National Instruments SystemLink vs. SoapUI Open Source, supported by SmartBear

There are definitely scenarios where NI SystemLink will be useful but just didn't work out well for us. I needed to be able to replace an EXE file on a computer with a new EXE to do the upgrades but I was not able to do that through SystemLink. You had to work with packages in order to perform this and I didn't want to revamp my distribution plan. We also didn't need to do any asset management or calibration documentation through SystemLink. I was excited about being able to view data from the test stations through a browser but our engineers need historical data available and everything resets to a live view when you click back to the UI.

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If you are making system upgrade project and you have existing system working and you want to imitate messages that are going in production but without making any data loads or switch it’s very suitable and convenient software. It serves well in manual test scenarios but wouldn’t be as good in case of mass tests.

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• Setup
• User Interface
• LabVIEW Integration

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• SOAP
• REST
• Authentication

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• Licensing
• Not able to see data from all test stations on one UI
• Lack of data history

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• I actually like SoapUI as it is, I have not found things to improve, except for the speed of response is very complex services.

Incentivized

Every application has its own features and UI design but SoapUI is also very good at testing. All features are awesome.

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• Availability to monitor multiple test stations remotely
• Was quick to integrate into existing LabVIEW codebase
• Ultimately did not justify the licensing cost for the benefit

Incentivized

• Saves time in web service testing
• Make it easy
• No need to code much

Incentivized