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."Generating new messages, based on the existing .EDN and .XML messages, is a crucial part or the testing project that I’m currently in."
"The testing time is shortened because we generate test data automatically with SOAtest."
"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."
"Technical support is helpful."
"We have seen a return on investment."
"The solution is scalable."
"Every imaginable source in the entire world of information technology can be accessed and used."
"Parasoft SOAtest has improved the quality of our automated web services, which can be easily implemented through service chaining and service virtualization."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Good at simulating the API code from a fictitious client application to check API behavior."
"The API testing features are valuable."
"The interface and the different types of API methods you can use are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"It is stable and does not lag."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the verification and testing of APIs."
"With Postman you can do automation. Automation has increased efficiency by more than 30% or 40%. Because the speed has increased, it's also possible for us to do in-sprint automation testing."
"Reports could be customized and more descriptive according to the user's or company's requirements."
"From an automation point of view, it should have better clarity and be more user friendly."
"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."
"The product is very slow to start up, and that is a bit of a problem, actually."
"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."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"An area that needs some improvement would be to allow multiple windows with different collections to be open at the same time."
"Postman could be improved by providing options for performance testing of APIs."
"If you have knowledge of JavaScript, the initial setup is easy and straightforward. If not, it may take some time to learn about JavaScript before starting the implementation."
"The reporting could be better. It should give you a detailed PDF report after you run a test."
"We cannot see transaction times in the product."
"We have previously used Tosca which allowed us to verify information using authentications. It would be useful if this was also possible using Postman. In a future release, Postman should connect to DB."
"I was not even aware that it was possible to automate tasks in Postman...Some features related to the automation of tasks need to be added to the solution."
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 "Good API testing and RIT feature; clarity could be improved". 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, ReadyAPI and Klocwork, 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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