ReadyAPI Test vs Telerik Test Studio comparison

SmartBear and Progress Software are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. SmartBear is ranked #25, while Progress Software is ranked #24. SmartBear holds a 1.9% mindshare in FT, compared to Progress Software’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of SmartBear users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

ReadyAPI Test

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

ReadyAPI Test and Telerik Test Studio are well-established competitors in the test automation sector for software development. ReadyAPI Test excels in API testing, while Telerik Test Studio is preferred for its versatility across multiple testing domains.

Features: ReadyAPI Test facilitates user-friendly API testing, advanced reporting, and supports numerous protocols, making it an ideal choice for API-centric tasks. On the other hand, Telerik Test Studio offers a broad spectrum of testing, including web, desktop, and load testing, appealing to developers who require a variety of testing options. Its multifaceted features give it an edge over ReadyAPI Test in environments requiring expansive testing across different platforms.

Room for Improvement: ReadyAPI Test could enhance its capabilities by expanding beyond API testing to cover more test environments. Its feature set could also be optimized for better integration with diverse system architectures. Lastly, improving user interface navigation can further enhance usability. Telerik Test Studio would benefit from more competitive pricing to appeal to smaller businesses. Enhanced reporting output to provide more actionable insights can improve decision-making. Additionally, streamlining the learning curve for first-time users can facilitate faster onboarding.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ReadyAPI Test is favored for its seamless deployment with strong CI support and detailed documentation; however, its customer service focuses more on self-service options. Conversely, Telerik Test Studio provides a user-friendly installation process alongside dedicated customer service, offering personalized assistance and gaining a reputation for tailored involvement in client deployment processes.

Pricing and ROI: ReadyAPI Test is praised for its cost-effective pricing structure, widely viewed as delivering excellent value, particularly for API testing. Although higher priced, Telerik Test Studio is perceived to offer substantial ROI for projects needing extensive testing across various platforms, with its pricing justified by comprehensive testing capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

ReadyAPI Test

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

25th

Ranking in Regression Testing Tools

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

API Testing Tools (12th)

Telerik Test Studio

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

24th

Ranking in Regression Testing Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Load Testing Tools (14th), Test Automation Tools (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of ReadyAPI Test is 1.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Telerik Test Studio is 1.5%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Functional Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Telerik Test Studio	1.5%
ReadyAPI Test	1.9%
Other	96.6%

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Luis Sanchez

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.

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Chirag N M

Senior Quality Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Supports multiple platforms and identifies elements in a good way

Instead of Telerik Test Studio, I'd recommend writing test cases in .Net so that in the future, if you move away from Telerik Test Studio to another tool, it would be easier for you. Your current code would be reusable. You won't have to change your test cases much. We wrote our code in a separate IDE, which was Visual Studio, and internally, we had the infrastructure to interact with Telerik Test Studio. All the internal logic that we needed for our purpose was implemented in .NET, and we used Telerik Test Studio for tests. I'd rate Telerik Test Studio an eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"Using SoapUI's automation suites to run all our test cases saved us a lot of time. Running 300 test cases takes about three to four days. When you automate all that, it takes only two to three hours."

"It's a very simple solution to use."

"It clearly makes it easy to test APIs based on the SOAP protocol. We are a logistics company, and we have lots of tracking calls coming in. We provide APIs for tracking services, and it makes sense for us to use SoapUI to test them thoroughly."

"API mockups, functional testing, and load testing are valuable features."

"The solution offers excellent integration capabilities."

"The most valuable features are that it is user-friendly, it's easy to use and easy to teach to others."

"ReadyAPI has the power to enrich all the technical work. You can achieve any complex task using ReadyAPI. I can also do UI automation with ReadyAPI. In a few test cases, we want to check the API and the equivalent UI. I download a job and write a piece of Groovy or Java code. It's almost the same in ReadyAPI. I can do that in a single test case. ReadyAPI is a powerful tool because you can do anything you want, but only you need to download the right set of jobs and produce the right set of code."

Cons

"I would like more documentation, training, tutorials, etc. Also, I don't particularly appreciate that I have to save everything. It takes up a lot of space on my laptop, but I have to install the WSDL again If I don't save it."

"The UI should be improved."

"The documentation needs to be improved because the interface is not easy for a first-time user."

"Grouping of the cases is not possible in SoapUI, to my knowledge. When working with critical cases or the, we were not able to group them properly. We can definitely create a suite and add them there, but within a whole suite, we have to identify them, which was not easy."

"It is limited to scope and risk services only. It does have some support for JMS, but it is not out-of-the-box; you have to do some tweaks here and there."

"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."

"Occasionally, when you are saving, the solution can hang."

"Stability has been an issue for us. It needs to be looked at and made a bit better."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ReadyAPI Test is about $680 per user, per year."

"The cost is not that bad."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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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"The pricing is fair so I rate it an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

18%

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	19

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SoapUI NG Pro

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Overview

For REST, SOAP and other popular API and IoT protocols, SoapUI NG Pro provides the industry's most comprehensive and easy-to-learn functional testing capabilities. Based on open core technology proven by millions of community members, SoapUI NG Pro helps you ensure that your APIs perform as intended, meet your business requirements, timeframes, and team skill sets right from day one.

SmartBear

Telerik Test Studio is an innovative and easy-to-use automated web, WPF and load testing solution. Test Studio tests support essential technologies like ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, PHP and MVC. Test Studio functional testing is a comprehensive yet cost-effective automated testing suite. Users can complete tasks quickly and easily with the product's point-and-click interface, which is augmented by Telerik-exclusive features like a visual storyboard and 3D element selection. Test Studio also offers script-less test automation for Silverlight applications. Test Studio load tests allow users to capture quickly capture, multiply and replay complex web traffic. Record HTTP traffic from desktop browsers, mobile devices and web services, and replay traffic with hundreds or thousands of virtual users spread across multiple machines. Fine-tune your load scenario with data binding, user authentication, and dynamic targets. Test Studio Mobile is an intuitive and easy to use test automation solution for Mobile application testing. Create tests once and test across multiple devices and OS's. The point and click functionality allows users to capture quickly and replay complex mobile testing functionality. There is no need to write a single line of code. Test against any number of real devices as you wish or through an emulator by connecting through Wifi. Test Studio for APIs helps customers verify the integrity and reliability of their APIs in an easy way and incorporate their API testing effort in their continuous testing and delivery process. Test Studio for APIs is used to determine whether APIs return the correct response for a broad range of commonly accepted requests, react properly to edge cases such as failures and unexpected inputs, as well as deliver the responses in an acceptable amount of time.

Progress Software

Sample Customers

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

Fox, Chicco, BNP Paribas, eBay, Coca Cola, AT&T

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