Bruno vs Postman
Postman charges per-seat, per-month. Bruno is open source and self-hosted.
The short answer
Bruno stores collections as plain files in your repo, so API definitions version and review like code. That is a genuinely different model, not just a cheaper Postman.
Pick Bruno when
- You want API collections in git, reviewed in pull requests.
- You object to your API definitions living in someone else's cloud.
- You are paying per seat for something that should be a file.
Stay with Postman when
- You need the polish — Bruno is younger and it shows.
- Your workflow depends on cloud sync across many non-technical users.
The migration cost nobody mentions
The import works; the muscle memory does not. Expect a week of people asking where things moved.
We deliberately do not quote Postman's prices — third-party pricing changes without notice and a stale number is worse than none. The pricing model is what determines whether self-hosting wins, and that is stated above. Check current pricing with the vendor.