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Re:Postman Removes Free Plan? on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @05:24PM (#47144164)
Got the email from Postman saying free plan is ending March 1. We're moving to Bruno for the time being.

I don't know if we need another API client, but what the hell is Postman doing? They seem to be intentionally destroying what once was a great product / loyal users.

Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:52AM (#42918730)
The features you pay for are just GUI features. All of the things are still accessible in the terminal or IDE.
Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:50AM (#42918719)
I'm not sure how adding a subscription is 'the same thing'. Postman forced all of your data to be stored in their cloud, and held it hostage for $1,000/user/year.

Bruno seems to charge somewhere between 70-130 dollars user/year for unlocking GUI features. The same features are all accessible via the terminal or IDE.

So basically you're just using the free version at the end of the day?
Sorry to hear it's not giving you what you need. I guess we were lucky.

I will say that they're really responsive over Discord and seem to move fast. Have you tried dropping them a note?

Why replacing Postman for Bruno saved my company millions (really)

A bit of a rant... I used Postman for nearly a decade. I also had my company (at the time) first purchase it about 6 years ago.Over those 6 years I watched it: 1. Go from $72 per year to $1,188 a year 2. Become a bloated mess that won't stop trying to be this first class citizen it will never become 3. Continue to expose more and more security risk (making us login, store things in the cloud,...

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