Parasoft SOAtest Other Advice

AZ
Presales Solutions Architect at PT trinet primasolusi

I'm an integrator. 

I would recommend the solution.

I'd rate the product five out of ten. 

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Ajit Kumar Rout - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Quality Assurance Engineer at Wabtec Industrial

In general, this is a hassle free, user friendly tool and it doesn't require much knowledge if you're using the manual testing. Automated testing is also good but requires some knowledge in that field. It has some great features. It's a good tool compared to some of the other paid tools; input and output can be stored before extension and there is also a verification assessment that can be implemented by using some different methodologies inside the tool. If the licensing cost is suitable then I recommend this solution. If you have automation people with in-depth knowledge in coding that will be helpful. 

I rate this solution a seven out of 10. 

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Ujjwal Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Lead at Mphasis

We are a customer and end-user. 

This is actually a very reliable tool. If a person is new and they don't know the coding, they can still start with this. You can, of course, write code. If you don't want to write code, you can also add validations. I'd recommend it to other companies, especially if they have a new or young team, as there isn't too much coding involved, and team members can easily train themselves in terms of how to use the product. It's easy to learn.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. In the single tool, you have different functionalities for testing different implementations, SOAP services, REST services, ADIs, and messages queues. You also have functional testing, performance testing, service virtualization, and data development. Everything is in a single tool. It's great.

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Milind Parab - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems

The solution is deployed on the resident server. It is easy to maintain the solution, and only one person is needed for its maintenance.

Parasoft SOAtest is a good tool. It helps in efficiency, and it's faster to get the core compliance to automotive.

Overall, I rate Parasoft SOAtest an eight out of ten.

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Milind Parab - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems

I rate the solution a seven out of ten. The solution is good but the report generation system can be improved.

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it_user638688 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Manager - Quality Engineering at a tech company with 201-500 employees

This is the best tool for API and back-end automation.

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Ujjwal Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Lead at Mphasis

I have been using this solution for more than six years. I have not found any issues while doing automation. 

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it_user642171 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Test/Quality Assurance at a media company with 10,001+ employees

My advice to anyone implementing this solution:

  • Work closely with the tech support so that you don't get stuck on the little things.
  • Since Parasoft provides tremendous tech support, work closely with them in order to get the first implementation and proof of concept done.
  • You can then export from there based on your needs.
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it_user653586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
  • Learn XML as well as XPath.
  • Learn Jython, a variation of Python running in the JRE. It gives you the option to import Java classes into your scripts and use the latest Java improvements, but without the type safe limitations and language complexity of Java.
  • Implement your scenarios from the beginning with continuous integration in mind. For relative paths everywhere, abstraction in SOAtest environments etc., use a version control system to save and version your scenarios and scripts.
  • Take a short course (less than one day) from the Parasoft support team to familiarize your test team members with the product very quickly.
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it_user660015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Oriented Architecture at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Keep your test scenarios small and focused rather than trying to cover an entire web service with one scenario.

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it_user664629 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior testspecialist at a government with 10,001+ employees

Invest a lot of research time into what your exact needs are. After that, select some test tools to compare all the options. In my opinion, Parasoft has so many possibilities that it must have a place on your shortlist!

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RS
Performance and Fault-tolerance Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees

Even validate SOASTA tool too.

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it_user102126 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Test Automation Professional at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Some best practices I have learned from my own experience:
  • There's a myriad of tools available within SOAtest. Learn to know them and how to use them.
  • The possibility for additional scripting is very powerful, but only use it when necessary to avoid overly complex test suites.

Disclosure: The company I work for is a Parasoft partner

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LS
Testprofessional at CloseSure

Start off simple. Build your test setup from there. Do think about setting up some specific test cases as building blocks (reference material) for other test scenarios to use, so that the maintenance in the future is more easily done.

Also be sure to read the Help function, might help you on your way when you're facing some difficulties.

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it_user638676 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jr. Test Analist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

You need to check all the features that Parasoft SOAtest offers. If you just need a specific feature from the program, then there could be a cheaper alternative option that works just as well. (This is an assumption.) If you’re looking for a complete testing software/suite, Parasoft SOAtest is a serious option.

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it_user626076 - PeerSpot reviewer
Bigdata Consultant & Engineering / Continuous Delivery Architect & Coaching & Engineering at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

My advice to others would depend on where they come from and what they want.

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it_user881568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Automation Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It is a good solution, and if you're looking to migrate from an existing toolset as well, it's a pretty good solution. It is quite vast, and they have a lot of other toolsets in there. It has a lot of other toolsets like virtualize which is really helpful. The toolset is really good, I'm really impressed with it.

In the base licensing, we would like to have CLI support included because CLI is the most basic stuff that we need. Currently, it's a separate licensing that we need for that. If I'm getting an application and I need to use it. I would like to use the command line interface as well. I would expect that to be part of the base licensing.

I would rate this solution at an eight and a half out of ten.

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it_user700116 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Take your time to get to know SOAtest very well, don’t get put off by the steep learning curve, it’s very well worth the effort.

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it_user692265 - PeerSpot reviewer
Testconsultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Think twice before you start with it.

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