruno82/100 #2 of 11
Best for: Developers who want collections in their own repository and no account.
Postman78/100 #3 of 11
Best for: Teams that want shared workspaces, mock servers and published docs in one place.
Points by group
| Group | Bruno | Postman |
|---|---|---|
| Systems of 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Requests and protocols of 33 | 27 | 30 |
| Your data of 22 | 22 | 8 |
| Teams and trust of 16 | 9 | 16 |
| Price of 19 | 16 | 14 |
| Total | 82 | 78 |
Rule by rule
What each vendor publishes, and the points it earns. Sources are on each product page.
| Rule (points) | Bruno | Postman |
|---|---|---|
| Other systems (6) | macOS, Linux 4 | macOS, Linux, Web app 6 |
| Command-line runner (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| Built-in protocols (12) | GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket 9 | GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket 9 |
| Imports OpenAPI (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| Scripts and tests (8) | Yes 8 | Yes 8 |
| Collection runner (3) | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
| Mock servers (3) | No 0 | Yes 3 |
| Publishes API docs (3) | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
| Works without an account (8) | Yes 8 | Not published 0 |
| Collections as plain files (8) | Yes 8 | Yes 8 |
| Open-source apps (6) | Yes 6 | No 0 |
| Shared team workspaces (7) | No 0 | Yes 7 |
| SAML or OIDC single sign-on (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| Free plan (10) | Yes 10 | Yes 10 |
| Cheapest paid plan (9) | $6/mo 6 | $9/mo 4 |
Bruno
Bruno suits developers who want an open-source client with no account, plain-file collections and a CLI that runs in CI. Pro costs $6 per user a month, billed yearly. The catch: there is no cloud sync, no web app is listed, mock servers are still in beta, and Server-Sent Events work through a plain HTTP request rather than their own request type.
Postman
Postman suits teams that want shared cloud workspaces, mock servers and published docs behind one login. Solo at $9 a month and Free both include the CLI and mock servers. The catch: the app is closed source, Server-Sent Events are not listed as a request type, and single sign-on is an extra purchase on Team.
Both products are scored by the same rules: how we score API clients.