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Appium vs ReadyAPI Test comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Appium
Ranking in Regression Testing Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (10th)
ReadyAPI Test
Ranking in Regression Testing Tools
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (22nd), API Testing Tools (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Regression Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Appium is 2.0%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ReadyAPI Test is 3.0%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Regression Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Appium2.0%
ReadyAPI Test3.0%
Other95.0%
Regression Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

AS
Independent consultant, at OpenText
Efficient mobile testing with intuitive emulation capabilities and a user-friendly interface
Initial setup for Appium (especially for iOS) is not beginner-friendly.Consumes too much of your host machine's resources, potentially slowing down the machine.Appium Inspector often lacks deep insight or crashes with certain app builds. Improve test flakiness by intelligently selecting robust self-healing locators,simplified installers, better documentation, GUI-based config management,smart wait mechanisms and better failure logs.
Luis Sanchez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Dormakaba
Helps in data, regression, performance, security, and functional testing
ReadyAPI Test needs to improve its reporting. While reports provide essential information when issues arise, or tests fail, having more graphical representations directly within the reports would be beneficial. It needs to improve stability and scalability as well. The tool's support is slow, and takes months to reach a solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The way Appium server interacts with mobile apps is fantastic. It provides all the information about the elements inside the app, Android as well as iOS. I can interact with the element quickly, just type some text or get some text values from the element - whether it's a drop-down, or web text, or a native element."
"The automation part is extremely helpful in streamlining our processes."
"It can be used with different programming languages."
"It has flaws, but is still much better than any other cross-platform mobile automation tool."
"The solution helps with test automation. We focus mostly on Java."
"This solution has improved our organization in terms of efficiency."
"Appium has easy interaction with mobile."
"We develop apps using the React Native framework, and Appium integrates well for testing those apps. The Appium automation framework also has good integration with GitHub Actions and plenty of other tools and frameworks, including BrowserStack."
"We can test as many APIs as we like, it's very reliable and very easy to understand, anyone can learn it very quickly."
"API mockups, functional testing, and load testing are valuable features."
"We are using SoapUI Pro as an API testing tool, and we do API building, testing, and tracking."
"Using this solution, we developed tests about three times faster than we did with Java and by doing manual REST reverse engineering from product code (Java)."
"Great tool. Makes API testing super easy to set up and use."
"I've majorly worked on SoapUI Pro, LoadUI and Service Pro and found all of them equally useful and very easy to understand tools."
"The solution has some good scanning features."
"API mockups is a feature that quickly allowed us to have a working API mockup interface during the initial API discussion meetings."
 

Cons

"It breaks down."
"Appium doesn't recognize IDs placed by our developers on nested elements when we use React Native for iOS; it just sees the whole page and one element."
"Support-wise, it could be better."
"I'm facing a lot of issues with my new juniors when they set up Appium for iOS."
"Appium could improve by enabling record and run techniques similar to what they have in other licensing tools, such as Micro Focus. We have to all write the code, and then we can proceed."
"When doing mobile testing Appium is difficult as you can't use it for mobile testing in virtual machines."
"Configuration-wise, there is a lot of room for improvement."
"Another room for improvement in Appium is that it's buggy sometimes."
"There are a lot of bugs and it can sometimes be 'quirky."
"There are no bugs or glitches, but a few features available only in the Pro version could be made available in the open-source version. Some of the features do not necessarily need to be only available to Pro users. The data generator would be really useful for the open-source version users."
"Because we are paying such a huge cost, we expect more hands-on support from their research and development team."
"The UI should be improved a little."
"I have not been able to use this tool a lot of time, so I don't consider myself in a position to say what can really be improved."
"Working with Git needs to be improved. SoapUI 1.8.0 has this annoying habit of touching or changing many files that are unrelated to a test developer's actual change."
"I am not really a fan of the Ready Pro version even though I am sure it offers a lot."
"In the LoadUI companion the scripts are not user friendly, and it also has a slow startup time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source so it is free."
"The price is good for people to be able to make a favorable decision for the value."
"I'm unsure if there's any cost associated with Appium. I got the free package which includes the server GUI application and the inspector application, and it was free to download, and that's all I need to get my work done. I'm not aware of any additional costs associated with the tool."
"As far as I know, Appium is a free solution. It's not for commercial use."
"It's open source, so it's completely free."
"The solution is free."
"The pricing of Appium is fine."
"There is no license for this solution because it is open-source."
"My understanding is that the pricing is okay, however, that's taken care of by our procurement team. It's around $5,000 for three years."
"The cost is not that bad."
"ReadyAPI Test is about $680 per user, per year."
"We have team members who are working in shifts, and it is not possible for us to utilize a single license on a single piece of hardware so that multiple team members can use it. We have to take out multiple licenses for each team member."
"SoapUI Pro is open source but it has a subscription-based model which involves some more features. At the moment we are using the free version. The Pro version requires a license, and it is an annual license to use it."
"It is free of charge."
"I think the number of users is also limited, considering how much we pay."
"ReadyAPI Test is expensive, and I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Appium?
I do recommend Appium. It is an open-source solution and completely free of charge. We use Appium and Appium Studio as our base for any type of mobile automation for testing. It has a great interfa...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Appium?
My experience with Appium from a pricing perspective is favorable due to it being open source, making it a cost-effective option.
What needs improvement with Appium?
The deployment process and configuration are quite complex and require improvement. Additionally, the wait time functionality could be enhanced as I experienced failures with longer wait times.
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