# SoapUI Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

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SoapUI

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Last updated December 14th, 2025

# Reviews of SoapUI

Ease of use

4.3

Customer Service

4.2

## Pros and Cons in Reviews

Parth S

QA engineerInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I like the way it has all the features to handle different types of testing, such as API testing and load testing, and it allows the automation of the test cases.“

December 8, 2024

SJ

Sebastian J

Sr. QA Automation EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“It becomes tricky to create new APIs and collections“

November 2, 2024

Parth S

QA engineerInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Also, it can support the automation of the test cases using the script making it more powerful software.“

December 8, 2024

At

Akash t

Quality Assurance AnalystInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months.

“Limited support for virtual services - The paid subscription may not be affordable for individuals, although it is reasonably priced for company use.“

April 7, 2023

vn

vignesh n

Executive ArchitectComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“love the UI part of Soapui and to write direct soap Put,delete,Post calls easily“

January 17, 2025

AM

Ashok M

Software engineer Information Technology and Services, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years.

“Multiple tabs sometimes is a trouble and code or file deleted is hard to retrieve“

May 25, 2023

PG

Paulo Cesar G

Sr. QA Automation EngineerInsurance, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years.

“it allows to easily generate an API request for functional test“

November 20, 2024

Mandar B

QA EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“It is hard to see the text in xml request as the display tends to get smaller. If there's error in response, sometimes it just keep loading before displaying the request timed out.“

October 19, 2022

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Parth S.  
QA engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great tool for API testing"

December 8, 2024

4.0

Overall I like to work with SoapUI as it can handle both SOAP and REST request type testing. Also, it can support the automation of the test cases using the script making it more powerful software.

Pros

I like the way it has all the features to handle different types of testing, such as API testing and load testing, and it allows the automation of the test cases.

Cons

The design is not easy to understand for beginners.

Switched from

[Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/)

Easy to implement automation using SOAPUI.

Review Source

RB

Rimjhim B.  
Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the best tool for API request"

April 26, 2021

5.0

Overall I have very good experience with SOAPUI. No least things to comment.

Pros

I have used SoapUi for more than 5 years and its been highly useful interms of running jobs, API requests and creating our own automated script runner for SOAP requests

Cons

I dont have any least things to say about this software as I used it on daily basis to regularly check request/response with the backend system

Switched from

[Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/)

Since I am used to SOAP UI than postman and it was my wish to use any software ;)

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Darian P.  
Team Lead of Internal Tools  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review of SoapUI from Smartbear"

August 25, 2021

3.0

SoapUI does the majority of what we need fine. We like that it loads sample requests from the service you attach to it, it is useful for cases like ours where you are not provided documentation on the request format. However, our biggest issue came from this feature being unable to be used for any large service, which unfortunately for us means we cannot load requests for several of our more important services.

Pros

We use an antiquated / custom Soap service which we found was unable to be read by some other SOAP parsers. This software was the only one we found that was able to do the job.

Cons

I believe the program was written in Java and has a huge fault when we use it. One of our SOAP services has 100+ endpoints, so much so that SoapUI can't handle loading sample requests for the entire endpoint and will freeze the computer. We have never been able to find a workaround for this. It works fine for our smaller services but once the services get big with large requests, it will crash 1/4 or 1/3 of the way through its loading.

Review Source

vN

vignesh N.  
Executive Architect  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great api automation tools"

January 17, 2025

4.0

love the UI part of Soapui and to write direct soap Put,delete,Post calls easily

Pros

The SOAP WEebservices testing and automated testing of soap webservices

Cons

The grrovy integration for writing the integration level api tests like people need to know some level programming language for integration level api tests using SoapUI

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SJ

Sebastian J.  
Sr. QA Automation Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A good experience, facing some issues to work smooth"

November 2, 2024

4.0

A good experience, facing some issues to work smooth

Pros

It works fine for API functional testing

Cons

It becomes tricky to create new APIs and collections

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Hasitha W.  
Software QA Intern  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "As a QA Engineer "Soap-UI" is my day maker. It's very easy to test API's with this product."

July 16, 2018

5.0

It helps to complete my day to day testing tasks with more efficiently. It saves my time.

Pros

01 . Any type of users (Beginners or Experts for API testing) can easily adopt to the user-interface and testing process by using "soap-UI" for couple of hours. And now i'm expert at this software. 02. By defining variables, you can customize parameter values without hard coding the values in whole test-case. 03. You can also use external data sheets to retrieve data to your executions. 04. You can simply send/receive multiple API calls and responses from different API's by just executing a single test suite. 05. Soap-UI provides very large scale of testing methods. examples : Load testing and Functional testing methods including security tests's. 06. SoapUI Open Source product is totally free for anyone who interested in web-service testing and also SoapUI Pro version gives you three types of reporting methods (Printable , Data Export , HTML Reports). I have used all of these versions personally. It's amazing.

Cons

01\. Some times it's little bit slow when you work with large test cases. 02. When generating test results, soap ui open source doesn't give you much options comparing to pro version. 03. you need to know about "Groovy Scripts" If you want to create automated test plans in SoapUI open source version. 04. Subscription plan prices are bit high if you planned to go through Pro versions. Other than that there are no any cons to mention about this product.

