Perfecto vs ReadyAPI comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Perfecto and ReadyAPI are competitive solutions in the software testing domain. Perfecto is more suited for mobile and cross-platform testing, whereas ReadyAPI dominates in the API testing sphere.

Features: Perfecto excels in integrating cloud-based architecture with extensive device coverage, supporting automated and manual testing across various OS versions. Its detailed reporting features and ability to execute cross-platform testing are highly valued. ReadyAPI is known for user-friendliness and extensive CI/CD integration capabilities, providing comprehensive API functional, load, and security testing. Its support for multiple API protocols and integration with development tools is noteworthy.

Room for Improvement: Perfecto could enhance performance and reporting and improve accessibility testing and machine learning features. Issues with video loading and browser stability have been noted. ReadyAPI faces performance and scalability challenges. Its reporting and integration with certain test management tools could be stronger, with some users finding it costly due to diverse licensing requirements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Perfecto offers flexible deployment across private, public, and hybrid clouds with praised customer support for being responsive. ReadyAPI focuses mainly on on-premises deployment and also enjoys high customer satisfaction due to its effective support services. Both solutions deliver dependable technical support contributing positively to user satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: Perfecto is more expensive, especially for private cloud deployment, but users justify the cost with extensive support and device coverage, contributing to significant ROI. ReadyAPI is viewed as a cost-effective API testing solution, offering flexibility in purchasing necessary licenses, though multiple licenses for extended features can raise costs. Despite higher initial investments, both tools provide clear value through their specific functionalities, positively impacting ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Perfecto

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

12th

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

19th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mobile App Testing Tools (5th), Test Automation Tools (21st)

ReadyAPI

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

7th

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

14th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Perfecto is 3.5%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ReadyAPI is 3.1%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Performance Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ReadyAPI	3.1%
Perfecto	3.5%
Other	93.4%

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reviewer1963857

Head of Quality at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The network testing can be accessed from anywhere in the world, but the UI needs revamping

Recently, the network testing component where we can use Perfecto on devices has been the most valuable feature. There is very little competition out there in this regard. We use it for 4G and 5G testing of launched 5G and 4G brands. So, the network testing can be accessed from anywhere in the world. That is very valuable for us. Perfecto is very good when it comes to executing cross-platform testing. We have just gotten started on cross-browser testing. We already use Perfecto for the native-application testing on multiple devices. I think now we also use Perfecto for browser-related testing. So, all the cross-browser testing works well. We got a couple of licenses that we use. We can mostly see usage over time using the device logs. This is what matters the most to us, e.g., what team is using a device for how long. We use Cypress, and it supports it quite well. We use APM, and it also supports that quite well. We used to use the native quantum framework as well in the past, which was obviously well-supported, but now we have moved onto Cypress and APM. Also, we have Applitools, which is not open source, but a paid proprietary tool.

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PrashanthKumar

Lead QA Engineer at Msys Technologies

Experience effective testing with flexible licensing alongside pivotal insights on essential improvements

For non-functional testing, I focus on performance and security. For performance and security tests, I used REST API, SoapUI, and JMeter. These tools help us conduct thorough testing across these dimensions. I find ReadyAPI helpful especially in overcoming security issues, as we experienced slowness in the application after merging our JAR files. For instance, if a person wants to access a university database and encounters a timeout error, we learned through ReadyAPI that the issue was due to HTML protocol limits with the payload. We fine-tuned this process to display the expected data effectively. I consider ReadyAPI a cost-effective solution because it covers three verticals without needing to purchase separate tools for security, performance, or functional testing. ReadyAPI is a versatile tool for creating multiple testing frameworks and validating various parameters seamlessly. REST API is the tool I use to test all three types of articles, meaning I validate the APIs I send to my peers or clients for functional testing, and I also perform security testing to ensure the URL and data passed through multiple components adhere to policies and user privileges. This is done through functional security testing using the REST API tool, and for performance, I ensure that applications can be accessed simultaneously by multiple users without hindrance or slowness through thorough performance testing.

