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Parasoft SOAtest vs Tricentis Tosca comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 16, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
Parasoft SOAtest enhances API testing efficiency and ROI with minimal coding, despite lacking a comprehensive metrics system.
Sentiment score
6.7
Tricentis Tosca offers positive ROI through quick test automation, benefiting agile environments by reducing testing time and costs.
We found Parasoft SOAtest to be quick in building up test patterns, allowing us to create complex tests efficiently.
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Tasks that previously took four or five minutes can now be completed in 20 to 30 seconds with the help of the tool.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Tasks that typically take ten hours are reduced to two to three hours, representing a threefold productivity gain.
Senior Director at Ascendion
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Customer service is excellent, with fast responses and effective problem resolution, despite challenges with complex issues and regional availability.
Sentiment score
6.7
Tricentis Tosca's customer service is efficient and knowledgeable, though some users experience delays and desire process improvements.
The overall competence of the support has declined; previously, the support was very good, but recently, it has become difficult to reach them and get solutions, and it's taking a lot of time.
Technical Architect at MOURI Tech
My experience has been positive; their response to emails or phone calls in tech support is fast, usually between eight to ten hours.
Senior Director at Ascendion
There is no way to mark the importance or criticality of incidents when creating them.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Parasoft SOAtest scales well with proper licensing, though larger tests and memory management need careful planning in CI/CD contexts.
Sentiment score
7.2
Tricentis Tosca is praised for scalability, effectively managing concurrent tests and meeting enterprise requirements despite some cost challenges.
It covers a breadth of applications and products, demonstrating excellent scalability that I have seen in reality.
Senior Director at Ascendion
Scalability is excellent with Tricentis Tosca.
Senior Software Engineer 2 at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Parasoft SOAtest is generally stable, but memory consumption can cause occasional issues, especially with complex scenarios on low-end systems.
Sentiment score
7.4
Tricentis Tosca is generally stable, with minor errors, and users highly rate its reliable automated testing capabilities.
In particular use cases with numerous steps, it experiences crashes.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
For performance and stability, Tricentis Tosca deserves a 10 out of 10.
Senior Software Engineer 2 at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The stability of Tricentis Tosca is rated ten out of ten. It is very stable.
Senior Director at Ascendion
I find stability issues when using the Vision AI feature; Tricentis Tosca is not very stable.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
 

Room For Improvement

Parasoft SOAtest needs better reports, interface, performance, integration, automation, documentation, price, startup time, memory use, and user-friendliness.
Tricentis Tosca struggles with upgrades, high costs, mobile testing difficulties, and requires improvements in AI, UI, and reporting.
It did not support enough of the protocols or cryptography formats we needed, which led us to create our own solutions.
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person working can modify and enhance it.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
In terms of improvements for Parasoft SOAtest, some features could be added or perhaps existing areas could be improved, such as lowering prices.
CEO at SMOne
The self-healing process should automatically handle any changes in web applications; for instance, if properties change inside the application, the tool should automatically take care of it, unlike other tools such as Mabl and TestComplete that have better self-healing capabilities.
Technical Architect at MOURI Tech
The Vision AI implementation works very slowly, affecting the speed of our work.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
If a button in an application changes, Tricentis Tosca should be smart enough to detect the change and still execute the script seamlessly.
Senior Director at Ascendion
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Parasoft SOAtest expensive but worthwhile due to robust features and scalability, despite complex licensing.
Tricentis Tosca's pricing is high, appealing to large enterprises with flexible licensing, though costly for smaller companies.
Parasoft SOAtest is expensive, but it was acquired because the company was dissatisfied with Quick Test Pro.
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The pricing for Tricentis Tosca is extremely high, and I rate it as ten in terms of expense.
Senior Director at Ascendion
A yearly license costs around 20,000 euros.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
For enterprise customers, the cost is manageable because it provides solutions for multiple applications they want to automate.
Sr Test Automation Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Parasoft SOAtest provides rapid functional testing setup, extensive API support, seamless integration, and comprehensive validation tools for scalable end-to-end testing.
Tricentis Tosca offers model-based automation, scriptless testing, drag-and-drop functionality, and AI optimization, enhancing ease of use and integration.
The advantages include the custom tool and the extension tool where you can write scripts in different languages such as Groovy, Java, and Jython.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Parasoft SOAtest is very good at ensuring tests don't pass or fail until they genuinely pass or fail.
QA Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Parasoft SOAtest improves the quality of the application, increases security and security compliance, and it is a cost-effective tool.
CEO at SMOne
The most useful features of Tricentis Tosca include API scanning, basic web application automation, and data validation capabilities.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
The features I find most valuable in Tricentis Tosca are that it's the easiest way to build the scripts and to do the CI/CD process; using Tricentis Tosca is very useful and easy.
Technical Architect at MOURI Tech
The modular approach reduces scripting effort by at least fifty percent, which significantly cuts down on the script development time.
Senior Director at Ascendion
 