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Abhinav K.  
Sr Software Integrator  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SoapUI: A swiss Army Knife for Automation testing with an user friendly platform."

March 24, 2019

5.0

We have integrated the SoapUI with our project to achieve continuous delivery of the project. The security test feature is really helpful in checking the SQL injection and malicious code attachment with just few clicks. SoapUI is helping us to deploy the code to cloud with help of containers, as all this possible because of the robust integration of SoapUI with the other third part tools like Bamboo.

Pros

SoapUI is a swiss army knife for automation testing with user friendly user interface as it provides the wide range of testing features in a single pack. API functional testing allows us to add the test form which also scrutinize the third party API for vulnerability. While creating the test form we can also add and integrate it with the mock data to check the result for bulk raw or real data. Groovy code templates allow us to add the macros. The real time statistics show the detail view for running test. SoapUI by SMARTBEAR support is really impressive as you can get the help from experts when we are stuck some area in it.

Cons

MockResponse module should be more enhanced and simplified. Script libraries should be also in Open-Source version. Fuzzing Scan module for testing vulnerability is complex as a beginner. Learning curves are sharp but the proper documentation by SoapUI is covering it.

Review Source

vikram S.  
Associate  
Banking  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best tool for API testing "

February 23, 2023

5.0

I found it very useful for API automation testing . It is easy-to-use interface will enhance your productivity . I prefer soap ui over postman due to it's security feature and easy accessibility. It is best tool for asynchronous testing.

Pros

Soap UI is best java based application for API testing . It provides soap as well as rest API testing .We can do data driven testing using Soap UI. It supports multiple customizable format and also provide automatic testing through command-line interface. It provides an easy-to-use interface and user can import WSDL file for project setup.

Cons

I haven't found any issue yet but some time it take lots memory in background.

Review Source

Rob B.  
WSO2 Trainer & Integration Consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SoapUI to send Soap and REST calls"

December 7, 2019

4.0

In general, SoapUI is my preferred tool to use as a client since it supports Soap and REST. It is simple to download and free to use. I work with it on Linux as well as Windows. The fact that it uses both and is simple to use is a winner in my perspective.

Pros

SoapUI is a piece of handy software to send soap and rest messages to backends. It allows you to import a WSDL and it builds the soap message (envelope, header and body) from there. It also supports REST invocations so if you also want to send REST that is possible too. The version i am using is the free version of the software, it has limited capabilities compared to the pro version but for training purposes it is more than enough. Even for simple development you have a tool that will work.

Cons

I find that with two screens (one 4K and one FULL HD) the window tends to show in 4K resolution even when the screen is not on 4K. That is about the annoying thing about the product. I use the software in a limited way, so I have not looked at the feature like testing and so on. It might be that in order to use them, a paid license might be needed. The testing elements do quickly need a license although basic scenarios are supported.

Review Source

ravi R.  
Associate Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Testing webservices are easy with soapUI"

December 24, 2018

4.0

When we develop any webservices it can be easily tested on soapui rather than actually testing it on ui. It makes the complex task easier and reduces the time for testing the services and find errors if any. It also helps in resolving the errors by pinpointing to the issue. We will keep using SoapUI for our service related tests.

Pros

Be it soap or rest services it makes only the messages we need visible to us. The UI is very informative for our calls. We just put our address url and we get access to all our methods. We can define our own test cases and generate files for the response we got. We can add many end points for our service calls. The webservices are easy to debug for any error with soapui. Pfx certificates can be added to services which help us with our authentication needs.

Cons

It has a complex UI for finding all features but it might be necessary to include everything. We sometimes have difficulty to find particular feature and have to go through menus to search for it.

Review Source

PCG

Paulo Cesar G.  
Sr. QA Automation Engineer  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Not the best tool for API testing, however it work good enough"

November 20, 2024

4.0

Not the best tool for API testing, however it work good enough

Pros

it allows to easily generate an API request for functional test

Cons

It cannot be easily shared through team members

Review Source

AM

Ashok M.  
Software engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Quick api testing software"

May 25, 2023

5.0

Best tool to do developer unit testing to verify REST or HTTP responses without much hassle

Pros

Best security and api testing interface. Easy to do code edits using open source code process. Can run multiple tests parallelly. Unit testing made easy and supports wsdl file uploads

Cons

Could have improved code building features to suggest and auto complete script writing. Multiple tabs sometimes is a trouble and code or file deleted is hard to retrieve

Review Source

RA

ROHIT A.  
Lead Product Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "SOAPUI -Single Tool for all your API Testing (Manual as well automated Testing)"

December 12, 2019

5.0

When i started learning the tool , in beginning i faced difficult in understanding the tool and its features as the UI is bit complex to understand and make it user friendly in few sessions. Also it has free and paid version , and in paid version you can find many good features for reporting as well. In paid version you get various types of support from the vendor also you can try for trial of pro version. Once i got used to the tool it was good experience to perform API testing on it . It had wide range of features be it logging , reporting , passing parameters , authentication, assertions to test your test cases and many more .

