Ghost Inspector vs. SoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ghost Inspector
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Ghost Inspector is a browser test automation and recording tool for testing website and web app functionality, from the company of the same name headquartered in Seattle.N/A
SoapUI Open Source
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SoapUI is an open source API testing tool supported by SmartBear's community, supporting functional and performance testing of APIs.N/A
Pricing
Ghost InspectorSoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ghost InspectorSoapUI Open Source
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Ghost InspectorSoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear
Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
Ghost InspectorSoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear
Likelihood to Recommend
Ghost Inspector
1. It's amazing for all kinds of browser testing. 2. Very easy to use and you can implement it to cover your tests in a short time. 3. You don't need to be a coding guru, many stuff are autogenerated or builtin and can be easily implemented without huge efforts 4. Reporting and UI is easy to understand and navigate through
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SmartBear
Good for simple requests, simple scripts, assertions, and small workflows. Also not bad with the Open Source version if savvy with code as you can do a lot with custom functionality.Free version has limited compatibility with scripts/projects created from the Pro version, but functionality-wise can probably be made up with coding. As such, the free version may not be too suitable for complex scripts or for those who are not familiar with coding as functionality/usability may be limited.
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Pros
Ghost Inspector
  • UI Integration tests
  • Asynchronas execution of suites and tests
  • Easy way to generate steps of the tests with Chrome plugin
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SmartBear
  • Ease of implementation
  • Ease of use
  • User friendly interface
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Cons
Ghost Inspector
  • The number of available integrations is small, but I see more integrations are coming on the way
  • Provide builtin alerting system in case of test failures
  • Improve provide more roles not only user and administrator. A viewer role for example
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SmartBear
  • I actually like SoapUI as it is, I have not found things to improve, except for the speed of response is very complex services.
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Alternatives Considered
Ghost Inspector
1. Faster in terms of time when building the integration browser tests 2. No or minimum development skills needed. 3. No server management is needed on our end. 4. Covers a lot of browsers and cases 5. Builtin integrations for different stuff like slack and PD 6. Fast and provides asynchronous executions
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SmartBear
Compared to SoapUI, we have been using "light" tools like RestClient extension in Firefox, or Postman. Compared to Postman, SoapUI is more simple for WSDL / SOAP webservices, as SoapUI generate all envelop, but Postman does not. For Rest API, I think that Postman is a little above SoapUI, but not too far away.
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Return on Investment
Ghost Inspector
  • We saved a lot of money by using this tool instead of purchasing expensive ones
  • The implementation of integrations test was supposed to take 6 months of development. With GI it took 2 months only
  • Training QA to build integration tests using GI is much less that any other tool that might need development skills
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SmartBear
  • Testing resolves most of the issues in the development phases.
  • User friendliness of the app makes it good.
  • Overall client happiness depends on the clean project, which is possible by testing.
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