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Postman Enterprise vs SoapUI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Postman Enterprise
Ranking in API Testing Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
API Management (9th), API Monitoring Software (1st)
SoapUI
Ranking in API Testing Tools
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Postman Enterprise is 10.5%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SoapUI is 0.6%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Postman Enterprise10.5%
SoapUI0.6%
Other88.9%
API Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Anagha Mahadik - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution simplifies web service testing with impressive speed and accessibility
It is very easy for me to use and I highly prefer it compared to SoapUI and other products for performing its job. It is more handy and faster. It has impacted us very nicely. Postman is used for free by us. I'm not sure if there might be a paid version for multiple users. It is a very good product used for development. It is easy to install, as well as to learn, particularly for new users, even if they are not developers. I taught my business analyst to use it. I just showed them once, and it was easy for them to understand. For example, I gave them the URL and request format and asked them to test independently. They were able to use it on their own and do their testing as well. It was a good experience, especially for generally smart people, like those we usually hire in our company. It is pretty easy to explain, and learning it is not complex.
Mahendra Andhale - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is easy to implement."
"One of the biggest advantages of Postman is its user-base approach."
"It allowed us to understand the working and performance of the APIs."
"We use it for REST API testing. Feature-wise, it is pretty lightweight. It is pretty fast, and we don't have to do a lot of things. We can just simply go and post our endpoint, and it gives different kinds of authorizations. We usually use authentication 2.0, which is the most common industry practice. So, it has the support for authorization through 2.0."
"Postman is easy to use and enables us to test all possible API testing scenarios."
"It is easy to install, as well as to learn, particularly for new users, even if they are not developers."
"The solution is open-source and does the work required for day-to-day API testing activities."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"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."
"SoapUI is a pretty simple tool."
 

Cons

"The solution has some user interface difficulties when conducting environment collections."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"Postman needs more advanced data-driven testing."
"The pricing should be adjusted for the Pro plan."
"One area that could be better is collection management."
"There are definitely features that could be improved; for example, if you derive it from Ready API, maybe Postman can be a good contender and replicate some features such as more scripting and control over API calls."
"Initially, the setup is a little bit complex"
"The performance needs to be improved."
"The solution should include some plug-ins to share the generated reports over email."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has moderate pricing."
"We are using its free version."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
"I rate the price of Postman a four out of five."
"This tool is open-source and free to download and use."
"I rate the product's price a nine or ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive. Postman is an expensive tool for Turkey."
"This is an open source solution."
"I am using the free option."
"SoapUI is an open-source solution."
"SoapUI is a cheap tool that does not have an expensive license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise41
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How does Postman compare with Apache JMeter?
Postman lets you easily define variables, which then get updated automatically. This is a huge time-saver and makes processes very efficient. We can also export the test cases we create and share t...
What do you like most about Postman?
The product is easy to implement.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Postman?
Postman is much cheaper than the other tools. I am not aware of the current pricing for Postman because that's taken care of by the client; we just pay and they simply create options. On a per-pers...
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...
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.
What is your primary use case for SoapUI?
We use the solution mainly for API testing.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

PayPal, Shopify, Microsoft, Adobe, Atlassian, Twitter, BestBuy, Coursera
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