Categories and Ranking

Parasoft SOAtest
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
16th
Ranking in API Testing Tools
10th
Ranking in Test Automation Tools
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (20th)
Tricentis Tosca
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
1st
Ranking in API Testing Tools
3rd
Ranking in Test Automation Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
113
Ranking in other categories
Service Virtualization (1st), Mobile App Testing Tools (1st), Regression Testing Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Parasoft SOAtest is 1.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tricentis Tosca is 14.2%, down from 19.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Functional Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Tricentis Tosca14.2%
Parasoft SOAtest1.7%
Other84.1%
Functional Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has reduced manual testing effort with customization options but occasionally crashes during complex executions
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person working can modify and enhance it. We can add more customized tools, and reporting can be enhanced. Currently, the reporting part is at a step level, and it does not give details for a particular test case, so improvements in those areas would be beneficial. There are performance issues where the tool crashes sometimes. In particular use cases with numerous steps, it experiences crashes. I have encountered stability and performance issues with it.
reviewer2740515 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer 2 at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Automation test development becomes accessible and effective for functional testers
Tricentis Tosca is a codeless tool, making it easy for everyone to understand the transition of how to develop scenarios or test cases. In Tricentis Tosca, analyzing failures is straightforward because every time it fails somewhere, I get the screenshot, which helps me analyze how and why it failed. It has all the modules, including some pre-built ones that can be reused efficiently. Compared to other code tools such as Selenium, where I used to develop one script in one day, with Tricentis Tosca I can easily develop one script in four hours or three hours, saving four to five hours in a day.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise72
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Parasoft SOAtest?
I am not involved in the pricing aspect, setup cost, or licensing cost of Parasoft SOAtest. Our dedicated tools and support teams handle those aspects.
What needs improvement with Parasoft SOAtest?
One improvement would be to integrate it with modern technologies such as AI, so we can generate test cases by providing the details so that it can generate the structure, and later the person work...
What is your primary use case for Parasoft SOAtest?
We use Parasoft SOAtest for API testing and service virtualization with responder setup. Service virtualization is very helpful in our testing. When any downstream system is not available or we are...
How does Micro Focus UFT One compare to Tricentis Tosca?
We reviewed MicroFocus UFT One but ultimately chose to use Tricentis Tosca because we needed API testing. MicroFocus UFT is a performance and functional testing tool. We tested it, and it was well...
How does Tricentis Tosca compare with Worksoft Certify?
Tosca fulfills our business needs better because it is an end-to-end solution across technologies. We like that it is scriptless, so even non-experienced staff can use it. To put it simply, with To...
What do you like most about Tricentis Tosca?
For beginners, the product is good, especially for those who are interested in the quality side of software testing.
 

Also Known As

SOAtest
Orchestrated Service Virtualization
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Charter Communications, Sabre, Caesars Entertainment, Charles Schwab, ING, Intel, Northbridge Financial, Capital Services, WoodmenLife
HBO, AMEX, BMW Group, ING, Bosch, Austrian Airlines, Deutsche Bank, Henkel, Allianz, Bank of America, UBS, Orange, Siemens, Swiss Re, Vodafone
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