Progress Test Studio vs. ReadyAPI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Progress Test Studio
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Progress Test Studio aims to be the easiest to use Web Automation tool on the market, widely used by Enterprise QA’s for testing, but easy enough for anyone. The product automates testing for WPF, Silverlight, Web, HTML, Angular, React, KUIB, iOS, Android, Mobile Web, and API’s. Test Studio is ideal for a no-code or low-code approach for: QA Test Automation, Application Monitoring, Performance and Load Testing, Web/Marketing Process Automation, and Mobile App Automation.N/A
ReadyAPI
Score 7.6 out of 10
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ReadyAPI (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
Progress Test StudioReadyAPI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Progress Test StudioReadyAPI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.3 out of 10
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ReadyAPI
ReadyAPI
Score 7.6 out of 10
BlazeMeter
BlazeMeter
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
ReadyAPI
ReadyAPI
Score 7.6 out of 10
SoapUI Open Source
SoapUI Open Source
Score 7.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Progress Test StudioReadyAPI
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
7.5
(66 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(18 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Availability
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
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(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Progress Test StudioReadyAPI
Likelihood to Recommend
Progress Software Corporation
It is very good for testers who have little coding experience but are willing to learn. It is very good for regression testing and really helps us identify issues that could have been a detriment to our end users. It is also great to keep track of the performance of pages across time.
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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
Progress Software Corporation
  • Easy to configure.
  • Plugins can be integrated easily with visual studio.
  • Takes less time to run all the test scenarios, [and] also generates graphics report for all the tests.
  • Keeps bugs [out of] the production.
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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
Progress Software Corporation
  • Client start-up time is a bit slow. Application is a bit sluggish, when there is a lot of tests open.
  • Automated scheduling environment is a bit challenging to maintain.
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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
Progress Software Corporation
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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
Progress Software Corporation
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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
Progress Software Corporation
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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
Progress Software Corporation
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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
Progress Software Corporation
No answers on this topic
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
Progress Software Corporation
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SmartBear
no very easy but lacks documentation
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Alternatives Considered
Progress Software Corporation
Test Studios had a smaller foot print and allowed us to ease into deploying it in the company. The online help was a great benefit to getting started and the evaluation period allowed us to fully run though the product before purchasing it. Cost difference between the products was a big decision factor as well for the type of deployment we were looking for.
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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
Progress Software Corporation
No answers on this topic
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
Progress Software Corporation
  • Excellent results, workloads for continuous regresssion testing has been decreased by more than 50 percent.
  • Time window needed for regression tests has decreased more than 50 percent.
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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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ScreenShots

Progress Test Studio Screenshots

Screenshot of Test Studio Mobile – Codeless Test Automation for iOS and Android: Native, Hybrid, and Mobile Web applications. Including sophisticated find logic for test re-use across multiple devices. The Android Instrumentation Wizard will get you testing in no time.  And codeless maintenance will empower your QA’s.Screenshot of Test Studio Ultimate - makes it easy to reuse your functional tests as Performance tests, and in Load tests. This saves you many hours of extra maintenance. The Test Studio Runtime and Full License include the Profiler for tracking windows performance counter data. Combined this data will help you pinpoint the bottlenecks in your application.Screenshot of Test Studio allows you to customize the element find logic to custom fit each application. With a focus on ease-of-use a tester can quickly record their manual test and execute it back as automation. The Test Studio Element Highlighter will help you quickly add Verifications on-the-fly as you record your test. There are 4 different ways to automate applications with Test Studio, and only 1 way requires code.Screenshot of Test Studio for API’s – Codelessly capture and assemble your api calls into intricate tests with GoTo conditional operations and verifications, and of course it integrates with Fiddler. You can easily integrate Test Studio into your Continuous Integration process as well.