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Postman vs SoapUI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

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
Ranking in API Testing Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
API Management (11th), 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 May 2025, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Postman is 10.9%, down from 18.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SoapUI is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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

"It is stable and does not lag."
"No coding required."
"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."
"Postman is useful for API testing."
"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."
"Good at simulating the API code from a fictitious client application to check API behavior."
"The environment variables are a valuable feature because I can easily switch them and see all the developments in different cycles and stages."
"The interface and the different types of API methods you can use are the most valuable aspects of this solution."
"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

"I would like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"The solution can be improved by providing detailed error logs including the line the error took place to make it easier to correct."
"The solution is quite complex partly because the UI needs simplification."
"The request encryption could be one thing on which they can work a little bit. If we don't want to expose our production data but we still want to test our APIs on the production data, there should be a way to do that. It is not only with Postman. I think no tool in the market is doing that right now."
"UI testing needs to be added to the solution."
"If there is any way to have a record and playback feature through UI, as we do in Selenium and IDEs such as Eclipse, it would be great."
"I would like that if you click on one of the fields you should be able to see the entire row of fields, names, and values."
"One area that could be better is collection management."
"There are more advanced API testing tools than SoapUI, and SoapUI could be made better."
"The solution should include some plug-ins to share the generated reports over email."
"The product needs to be available as an extension for the Chrome browser."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We do not pay any money for Postman."
"We use the open-source version. They introduced a new licensing model where your company must subscribe to their services if you're using it for business purposes. However, I think they charge too much if you're only using the basic features. It limits what your organization can do if you're not a paying customer."
"We are currently using the free version, but we have plans to buy a license."
"Postman is a free service."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The solution has moderate pricing."
"The solution is open-source and free."
"I rate the price of Postman a four out of five."
"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
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 open-source, so the cost is minimal compared to commercial platforms.
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.
 

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Sample Customers

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