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NGINX API Gateway vs Postman Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

NGINX API Gateway
Ranking in API Monitoring Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Postman Enterprise
Ranking in API Monitoring Software
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
API Management (6th), API Testing Tools (1st), AI Software Development (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the API Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of NGINX API Gateway is 14.8%, up from 12.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Postman Enterprise is 35.4%, down from 44.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Postman Enterprise35.4%
NGINX API Gateway14.8%
Other49.8%
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Featured Reviews

M.A. Faisal - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at bKash Limited
A scalable and affordable solution that performs well and provides excellent technical support
If we publish API or GET requests, sometimes someone can do a POST request of the API. Such security violations are not visible in the product. Other solutions provide such security features. The product does not provide visibility into the security loopholes in the authentication and authorization mechanism. The product must improve its security features. It has protection capabilities, but it must provide better visibility on the dashboard. The dashboard must be improved a lot.
Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Collaborative API workflows have improved testing speed and streamlined multi-team releases
The best features of Postman Enterprise are team collaborations, automated API testing, environment management, and API governance. The shared workspace and collections make collaborations very smooth across the teams, and automated testing and CI/CD integrations help catch issues early. I also appreciate the governance and security features because they help maintain API standards and consistency across large projects. API governance has helped my team maintain consistent API naming, request structures, and documentation standards across multiple services, reducing confusion between the teams and making onboarding easier. On the security side, environment variables and access control helped me avoid exposing sensitive data such as tokens or API keys, and they also made collaborations safer because different teams could access only the resources they needed. I found that the collections runner and automated testing features are very valuable because they save a lot of manual task time and help identify issues quickly during deployments. Postman Enterprise has improved collaborations, reduced API integration issues, and sped up the testing cycles in my organization. It provides a centralized platform for API development, documentation, and testing, which has improved consistency while reducing communication gaps between the frontend, backend, and QA teams. It has also helped catch issues earlier in the development cycle, improving overall release quality.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We use it for container deployment, mostly for Kubernetes, and sometimes we also use it for testing purposes as I am using it for my own personal learning purposes."
"It's easy to install, and the performance is good."
"API routing is the most valuable feature."
"We do not face any lags."
"One of the most valuable aspects of Postman is scalability. We can scale the collection and for the multiple repositories of the collections."
"It's a great product, easy to use, and people like it."
"The solution has helped us very well in testing endpoint URLs."
"Postman offers great features, so I get a better opportunity to run bulk tasks through single command lines and single APIs, and we have an internal Postman AI tool, which helps improvise the code and analyze the quality if you find any errors."
"I like that it is very easy to use. I also like the automation feature."
"We use it for REST API testing. Feature-wise, it is pretty lightweight. It is pretty fast, and we don't have to do a lot of things. We can just simply go and post our endpoint, and it gives different kinds of authorizations. We usually use authentication 2.0, which is the most common industry practice. So, it has the support for authorization through 2.0."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Postman is open-source and free to use."
 

Cons

"The product must improve its security features."
"It could be more secure because security is always a problem."
"The UI could be more attractive."
"It could be more secure because security is always a problem."
"It should be able to check the records and compare them to the regression testing more on the automation side."
"Postman needs to improve its support for a lot of integrations."
"I live in Turkey, so for me, the value of dollar currency is high...Postman can change its pricing policy and decrease the prices for Turkey."
"Version management could be simplified."
"Integration should be improved with our continuation system because we use Azure DevOps separately."
"If you have knowledge of JavaScript, the initial setup is easy and straightforward. If not, it may take some time to learn about JavaScript before starting the implementation."
"I have not seen much use of Postman Enterprise for API governance capabilities in maintaining compliance and consistency within my organization up until now."
"To get this email reporting function, we have to integrate Postman with Newman."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the open-source version."
"We are using the open source version, so there is no cost involved."
"Postman is an open-source product. It is free to download from Google."
"Postman is a free service."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"I rate the price of Postman a four out of five."
"I use the tool's free version."
"This solution offers a free version."
"We are using its free version."
"We use the open-source version. They introduced a new licensing model where your company must subscribe to their services if you're using it for business purposes. However, I think they charge too much if you're only using the basic features. It limits what your organization can do if you're not a paying customer."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise42
 

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