We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and Parasoft SOAtest 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."The most valuable feature is that the browser and the API testing is available in a single tool, and I don't have to look at other options."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is the ease of use of the solution."
"The most valuable features of Katalon Studio are its user-friendliness and the AI smart healing capabilities."
"It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
"This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"The initial setup of Katalon Studio was easy."
"Video capture on failure is a must have. A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand pictures (literally)."
"They have a feature where they can record traffic and create tests on the report traffic."
"The solution is scalable."
"Generating new messages, based on the existing .EDN and .XML messages, is a crucial part or the testing project that I’m currently in."
"Automatic testing is the most valuable feature."
"Every imaginable source in the entire world of information technology can be accessed and used."
"The testing time is shortened because we generate test data automatically with SOAtest."
"Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports."
"We do a lot of web services testing and REST services testing. That is the focus of this product."
"Katalon lacks integration with other software, including integrating other languages like .NET and PHP."
"I can say that in my company, we struggle a lot with iOS automation."
"Katalon doesn't support testing of hybrid applications. It's a limitation."
"One improvement would be if it could support more programming languages such as JavaScript or Python. Right now, it is only on Groovy, which I think is not a too popular language."
"Currently, I'm the only one who can use it because I have a Mac. It is giving a hard time to my team members who are on Linux. My team members are using Linux, and Katalon doesn't support Linux very well. It keeps on crashing. It crashes and shuts down almost every time they save their work, so they are not able to use it. It should have good support for Linux. We don't know what the problem is. If the Katalon team can pick up this issue, it will be very helpful."
"My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version."
"They need to work on documentation to make it more centralized and easier to find what you are looking for."
"Support options need improvement. It is sometimes hard to find a solution to any given problem, thus you are forced to use another solution."
"During the process of working with SOAtest and building test cases, the .TST files will grow. A negative side effect is that saving your changes takes more time."
"The feedback that we received from the DevOps of our organization was that the tool was a little heavy from the transformation perspective."
"Reporting facilities can be better."
"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."
"From an automation point of view, it should have better clarity and be more user friendly."
"The performance could be a bit better."
"Compatibility with HTTP 1.1 and TLS 1.2 needs to 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."
Katalon Studio is ranked 5th in API Testing Tools with 42 reviews while Parasoft SOAtest is ranked 9th in API Testing Tools with 30 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes " Functional automation features and the recording functionality saves time but the performance and script execution is slow ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parasoft SOAtest writes "Good API testing and RIT feature; clarity could be improved". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Appium, whereas Parasoft SOAtest is most compared with Postman, SonarQube, Coverity and Polyspace Code Prover. See our Katalon Studio vs. Parasoft SOAtest report.
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