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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

"Performance-wise, Perfecto has been awesome."

"Customer Service: It's been 100%. Technical Support: It's been 100%."

"We are continuously doing testing on different environments, devices, and platforms. It executes seamlessly on multiple devices without having any connectivity issues. It has been really helpful for us to test on cloud devices."

"The CI dashboard tool is very good, as is the Live Stream monitoring. Whenever I want to monitor execution, I can open multiple tabs in Perfecto and it is easy for me to refer to the CI dashboard and the Live Stream."

"We have seen the biggest improvement in cost savings, initially saving $2.6 million a year just on roaming charges."

"Perfecto is part of our testing life; when we test, we do it in Perfecto, and without it, our team would not be able to perform testing on mobile devices."

"I also like the reporting functions. We are constantly downloading these reports and sharing them with our final customers. They help us understand what kind of bugs are happening through the applications. The recording feature is handy because it lets us see a video of the process we run through the pipeline and discover the point at which the automation is breaking."

"Being able to run automated tests and see the success and failure rate of those runs every day has saved us a lot of time and helped us identify issues much sooner, which has improved the quality of our software."

More Perfecto pros

"The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are the drag-and-drop options and the integration with versioning tool solutions, such as Git."

"On average we used to automate five to seven scenarios using the open source version, however we have seen that we can automate more than 25 to 30 scenarios using the commercial version."

"It's easy to learn how to use it."

"I recommend this solution to new users because it is the best solution you can get across the globe for API, test automation, and API penetration testing."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"I definitely like ReadyAPI; it is a good tool and it's easy to use."

"The interface is ok and they have the ability to re-load tests so that you can reuse them."

"One of the features of ReadyAPI that's worth mentioning is that it allows you to parameterize. I'm working with more than two hundred resources, so I don't have to go and make a small change at each point every time. I have the option to just parameterize in one place for the changes to reflect everywhere. Another valuable feature of ReadyAPI is that it provides a customized environment. In my company, you work in different environments, such as QA, UAT, and LT, so the URLs for every environment are different. In ReadyAPI, you can customize your environment, set it up, then start working on it. Another feature worth mentioning that's offered in ReadyAPI is automating your test value as the tool allows Groovy scripting. In your test case, you can use a Groovy script that says that in a particular test case, you have ten resources, but you just want to exhibit five and that you don't want to exhibit the remaining five. You can write a small Groovy script that lets you execute just five resources out of the ten resources. I also like that ReadyAPI allows you to read the data from CFC and Excel. It also allows you to create or customize your data, but that only works at a certain point because every application has its specific data. ReadyAPI cannot generate every data, but when I'm posting and I want to generate a random name, such as a first name, I can do it in ReadyAPI. The tool also has many different features which I find valuable, including Git integration."

Cons

"I would like to see the inclusion of machine learning features. If we can have that, it will be a better tool."

"In iOS, it needs improvements with some limitations."

"There was a discussion about having the capability to export the test results to a certain tool that we use in our project. If that were added it would be great not having to manually take screenshots, put them in a document, and share them on the different test management tools."

"On the analytics side, Perfecto is in need of improvement."

"When using devices on the cloud, it lags quite a bit at times."

"Going by the dashboard or analytics capabilities that Perfecto or Perforce is looking to offer in its roadmap, it will certainly help if they also cater to executing and enabling decision-making, rather than just focusing on standard testing metrics such as execution, efficiency, and defect rate. These are good metrics, but they don't necessarily enable decision-making for SLTs. Any improvements in the dashboards and reporting tools should focus on metrics or SLAs that can help with decision-making."

"I'm hoping they can support on-premises instances."

"The monitoring features, in particular network traffic monitoring, could be improved."

More Perfecto cons

"It is challenging doing upgrades and patches because sometimes the environmental variables or suits in the projects get erased."

