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Broadcom Service Virtualization vs Parasoft Virtualize comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Parasoft Virtualize
Ranking in Service Virtualization
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Service Virtualization category, the mindshare of Broadcom Service Virtualization is 36.1%, up from 33.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Parasoft Virtualize is 18.3%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer956754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Scalable with good recording and creating of virtual services, but it's not stable and there is no support for previous versions
The learning curve is an area that needs improvement, as well as stability and performance. Stability has to be improved. It is not a stable solution. Especially, when you create custom solutions there are issues with memory accumulation. I would prefer that they stop adding features, which is what they do. Instead, focus on stabilizing it and make it work. What's the point of adding new features? It just increases the cost. I'll give you an example; CA and I have continuous applications, and insight is one of the service activation components. It has never worked in any project, just for the namesake and for showing they have this one. Support needs improvement, they don't support the migration from an older version to the current version. The price can be reduced. This portal, after one week, if it is enterprise-assigned, will stop working. Now we have a policy that every week, we have a scheduled restart of everything, and maintain it. The stability is so poor that this is what is required. Broadcom acquired it recently, approximately a year ago. Broadcom was not involved with the software before. They were known for having a history with the hardware, physical devices, and appliances. Now, they are focusing on both. Much of their technical expertise, have gone. There is no expertise.
Ujjwal Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Captures and simulates live system behavior from recordings
Virtualizing a component or service which does not exist or is under development. - Broad, flexible support for literal, XML, JSON requests & responses - Broad, flexible support for Protocol (HTTP, HTTPS, JMS, MQ & for other traffic types such as SQL Queries), Transport & Message Formats (i.e. EDI messages) - Ability to create data driven responders - Recording traffic by acting as a proxy and replaying the recorded traffic for quick and easy virtual asset creation. - Virtualize fills the gap by providing access to their behavior by removing dependency of databases, mainframes, third-party systems, etc. - No Limitations on Traffic hits per day.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's got probably the greatest amount of features, in terms of different technologies that you can automate and virtualize, out of any of the solutions out there."
"Helps us to remove barriers that we have with dependencies on services that we don't own, or services that don't even exist yet."
"You can create virtual services from a live recording or convert raw traffic into request/response pairs."
"The ability to create virtual services and deploy them as Docker containers, and include them in our Jenkins build pipelines, is a valuable feature."
"It is easy to use, has a faster time to market, and provides flexibility."
"There are several areas that are easily configurable."
"Unit testing or early life testing did not have to be stopped or delayed because those services were not available."
"In the case of the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party terminal insurance, there was a device terminal, which was interacting with the application via the TCP/IP protocol. Most of the tools don't support that, but we were able to achieve it using Broadcom Service Virtualization."
"The initial setup is quite easy to manage."
 

Cons

"UI should be more user friendly: better usability, more testing oriented."
"CA actually releases a new version every year. We had issues with the upgrade prior to the latest one."
"More examples of portal-based virtualization."
"The cost is an area that needs improvement. There are a couple of other tools which provide support for performance testing with the base version itself, but Broadcom needs a separate component to support virtualization for performance testing. This is a costly component."
"​From a reporting perspective I think we would like to have a more user-friendly approach."
"DevTest is pretty massive. It's hard to tell what different parts of it can be used to do different things. They should modulize it more."
"I would like to have more flexibility towards the mainframe virtualization and also in JDBC virtualization."
"They can always work on usability and making simple things simple to do. This is true of every product that deals with complexity."
"It would be ideal if the product offered more in terms of data virtualization or have a separate product that could be combined with this one that could offer a bit more in order to cover more of our requirements."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are additional fees for advanced-level technical support."
"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"There is a yearly licensing cost, and I would give it a four out of five."
"I don't have the exact dollar amount, but we have spent close to $1,000,000 for a three-year agreement, for an enterprise level."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
39%
Computer Software Company
15%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Also Known As

ITKO LISA, CA LISA, CA Service Virtualization
Parasoft Service Virtualization
 

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Sample Customers

Union Bank, Swisscom, Autotrader, KPN, ING Bank, Best Buy, American Family Insurance, TESCO, Telefonica, Molina Healthcare, California DMV, Aktia, City Index, Con-way, DirecTV, GRU Airport, Liquidnet, NAB, Nordstrom, T-Mobile, TIM Brasil, 
Alaska Airlines, Cox Automotive, Comcast, Lufthansa, Samsung, WoodmenLife, Caesars Entertainment, Capital One, REI
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