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Postman Enterprise vs SoapUI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
API Management (5th), API Monitoring Software (1st), AI Software Development (5th)
SoapUI
Ranking in API Testing Tools
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Postman Enterprise is 7.6%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SoapUI is 1.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Postman Enterprise7.6%
SoapUI1.9%
Other90.5%
API Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

RituRaj - PeerSpot reviewer
SDE 2 at Virtusa
Centralized collaboration has transformed API testing and documentation across multiple teams
In terms of improvement, the UI can sometimes feel heavy for larger collections in the workspaces. Additionally, performance may slow down with complex API projects, and pricing can be expensive for smaller teams. However, it is quite suitable for bigger teams. Other areas for improvement include better reporting and analytics dashboards, and more advanced native test environment features could enhance workflow, with smoother offline support and sync handling. Additionally, better performance for very large collections would be helpful, along with more intuitive navigation for enterprise-scale workspaces, stronger reporting analytics, easier management of permissions across large teams, and more flexible automation and testing report options would be beneficial. Small usability and performance improvements would make Postman Enterprise even more efficient for larger organizations. Postman Enterprise needs better performance optimization for large enterprises, more detailed analytics user reporting, improved API governance and audit visibility, simpler permissions and access control management, faster sync and loading times for larger collections, and more advanced built-in testing and reporting capabilities.
PramodChaudharyDarwha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at tcs
Organizing and sharing reusable API test suites has improved our team’s regression testing
SoapUI is really great for my team because when we are trying to create test cases and the requests that we are going to send to an API, we can create one SoapUI folder which will be XML and this XML is used by SoapUI itself. If we want to share whatever request we are running on my system with another person, we can export the test suite that we are working on and give it to another person. It is shareable through file upload and download. However, we cannot share it through a link or something implemented on the cloud. The best feature of SoapUI is that we can build a suite in SoapUI. When we build a suite, it creates a kind of directory where we can organize our tests in one place, and then we can share it. Another best feature is that we can execute the tests that we want to do on API level in a sequential fashion or in parallel, through synchronous or asynchronous calls. For the feature where we can organize and share test suites, because we have the test suite now, there are many things that we want to check manually. This suite can be shared with a team, and then the suite can be divided into parts or we can divide the work by sharing the suite. We can update the suite and then we can make a final suite that will be useful for next iterations. This has helped us in creating a very efficient test suite and a way to organize our test cases and regression suite.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has helped us make better APIs, and it is able to provide us with error reports if there are problems with the APIs, which has saved our developers time."
"The solution provides visibility for PDF reports without needing to install plugins."
"It allowed us to understand the working and performance of the APIs."
"In general, we have more visibility about the APIs that we have and how they work, and we also have more visibility about the documentation, with a lot of users now familiar with APIs because Postman has quite a user-friendly UI, leading to an educational improvement."
"Postman is better than SoapUI when it comes to usability."
"The most valuable feature of Postman is the large libraries."
"I have enjoyed using parameters and setting parameters while powering directly."
"Postman offers great features, so I get a better opportunity to run bulk tasks through single command lines and single APIs, and we have an internal Postman AI tool, which helps improvise the code and analyze the quality if you find any errors."
"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 really great for my team because when we are trying to create test cases and the requests that we are going to send to an API, we can create one SoapUI folder which will be XML and this XML is used by SoapUI itself."
"SoapUI is a pretty simple tool."
 

Cons

"One thing which Postman needs to improve is the documentation. The documentation of Postman is not that great when compared to other tools."
"The solution is quite complex partly because the UI needs simplification."
"The solution is quite complex and not so easy to understand at first glance."
"Postman is a bit more of a complex tool, making it an area where improvements can be made."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"Multi-part requests should be handled in the octet-stream."
"Since I am using the free tier, one improvement would be to increase the number of requests you can send in a short time period."
"Postman needs more advanced data-driven testing."
"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."
"SoapUI is not that scalable."
"The product needs to be available as an extension for the Chrome browser."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Postman is a free service."
"Its price is moderate as compared to other competitors. The version that we are using is not open source, so it is not free."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
"The solution is free for individuals, but for companies that use it across the organization, you have to pay per user."
"I am using the free option."
"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 solution offers a free version."
"Postman is an open-source product. It is free to download from Google."
"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
15%
Computer Software Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise44
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise5
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Postman?
When it comes to pricing, setup cost, and licensing, my experience indicates that the pricing is on the higher side, especially for smaller teams and growing organizations. However, enterprise lice...
What needs improvement with Postman?
In terms of improvement, the UI can sometimes feel heavy for larger collections in the workspaces. Additionally, performance may slow down with complex API projects, and pricing can be expensive fo...
What needs improvement with SoapUI?
One area where improvement can be made is the user interface. The user interface is pretty understandable compared to another platform like Postman. It is very minimal in terms of what we can see o...
What is your primary use case for SoapUI?
I have been working as a software development engineer for five years and have been using SoapUI for almost five years. We were working with REST APIs, and although there are other tools available ...
What advice do you have for others considering SoapUI?
I suggest starting with a clearer goal, which will help. Begin with a few APIs, testing them manually, and then trying the features such as simpler automation or sequential and parallel running of ...
 

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Sample Customers

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