Parasoft SOAtest Reviews

I have used SOATest 9.6 and 9.8 version in my project for automating the webmethods. It is widely recognized as the leading enterprise-grade solution for API testing and API integrity. Thoroughly test composite applications with robust support for REST and web services.

It provides easy handling of RESTful API's and figuring out exact API scalability, responses, and failed API's, returning code captured by the fault injections. We also used other utilities provided by Parasoft like, Datasource, Extension tools and DB tools which reduces most of our manual effort and increased the requirement coverage in automation.

The beauty of Parasoft SOA test tool is that it will support more scripting languages based on QA engineer comfort.

1. More descriptive reports are needed. Very high level reporting is not available.

2. Also the price is a little expensive in terms of users when compared to other similar tools available in the market.

3. WorkSpace is getting corrupted very often.

4. Integrating with other test management tools is really difficult.

1. Parasoft SOA test tool is very good for webservices automation.

2. It provides support for a variety of protocols including JSON.

3. It also provides multiple language support, such as Jython, Phython, Java, Ruby, and Javascript, whichever the tester is comfortable to plug and play with.

4. It is more user friendly when compared to other webservice automation tools.

5. This tool provides a variety of data sources including bean wizard and writable data source.

1. In our project we have to work with multiple tools like FTP, Database, Web services and Java. Parasoft is a bundle of these tools. With just one click I can access any utilities mentioned above. Currently it's saving lots of my time.

2. Parallel run is one of the significant features of Parasoft which saves more effort in my current project by executing the same regression package in different environments in parallel. 

3. Parasoft Console logs are very detail and precise. It helps us to to understand the issue quickly and easily. A normal QA person can understand the logs. 

1. We face issues when working with datasource. In my project we used a CSV file as an input test data files. However when the test data file (CSV) is empty then Parasoft stops abruptly. A workaround we found is to fill some dummy data into the datasource (CSV). We filed a case with Parasoft support about this issue. 

2. Parasoft has lots of limitation when integrating with ALM. We tried with a VAPI script, however it did not work as we expected. I personally feel this is the area to improve in order to compete with the other tools on the market. 

3. We noticed that our project workspace is sometimes corrupted without any reason. Without backups it creates lots of issues. It needs more focus in this area by giving the valid reason for the corruption.

It improved my project ROI in various portions of the testing life cycle.

1. The Parasoft reporting feature needs to be more effective in terms of status graphical representation. Parasoft report doesn’t provide graphical representation, meaning summary of report which indicate - how many test scenarios passed or failed, basically the management is expecting this kind overall summary report. So far, the Parasoft report will be prepared manually and sharing with other stakeholders. 

2. I personally feel that 50% of Parasoft features are provided by SoapUI free of cost. However, not all the webservices protocols.SoapUI is an open source tool that supports most protocols such as SOAP, REST, HTTP, JMS, AMF, and JDBC. From a business perspective, why should a company invest money on Parasoft licensing which has a high cost

3. We cannot use the WebUI testing in full mode and we need more focused improvements in that area. I tried to use Parasoft for functional testing (web testing), such as clicking a button and selecting a value from a dropbox, but I figured out that the tool is mostly built for web service automation and User Interface automation. For instance, HPE UFT is a tool with a bundle of features(web service automation and functional automation). I know Parasoft supports basic WebUI automation but with limitations.

1. Event Monitoring is a valuable feature in SOATest that helped us in validating the back-end requests for mappings and transformations.

2. Variety of tools like diff tool, date math tool, xml assertor, xml transformer, custom extensions, etc. make our life easy.

3. Structural and functional reports, that helps easy reporting and recording of results.

SOATest provided a platform for automated testing and creating an enriched automated regression suite.

The need to refresh 'Test Case Explorer' when adding a data source or environment file, can be improved.

We've used it for 1.5 years and going

The deployment was quite easy and straightforward.

We didn't encounter any issues with stability.

We didn't encounter any issues with scalability.

8/10

8/10

The initial solution available at the clients location was WCFStorm that was completely manual and not very easy to use. When we got a chance to implement the Parasoft toolset, it was pretty obvious that this would make our lives easy.

One key feature of using SOAtest tool is that it provided us early entry in testing cycle without any services. SOAtest provided a solution of testing codes and integrated services before any solid application is developed.

Work file [tst] gradually increases in size due to saving or updates of workspace.  I can see a major improvement in that.

7+

No deployment issues.

No issues.

No issues.

Previously used SoapUI.

• API support for JSON and REST payload
• Virtualization
• Complete visibility of all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting the testing of software servers and environment

It provides easy handling of RESTful API's and figuring out exact API scalabilty, responses, and failed API's, returning code captured by the fault injections.

More descriptive reports are needed.

I've used it for six months.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered, however, more scalability is needed, especially when testing in elastics/cloud platforms.

8/10.

9/10.

We previously used JMeter and were offered better support from Parasoft. As well as this, the reports and user friendliness of SOAtest helped us make the decision to switch.

It's very easy to set up and doesn't take much time. You don't need installation expertise to set it up.

We used a vendor team from Parasoft themselves who were very good.

It's 100%.

The price is a little expensive in terms of users.

We evaluated JMeter as well, which was our existing product.

Even validate SOASTA tool too.

XML assertions, XML data bank, various tools available internallly

Achieved testing middleware services and automating them with the features in SOATest. API testing is made easy. Automation and regression test suite was achieved without the need to write much code.

Performance of the tool

5 years

No

Performance issues if there are too many sessions open on your system.

Good

Good

No

Easy

Knowledgeable

Web services and API test automation was made simple without writing much code.

• Tool offers easy ability to rapidly set up functional test scenarios
• The tool interface is very user friendly and the user guide is a great help
• Tool allows custom scripting and integrates well with most frequently used Source Control tools
• Utilizing features that support Data Driven testing and E2E has increased efficiencies drastically

5 Years. I have used the tool mostly for Web Service Testing.

ParaSoft offers a great customer service, its a great combination along with a good product.

Excellent and very approachable!