Akita Software
Akita Software was an API observability and analysis platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically map APIs, detect changes, and identify issues without requiring code changes or proxies. Akita was acquired by Postman in November 2023 and its technology has been integrated into the Postman platform as Postman Live Insights. The Akita agent is now available as the open-source Postman Insights Agent.
APIs
Akita Software
Akita Software provided an API observability platform that used passive traffic monitoring to automatically discover, map, and model APIs without requiring code changes or proxy...
Postman Live Insights
Postman Live Insights is the successor to Akita Software, now integrated into the Postman platform. The Postman Insights Agent (open source) makes it easy to see the behavior of...
Features
Monitors API traffic passively without code changes, SDK installation, or proxying, minimizing operational overhead and risk.
Generates OpenAPI specifications automatically from observed traffic, keeping documentation always up to date.
Detects breaking API changes by comparing observed traffic patterns across deployments and branches.
Tracks API response times, error rates, and traffic patterns to help identify performance regressions.
Integrates with Docker, Kubernetes, NGINX, Rails, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and Heroku for broad platform coverage.
Use Cases
Engineering teams automatically generate and maintain up-to-date API specs from production traffic without manual effort.
Teams detect unintentional API breaking changes between branches or deployments before they reach production.
Organizations discover undocumented and shadow APIs by monitoring actual network traffic across their services.
DevOps teams monitor API behavior and performance in production to quickly identify and diagnose issues.
Integrations
Docker extension and container integration for traffic monitoring
Kubernetes deployment support for monitoring microservice APIs
NGINX module for mirroring API traffic to the Akita agent
Heroku buildpack for integrating Akita with Heroku applications
Acquired by Postman in 2023; technology integrated as Postman Live Insights