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ReadyAPI pros and cons

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ReadyAPI Pros review quotes

SandeepSingh9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2022
One of the features of ReadyAPI that's worth mentioning is that it allows you to parameterize. I'm working with more than two hundred resources, so I don't have to go and make a small change at each point every time. I have the option to just parameterize in one place for the changes to reflect everywhere. Another valuable feature of ReadyAPI is that it provides a customized environment. In my company, you work in different environments, such as QA, UAT, and LT, so the URLs for every environment are different. In ReadyAPI, you can customize your environment, set it up, then start working on it. Another feature worth mentioning that's offered in ReadyAPI is automating your test value as the tool allows Groovy scripting. In your test case, you can use a Groovy script that says that in a particular test case, you have ten resources, but you just want to exhibit five and that you don't want to exhibit the remaining five. You can write a small Groovy script that lets you execute just five resources out of the ten resources. I also like that ReadyAPI allows you to read the data from CFC and Excel. It also allows you to create or customize your data, but that only works at a certain point because every application has its specific data. ReadyAPI cannot generate every data, but when I'm posting and I want to generate a random name, such as a first name, I can do it in ReadyAPI. The tool also has many different features which I find valuable, including Git integration.
RolandCastelino - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 26, 2022
The feature that allows you to import an API collection or a project is valuable.
Srivishnuteja Akella - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 19, 2022
Reporting is more robust than other products because test reports can be exported in multiple ways.
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Hari Venkatesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 12, 2022
It can create stress tests very fast, and some features help you do it fast.
Manikandan Kalidas - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2022
For anyone who does not have experience with automation, ReadyAPI provides a sense of comfort, especially for testers who find it hard to go directly into coding.
DeepikaSharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 7, 2022
The Excel sheet feature is good.
Vijay Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 6, 2022
It's great for those that don't have as much exposure to programming.
VP
Aug 16, 2020
A single platform for functional testing, load testing security, and service actualization.
VP
Sep 27, 2022
The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are the ready-to-use assertions and filters which can perform the validation. If we want to filter out any value, the filters are available. Apart from that database integration, if you want to go ahead and perform validation in the database layer it is possible with the ready-to-use feature available. The execution and reporting are rich features.
Sowmya Somepalli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 14, 2022
I haven't seen any other tool that offers both types of tests. This is very helpful for us, and it's one of the main reasons why we chose this service.
 

ReadyAPI Cons review quotes

SandeepSingh9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2022
What needs improvement in ReadyAPI is its load testing feature because there was a hiccup when my team performed some load testing on the tool. My team had meetings with the ReadyAPI team and tried to get that issue fixed, but it still hasn't improved. This is a shortcoming of the tool, especially when you compare it with HP LoadRunner.
RolandCastelino - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 26, 2022
There is a lot of room for improvement, mainly from the point of view of integrating ReadyAPI into the CI pipelines, and also the scripting aspect into Bitbucket.
Srivishnuteja Akella - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 19, 2022
The Property Transfer capability could be more user friendly because it is a bit difficult to understand.
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Hari Venkatesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 12, 2022
I don't like how they don't have a clear way to manage tests between multiple projects.
Manikandan Kalidas - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2022
There are lots of options within the solution, however they are not upfront or user-friendly.
DeepikaSharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 7, 2022
Sometimes, if I changed something in ReadyAPI, it would not quickly pick up the change. It used to give me the same error repeatedly, and when I closed the application completely and restarted it, it would pick up that change.
Vijay Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 6, 2022
The UI should be flexible. Currently, the UI isn't.
VP
Aug 16, 2020
Lacking flexibility of adding more custom verification for security testing.
VP
Sep 27, 2022
ReadyAPI can improve because it is limited to only SOAP and REST services. They should update the solution to include more protocols so that other people are not limited to SOAP and REST services. Other than would be able to utilize it.
Sowmya Somepalli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 14, 2022
Better compatibility or more support for the older versions would be helpful.