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Broadcom Service Virtualization vs ReadyAPI Test comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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...
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
Service Virtualization (2nd)
ReadyAPI Test
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (21st), Regression Testing Tools (10th), API Testing Tools (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. Broadcom Service Virtualization is designed for Service Virtualization and holds a mindshare of 27.1%, down 31.4% compared to last year.
ReadyAPI Test, on the other hand, focuses on Functional Testing Tools, holds 2.3% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Service Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Service Virtualization27.1%
Parasoft Virtualize23.6%
OpenText Service Virtualization16.5%
Other32.8%
Service Virtualization
Functional Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ReadyAPI Test2.3%
Tricentis Tosca9.7%
OpenText Functional Testing7.8%
Other80.2%
Functional Testing Tools
 

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…
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

"CA Service Virtualization has helped us advance the development cycle when third-party interfaces are not available to us."
"You have to go check this tool out; the innovation is amazing, as CA has continued to add to the services and transports that it supports and has built all of the enterprise capabilities into the product as well."
"Yes, I have used similar solutions from two other vendors but love the UI, and ease of use of CA Service Virtualization."
"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"This helps my team in virtualizing responses so we are not dependent on the systems when they are down."
"We had a number of back-end services that were not available during testing times. What this had allowed us to do is get our early life testing done while those services are not available."
"Its integration capabilities with other external tools and technologies - such as Selenium, JDBC, external JARs (which can be placed in /HotDeploy and used) - is quite impressive, as is its wide range of support for various protocols, such as FTP, FTPS, HTTP to TCP, etc."
"Some of the virtual services that have been built by this solution will support somewhere around 2000 to 3000GPS perfectly."
"For the money this is a great tool."
"The advantage is that the product is handy for testers, user friendly; ability to use load, security tests or create mocks."
"The ability to analyse and simulate web services are clearly the main value."
"The utmost importance lies in the performance of the application."
"The out-of-the-box support for the database is a valuable feature."
"Overall, I think this solution is very cool and easy-to-use."
"One good feature is SoapUI's URL check, which allows you to check among the applications. I'm not just talking about the ones for Android. It has all kinds of multi-world tests that are really helpful."
"SoapUI Pro is a good tool when it comes to API design and orchestration. Additionally, it is beneficial for functional and for performance testing."
 

Cons

"It is not a stable solution."
"DevTest is pretty massive. It's hard to tell what different parts of it can be used to do different things. They should modulize it more."
"The solution required a lot of CPU memory, but using enough PC OZU fixed the problems."
"It was purchased from another larger corporate project and just kind of sat there, paid for but on the shelf."
"It’s a good product, but comes with a hefty cost. If there is a better licensing/cost negotiation, then it can work, otherwise it’s not a viable solution."
"HPE ALM integration could be better, especially for exporting, importing, and reusing test cases written in an older version of CA Service Virtualization."
"UI Testing and Reporting Features."
"The overall installation architecture should be simplified."
"I find that I'm fighting with the opportunities to order requests."
"Automation features are not user-friendly."
"In the LoadUI companion the scripts are not user friendly, and it also has a slow startup time."
"The product is a good solution for functional back end testing, but the price should be lower due to already mentioned problems, bugs."
"I am never going to buy SoapUI, far too expensive."
"Occasionally, when you are saving, the solution can hang."
"Better integration capabiliites with a range of Test Management Systems (not that it is not possible using the API) where a range of aspects are considered such as housing of the project, sharing (some capabilities here), versioning of projects, automatic saving of run information and results (again this can be done in test suite setup but would be great to view in a test management system)."
"We tried automation but it's not easy to integrate with the synching and some of the mission tools that we use for automated testing of APIs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a yearly licensing cost, and I would give it a four out of five."
"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."
"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"There are additional fees for advanced-level technical support."
"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 Pro version can be expensive for some companies. There are no costs in addition to the licensing fees."
"I think the number of users is also limited, considering how much we pay."
"ReadyAPI Test is about $680 per user, per year."
"ReadyAPI Test is expensive, and I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
"It is free of charge."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
15%
Insurance Company
6%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

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 Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise20
 

Also Known As

ITKO LISA, CA LISA, CA Service Virtualization
SoapUI NG Pro
 

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, 
Apple, Cisco, FedEx, eBay, Microsoft, MasterCard, Pfizer, Nike, Oracle, Volvo, Lufthansa, Disney, HP, Intel, U.S. Air Force, Schindler
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