OpenText Silk Test vs ReadyAPI Test comparison

OpenText and SmartBear are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. OpenText is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.0, while SmartBear is ranked #22 with an average rating of 6.5. OpenText holds a 1.1% mindshare in FT, compared to SmartBear’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of SmartBear users who would recommend it.

OpenText Silk Test

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93% willing to recommend

ReadyAPI Test

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

OpenText Silk Test and ReadyAPI Test are competing products in software testing automation. Users find OpenText Silk Test more favorable in terms of pricing and support, while ReadyAPI Test is preferred for its extensive features, indicating it might be more suitable for those focusing on functionality.

Features: OpenText Silk Test offers robust GUI testing capabilities, performs cross-browser and mobile testing, and enhances test accuracy with automation scripts. ReadyAPI Test focuses on API testing, simplifies complex testing scenarios, and supports extensive protocols with seamless integration.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Silk Test could improve its integration capabilities and simplify its deployment in complex environments. There's a need for better API testing support and faster system integration. ReadyAPI Test may benefit from enhanced GUI testing features and improved affordability, along with increased speed for large-scale testing environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ReadyAPI Test provides straightforward deployment and integrates easily into diverse environments, with strong customer support known for its responsiveness. OpenText Silk Test also offers smooth deployment, although it can be more complex in certain settings. Its customer service is less responsive compared to ReadyAPI Test.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Silk Test presents a lower initial setup cost, appealing to budget-conscious buyers with a steady ROI from efficient testing processes. ReadyAPI Test, despite higher initial costs, offers a better long-term ROI due to its comprehensive features and ease of integration, resulting in reduced testing times and a strong value proposition.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Test

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

20th

Ranking in Regression Testing Tools

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Automation Tools (17th)

ReadyAPI Test

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

22nd

Ranking in Regression Testing Tools

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

API Testing Tools (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Test is 1.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ReadyAPI Test is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Functional Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
OpenText Silk Test	1.1%
ReadyAPI Test	0.9%
Other	98.0%

Functional Testing Tools

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SrinivasPakala

Director Consulting Expert at Cgi Deutschland KG

Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available

While we are performance testing the engineering key, we need to come up with load strategies to commence the test. We'll help to monitor the test, and afterward, we'll help to make all the outcomes, and if they are new, we'll do lots and lots of interpretation and analysis across various servers, to look at response times, and impact. For example, whatever the observations we had during the test, we need to implement it. We'll have to help to catch what exactly is the issues were, and we'll help to see how they can be reduced. Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are. The solution needs better monitoring, especially of CPU.

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Luis Sanchez

Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Dormakaba

Helps in data, regression, performance, security, and functional testing

ReadyAPI Test needs to improve its reporting. While reports provide essential information when issues arise, or tests fail, having more graphical representations directly within the reports would be beneficial. It needs to improve stability and scalability as well. The tool's support is slow, and takes months to reach a solution.

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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

"The statistics that are available are very good."

"The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to."

"Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts."

"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."

"The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities."

"It's easy to automate and accelerate testing."

"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting."

"A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing."

"The solution offers excellent integration capabilities."

"ReadyAPI has the power to enrich all the technical work. You can achieve any complex task using ReadyAPI. I can also do UI automation with ReadyAPI. In a few test cases, we want to check the API and the equivalent UI. I download a job and write a piece of Groovy or Java code. It's almost the same in ReadyAPI. I can do that in a single test case. ReadyAPI is a powerful tool because you can do anything you want, but only you need to download the right set of jobs and produce the right set of code."

"The out-of-the-box support for the database is a valuable feature."

"The product allows us to uncover any potential issues early on."

"SoapUI Pro is a good tool when it comes to API design and orchestration. Additionally, it is beneficial for functional and for performance testing."

"The interface is user-friendly."

"SoapUI is uncomplicated and user-friendly."

"The tool’s scalability is very good."

Cons

"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."

"The pricing could be improved."

"We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important."

"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve."

"They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration."

"The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies."

"Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side."

"Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are."

"The UI could be a bit more flexible."

"ReadyAPI Test needs to improve its reporting. While reports provide essential information when issues arise, or tests fail, having more graphical representations directly within the reports would be beneficial. It needs to improve stability and scalability as well. The tool's support is slow, and takes months to reach a solution."

"SoapUI Pro could improve by having dashboards."

"The documentation needs to be improved because the interface is not easy for a first-time user."

"I find that I'm fighting with the opportunities to order requests."

"Grouping of the cases is not possible in SoapUI, to my knowledge. When working with critical cases or the, we were not able to group them properly. We can definitely create a suite and add them there, but within a whole suite, we have to identify them, which was not easy."

"The UI should be improved."

"SoapUI would benefit from some more customization abilities. It's a good interface, but it would be nice if they added the ability to build custom dashboards where the user can do their own bar graphs and pie charts."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."

"We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."

"It is free of charge."

"The Pro version can be expensive for some companies. There are no costs in addition to the licensing fees."

"The cost is not that bad."

"SoapUI Pro is open source but it has a subscription-based model which involves some more features. At the moment we are using the free version. The Pro version requires a license, and it is an annual license to use it."

"ReadyAPI Test is about $680 per user, per year."

"I think the number of users is also limited, considering how much we pay."

"ReadyAPI Test is expensive, and I rate its pricing a four out of ten."

"We have team members who are working in shifts, and it is not possible for us to utilize a single license on a single piece of hardware so that multiple team members can use it. We have to take out multiple licenses for each team member."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

13%

Insurance Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Silk Test?

The pricing depends on the license used. The pricing is similar to others in the market.

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What needs improvement with Silk Test?

The pricing could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Silk Test?

The product is used for manual, functional, and performance testing. I'm using the tool for loading data into ERP systems.

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What do you like most about SoapUI Pro?

The product allows us to uncover any potential issues early on.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SoapUI Pro?

ReadyAPI Test is expensive, and I rate its pricing a four out of ten.

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What needs improvement with SoapUI Pro?

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Also Known As

Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test

SoapUI NG Pro

Overview

SilkTest is robust and portable test automation for web, native, and enterprise software applications. Silk Test's portability enables users to test applications more effectively with lower complexity and cost in comparison to other functional testing tools on the market. Silk Test's role based testing enables business stakeholders, QA engineers, and developers to contribute to the whole automation testing process, which drives collaboration and increases the effectiveness of software testing.

OpenText

For REST, SOAP and other popular API and IoT protocols, SoapUI NG Pro provides the industry's most comprehensive and easy-to-learn functional testing capabilities. Based on open core technology proven by millions of community members, SoapUI NG Pro helps you ensure that your APIs perform as intended, meet your business requirements, timeframes, and team skill sets right from day one.

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Sample Customers

Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies

Apple, Cisco, FedEx, eBay, Microsoft, MasterCard, Pfizer, Nike, Oracle, Volvo, Lufthansa, Disney, HP, Intel, U.S. Air Force, Schindler

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