Parasoft SOAtest Reviews and Pricing

it_user154116

Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Mar 2, 2015

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SOATest is a reliable Middleware test automation tool

What is most valuable?

XML assertions, XML data bank, various tools available internallly

How has it helped my organization?

Achieved testing middleware services and automating them with the features in SOATest. API testing is made easy. Automation and regression test suite was achieved without the need to write much code.

What needs improvement?

Performance of the tool

For how long have I used the solution?

5 years

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Performance issues if there are too many sessions open on your system.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

Good

Technical Support:

Good

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

How was the initial setup?

Easy

What about the implementation team?

Knowledgeable

What was our ROI?

Web services and API test automation was made simple without writing much code.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user116352

Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jun 12, 2014

We have used it for validating, testing and debugging for more than 200 Java applications

Parasoft SOATest is the greatest tool I have ever used for testing and debugging code. We have used it for validating, testing and debugging for more than 200 Java applications in our Test Software Department. The tool is very rich in features, including setting and configuring for our customization coding standard. We can also configure it to validate and test for selected applications at a specific time and report by email, which is very effectively. I highly recommend this tool for validating, testing, and debugging software on any platform.

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it_user111408

Vice President at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 7, 2014

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SOATEST - Good solution for increasing efficiencies

Valuable Features

Tool offers easy ability to rapidly set up functional test scenarios
The tool interface is very user friendly and the user guide is a great help
Tool allows custom scripting and integrates well with most frequently used Source Control tools
Utilizing features that support Data Driven testing and E2E has increased efficiencies drastically

Use of Solution

5 Years. I have used the tool mostly for Web Service Testing.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

ParaSoft offers a great customer service, its a great combination along with a good product.

Technical Support:

Excellent and very approachable!

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user111045

BI Expert at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

May 6, 2014

Great tool for API Automation testing and performance testing

Parasoft SOAtest is a great tool for API Automation testing and performance testing. Support from Parasoft is awesome too. It's a comprehensive, collaborative test and analysis solution suite designed specifically for test and validation of Service Oriented Architectures. Parasoft SOAtest streamlines the process of rapidly constructing robust regression suites.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user111042

Senior Associate - Projects at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 6, 2014

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Super cool tool that saved us from complicated TDM tools and helped virtualizing 2 Huge Databases & Services

Improvements to My Organization

It totally gives control to the end user to play with data and deploy the changes directly and that reflects in the application.

Use of Solution

1 year

Deployment Issues

There were few hick ups in the beginning but the talented Parasoft support team helped troubleshoot the problem personally.

Stability Issues

Scalability Issues

Yes, there were few issues, that caused the Memory out, but was resolved.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service: 5/5Technical Support: 4/5

Valuable Features

Recording feature for a web session simulation.

Room for Improvement

The GUI should get a facelift to make it more user-friendly. In some cases, there are simply too many windows/tabs/etc that make it difficult to get to the info you need.

Use of Solution

2 years

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service: ExcellentTechnical Support: Very Good

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user102126

Independent Test Automation Professional at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Apr 3, 2014

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SOAtest is a very powerful functional testing tool for SOA-based applications.

What is most valuable?

The ability to rapidly set up functional test scenarios using WSDL web service descriptions or XSD message specifications
The ability to quickly make these test scenarios data driven using one of a variety of Data Sources
The ability to quickly add validation and verification points in these test scenarios
The ability to add custom validations and actions to these test scenarios using the integrated scripting environment

How has it helped my organization?

As a test consultant, I have been able to deliver high quality automated testing solutions to our clients using SOAtest in a quick manner. For example, I have been able to implement a test suite that automatically generates and executes thousands of test cases directly from formal specifications for a web service validating fixed length messages on a large number of syntactic, semantic and business rules.

What needs improvement?

The features of SOAtest used for testing (web) applications on user interface level suffice for very basic web applications, but there are better tools on the market.
The report output could use some work. It contains a lot of technical details which are quite clear to the person or team that implemented the automated tests, but they are not really suited for distribution to, for example, a management team.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SOAtest for over four years at the time of writing

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

As SOAtest is based on Eclipse, it may consume quite a bit of memory, which can lead to performance and stability issues on lower-end systems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service: Good to great, although it helps that I happen to know people at Parasoft personally.Technical Support: Good. The ticketing system on the Parasoft website works well and issues are handled swiftly.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

Very straightforward. The product is delivered as a single installer file and the wizard guides you through the installation process easily. The tutorial in the manual helps new users with creating their first tests.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Not applicable.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Not applicable.

What other advice do I have?

Some best practices I have learned from my own experience:

There's a myriad of tools available within SOAtest. Learn to know them and how to use them.
The possibility for additional scripting is very powerful, but only use it when necessary to avoid overly complex test suites.

Disclosure: The company I work for is a Parasoft partner

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.