"Based on my experience, ReadyAPI could improve by simplifying the process of scripting."

"The product could be improved by including an inherent feature for UI automation."

"The solution is made up of multiple tools, and the one additional feature we'd like to have is load testing."

"Areas for improvement include the security files, endpoints, and process sessions."

"Sometimes, if I changed something in ReadyAPI, it would not quickly pick up the change. It used to give me the same error repeatedly, and when I closed the application completely and restarted it, it would pick up that change."

"I would not recommend this product, as there are better products out there."

"ReadyAPI's customer support isn't that great, particularly their response time."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Perfecto is about 30-40% cheaper than Device Anywhere. That was a big reason why we switched. Perfecto also solves some of the issues that we had with Device Anywhere. We have grown by 100% since we started to use Perfecto, and now we have devices roaming. When we look at the competition, we would still stick with Perfecto."

"Pricing-wise, it is fine. It is not as expensive as what we used to have in the past from HP, IBM, and others. It is decently priced."

"Pricing is an area where Perfecto can do a little better. When we obtain additional licenses, we enter into negotiations with them."

"Although Perfecto is a good product for us to use, it is a bit expensive. It takes management a bit of work to find the appropriate funding for us to keep Perfecto. I imagine there could be some way to make it more accessible."

"Perfecto has definitely saved us on the costs and efforts of having to maintain our own virtual test environment. We lost about 20 devices in the past to maintenance and audit. That was a massive loss for us, as a company, because we were giving devices to someone, but don't know whether we would get it back or not. Having those virtual labs, we don't need to worry about these kinds of things. We are easily saving $5,000 to $10,000 a month on device costing."

"Perfecto's price is excellent compared to other products with similar features. It was the lowest of the three we evaluated. We also established a partnership with Perfecto, so they provide discounts when we sell Perfecto projects and licenses to our customers."

"I am not sure about its pricing, but from our perspective, licensing has been easy. Anytime I have new users or requests for users that want to get added, it's a very simple process. I just give the architectural owner of the product the name and email address, and they're able to easily add a new user. We don't have any issues in regards to getting licenses, but I don't have any insights into pricing."

"It's definitely on the higher end of prices for this type of service."

More Perfecto pricing and cost advice

"If I remember correctly, ReadyAPI costs between $5,000 to $7,000 for five thousand virtual users running it at a given point in time. Other tools, for example, Apache JMeter, can run millions of users at a given time. ReadyAPI is a tool that requires you to pay more money if you want more users to run it for performance testing. For functional testing, each ReadyAPI license costs $1,000, and you do get basic testing, and it's inclusive of one hundred users. In my company, if there's a need for more than one hundred users, my team uses Apache JMeter because it's futile to end up paying $5,000 or $6,000 annually just for performance testing, which can be done in Apache JMeter as well. Given the circumstances, my team does performance testing only towards the end of the fiscal year when the regulatory testing of applications takes place. If I have to run ReadyAPI just for two days or just for ten or fifteen odd days, then it's not worth paying $5,000 for the license with the small number of users provided by ReadyAPI."

"We pay $3,000 annually for a floating license. actually. That allows another person from my company to use it as well. It's a cloud-based license."

"The price was around $6,000 for one license, but I don't remember exactly. It is definitely expensive. Our organization was planning on having multiple licenses for this year."

"The solution is dynamically priced so you only pay for what you use."

"It is expensive. Each user needs to be licensed, and there are different licenses within the product. It starts with 750 euros for a single user per year, but for the full product features, you need to pay a lot more. There are three versions. This cost is for functional testing, and then there is a cost for load testing and virtual services. If you want to use these areas with the functional test license, you are limited. You hit some limits in these functions. If you have all three licenses, then you have full functionality for the API."

"We have approximately 12 licenses in place. There are other solutions that are more expensive than ReadyAPI that have more features, but if the scope of the project is limited to SOAP and REST service, then this is the best option."

