We performed a comparison between Parasoft SOAtest and Postman based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Automatic testing is the most valuable feature."
"We have seen a return on investment."
"They have a feature where they can record traffic and create tests on the report traffic."
"The testing time is shortened because we generate test data automatically with SOAtest."
"If you want something that’s not provided out of the box, then you can write it yourself and integrate it with SOAtest."
"The solution is scalable."
"We can automate our scenarios in a data driven format, which shows there is no rework on scripts. We only need to update the test data and run for a number of scenarios."
"We do a lot of web services testing and REST services testing. That is the focus of this product."
"It is stable and reliable."
"The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries."
"We can also submit requests multiple times and it allows us to capture the response each time by using utility scripts."
"The solution provides visibility for PDF reports without needing to install plugins."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to use and user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is easy and simple to use and install. It is compatible with Linux, Mac or Windows."
"Compatibility with HTTP 1.1 and TLS 1.2 needs to be improved."
"The feedback that we received from the DevOps of our organization was that the tool was a little heavy from the transformation perspective."
"The performance could be a bit better."
"The summary reports could be improved."
"Parasoft SOAtest has an internal refresh function where you can refresh the software to show the changes you’ve made in your projects. Unfortunately this function does not work properly, because it often does not show the changes after you’ve hit te refresh button a few times."
"Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings."
"UI testing should be more in-depth."
"Enabling/disabling an optional element of an XML request is only possible if a data source (e.g., Excel sheet) is connected to the test. Otherwise, the option is not available at all in the drop-down menu."
"We'd like to see some better UI in newer versions."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"Integration should be improved with our continuation system because we use Azure DevOps separately."
"The solution has some user interface difficulties when conducting environment collections."
"We cannot see transaction times in the product."
"The tool needs to have a reporting feature."
"Reporting can be better. If you have bigger APIs, it takes time."
"An area that needs some improvement would be to allow multiple windows with different collections to be open at the same time."
Parasoft SOAtest is ranked 9th in API Testing Tools with 30 reviews while Postman is ranked 1st in API Testing Tools with 52 reviews. Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8.2, while Postman is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Parasoft SOAtest writes "Reliable with a good interface but uses too much memory". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Postman writes "Reliable and easy to expand with a helpful API network". Parasoft SOAtest is most compared with SonarQube, Coverity, Polyspace Code Prover, Klocwork and ReadyAPI, whereas Postman is most compared with Apache JMeter, ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio and OpenText UFT One. See our Parasoft SOAtest vs. Postman report.
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