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ReadyAPI 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
7.8
ReadyAPI delivers efficient and cost-effective API testing, integrating seamlessly, reducing effort, and providing significant value for enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.7
Tricentis Tosca offers positive ROI through quick test automation, benefiting agile environments by reducing testing time and costs.
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
6.6
ReadyAPI support is knowledgeable and prompt, but lacks phone support, causing delays, especially across time zones.
Sentiment score
6.7
Tricentis Tosca's customer service is efficient and knowledgeable, though some users experience delays and desire process improvements.
SmartBear had an ALM tool that helped manage project documentation, including Jira-related specifications, test plans, and test cases.
Lead QA Engineer at Msys Technologies
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
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
Response through chat has been replaced by chatbots, which has impacted the experience.
Sr Test Automation Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
ReadyAPI is scalable and efficient for large API volumes but lacks flexibility, facing resource and team synchronization challenges.
Sentiment score
7.2
Tricentis Tosca is praised for scalability, effectively managing concurrent tests and meeting enterprise requirements despite some cost challenges.
I rate ReadyAPI between five to six for scalability due to complexities associated with scripting.
QA Team Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
ReadyAPI's performance testing capabilities can impact API scalability assessments.
Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.
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
7.2
ReadyAPI is generally stable but users may encounter minor issues with larger tasks, configuration, and licensing challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
Tricentis Tosca is generally stable, with minor errors, and users highly rate its reliable automated testing capabilities.
Once all configurations and preparations are done, it is very stable.
QA Team Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 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

Users request enhanced tool integration, performance, UI, version control, protocol support, cloud integration, and improved testing features in ReadyAPI.
Tricentis Tosca struggles with upgrades, high costs, mobile testing difficulties, and requires improvements in AI, UI, and reporting.
One issue I found with ReadyAPI is related to event listeners compared to JMeter or SoapUI.
Lead QA Engineer at Msys Technologies
I'm considering the use of AWS and its Lambda functionalities prepared by the vendor.
Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.
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
Moving to a cloud-based application rather than a desktop one could improve Tosca.
Sr Test Automation Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The Vision AI implementation works very slowly, affecting the speed of our work.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
 

Setup Cost

ReadyAPI offers flexible pricing from $1,000 to $6,000 annually, praised for comprehensive API solutions and modular licensing.
Tricentis Tosca's pricing is high, appealing to large enterprises with flexible licensing, though costly for smaller companies.
The pricing of ReadyAPI is reasonable, considering its functionality compared to other tools in the market.
QA Team Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Currently, we don't extensively use the performance testing due to license costs.
Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.
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

ReadyAPI excels in API testing with user-friendly features, strong integration, smart assertions, and comprehensive performance and security capabilities.
Tricentis Tosca offers model-based automation, scriptless testing, drag-and-drop functionality, and AI optimization, enhancing ease of use and integration.
It also aids in faster feedback to developers, allowing them to implement developments in a sprint without the need for extensive testing afterwards, thus improving our time to market metrics.
Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.
ReadyAPI is valuable for web service automation and allowing us to generate test cases and automate processes.
QA Team Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I consider ReadyAPI a cost-effective solution because it covers three verticals without needing to purchase separate tools for security, performance, or functional testing.
Lead QA Engineer at Msys Technologies
It allows for drag-and-drop functionality and demo automation in SAP-based applications, which can be challenging with other automation tools.
Sr Test Automation Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The most useful features of Tricentis Tosca include API scanning, basic web application automation, and data validation capabilities.
Test Automation Specialist at Accenture
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

ReadyAPI
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (7th)
Tricentis Tosca
Ranking in Functional Testing 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), API Testing Tools (3rd), Test Automation Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of ReadyAPI is 1.6%, up from 1.3% 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%
ReadyAPI1.6%
Other84.2%
Functional Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

PK
Lead QA Engineer at Msys Technologies
Experience effective testing with flexible licensing alongside pivotal insights on essential improvements
For non-functional testing, I focus on performance and security. For performance and security tests, I used REST API, SoapUI, and JMeter. These tools help us conduct thorough testing across these dimensions. I find ReadyAPI helpful especially in overcoming security issues, as we experienced slowness in the application after merging our JAR files. For instance, if a person wants to access a university database and encounters a timeout error, we learned through ReadyAPI that the issue was due to HTML protocol limits with the payload. We fine-tuned this process to display the expected data effectively. I consider ReadyAPI a cost-effective solution because it covers three verticals without needing to purchase separate tools for security, performance, or functional testing. ReadyAPI is a versatile tool for creating multiple testing frameworks and validating various parameters seamlessly. REST API is the tool I use to test all three types of articles, meaning I validate the APIs I send to my peers or clients for functional testing, and I also perform security testing to ensure the URL and data passed through multiple components adhere to policies and user privileges. This is done through functional security testing using the REST API tool, and for performance, I ensure that applications can be accessed simultaneously by multiple users without hindrance or slowness through thorough performance testing.
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
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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 Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise72
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ReadyAPI?
The performance testing capabilities are very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ReadyAPI?
Currently, we don't extensively use the performance testing due to license costs. License prices can be a factor in considering which technologies to adopt.
What needs improvement with ReadyAPI?
One issue I found with ReadyAPI is related to event listeners compared to JMeter or SoapUI. We created an in-house dashboard to display automation runs across projects, which required manual updati...
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

Ready API
Orchestrated Service Virtualization
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Healthcare Data Solutions (HDS)
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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