Company Research Report: Postman
Company Overview
Name: Postman, Inc.
Mission of the Company:
Postman’s mission is to help developers and companies build better APIs, faster. It aims to simplify each step of the API life cycle and streamline collaboration to create better APIs.
Founded:
Postman was founded in 2014 as a company.
Founders:
- Abhinav Asthana
- Ankit Sobti
- Abhijit Kane
Key People:
- Abhinav Asthana - CEO/Co-Founder
- Ankit Sobti - CTO/Co-Founder
- Abhijit Kane - Product Architect/Co-Founder
Headquarters:
- San Francisco Headquarters: 201 Mission Street, Suite 2375, San Francisco, CA 94105
- Bangalore Office: Building no 310, 6th Main Road Indiranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka 560038, India
- Tokyo Office: Shin-Marunouchi Bldg, 10th Floor, 1-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6510, Japan
Number of Employees: No information is available.
Revenue: No information is available.
What the Company is Known For:
Postman is known as the leading API platform that offers a complete set of tools for building and using APIs. It simplifies various tasks across the API lifecycle including design, testing, documentation, and monitoring.
Products
Postman offers various advanced tools and features designed to simplify and enhance the API development process. Below is a high-level description of their product offerings:
API Tools
Description: A comprehensive set of tools that help accelerate the API Lifecycle - from design, testing, documentation, and mocking to discovery.
- Key Features: Design, testing, documentation, mocking, discovery.
API Repository
Description: A central platform to store, iterate, and collaborate around all API artifacts.
- Key Features: Storage, iteration, collaboration.
Workspaces
Description: Enables users to organize their API work and collaborate with teammates across the organization or stakeholders globally.
- Key Features: Organization, collaboration.
Governance
Description: Tools to improve the quality of APIs with governance rules ensuring APIs are designed, built, tested, and distributed to organizational standards.
- Key Features: Quality improvement, governance rules.
Postman Flows
Description: A low-code tool for building API applications that allows workflows, integrations, and automations creation without writing a single line of code.
- Key Features: Low-code development, workflow automation.
Recent Developments
New Products Launched
- Postman v11: The latest version of Postman which comes packed with updates to enhance API collaboration, incorporate AI, and more.
- Postman Flows: This new low-code tool for building API applications facilitates creating workflows, integrations, and automations in a collaborative environment.
New Features Added
- Postbot AI Assistant: The AI feature integrated into Postman to assist with various API development tasks.
- Enhanced Security Policies: Introduction of a new secret-protection policy in the Public API Network for better security.
Partnerships
- Acquisitions:
- Acquired Orbit to enhance API collaboration among developer communities on the Postman API Network.
- Acquired Akita Software to improve API observability.
- Partnership with Microsoft: Simplifies API development and testing.
Awards and Recognition
- 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™: Recognized among the fastest-growing companies in North America.
- 2023 API World Awards: Won 'Best in API Management'.
- Forbes Cloud 100 (2022).
- Best Practice Institute 2021: Named one of the 100 Most Loved Workplaces.
Conclusion
Postman stands out as a prominent leader in the API development space, simplifying every step of the API lifecycle and fostering collaboration. With its recent product enhancements, acquisitions, and partnerships, Postman continues to solidify its position as an essential tool for developers around the world.
