SoapUI Open Source

Score8.6 out of 10

29 Reviews and Ratings

What is SoapUI Open Source?

SoapUI is an open source API testing tool supported by SmartBear's community, supporting functional and performance testing of APIs.

Categories & Use Cases

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

29.8%

1,942 installations of 6,525

#2 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

15.8%

1,034 installations of 6,525

#3 most frequent

Information

14.9%

972 installations of 6,525

Jordan Deroubaix

Programmer in Information Technology at NXO (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

SOAP
REST
Authentication

Cons

Tutorials

Most Important Features

Projects
Testing WSDL
Testing REST
Multiple authentication

Return on Investment

Easy of use
Free version

Alternatives Considered

Postman

Other Software Used

Postman

Abraham García View profile

Web Development Manager in Information Technology at Newsbp.co (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

It is very fast to do complex simulations and create webservices in just minutes
It has a very friendly interface, for me it is beautiful.
It is very easy to debug the web service and locate the errors

Cons

I actually like SoapUI as it is, I have not found things to improve, except for the speed of response is very complex services.

Most Important Features

In my organization, we sell many web services for tour operators and we are constantly developing new products dedicated to tourism such as hotel booking, car rentals. SoapUI is our everyday tool for testing our services during development.

Return on Investment

At first we tried the Trial version and it was great, so much so that we decided to buy it because we have a high workflow and I can properly say that it is worth every penny.
Although the price was a bit high, the earnings we obtained compensated for the entire initial investment. This tool is really useful in all aspects.

Ajay Kumar View profile

Software Developer in Information Technology at Great Future Technology Pvt. Ltd. (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

API testing
Functional testing
Open source

Cons

User interface
Should simplify UI
I'm using it majorly for API testing so its good in that area

Most Important Features

Testing
Mostly all features
Automatic functional testing

Return on Investment

Testing resolves most of the issues in the development phases.
User friendliness of the app makes it good.
Overall client happiness depends on the clean project, which is possible by testing.

Alternatives Considered

Postman and RapidAPI

Other Software Used

Postman, RapidAPI, Apache JMeter

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for testing. There are simple cases like API Testing or connecting to backends to kick off some flows, but processes and flows are also be tested, like starting a workflow and checking that the data propagates correctly down the flow. We also use a script for checking if all environments are up. Automation can also be performed with waits, loops, and for those savvy, you can even put in custom code using Groovy.

Pros

Automated workflows
Soap requests: good for those who don't really want to play around with configuring headers
API Testing

Cons

Configuration of REST APIs
Can appear clunky
Has functionality behind a paywall (i.e. Pro version)

Return on Investment

Positive: Free tool
Positive: provides a sampler as to what the Pro version can do
Negative: may not be the most user-friendly if custom scripts are used
Negative: lacks some functionality found in the Pro version
Positive: for those familiar with code, the lack of functionality can be made up.

Alternatives Considered

ReadyAPI and Postman

Other Software Used

Postman

Pankaj Rawat View profile

Associate Software Quality Assurance Engineer in Engineering at OATI (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

Easy to use
Test out web services
Better hands on groovy

Cons

It shows an error if the request has special characters.
Writing upload test cases is a bit difficult
Virtual services are not supported

Return on Investment

Saves time in web service testing
Make it easy
No need to code much

SoapUI Open Source

What is SoapUI Open Source?

Categories & Use Cases

Most Frequent Users

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Finance and Insurance

Information