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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LoadComplete

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartBear LoadComplete is a performance, stress and load testing tool for web and Rich Internet Applications, including ASP.NET, Ajax, Flash/Flex and Silverlight.

    $287

    one-time fee

    ReadyAPI

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro) is a REST and SOAP API functional testing tool that enables software developers, QA engineers, and manual testers to work together to create, maintain, and execute complex end-to-end API tests in their CI/CD pipelines without needing to code.N/A
    Pricing
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription Starter
    $239
    per month 100 virtual users
    On-demand Starter
    $287
    one-time fee 100 virtual users
    Subscription Pro
    $699
    per month 1000 virtual users
    On-demand Pro
    $887
    one-time fee 1000 virtual users
    Subscription Premium
    $899
    per month 2500 virtual users
    On-demand Premium
    $1,139
    one-time fee 2500 virtual users
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsOn-demand plans contain a $4.99 monthly maintenance fee.—
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    Community Pulse
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Load Testing
    Comparison of Load Testing features of LoadComplete and ReadyAPI
    Feature
    LoadComplete
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    ReadyAPI
    -
    Ratings
    End to end performance management8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated performance data9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real time monitoring7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated anomaly detection9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
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    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
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    TestComplete
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JMeter
    Score8.3 out of 10
    OpenText UFT One
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JMeter
    Score8.3 out of 10
    SoapUI Open Source
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LoadCompleteReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SmartBear
    I think that LoadComplete is adequate when you have Testcomplete. If LoadComplete is not paired with Testcomplete then there would be a bit of a learning curve. People who are already using Testcomplete will find it easy to start with LoadComplete but the tool itself has a lot to improve and support customization to suit our needs.
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    SmartBear
    As stated, we do a LOT of API testing, the swaggerhub import makes it easy to add APIs. This is very well-suited, as well as easy management of the steps/cases/suites inside of ReadyAPI. The one thing I do wish ReadyAPI was better suited for is changes to data, we have a lot of test cases in ReadyAPI and if we make a change to how the backend data is structured, one-by-one adjustments need to be made to the steps. Less appropriate, UI testing.
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    Pros
    SmartBear
    • Easy and handy UI options to select
    • Good support from documentation
    • Eye-catching results
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    SmartBear
    • Ease of use (ability to automatically import API definitions, Jenkins integration for running in the pipeline).
    • Detailed test reports (allow to easily identify weak spots during both functional and performance testing).
    • One platform for all tests (allows to closely couple and reuse existent tests).
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    Cons
    SmartBear
    • Some graphs remain empty, I would like a description of why a certain graph cannot gather data.
    • Allow user to customize the graph.
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    SmartBear
    • Needs good documentation
    • Need to improve the performance of the tool
    • Setup is very complex and for such [a] commercial tool, it should easy and straightforward
    • Tool says it supports security testing but in reality, it is not at an extensive level.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SmartBear
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    SmartBear
    The only reason this isn't a '10' is because of the cost. This product is definitely meant for organizations who are serious about making sure they invest in the full ecosystem of API design, development, maintenance. But there is a significant cost associated with this investment. and because of this cost (and the non-tangible output for executives), it is a difficult line-item to justify in this post-pandemic environment.
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    Usability
    SmartBear
    Usability is really good because being an enterprise tool that might be an easy option to convince users to try this tool. It has a lot of easy-to-use, cool options.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    SoapUI allows us to combine multiple tests and adhere
    to the sequence that they need to run in order to complete successfully.
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing
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    Reliability and Availability
    SmartBear
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    SmartBear
    Soap UI has managed to continuously build on it's solid foundation and keep improving by each release. It is by far the most dependable and accurate testing tool out there of its kind. Available via connecting to VM's created as SoapUI test machines give access to it anytime, anywhere practically.
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    Performance
    SmartBear
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing.
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    Support Rating
    SmartBear
    Customer support is good. If any concerns are raised, they are usually resolved soon, but when questioned about a feature LoadComplete does not support, it usually takes more time to resolve.
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    SmartBear
    To be honest, we didnt had much issues with the support, as there is already plenty of online communities available for help. But if ever there were some minor issues with the membership or the certificates, the tech support was always quick and efficient enough to resolve the issue ASAP
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    Implementation Rating
    SmartBear
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    SmartBear
    no very easy but lacks documentation
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    Alternatives Considered
    SmartBear
    JMeter is a more flexible tool because it gives the possibility to write scripts.
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    SmartBear
    ReadyAPI provides intuitive GUI capabilities compared to their own open source product. When compared to Postman, ReadyAPI also supports SOAP based services, which is a saver especially when integrating with legacy or other third party systems.
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    Scalability
    SmartBear
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing. However, I have read that added monitoring tools have been added, which if so the 7 could possibly go to a 8 or 9.
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    Return on Investment
    SmartBear
    • This tool always yields eye-catching results. It has good support from the documentation. Also, it generates detailed reports which is a very good thing.
    • There is also a record and play feature in LoadComplete which means all applications can be recorded like Applications Servers’ Metric and so on.
    • This tool has a good reporting and record playback due to which I will recommend it.
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    SmartBear
    • Very quick regression testing, hence having the testing results very soon, even the same day of deployment
    • for same above reason, it can save money for corporation (so no tedious, costly and erroneous manual testings)
    • The test reports are compatible with TestNG, so the corporation can integrate the reports in our Autamation frameworks such as Allure or Jira Zephyr
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