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    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
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    ReadyAPI
    Considered Both Products
    SmartBear
    Chose ReadyAPI
    ReadyAPI stands out among all these tools except for the fact that it is a paid tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    Katalon Studio doesn't have powerful features like Data-driven testing with different sources such as Excel, GRID, Groovy, etc. Parallel testing is not available. Import API definitions which are one of the important of ReadyAPI are also not there in Katalon Studio. Reporting …
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    Each product has a different specialty. With ReadyAPI, it combines multiple specialties into one product and also allows a combination of other products within the Smartbear suite. With other products integration of multiple test, products are far more difficult and require …
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    The pricing was very advantageous and the software publisher had sales offices in our city.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    I have not used any other API tools, (new to QA) and the company already had ReadyAPI in place when I started.
    Incentivized
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    ReadyAPI manages DataSources, Endpoints, and Environments much better than Postman. Postman is a little simpler implementation but has a Team Workspace that is powerful for Development handoffs and manual testing.
    Incentivized
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    Postman is simpler and super less expensive than ReadyAPI. In addition, the product continues to work even after the license has expired in comparison to ReadyAPI which requires you to purchase a new license every time. Is a turnoff.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    ReadyAPI is a comprehensive tool that allows for developing, validation, and testing all in one suite. There are advanced features like user simulation and assertion capabilities that set ReadyAPI apart from other tools in the same segment. We also have several legacy solutions …
    Incentivized
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    I have used a couple of products mentioned above. But the best thing about ReadyAPI is, it's a complete [package] for API testing. Not all software offers load testing, assertion, and reporting features. Also, lots of plugins, like Azure API Management, AWS API plugin features …
    Incentivized
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    Postman didn't have the flexibility of detailed assertions that we needed, although it was easy to use. Also their integration points weren't as straightforward.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    ReadyAPI beats all other alternatives because of its support of all kinds of API types. Also, users can specify every flow and every step for every second to replicate every test case with ease. It also has GIT support with is a big plus.

    ReadyAPI is must have tool for API …
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    Postman!
    ReadyAPI's data generator feature is the reason behind choosing it against other products.
    Incentivized
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    1. Less coding.
    2. Easy to use.
    3. Even people with less experience in coding can use it.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    The main competitor for ReadyAPI was Postman. It is much more lightweight, but that means you also get fewer features.
    ReadyAPI also provides an ecosystem in which you can have an entire lifecycle for your API, if that is what you want - and are willing to put in the work to …
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    I am using ReadyAPI tools for more than two years helped us to evaluate the quality of our API. For all API Automation testing, load testing, and security testing ReadyAPI bring us the best result and quality. It has many useful features in automation that we use to do more …
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    I didn't have much experience with automation in Postman, but ReadyAPI seems more robust and in my opinion is able to cover many use cases. For me it was also easier to write the tests in SoapUI as many times it is matter of clicking and copying existing things.
    Incentivized
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    I have not used other API testing products but I am completely satisfied with the functionality and performance of ReadyAPI. It covers all required API protocols and database connections that are used in our organization. It also allows extending the functionality by adding …
    Incentivized
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    Automating test cases is not functional in Postman, but in ReadyAPI you can do everything, even keyword driven development.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    SoapUI Pro is good because you can start automating functional testing even if you don't have scripting knowledge. However, it doesn't work very well with GraphQL and so we had to use Insomnia is those cases.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    ReadyAPI vs Postman: ReadyAPI makes testing WSDL, SOAP, etc. much easier and quicker. Postman would require you to manually construct the SOAP envelopes and metadata XML, which is a lot of work for something that is meant to be a quick test.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    It has many features including functional security testing. And it's known to be widely used.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    We have considered only Postman as an alternate option and ended up with Ready PI for its in built features like reporting and easy maintenance.
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    We selected SoapUI because it generates tests easily using drag and drop, and point-and-click. It gives powerful data-driven testing with data from files and databases. Scripts can be reused easily.
    We had an extra option to integrate it directly with our build tool, Jenkins, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ReadyAPI
    Our team did an extensive analysis of the products that were available to carry out API Testing. There were 3 products that were finalized, SoapUI Pro, Postman, and Katalon Studio, out of these 3 SoapUI was the clear winner. I can't stress enough about the SoapUI's UI …
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    ReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ReadyAPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    • 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).
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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
    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
    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
    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
    no very easy but lacks documentation
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    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
    • 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
    Incentivized
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