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OpenText Service Virtualization vs ReadyAPI Virtualization 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

OpenText Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ReadyAPI Virtualization
Ranking in Service Virtualization
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Service Virtualization category, the mindshare of OpenText Service Virtualization is 15.9%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ReadyAPI Virtualization is 11.3%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Service Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Service Virtualization15.9%
ReadyAPI Virtualization11.3%
Other72.8%
Service Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Marco Technology
Is scalable and easy to use, but the monitoring feature needs improvement
The support for Micro Focus Service Virtualization is better than that for other products. The technical support staff are highly skilled. Sometimes, we don't have to open a ticket. We can just go into the community and then talk to them directly. I would rate technical support at seven out of ten.
Venkata Yedida - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Good RESTful API support and performs well, but customization is difficult and time-consuming
My advice for anyone who is considering this product is that it is mainly for RESTful calls. If somebody is using Swagger APIs or some RESTful calls as part of the specification that they want to virtualize, then this tool can be a good choice. Also, if they want to virtualize a GUI tool, then it is good. In general, this is a good product but I think that the user experience has to be improved. There's just a lot of manual work that has to be done with scripting. This should be reduced to make it a more seamless experience for the user. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We choose HPE servers because they're rock solid."
"Service Virtualization is key."
"Service virtualization enables our teams to create, develop, and test software against virtual services that simulate real service behavior with no constraints, available anytime."
"Don't give up. It may sound very expensive at the beginning, but we have realized more than $15 million in savings at one of our major healthcare clients."
"It is easy to use, and the coding is easier to develop as well."
"Service Virtualization cuts down dependency across dev as well as any third party components."
"This product has provided us the capability to virtualize dependent systems, which has resulted in the following improvements to our organization: More productivity No dependency on third-party systems Faster test execution cycles."
"The most valuable feature is SAP virtualization."
"In times of DevOps, where continuous delivery and deployment is progressing at such a fast pace, ServiceV Pro has emerged as an add-on for enhancing our API product finish."
"ServiceV Pro enabled our organization to deliver an end-to-end solution by virtualizing external systems, which was easy to implement and provided for a lot of flexibility."
"Ties-in with the rest of the SoapUI platform and its ability to record traffic and create a virtual endpoint."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Discovery option to create virtual services."
"Very good for the price point and compared to more expensive or custom development solutions."
"Our testing process time was reduced by 30%."
"ServiceV Pro functionality helps in achieving better results in terms of performance and execution of APIs, which definitely results in reaching high-level standards, therefore, getting appreciation from the stakeholders as well."
 

Cons

"HP should work on providing better scripting support and include more communication and transport protocols."
"More support for different protocols. I would love to see more wizards rather than relying on some custom coding, which you can use C# as well as Visual Basic scripting."
"The monitoring feature is not impressive because they use Windows for so much monitoring."
"The data-driven model is painful at best."
"I’m rating it a 7 because it is not a fully evolved virtualization tool compared to other tools offering the same service."
"The integration with other solutions, such as ALM and Jira, should be improved."
"I would like them to reduce the cost of the licenses."
"A lot of technology, a lot of Microsoft services, a lot of support to the functionality aspect of it - they need to mature a lot."
"ServiceV still has some bug in the tools, such as structure of the project, integration, and combination with different tools present in the same tools, like SoapUI NG and LoadUI."
"Requires more documentation or videos with examples, which is easily understood by the new users."
"Greater capacity to create Virtual APIs based on HAR files or wireshark recordings."
"The effort required to utilize the capabilities/usage of ServiceV Pro looks like the one area where we could have some further improvements made just to minimize the time required by a developer to use all the products collaboratively (SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro)."
"It needs support for a wider set of protocols."
"The solution does not allow you to export APIs to the cURL command like Postman."
"This solution has few features for customization."
"ServiceV still has some bug in the tools, such as structure of the project, integration, and combination with different tools present."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Micro Service Virtualization is very expensive. The pricing of this product is in line with all of the other big name-brand products."
"It's an expensive solution, but you can get discounts. You have to buy one server and one designer together, for example, and it may cost 15 million Thai Baht."
"This product is worth the cost."
"Be updated with the latest offerings that the tool provides so as to avoid any clashes with issues, like licensing."
"Ability to have general IT staff enable developers using this software as opposed to more expensive vendors or developers building their own solution."
"Pricing is alright, however more options would be desirable for a fairly new product like ServiceV."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Transportation Company
6%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Service Virtualization, HPE Service Virtualization
ServiceV Pro
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Virgin Media, TTNet
Zurich Insurance Group
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText Service Virtualization vs. ReadyAPI Virtualization and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
893,164 professionals have used our research since 2012.