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Test Engineer III at a engineering company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
An easy-to-use product which has enabled a more thorough testing of our API layer.

What is most valuable?

  • Data driving
  • Easy to use

How has it helped my organization?

It has enabled a more thorough testing of our API layer.

What needs improvement?

There are a lot of bugs and it can sometimes be 'quirky.'

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for a year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had a stability issue but it is related to our machines only having 4 GB RAM.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is very good. Normally our issues are fixed within three months or if they are severe then by the next maintenance release.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

How was the initial setup?

Setup was easy. You just run the installer and set up your license.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is very good value but be prepared for some issues which you will have to work around.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated SoapUI, SOATest, UFT.

What other advice do I have?

For the money this is a great tool.

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it_user371451 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
It's easy to add assertions in the Pro version. They should exclude test results out of projects (XML file).

What is most valuable?

  • Prepared different kinds of testSteps
  • It's easy to add assertions in the Pro version
  • Groovy scripting
  • Event handlers

How has it helped my organization?

Used for backend functional testing.

What needs improvement?

  • Improve bug fixing
  • Stability
  • Memory consumption
  • Exclude test results out of projects (xml file)
  • Improve composite project mode (tried version 1.2,1.3 but after short time refused)

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for more than three years starting with SoapUI Pro version 4.6.x. SoapUI NG from beginning after renamed to Ready API and be part of it.

How are customer service and technical support?

8/10 - the answer for reported bug was a known issue and a fix will be a part of future releases, no time scale given. The bugs are are in many releases.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used other solutions for back and testing personally. Comparing to robot framework SoapUI had more pros than robot framework.

How was the initial setup?

Initial set-up of program is straightforward, preparing own project with dynamic path e.g. JDBC connection or endpoint is more complex.

What other advice do I have?

The product is a good solution for functional back end testing, but the price should be lower due to already mentioned problems, bugs. Use other product framework for small solutions, due to price/bugs. The advantage is that the product is handy for testers, user friendly; ability to use load, security tests or create mocks.


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it_user297558 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
I like the features for SOAP, REST and JDBC.

What is most valuable?

I like the features for SOAP, REST and JDBC. I also like the easy way to do assertions.

How has it helped my organization?

The tests are running fast and often which means that we get feedback about the tests very quick and then are able to evaluate the test results.

What needs improvement?

It would be nice if you could organize the tests in more levels. Would like to add my own error message when using the Message Content Assertion (this is for the PRO version). This could be useful when running the tests from Jenkins.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using various versions since 2007.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes you have to reload the project when you are moving/reorganizing tests in a project.

How are customer service and technical support?

Quick response from the support and forum.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We chose this product because it is easy to use and have many functions that supports ours needs for example SOAP, REST and JDBC requests.

How was the initial setup?

Very easy to setup and use.

What about the implementation team?

I have been using it as a consultant and in-house. It's easy to do if you follow the on-line instructions

What was our ROI?

The tool supports the way we want to automate or tests. That means all from creating tests and data to assertions and finally cleaning the data. The test are also running in a CI Jenkins environment. The pricing is okey for PRO version but the price is getting higher all the time. There are also a free version.

What other advice do I have?

I think this is a very easy tool to use for automated tests to run in a CI environment. You don’t have to be a “hardcore” programmer to use the tool but to get the best from it you should have some interest in programming/scripting.

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it_user913644 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at EPAM Systems
Consultant
API mockups is a feature that quickly allowed us to have a working API mockup interface during the initial API discussion meetings
Pros and Cons
  • "API mockups, functional testing, and load testing are valuable features."
  • "The UI should be improved."
  • "Could integrate the graphing module for load testing."

What is our primary use case?

Functional and load testing of the APIs we've developed internally and the APIs we've consumed from external parties.

How has it helped my organization?

It helped us to make API mockups much faster, in addition to the functional and regression testing.

What is most valuable?

API mockups, functional testing, and load testing. API mockups is a feature that quickly allowed us to have a working API mockup interface during the initial API discussion meetings.

What needs improvement?

The UI should be improved a little. 

It would be great to integrate the graphing module for load testing, so that we could analyze the timings of the responses and how that changes over time with changes in the API implementation logic.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.
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it_user377310 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Head at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Vendor
I primarily use it to test XML/JSON requests and responses for APIs hosted by us and our vendors.

Valuable Features:

I primarily use Soap UI to test XML/JSON requests and responses for APIs hosted by us and our vendors. Also, SoapUI is easy to use since all my requests are saved in a single location so I can export and share them with my team.

Improvements to My Organization:

It helps me in speeding up testing process as all requests are saved and can be retrieved from a single location.

Room for Improvement:

The application has to be restarted after being used for an hour or so as it stops working after that.

Deployment Issues:

We encountered no issues with deployment.

Stability Issues:

With a big response size, the application hangs.

Scalability Issues:

We've encountered no issues with scaling it.

Other Advice:

It's easy to use and should not require any training.

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it_user373143 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
​It's sped up testing as we move towards a TDD environment.

What is most valuable?

It gives us the ability to quickly test web services.

How has it helped my organization?

It's sped up testing as we move towards a TDD environment.

What needs improvement?

In the LoadUI companion the scripts are not user friendly, and it also has a slow startup time.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using it since 2014.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There were no issues with deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no issues with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There were no issues with the scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

I am sure it's good but I have not had the need to contact customer service.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also use Selenium/JMeter/Gomez etc. SoapUI is just one of the tools that I use.

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it_user371466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
​The ability to analyse and simulate web services are clearly the main value.

What is most valuable?

The ability to analyse and simulate web services are clearly the main value.

How has it helped my organization?

Testing web services manually, speeds up things.

What needs improvement?

A better integration with IDE would be nice, but the main issue here is do not break what works well, as so many others have done.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for four years on and off.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

The only problem is integration.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

It's OK, I've not used it much.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Tcpdump and others like that, no one had the ability to work in a structured way with webservices like SoapUI.

How was the initial setup?

Straghtforward, when it works! Impossible when it does not.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am never going to buy SoapUI, far to expensive. But I suppose the customers SoapUI are targeting do not give a damn about the price!

What other advice do I have?

Ttry it, you may like it and you will know soon enough. Certainly worth the effort.

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