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Postman vs Bruno

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for api testing. Postman has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Postman has the lower entry price — Postman starts at $0/mo, Bruno at $0/mo. Free tier: Postman Yes, Bruno Yes. HIPAA: Postman Yes, Bruno —.

As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Postman

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forenterprise API governance

Bruno

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Open Source)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forprivacy-first teams

Sources — Postman: postman.com (verified 2026-09-02) · Bruno: usebruno.com (verified 2026-09-02)

Key features

Postman: AI-native API development with a credits system; API Catalog for governance and discovery (Enterprise); Collaborative workspaces with role-based access control; Built-in API monitoring and collection runner

Bruno: Git-native: collections stored as plain text files in your repo; Offline-first — no data sent to Bruno servers on free tier; Supports gRPC, GraphQL, REST, WebSocket in one client; Open-source core with optional paid cloud team features

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