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Broadcom Service Virtualization vs Parasoft Virtualize comparison

 

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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

Broadcom Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Parasoft Virtualize
Ranking in Service Virtualization
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Service Virtualization category, the mindshare of Broadcom Service Virtualization is 27.1%, down from 31.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Parasoft Virtualize is 23.6%, up from 18.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Service Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Service Virtualization27.1%
Parasoft Virtualize23.6%
Other49.3%
Service Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

DM
Senior Project Manager at Infosys
Can be used for the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party terminal insurance
We use it for the virtualization of third-party APIs for performance testing. Our second use case is related to the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party terminal insurance, which is used for insurance clients In the case of the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party…
SP
Solutions Architect at InfoStretch
Easy to set up and scale but needs more data virtualization capabilities
I'm working with a service organization and I'm working for a client and that client requires this solution. That's why we use it. Basically, we are just a customer and end-user. The solution is easy to set up and a good tool for the service virtualization so far. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. If the product could do more things, I'd give it higher marks.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CA Service Virtualization is totally number one in the market, no one comes close to this."
"It gives us the ability to simulate and virtualize components that we don’t currently have."
"The ability to do parallel development and testing reduces our costs for duplicating environments, improving the productivity of our developers, and bringing products faster to market."
"Their support is great."
"It has helped us to shift-left in our testing life cycle."
"This helps my team in virtualizing responses so we are not dependent on the systems when they are down."
"You can create virtual services from a live recording or you can even take raw traffic and convert that into request/response pairs, and you can create an entire virtual service from just those simple little files, and that's super awesome when that all works out."
"Service virtualization is the most valuable feature because we can create end-to-end services without actual hardware, so that saves a lot of cost and money."
"Parasoft Virtualize helped us in accelerating application delivery by allowing us to test early."
"Using Virtualize, this dependency has been removed completely, allowing the test team to provision many more orders in shorter time, enabling them to test much more, much faster."
"We decided to use the Parasoft solution because it's more powerful and very easy to use."
"Parasoft's product is easier to operate, and drives the user to make the right decisions and complete the work efficiently."
"The solution is easy to set up and a good tool for the service virtualization so far."
"Parasoft Virtualization allowed us to create a simulated environment and test the code before entering the testing cycle."
"The initial setup is quite easy to manage."
"Service Virtualization has provided a way to move forward where we do not find any way to go."
 

Cons

"I would rate customer service from CA to be very low AFTER you have purchased the software."
"There is need to improve the DevTest Workstation with UI-based testing features."
"They still need to improve the reporting functionality for better customization."
"Scalability is the reason I rated it as 8/10. We’re going through some challenges with scalability right now."
"Sometimes, different versions of tools differ in behavior and new versions don't completely provide backwards compatibility."
"I would really like more relevant online documentation."
"Sometimes we need to develop in web services custom behaviors that simulate technically and functionally the real service."
"I would give the technical support a 50-50 rating, the reason being, for some of the custom solutions we have to depend on the tool."
"An area of improvements would be Data Repository, as in current stage it is difficult to manage data from this aspect."
"It is somewhat complex regarding its configuration setup with different technologies."
"It should have more fine-grained authorization."
"When Virtualize is running on a (virtual) machine with limited memory, over time it might consume more and more memory and (worst case) stall."
"It would be ideal if the product offered more in terms of data virtualization or have a separate product that could be combined with this one that could offer a bit more in order to cover more of our requirements."
"JMS Queue Monitoring: When deploying the TIBCO JMS monitor, we saw an approximately 50% failure rate in detecting the desired event."
"This product is too expensive when scaling."
"Performance enhancement for large payloads."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a yearly licensing cost, and I would give it a four out of five."
"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"I don't have the exact dollar amount, but we have spent close to $1,000,000 for a three-year agreement, for an enterprise level."
"There are additional fees for advanced-level technical support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Construction Company
18%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise98
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Also Known As

ITKO LISA, CA LISA, CA Service Virtualization
Parasoft Service Virtualization
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Union Bank, Swisscom, Autotrader, KPN, ING Bank, Best Buy, American Family Insurance, TESCO, Telefonica, Molina Healthcare, California DMV, Aktia, City Index, Con-way, DirecTV, GRU Airport, Liquidnet, NAB, Nordstrom, T-Mobile, TIM Brasil, 
Alaska Airlines, Cox Automotive, Comcast, Lufthansa, Samsung, WoodmenLife, Caesars Entertainment, Capital One, REI
Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom Service Virtualization vs. Parasoft Virtualize and other solutions. Updated: August 2026.
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