We performed a comparison between Postman and ReadyAPI based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Postman only has a couple of solutions to automate API tests, whereas ReadyAPI can do both API testing and load testing. ReadyAPI users also report a positive ROI, while Postman users do not. For these reasons, ReadyAPI wins this comparison.
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup of this solution is straightforward. Postman can be used as an extension in Google Chrome for those who do not wish to install it directly. Deployment took an hour and a half."
"It is stable and does not lag."
"The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
"Good at simulating the API code from a fictitious client application to check API behavior."
"The solution has helped us very well in testing endpoint URLs."
"We use it for REST API testing. Feature-wise, it is pretty lightweight. It is pretty fast, and we don't have to do a lot of things. We can just simply go and post our endpoint, and it gives different kinds of authorizations. We usually use authentication 2.0, which is the most common industry practice. So, it has the support for authorization through 2.0."
"Postman lets you create, manage, and validate a suite of tests. It has several features to help you organize your test suite. You can also automate stuff with a lot of validations and assertions. Postman supports GraphQL, and you can do various kinds of calls."
"SoapUI is uncomplicated and user-friendly."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"API mockups, functional testing, and load testing are valuable features."
"Using SoapUI's automation suites to run all our test cases saved us a lot of time. Running 300 test cases takes about three to four days. When you automate all that, it takes only two to three hours."
"The solution offers excellent integration capabilities."
"ReadyAPI has the power to enrich all the technical work. You can achieve any complex task using ReadyAPI. I can also do UI automation with ReadyAPI. In a few test cases, we want to check the API and the equivalent UI. I download a job and write a piece of Groovy or Java code. It's almost the same in ReadyAPI. I can do that in a single test case. ReadyAPI is a powerful tool because you can do anything you want, but only you need to download the right set of jobs and produce the right set of code."
"It's a very simple solution to use."
"The out-of-the-box support for the database is a valuable feature."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"They should provide more specific documentation on configuration."
"One area that could be better is collection management."
"Reporting can be better. If you have bigger APIs, it takes time."
"I would like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"They should integrate the solution with one of the CRM solutions."
"Could be more user friendly."
"If we have a certain build on one machine it won't work with another build even if we are using the same URL. It would give us a connection refuse. So developing environment compatibility would make it better."
"Occasionally, when you are saving, the solution can hang."
"The documentation needs to be improved because the interface is not easy for a first-time user."
"It is limited to scope and risk services only. It does have some support for JMS, but it is not out-of-the-box; you have to do some tweaks here and there."
"If the load and bare minimum could be defined, I would give this solution a higher rating."
"There are no bugs or glitches, but a few features available only in the Pro version could be made available in the open-source version. Some of the features do not necessarily need to be only available to Pro users. The data generator would be really useful for the open-source version users."
"ReadyAPI Test needs to improve its reporting. While reports provide essential information when issues arise, or tests fail, having more graphical representations directly within the reports would be beneficial. It needs to improve stability and scalability as well. The tool's support is slow, and takes months to reach a solution."
"SoapUI would benefit from some more customization abilities. It's a good interface, but it would be nice if they added the ability to build custom dashboards where the user can do their own bar graphs and pie charts."
"I would like more documentation, training, tutorials, etc. Also, I don't particularly appreciate that I have to save everything. It takes up a lot of space on my laptop, but I have to install the WSDL again If I don't save it."
Postman is ranked 1st in API Testing Tools with 52 reviews while ReadyAPI Test is ranked 8th in API Testing Tools with 31 reviews. Postman is rated 8.2, while ReadyAPI Test is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Postman writes "Reliable and easy to expand with a helpful API network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ReadyAPI Test writes "You can achieve any complex task with this tool". Postman is most compared with Apache JMeter, Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Apigee and Parasoft SOAtest, whereas ReadyAPI Test is most compared with Broadcom Service Virtualization, ReadyAPI, Tricentis Tosca and Apigee. See our Postman vs. ReadyAPI Test report.
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