IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server [EOL] vs ReadyAPI Virtualization comparison

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IBM Rational Test Virtualiz...

Average Rating

8.0

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Average Rating

8.2

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7.7

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Rekha Chotara

IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services

Using service virtualization, we are able to accelerate the testing and development activity

As per my working experience over the last three and half years with RIT/RTVS, I would consider the two following areas of improvement: * Reporting: In the recent release of RCPT, the "Usage graph" feature is included, but that still needs improvements in terms of UI and timeline filtering criteria. * Implementing custom functions is a bit of a tedious job, as ECMAscript does not support some of the standard JavaScript functions. Also, the Script editor window is not user-friendly .

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Venkata Yedida

Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Good RESTful API support and performs well, but customization is difficult and time-consuming

My advice for anyone who is considering this product is that it is mainly for RESTful calls. If somebody is using Swagger APIs or some RESTful calls as part of the specification that they want to virtualize, then this tool can be a good choice. Also, if they want to virtualize a GUI tool, then it is good. In general, this is a good product but I think that the user experience has to be improved. There's just a lot of manual work that has to be done with scripting. This should be reduced to make it a more seamless experience for the user. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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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

"IBM RTVS has many useful features, but support for IBM MQ over this tool is unbeatable."

"We have improved productivity about 90%."

"It is very stable, rock-solid, and there is a possibility of about 20-32% cost savings."

"Indeed, I would recommend it; one major reason being that this product not only has a robust infrastructure implementation, it also has good technical support supporting standards from IBM."

"As we have used most of the MQ stub, "MQ recording" is the most useful feature."

"It has very easy and good validation techniques used for SWIFT, XSD, and WSDL validations."

"Very good for the price point and compared to more expensive or custom development solutions."

"In times of DevOps, where continuous delivery and deployment is progressing at such a fast pace, ServiceV Pro has emerged as an add-on for enhancing our API product finish."

"The technical support is good."

"Discovery option to create virtual services."

"Features, such as using Groovy scripts for generating dynamic response, which read data out of Excel sheets and one-click deployment are really nice."

"ServiceV Pro enabled our organization to deliver an end-to-end solution by virtualizing external systems, which was easy to implement and provided for a lot of flexibility."

"The solution is very easy to use."

"Our testing process time was reduced by 30%."

Cons

"Reporting: In the recent release of RCPT, the "Usage graph" feature is included, but that still needs improvements in terms of UI and timeline filtering criteria."

"However, some peripheral features need vast improvement, namely the reporting and the dashboard areas."

"They need to move it to the cloud."

"One of the biggest disappointments for me and my team was dependency on various patches, or so call clients for every single technology."

"User friendliness: I would rate it somewhere around 5/10 in terms of user-friendliness. It can be simpler to build stubs and middle-ware based test cases compared to the solution given by RTVS."

"Greater capacity to create Virtual APIs based on HAR files or wireshark recordings."

"This solution has few features for customization."

"Requires more documentation or videos with examples, which is easily understood by the new users."

"ServiceV still has some bug in the tools, such as structure of the project, integration, and combination with different tools present in the same tools, like SoapUI NG and LoadUI."

"Greater capacity to create Virtual APIs based on HAR files or wireshark recordings."

"Requires more documentation or videos with examples, which is easily understood by the new users."

"The solution does not allow you to export APIs to the cURL command like Postman."

"The effort required to utilize the capabilities/usage of ServiceV Pro looks like the one area where we could have some further improvements made just to minimize the time required by a developer to use all the products collaboratively (SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro)."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM RTVS is not that expensive compare to other giants, but it is still much ahead of some other tool having less features."

"The product has a free trial available, which has saves on the initial investment costs."

"Ability to have general IT staff enable developers using this software as opposed to more expensive vendors or developers building their own solution."

"Pricing is alright, however more options would be desirable for a fairly new product like ServiceV."

"This product is worth the cost."

"Be updated with the latest offerings that the tool provides so as to avoid any clashes with issues, like licensing."

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Also Known As

Green Hat, IBM RTVS

ServiceV Pro

Overview

Testing environments are often expensive and can have limited availability. IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server helps you shift testing to the left by removing dependencies on components that are unavailable or already in use. These components are simulated at the API layer, supporting a wide variety of technologies, allowing your team to test the riskiest elements earlier in the delivery lifecycle.

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API virtualization in ServiceV Pro helps you deliver great APIs on time and under budget, and does so for a fraction of the cost typically associated with traditional enterprise service virtualization suites.

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Sandhata Technologies Ltd., Qantas Airways

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