Postman MCP Server vs five46
Postman MCP Server is an MCP server published by postman.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog, npm registry (MCP servers)). five46 is an MCP server published by sekharsdet. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Postman MCP Server |  five46 |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 2.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 33 131 Downloads/week (npm): 7 080 Forks (GitHub): 88 Stars (GitHub): 325 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.3 Downloads/month (npm): 573 Downloads/week (npm): 29 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:73f715030cbe Forks (GitHub): 88 Pulls (Docker Hub): 46 470 Stars (Docker Hub): 6 Stars (GitHub): 325 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Listed Version: 2.14.0 Downloads/month (npm): 33 131 Downloads/week (npm): 7 080 Forks (GitHub): 88 Stars (GitHub): 325 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Postman MCP Server | five46 |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 325 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 46 470 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 88 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | On your machine (five46) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 42 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 5, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/postmanlabs/postman-mcp-server | github.com/sekharsdet/five46 |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 5 days ago, requires a key | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Postman MCP Server
Give your AI agents trusted access to the full Postman platform.
five46
BYOK, fully local AI agent that tests your app/API and writes a real Playwright spec on success.
How to run each
Postman MCP Server As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http postman-mcp-server https://mcp.postman.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"Requires: POSTMAN_API_KEY (secret), Authorization header
five46 As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "FIVE46_LLM_API_KEY=<YOUR_FIVE46_LLM_API_KEY>" --env "FIVE46_LLM_PROVIDER=<YOUR_FIVE46_LLM_PROVIDER>" --transport stdio five46 -- npx -y five46 mcpRequires: FIVE46_LLM_API_KEY (secret), FIVE46_LLM_PROVIDER
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Postman MCP Server has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of five46 publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Postman MCP Server asks for
POSTMAN_API_KEY (secret)
Only five46 asks for
FIVE46_LLM_API_KEY (secret)FIVE46_LLM_PROVIDERFIVE46_MCP_ALLOW_DELETESFIVE46_MCP_ALLOW_WRITESFIVE46_MCP_CONCURRENCY
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Postman MCP Server · What it can do: five46 · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.