# Post-Postman... what did you switch to for Exploratory API testing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Tags:** tools, api-testing\ **Created:** [5 April 2023 19:36 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631 "2023-04-05T19:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rcooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@rcooper](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rcooper)\ **Post date:** [5 April 2023 19:36 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631/1 "2023-04-05T19:36:27Z")
I’m curious if folks have started switching away from Postman as an exploratory API testing tool due to their collections run cap, or if you are using Newman. I’m familiar with Postman which is why I wanted to use it again for this new project, but I ran into the collections cap after one day of exploratory usage. So now looking at alternatives and/or a different usage pattern (maybe chaining requests with postman.setNextRequest; scriptable but less flexible) I do not need collaboration features with other teammates as I’m the only tester on this. What are you all using these days for API exploration? ---
**Author:** ![sebastian\_solidwork](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/sebastian_solidwork/32/11076_2.png) [@sebastian\_solidwork](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sebastian_solidwork)\ **Post date:** [5 April 2023 19:40 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631/2 "2023-04-05T19:40:32Z")
You might find some answers here: > [@Postman as a non-Enterprise tool is basically dead?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/postman-as-a-non-enterprise-tool-is-basically-dead/65177/19): > > To clarify. The limitation has been applied only to running the entire collection via the ‘Collection Runner’ within the app. You can still run individual calls locally, and your entire collections via Newman, Postman Cli, or scheduling (monitors/webhooks) without being impacted by this imposed limit. (You are only limited when running the entire collection via ‘collection runner’). The Postman staff have (from what I have seen) been forthcoming on the community forum etc. by providing informa… ---
**Author:** ![ivoqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@ivoqa](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ivoqa)\ **Post date:** [7 July 2023 14:08 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631/3 "2023-07-07T14:08:55Z")
Hi Renee, I am curious how did you manage to hit the limit in a day? There’s 3 of us using Postman for 2 months without hitting any limits. Granted, we only have 1 collection and some 50 tests. ---
**Author:** ![grainsofbyte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@grainsofbyte](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/grainsofbyte)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2024 02:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631/4 "2024-08-23T02:25:22Z")
I now use Apidog for exploratory API testing. Never had a problem with testing limits, and testing APIs provides a nice report telling finer details about your APIs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/system/32/14378_2.png) [@system](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 19:37 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/post-postman-what-did-you-switch-to-for-exploratory-api-testing/66631/5 "2025-04-04T19:37:09Z")
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