VS Code: Integrates API testing and development directly inside your code editor, but lacks Postman's dedicated workspace collection management and documentation publishing. Postman records 1,764,877 monthly visits with -7.6% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. VS Code records 7,397,370 monthly visits with -3.8% growth and Freemium pricing.
Design, test, and govern APIs — now with AI agents in the loop
Write code with precision, hand bigger jobs to agents, and keep working from anywhere
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | postman.com | code.visualstudio.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 1.76M (1,764,877) | 7.4M (7,397,370) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -144.52K (-7.6%) | -288.8K (-3.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇮🇳 India (22.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (18.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 580.23K | 2.17M |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Design, test, and govern APIs — now with AI agents in the loop
A multi-protocol client with collections, environments, variables, and reusable requests that works for local debugging and for driving automated test suites.
Generates assertions automatically, supports data-driven runs with exported datasets, and executes tests locally, in the cloud, or from CI pipelines via the Postman CLI.
Agent Mode, the Postman CLI agent skills, and a Model Context Protocol server let coding assistants build collections, write tests, and trigger API workflows from inside the editor.
A structured, queryable map of an organization's APIs, collections, and dependencies that lets agents find the right service and understand what a schema change would break.
Write code with precision, hand bigger jobs to agents, and keep working from anywhere
Agents open the repository, form a plan, edit multiple files and explain the changes so you can review each diff before accepting it. You can also run several agents in parallel to push a backlog forward.
Point the editor at Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft or open-weight models, or bring your own key. Pick the Copilot, Claude or Codex harness that matches how you like to work.
JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS work out of the box, and Marketplace extensions add IntelliSense, linting, refactoring and debuggers for Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust and more.
Integrated terminal, source control, debugger, testing, Jupyter notebooks, an integrated browser and Dev Containers all live in one window, so you stay close to the code.
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
Agentic development platform offering an IDE and command center for running parallel AI coding agents.
Agentic development platform offering an IDE and command center for running parallel AI coding agents.
SpecialistCloud-based development environment featuring an AI agent that builds, runs, and deploys full-stack applications instantly.
SpecialistCloud-based development environment featuring an AI agent that builds, runs, and deploys full-stack applications instantly.
Agentic coding platform and IDE plugin that reads entire codebases to plan and complete multi-file tasks.
Agentic coding platform and IDE plugin that reads entire codebases to plan and complete multi-file tasks.
Free / Open-sourcePowerful visual workflow automation and API integration builder, but lacks Postman's granular API request inspection and documentation features.
Free / Open-sourcePowerful visual workflow automation and API integration builder, but lacks Postman's granular API request inspection and documentation features.
Spec-driven AI IDE and agent platform from AWS that plans, builds, reviews, and verifies engineering work.
Spec-driven AI IDE and agent platform from AWS that plans, builds, reviews, and verifies engineering work.
SpecialistAutonomous AI software engineer that independently plans, writes, and tests code across entire repositories.
SpecialistAutonomous AI software engineer that independently plans, writes, and tests code across entire repositories.
Free / Open-sourceLightweight, customizable terminal coding agent supporting multiple model providers and extensible packages.
Free / Open-sourceLightweight, customizable terminal coding agent supporting multiple model providers and extensible packages.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source workspace control plane for orchestrating multiple coding agents from a single unified interface.
SpecialistAutomates end-to-end testing using plain language agents, but lacks Postman's manual debugging and environment variable management tools.
AI-powered IDE and coding agent that understands entire projects to plan, edit, and test code.
AI-powered IDE and coding agent that understands entire projects to plan, edit, and test code.
SpecialistOffers superior test case management and CI integration for QA workflows, but lacks native API request crafting and mocking tools.
SpecialistOffers superior test case management and CI integration for QA workflows, but lacks native API request crafting and mocking tools.
