Animation: in a Postman Free workspace, invites to four teammates each come back "Team plan required". The same workspace then becomes Evlio Free: every invite flips to Joined, the team grows to 12 members, and a hosted MCP server appears with Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT calling it.
A Postman alternative built for teams
Postman locked your team out. Evlio lets them back in.
Import the collection in a minute. Unlimited teammates at $0 a seat. One hosted MCP server. Free on your first workspace, no card, no sales call.
- Unlimitedmembers
- 1 workspaceunlimited endpoints
- Specgenerated from code
- 1 hosted MCP1,000 calls a month
Postman’s docs, checked : the Free plan is limited to one user and can’t create a team.
Their docs
Built by Evlio, used by 20,000 companies.
Bring the collection. Import takes a minute.
Everything you built in Postman comes with you. Nothing to rewrite.
Everything comes with it
Requests, folders, environments, and auth. The collection works the minute it lands.
Collection or spec, either works
Postman Collection v2.1 JSON, Postman environment JSON, or OpenAPI 3.x and 2.0 in YAML or JSON. Connect the repo later and the spec comes from code. Monitors, mock servers and Postman-specific scripts stay in Postman.
The team comes too
The people who already use the collection join with one paste. Seats stay free.
Everything Postman Free leaves out
The client was never the hard part. This is what your APIs need once a team and its agents depend on them.
Postman: the API Catalog is an Enterprise-plan feature. Their docs
- 31 descriptions written from code
- 12 response schemas typed
- Auth documented on billing routes
On Free: collection-level scores and 10 AI fixes a month. Paid plans add endpoint-level scores and more fixes.
Postman: the MCP Generator hands you a ZIP to run and host yourself. Their docs
On Free, the hosted server reports its status and calls today. Per-agent and per-key logs come on Business, with 30-day retention; Enterprise adds full logs and export. With a server you host yourself, they are yours to build.
Postman has no per-audience contracts. In Evlio, Startup adds 1 internal contract; Business adds every audience and policies that block a breaking change.
What stays free, and what it costs after
Request testing is a tie, and so is SSO. The rest is the team, the catalog, a hosted MCP, and a price that does not grow with headcount.
| Feature | Postman | Evlio |
|---|---|---|
| Team members | 1, can’t create a team | Unlimited |
| Collections and request testing | Yes, for one user | Yes, and shareable with your whole team |
| Postman collection import | n/a | Requests, folders, environments and auth, with history |
| API catalog | Enterprise plan only | Every endpoint in 1 workspace |
| Spec from code | You write and sync it | Generated from the repo |
| Hosted MCP | Generates a ZIP, you host it | 1 server, 1,000 calls a month |
| SSO / SAML | Enterprise, or an add-on on Team | Enterprise |
| Paid plan price | Team $19 per user/month, billed annually | Startup $100/month flat, any team size |
Postman plans and prices checked on postman.com/pricing and Postman’s plan docs. Full feature comparison →
Per seat adds up. Flat does not.
Postman Team at $19 per user a month, billed annually, next to Evlio's flat plans.
Evlio never charges per user. Every plan includes unlimited members. See plans →
Keep Postman while you switch
Some of your team will want the Postman client for a while. Let them. On Business and above, Evlio exports a fresh Postman collection on every sync, so Postman users on your team keep working from the same source. Run both for a week, then decide.
- Jake pushed a change to the repoa91f2c4 add refund reason
- Evlio updated the specPOST /v2/payments/{id}/refund now takes reason
- Evlio exported a fresh Postman collectionpayments.postman_collection.jsonv38
- Ryan imported it into PostmanStill in the client, already up to date
- Claude called refund_payment with the new fieldthrough the hosted MCP
FAQ
Is Evlio really free for a team?
Yes. Every plan, including Free, has unlimited members. Free covers one workspace (one repo), one hosted MCP server and 1,000 tool calls a month. No card.
What happens to my collection when I import it?
Requests, folders, environments and auth come over with history. Your Postman workspace is untouched.
Can my teammates keep using Postman?
Yes. On Business and above, Evlio exports a fresh Postman collection on every sync, so anyone still in the Postman client works from the same source.
Do I need an OpenAPI spec?
No. Import a Postman collection or connect a repo and Evlio generates the spec.
Is my data secure?
Yes. Evlio runs on infrastructure covered by Evlio’s SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001/27701 certifications, and is GDPR compliant. The full posture, including encryption and SSO, is at evlio.xyz/security.
What does Postman Free actually include now?
As of October 20, 2026, Postman’s Free plan is limited to one user and can’t create a team. Source: Postman’s plan documentation at learning.postman.com/docs/billing/about-plans.
- SOC 2 Type II · certified
- ISO 27001 / 27701 · certified
- GDPR · compliant
- Encryption · TLS 1.3 / AES-256
- SSO / SAML and SCIM · available
Postman locked your team out. Evlio lets them back in.
Import your collection and bring the whole team. Free on your first workspace, no card, no sales call.
Postman plan details are from Postman’s public pricing page and documentation, checked . Postman, Swagger and SwaggerHub are trademarks of their respective owners. Evlio is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.