Apigee vs SoapUI comparison

Google and SmartBear are both solutions in the API Testing Tools category. Google is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.2, while SmartBear is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3. Google holds a 1.1% mindshare in APIT, compared to SmartBear’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SmartBear users who would recommend it.

Apigee

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92% willing to recommend

SoapUI

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Apigee and SoapUI compete in API management. Apigee has an edge in customer satisfaction for features and deployment, while SoapUI is favored for detailed testing capabilities.

Features: Apigee is known for its comprehensive API management, security, and analytics. SoapUI is noted for functional testing, load testing, and mock services.

Room for Improvement: Apigee users suggest better integration with existing systems and enhanced documentation. SoapUI users want a more intuitive design and improved performance for large datasets.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Apigee deployment is relatively easier with commendable support. SoapUI deployment is straightforward, but customer service experiences are mixed.

Pricing and ROI: Apigee has higher setup costs but strong ROI and advanced features. SoapUI has lower setup costs and significant returns due to robust testing capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Apigee

Ranking in API Testing Tools

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

API Management (3rd)

SoapUI

Ranking in API Testing Tools

12th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Apigee is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SoapUI is 0.5%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ShawkyFoda

Senior Consultant at Goverment

Provides high visibility and control with good traffic monitoring

Analytics is one of the areas needing enhancement, specifically more visibility and control over traffic to improve capacity management and high availability. The replication process between Master and Slave for disaster recovery takes too long. Dependencies on analytics impact the performance of the user interface, which should be separate. The complex setup process on-premises, especially with multi-node installations, could also be improved. Additional control in product declarations, based on operations like POST and GET, is needed.

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Mahendra Andhale

Test Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Used for API testing and provides Groovy plugin

We use the solution mainly for API testing The solution's most valuable features are the designing of API, Property Transfer feature, and Groovy plugin. The solution should include some plug-ins to share the generated reports over email. Sometimes, Groovy can be a tricky language, and we need to…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It accelerates development and deployment processes."

"The analytics feature is quite good."

"The use case which I have installed serves the intended purpose."

"It has all the features necessary to work in anything from a basic scenario to advanced applications."

"The most valuable feature is the API gateway."

"I have not encountered instability with the product."

"The stability of the solution is good. There aren't issues surrounding bugs or glitches. We don't find that it crashes or freezes. It's pretty reliable."

"If you have numerous applications and high traffic, Apigee is a strong choice for its excellent features and outstanding performance."

More Apigee pros

"SoapUI is a pretty simple tool."

"We need to test the APIs as we build them. I use the product for API testing. You can do AWS security in SoapUI. With SoapUI, we can even perform mutual SSL authentication by incorporating certificates into the SoapUI browser. This allows us to send transactions to the backend downstream."

"The solution's most valuable features are the designing of API, Property Transfer feature, and Groovy plugin."

Cons

"Apigee's product cost is quite high compared to other products. Customers think that going with Google ensures quick resolution of security or performance issues."

"Unlike WSA, Apigee does not have a partnership model, something which makes it a bit easier for companies such as ours to go with the former solution."

"We are experiencing issues with automation; the production in Apigee is quite time-consuming."

"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."

"Maintaining and deploying revisions need to be more defined."

"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."

"I don't have any notes for improvement."

"There is room for improvement in v-logging for each transaction. Additionally, Apigee only allows validation of transactions up to a four-hour period, which requires manual hovering over the date and time."

More Apigee cons

"There are more advanced API testing tools than SoapUI, and SoapUI could be made better."

"The product needs to be available as an extension for the Chrome browser."

"The solution should include some plug-ins to share the generated reports over email."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to other products, Apigee had higher pricing."

"The iicense is subscription-based."

"The tool is extremely expensive."

"The current version of Apigee is not too expensive, but we are currently in talks with Google to understand their roadmap for Apigee X. However, we anticipate that with the introduction of Apigee X, the pricing will likely increase."

"Since it was acquired by Google, we can get a license based on our requirements and the cost level will depend on cloud access and support."

"It was fairly expensive. I don't know what the standard pricing is. I want to say that it's something like $80,000 for 800 million requests (approximately) a year."

"The cost increases as the usage increases."

"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."

More Apigee pricing and cost advice

"SoapUI is a cheap tool that does not have an expensive license."

"SoapUI is an open-source solution."

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Financial Services Firm

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12%

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Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?

Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a cloud-based solution. Both solutions are easy to use. Apigee allows for the ability...

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Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a platform that supports the creation and publication of API for web applications. The platform can support thousands of simultaneous API calls, and it provides monitoring, ma...

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What do you like most about Apigee?

We can customize the dashboard.

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What do you like most about SoapUI?

We need to test the APIs as we build them. I use the product for API testing. You can do AWS security in SoapUI. With SoapUI, we can even perform mutual SSL authentication by incorporating certific...

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What needs improvement with SoapUI?

The solution should include some plug-ins to share the generated reports over email. Sometimes, Groovy can be a tricky language, and we need to focus more on that.

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What is your primary use case for SoapUI?

We use the solution mainly for API testing.

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Overview

Apigee is a platform for developing and managing APIs. Apigee offers an interface for your core services by wrapping them with a proxy layer which is then accessed by other developers. With Apigee, you can design and build APIs and then securely share their services and data without exposing any code.

Because app developers make HTTP requests to an API proxy rather than directly to your services, your services are separated from the developers. All the developer needs to know is the URL of the API proxy endpoint, necessary query parameters, authorization credentials (if they exist), and the response data format.

The API proxy isolates the app developer from your backend service. Therefore, you are free to change the service implementation if the public API remains consistent. By maintaining a consistent frontend API, existing client apps will continue to work regardless of changes on the backend.

Key capabilities of the Apigee API management platform include:

Security: Protect APIs, messages, and backends with configurable policies such as OAuth, API key verification, XML/JSON threat protection, and access control.
API gateway: Secure and mediate the traffic between clients and backends, and between a company’s APIs and the developers who use the APIs.
Developer portal: Attract and engage application developers, enabling them to discover, explore, purchase, and test APIs and register to access and use the APIs.
API console: The console helps developers learn and work with APIs.
API lifecycle management: Manage the process of designing, developing, publishing, deploying, and versioning APIs.
Automated documentation: Automate the development of API documentation and software development kits.
Machine learning: Utilize machine learning and analytics to generate actionable insights and reports.

API monitoring: Apigee offers monitoring tools for API troubleshooting, security, and optimization.

Reviews from Real Users:

Apigee stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its rich developer portal, its advanced analytics, and its central monitoring system.

Carlos R., a software architect at Caja Los Andes writes, “The central monitoring feature is the most valuable. It also provides security for the APIs and high availability for our use cases. Apigee is the best product in the industry in comparison to other API management solutions. It helps in fast development, which is a top point. It also supports a lot of industry standards and has excellent documentation.”

An associate vice president at a tech services company notes, “The analytics function and the developer portal are the two valuable features of Apigee. The analytics part is very good, and the developer portal is quite rich in features. The authentication mechanisms are quite easily built into Apigee, which is something that most of the other products have also now started supporting.”

Google

SoapUI is a leading tool for testing SOAP and REST web services, known for its robust functionality and user-friendly interface. It supports functional, automated, and load testing, and offers powerful scripting and automation. Organizations appreciate its efficiency, protocol flexibility, and integration capabilities.

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Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson

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