“For around 40 microservices, I would avoid treating this as simply a choice of Swagger UI versus Postman.”
“Kong Insomnia is a more polished alternative to Bruno.”
“Kong Insomnia is a more polished alternative to Bruno.”
“It offers enterprise SSO using SAML/OIDC, SCIM, RBAC, and storage controls that can enforce local or Git-based storage.”
“However, be careful: storage control does not automatically mean that the entire enterprise management and audit infrastructure runs on-premise.”
“My current recommendation: Start with Backstage + OpenAPI + Bruno, with a proper central SSO and SIEM integration.”
“Lightweight desktop API client. Collections can be stored in Git and shared through your existing repositories.”
“Git-based change management.”
“Low vendor lock-in.”
“Good fit for 40 services.”
“For around 40 microservices, I would avoid treating this as simply a choice of Swagger UI versus Postman.”
“Machine-readable API contracts, rendered as interactive endpoint documentation.”
“My current recommendation: Start with Backstage + OpenAPI + Bruno, with a proper central SSO and SIEM integration.”
“Central portal for all 40 microservices, ownership, API documentation, dependencies, and technical documentation.”
“Full control over hosting and data.”
“No dependency on a cloud API workspace.”
“Good fit for 40 services.”
“You need to integrate the pieces.”
“No automatic enterprise-wide audit trail out of the box.”
“Developer experience depends on how well you implement the integrations.”
“My view: Gravitee is worth evaluating if you also need API access governance, not just documentation.”
“Self-hosted API management architecture.”
“API-level audit logs.”
“Enterprise identity and access management capabilities.”
“More centralized governance.”
“Audit functionality built into API management.”
“More infrastructure and operational complexity.”
“Potentially significant licensing costs for enterprise functionality.”
“It is an API management platform, not necessarily the best desktop API client.”
“Introducing a gateway for all 40 services might be unnecessary if you only need internal documentation.”
“Kong is worth considering if you already use Kong Gateway or want to standardize API management.”
“Kong Gateway can be deployed on-premise.”
“Don't assume that an on-premise gateway means that all associated management, identity, and audit services are on-premise.”