We performed a comparison between Parasoft SOAtest and Postman based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is scalable."
"They have a feature where they can record traffic and create tests on the report traffic."
"Generating new messages, based on the existing .EDN and .XML messages, is a crucial part or the testing project that I’m currently in."
"The testing time is shortened because we generate test data automatically with SOAtest."
"We do a lot of web services testing and REST services testing. That is the focus of this product."
"Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports."
"If you want something that’s not provided out of the box, then you can write it yourself and integrate it with SOAtest."
"We have seen a return on investment."
"Postman allows you to incorporate and export the test cases we create. It enables me to share the test cases with my colleagues, so I don't have to copy them into an Excel sheet. Postman lets me export the dataset and share it with my team. They can use my test case for their testing."
"It's easy to see different versions of responses."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"The most valuable feature is the user interface because it provides a clear space for the URL, headers, body, prerequisites, and tests."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to use and user-friendly."
"One of the most valuable aspects of Postman is scalability. We can scale the collection and for the multiple repositories of the collections."
"The solution collects scenarios and allows for testing SOAP API, REST API and API automation at the same time."
"Reports could be customized and more descriptive according to the user's or company's requirements."
"Enabling/disabling an optional element of an XML request is only possible if a data source (e.g., Excel sheet) is connected to the test. Otherwise, the option is not available at all in the drop-down menu."
"Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings."
"The summary reports could be improved."
"Reporting facilities can be better."
"Compatibility with HTTP 1.1 and TLS 1.2 needs to be improved."
"The product is very slow to start up, and that is a bit of a problem, actually."
"Parasoft SOAtest has an internal refresh function where you can refresh the software to show the changes you’ve made in your projects. Unfortunately this function does not work properly, because it often does not show the changes after you’ve hit te refresh button a few times."
"We'd like to see some better UI in newer versions."
"If you have knowledge of JavaScript, the initial setup is easy and straightforward. If not, it may take some time to learn about JavaScript before starting the implementation."
"I would like to see advanced automation in reference to Postman."
"I would like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"Multi-part requests should be handled in the octet-stream."
"Postman could be improved by providing options for performance testing of APIs."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"The performance needs to be improved."
Parasoft SOAtest is ranked 9th in API Testing Tools with 30 reviews while Postman is ranked 1st in API Testing Tools with 52 reviews. Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8.2, while Postman is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Parasoft SOAtest writes "Reliable with a good interface but uses too much memory". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Postman writes "Reliable and easy to expand with a helpful API network". Parasoft SOAtest is most compared with SonarQube, Coverity, Polyspace Code Prover, Klocwork and ReadyAPI, whereas Postman is most compared with Apache JMeter, ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio and OpenText UFT One. See our Parasoft SOAtest vs. Postman report.
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