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API Testing and Development Tools in AI answers

Data as of Oct 16, 2026Based on 132 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

Postman holds a wide lead across API testing and development queries, frequently cited for end-to-end automation, team collaboration, and full lifecycle workflows. When developers specifically need to convert REST APIs to GraphQL with minimal manual work, Stepzen is the usual answer instead.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 6

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	Postman 64% broad API lifecycle workflows, shared workspaces, and automated collection testing	broad API lifecycle workflows, shared workspaces, and automated collection testing	64%
2	Bruno 40% local-first, Git-native API collections stored as plain-text files	local-first, Git-native API collections stored as plain-text files	40%
3	REST-assured 39% Java back-end teams writing tests as code alongside JUnit	Java back-end teams writing tests as code alongside JUnit	39%
4	Insomnia 35% lightweight API exploration with built-in GraphQL introspection and Git sync	lightweight API exploration with built-in GraphQL introspection and Git sync	35%
5	PlaywrightMicrosoft product line 30% end-to-end test orchestration across web and API endpoints	end-to-end test orchestration across web and API endpoints	30%
6	k6 27% developer-centric performance and load testing for APIs	developer-centric performance and load testing for APIs	27%
7	Newman 26% running Postman collections directly from the command line	running Postman collections directly from the command line	26%
8	Stepzen 22% converting existing REST APIs into GraphQL with minimal manual work	converting existing REST APIs into GraphQL with minimal manual work	22%
9	GraphQL MeshThe Guild product line 17%		17%
10	Hasura 17%		17%
11	Schemathesis 14% property-based and schema-driven automated API testing	property-based and schema-driven automated API testing	14%
12	Karate Labs 11% unified API testing, test automation, and performance frameworks	unified API testing, test automation, and performance frameworks	11%
13	Apollo GraphQL 11%		11%
14	pytest 11%		11%
15	Hoppscotch 8%		8%
16	OpenAPI-to-GraphQL 8%		8%
17	Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation product line 8%		8%
18	REST2GraphQL.io 7%		7%
19	swagger-to-graphql 6%		6%
20	SoapUI 6%		6%
21	Thunder Client 6%		6%
22	IBM API Connect for GraphQLStepzen product line 4%		4%
23	GitHub ActionsGitHub product line 4%		4%
24	Httpie 4%		4%
25	Hurl 4%		4%
26	Jest 4%		4%
27	rest-to-graphql 3%		3%
28	IBM 3%		3%
29	Apidog 3%		3%
30	GitLab CIGitLab product line 3%		3%
31	Postman CLIPostman product line 3%		3%
32	Jenkins 3%		3%
33	Katalon StudioKatalon product line 3%		3%
34	Tavern 3%		3%
35	Supertest 3%		3%
36	Cypress 2%		2%
37	Requests 2%		2%
38	HTTPX 2%		2%
39	Pact 2%		2%
40	graphql-rest-proxy 2%		2%
41	JUnit 2%		2%
42	PactumJS 2%		2%
43	Grafana OSSGrafana product line 2%		2%
44	Apollo RouterApollo GraphQL product line 2%		2%
45	Karate 1%		1%
46	Graphile 1%		1%
47	Github Karatelabs 1%		1%
48	Collection RunnerPostman product line 1%		1%
49	The Guild 1%		1%
50	InsoInsomnia product line 1%		1%
51	PostbotPostman product line 1%		1%
52	Tyk GatewayTyk product line 1%		1%
53	GraphQL 1%		1%
54	Hypothesis · hypothesis.works 1%		1%
55	GraphQLify 1%		1%
56	Hypothesis · hypothes.is 1%		1%
57	Apollo GraphOSApollo GraphQL product line 1%		1%
58	Tyk 1%		1%
59	zod 1%		1%
60	Workik 1%		1%
61	Virtuoso QA 1%		1%
62	Azure DevOpsMicrosoft product line 1%		1%
63	APIMatic 1%		1%
64	OpenAPI 1%		1%
65	GraphQL Portal 1%		1%
66	OrchestAPI 1%		1%
67	Step CI 1%		1%
68	TestNG 1%		1%
69	Firecamp 1%		1%
70	Testsigma 1%		1%
71	AWS AppSyncAmazon product line 1%		1%
72	Grafana 1%		1%
73	curl 1%		1%
74	ReqNest 1%		1%
75	Testfully 1%		1%
76	Hoop 1%		1%
77	Katalon 1%		1%
78	graphql-request 1%		1%
79	Parasoft SOAtestParasoft product line 1%		1%
80	Testcontainers 1%		1%
81	Gatling 1%		1%
82	Vitest 1%		1%
83	Artillery 1%		1%
84	Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft product line 1%		1%
85	Visual Studio Marketplace 1%		1%
86	Dredd 1%		1%
87	OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)1%		1%