I will try not to delve into too many details while explaining as much as possible at the same time.

Swagger and Postman are both tools used for testing APIs, but they have significant differences. First, in terms of capabilities, Postman's testing capabilities are much greater in terms of dynamics, such as the existence of environments that include multiple links or the ability to automatically retain tokens between requests, in addition to the automation test feature in it.

However, in terms of functionality, Swagger excels in documentation as it allows you to save responses and their formats for each request.

As for the drawbacks, by default, any request sent by Postman will reset the cache on the server because it sends with the header "cache-control no-cache". On the other hand, Swagger has a caching issue because it does not have "no-cache" in the request header.

When to use caching and when not to is a big topic, but in summary, we do not use caching when there is continuous data updating. We use caching when there is a large amount of data or data that is updated infrequently, such as the plans on the website.

Another disadvantage of Swagger is that the headache is larger because it is code, and with one mistake, it can affect the documentation. On the other hand, a disadvantage of Postman is that you have to send a new collection every time you make changes, except if you have a workspace. After a certain number of users, it becomes paid, unlike Swagger, which is uploaded with the project for free.

Of course, web programmers prefer Postman, while front-end and mobile programmers prefer Swagger because they can pull the response without having to troubleshoot themselves and hit the request, in addition to the order. If the person who created the Postman collection is not organized, Swagger is actually easier for front-end and mobile programmers to understand.
In summary, Swagger and Postman have different strengths and weaknesses that make them suitable for different use cases. This post aims to provide a concise and useful overview of the topic

I tried to summarize the topic in a small post, hoping it would be useful and comprehensive.
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