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Canonic vs Postman: What are the differences?

What is Canonic? A low code platform to craft APIs in minutes. It allows anyone to visually craft APIs in minutes. It is a low-code platform that lets you build, consume, manage, and scale your APIs along with the CMS and complete Documentation tailored for your needs. All without writing a single line of code!.

What is Postman? Only complete API development environment. It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

Canonic belongs to "Low Code Platforms" category of the tech stack, while Postman can be primarily classified under "API Tools".

Some of the features offered by Canonic are:

  • A powerful editor to model your content
  • A CMS that makes publishing a breeze
  • Extensible APIs

On the other hand, Postman provides the following key features:

  • Compact layout
  • HTTP requests with file upload support
  • Formatted API responses for JSON and XML
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Pros of Canonic
Pros of Postman
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    • 490
      Easy to use
    • 369
      Great tool
    • 276
      Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
    • 156
      Easy setup, looks good
    • 144
      The best api workflow out there
    • 53
      It's the best
    • 53
      History feature
    • 44
      Adds real value to my workflow
    • 43
      Great interface that magically predicts your needs
    • 35
      The best in class app
    • 12
      Can save and share script
    • 10
      Fully featured without looking cluttered
    • 8
      Collections
    • 8
      Option to run scrips
    • 8
      Global/Environment Variables
    • 7
      Shareable Collections
    • 7
      Dead simple and useful. Excellent
    • 7
      Dark theme easy on the eyes
    • 6
      Awesome customer support
    • 6
      Great integration with newman
    • 5
      Documentation
    • 5
      Simple
    • 5
      The test script is useful
    • 4
      Saves responses
    • 4
      This has simplified my testing significantly
    • 4
      Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,3
    • 4
      Easy as pie
    • 3
      API-network
    • 3
      I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis
    • 3
      Mocking API calls with predefined response
    • 2
      Now supports GraphQL
    • 2
      Postman Runner CI Integration
    • 2
      Easy to setup, test and provides test storage
    • 2
      Continuous integration using newman
    • 2
      Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable
    • 2
      Runner
    • 2
      Graph
    • 1
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    Cons of Canonic
    Cons of Postman
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      • 10
        Stores credentials in HTTP
      • 9
        Bloated features and UI
      • 8
        Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens
      • 7
        Poor GraphQL support
      • 5
        Expensive
      • 3
        Not free after 5 users
      • 3
        Can't prompt for per-request variables
      • 1
        Import swagger
      • 1
        Support websocket
      • 1
        Import curl

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      What is Canonic?

      It allows anyone to visually craft APIs in minutes. It is a low-code platform that lets you build, consume, manage, and scale your APIs along with the CMS and complete Documentation tailored for your needs. All without writing a single line of code!

      What is Postman?

      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

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