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SoapUI Open Source

Score8.4 out of 10

31 Reviews and Ratings

What is SoapUI Open Source?

SoapUI is an open source API testing tool supported by SmartBear's community, supporting functional and performance testing of APIs.

SoapUI Open Source: Good tool for light tasks

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for testing. There are simple cases like API Testing or connecting to backends to kick off some flows, but processes and flows are also be tested, like starting a workflow and checking that the data propagates correctly down the flow. We also use a script for checking if all environments are up. Automation can also be performed with waits, loops, and for those savvy, you can even put in custom code using Groovy.

Pros

  • Automated workflows
  • Soap requests: good for those who don't really want to play around with configuring headers
  • API Testing

Cons

  • Configuration of REST APIs
  • Can appear clunky
  • Has functionality behind a paywall (i.e. Pro version)

Return on Investment

  • Positive: Free tool
  • Positive: provides a sampler as to what the Pro version can do
  • Negative: may not be the most user-friendly if custom scripts are used
  • Negative: lacks some functionality found in the Pro version
  • Positive: for those familiar with code, the lack of functionality can be made up.

Alternatives Considered

ReadyAPI and Postman

Other Software Used

Postman

SoapUI - A complete tool to test SOAP and REST API

Pros

  • SOAP
  • REST
  • Authentication

Cons

  • Tutorials

Most Important Features

  • Projects
  • Testing WSDL
  • Testing REST
  • Multiple authentication

Return on Investment

  • Easy of use
  • Free version

Alternatives Considered

Postman

Other Software Used

Postman

Highly recommended for web services developers

Pros

  • It is very fast to do complex simulations and create webservices in just minutes
  • It has a very friendly interface, for me it is beautiful.
  • It is very easy to debug the web service and locate the errors

Cons

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

Most Important Features

  • In my organization, we sell many web services for tour operators and we are constantly developing new products dedicated to tourism such as hotel booking, car rentals. SoapUI is our everyday tool for testing our services during development.

Return on Investment

  • At first we tried the Trial version and it was great, so much so that we decided to buy it because we have a high workflow and I can properly say that it is worth every penny.
  • Although the price was a bit high, the earnings we obtained compensated for the entire initial investment. This tool is really useful in all aspects.

Soup UI is the perfect app

Pros

  • API testing
  • Functional testing
  • Open source

Cons

  • User interface
  • Should simplify UI
  • I'm using it majorly for API testing so its good in that area

Most Important Features

  • Testing
  • Mostly all features
  • Automatic functional testing

Return on Investment

  • 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.

Alternatives Considered

Postman and RapidAPI

Other Software Used

Postman, RapidAPI, Apache JMeter

Best and powerful framework for API testing

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Test out web services
  • Better hands on groovy

Cons

  • It shows an error if the request has special characters.
  • Writing upload test cases is a bit difficult
  • Virtual services are not supported

Return on Investment

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