Item: ReadyAPI
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, & ServiceV Pro)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ReadyAPI is my go to tool. We do a lot of API testing, and with ReadyAPI the tests are easy to create and manage. The business problems we are able to address using ReadyAPI in conjunction with our CI/CD we can easily verify if a breakage occurs. When our tests start failing, we can easily trace back what the problem is connected to and easily verify whether the data returning is correct or not.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Test Suite Management
Test Step Updates
Import APIs from SwaggerHub

Cons

Would love to see some built in groovy scripts for easy addition and editing
The documentation can be lacking, ex: Wildcards and how to implement, as well as groovy scripts
Love the dark theme, but wish I could pick colors, as some of the functions are hard to read

Return on Investment

Easy to add tests = more coverage
Love the ability to run whole suites at a time, and easily see what failed.
Integration with Jenkins is fantastic, our CI/CD runs and triggers emails when things are different/failing

Alternatives Considered

I have not used any other API tools, (new to QA) and the company already had ReadyAPI in place when I started.

Key Insights

Do you think ReadyAPI delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ReadyAPI's feature set?

Yes

Did ReadyAPI live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of ReadyAPI go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy ReadyAPI again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Jenkins, TestProject, Jira Software, SwaggerHub, GitLab, GitHub, SonarQube

Likelihood to Recommend

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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ReadyAPI - An easy to use tool with lots of built in functionality.

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