"It costs approximately $200 000 Taiwan Dollars for three years."

"For each license, they charge the same amount, which is less than $1,000 for each desktop license."

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	23

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	28

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Also Known As

Perfecto Mobile, Perfecto Web

Ready API

Overview

Perfecto is a cloud-based testing platform that supports automated and manual testing processes across many devices and operating systems, facilitating cross-platform and real-time data access. Users experience seamless testing integrations, although improvements are sought in some areas.

Perfecto provides extensive mobile testing capabilities across iOS, Android, and more, with automation and enhanced reporting options such as video recordings. While it excels with Appium and Selenium integration for cross-platform consistency and CI Dashboard features, it faces challenges in iOS web testing and hybrid apps. Users indicate the need for better integration with test management tools, dashboard metrics improvements, and machine learning features. Cloud device response times and UI interactions could benefit from performance enhancements, while users desire longer report history and API automation advancements.

What are Perfecto's most important features?

Cloud-based Architecture: Access a vast array of devices and OS versions for testing scalability.
Automation: Supports Selenium and Appium for streamlined testing processes.
Enhanced Reporting: Offers video recordings to help validate tests thoroughly.
Cross-platform Testing: Execute tests across multiple platforms efficiently.
Real-time Data Access: Monitor tests via CI Dashboard and Live Stream.

What benefits or ROI can users expect from reviews?

Increased Device Availability: Quickly access the newest devices and software updates.
Improved Testing Speed: Allow faster test execution and feedback loops.
Scalability: Easily scale up or down with cloud-based resources.
Enhanced Productivity: Automate tests and streamline reporting for efficiency.

Perfecto has broad applications in industries such as retail, finance, and technology, where secure and scalable testing is critical. Organizations employ it in both private and public cloud environments for mobile, web, and API testing. Its ability to provide extensive device coverage and integration into existing CI/CD processes makes it integral for ensuring reliable mobile app performance and compatibility across platforms.

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ReadyAPI stands out for its API testing capabilities and integration with development tools like Jira and Git. Its user-friendly interface and automation with Groovy scripting make it a suitable, efficient choice for developers aiming for seamless project management and test execution.

ReadyAPI presents a comprehensive suite for API testing, supporting functional, performance, and security tasks with minimal coding required. It offers robust integration with tools such as Postman and CI/CD processes, enabling users to manage and automate testing scenarios efficiently. Despite its strengths, users notice limitations in performance and cloud integration, especially in scalability and test management. While it facilitates data-driven testing through Excel and supports on-premise and cloud environments, ReadyAPI could benefit from improved reporting and simpler scripting processes. Its interface and GitHub integration would further enhance its adaptability for larger projects and diverse applications.

What are ReadyAPI's main features?

Smart Assertion: Simplifies API validation with efficient testing mechanisms.
Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Enhances ease of use and streamlines workflow.
Groovy Scripting Automation: Allows for advanced automation without extensive coding.
Data-Driven Testing: Utilizes Excel files for managing test scenarios effectively.
CI/CD Integration: Ensures smooth project management and test execution across development cycles.

Why consider ReadyAPI in your evaluations?

Testing Efficiency: Reduces coding requirements, allowing for rapid test case development and validation.
Tool Integration: Seamless compatibility with platforms like Jira and Postman boosts workflow.
Cost-Effective: Offers a versatile toolset for developers without excessive expenditure.
Reporting Options: Provides comprehensive insights to refine testing outcomes and strategies.

ReadyAPI is principally leveraged by industries that require precise API testing capabilities, spanning functional, performance, and security assessments. Its ease of integrating with CI/CD tools and ability to manage backend APIs make it an ideal choice in sectors that prioritize automation and reliability in testing processes. Companies operating within on-premise and cloud environments benefit from its support for diverse testing needs and scenarios, ensuring improved testing proficiency and response validation.

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