Pros

The tool is good and very helpful if you want to perform end to end API testing of your application. It supports both REST as well as SOAP protocol while creating a project which is under test. The pro version of SOAPUI contains many useful features which you can use them easily. We can import the properties from various different sources while performing API testing. Also we can pass parameters and inputs from one step to another which is very required while performing integrated API testing between different features of the applications. Also you can save the projects for your future uses.

Cons

when you are new to SOAPUI its been difficult to understand the tool in one go .it takes some time to understand and make the tool user friendly.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Quality Assurance Specialist  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "API Testing made easy"

April 25, 2022

5.0

I have been using it to test APIs between two or more different systems. It is free to use tool which has been leveraged by our project and has been helping us to automate API tests. It helps with debugging of the APIs since it supports REST and SOAP troubleshooting. Additional plug in support and integration with GIT and Jenkins helps with CICD pipeline. Execution on multiple environments such as on datasource layer, integration layer and end to end layer has never been made so easy. One of the best open source API tool.

Pros

\- Support calls to RESTful APIs - Easy script assertions and easy to debug web services and locate errors - Easy to use and implement, very user friendly interface - Additional Plugins available, Docker Support. - Integration with JENKINS and GIT. - OpenSource, free to use

Cons

\- Performance issues, sometimes it is difficult to find if a request was sent. - Compiling errors before running should be inbuild for groovy scripting - Documentation needs to be improved. - Requires knowledge of groovy scripts in order to use it

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
marketing automation specialist  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great tool that I strongly recommend"

April 7, 2021

5.0

The experience has been mostly very positive, as it has helped myself and my colleagues with testing, developing and executing API integrations. It has relieved many of our pain points when it comes to having a centralized and streamlined way of planning out and organizing API testing frameworks. It is great for agile technology teams that need help with delivering and testing solutions on a regular basis.

Pros

The product is very easy to understand and get a grasp of from a technology user perspective, and is by far one of the best options out on the market for open source API testing. The ability to keep track, organize and retain logs of data associated with ongoing testing work has been very useful and critical for my day to day work.

Cons

When first starting out there were a few challenges that made it difficult to visually understand the inner workings of a tool and requesting a live customer support demo took some time to get coordinated.

Review Source

SA

Sertac A.  
Testmanager  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My expirience with Soap UI"

August 19, 2019

5.0

I really like to create an API Test with Soap UI. I used this tool in every Company and I set Soap UI as the technology stack that is to use in the companies.

Pros

It is very easy to set up an start with API Test. You don't have to huge know-how about this tool to start your first test and this is great. Also, you have an extra view and features in the licenced pro version which is useful for data-driven tests and Tests over the ci/cd pipeline.

Cons

You don't have the outline view in the free version, this is a big con for me. Because this makes the free version for people with more experience instead of people with less. It is okay to put more function in the pro version but this view thing is good to start with Soap UI.

Reason for choosing SoapUI

First of all I had a lot of experince with soap ui free version so it was easy to chosse. This means not that soap ui is better then the rest.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
product owner  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A tool to test webservices and web API's"

September 20, 2018

5.0

It's a great tool and we are using it regularly to test webservices and API's.

Pros

It's a best tool to test webservices and API's and best point is it's open source and feely available. Most of the organizations are using this tool to test their webservices and API's .

Cons

Sometimes page gets slow in responding. This thing need to improve and error messages are not proper some times. Also hangs up sometime for large xmls.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best Free REST Software"

March 10, 2019

5.0

SoapUI has been a great tool to test our REST APIs. Without it, we would have been not be able to test our APIs so easily. So it has greatly simplified our testing.

Pros

The UI is pretty easy to use. You can do all REST related tasks easily with this software. The best part is it is free.

Cons

no data generator in the free version. Also no multi environment support for the free version.

Review Source

SI

Saad I.  
T24 Technical Analyst  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Convenient Automated Testing"

June 27, 2021

5.0

Over experience has been great as a developer. I have been able to check code optimization by just creating test scripts and executing them on SOAP UI very conveniently.

Pros

It is very convenient to create automated test scripts and sending asynchronous thread requests to end point systems using SOAP UI. It has a user friendly interface that makes it less complex than other automation tools in the market.

Cons

Handling of REST APIs is a bit complex than the other tools in the market. For SOAP it works as a charm.

Review Source

navjot S.  
Senior Group Lead  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Flexible and easy to use"

September 11, 2018

5.0

Good and fast tool for testing webServices, and ececuting test cases.

Pros

Very easy to configure the webServices both Soap and Rest, and also for testing Mock services.

Cons

Debugging is not very intutive, as this use groovy script, which is sparely known.

Review Source

Carolina U.  
Especialista en Sistemas  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "it's a very helpfull tool to try web services. I always lean on it,"

April 10, 2018

5.0

It's free and let me do my job, I can save my projects, No objections at all

Pros

It's easy to use, you can find good documentation on its webpage, it's free, you can run soap, text, ans rest services.

Cons

I don't have anything bad to say about it, It my everyday tool in my actual job , I've found other ones like postman or google rest, but I always return to SoapUi

Review Source

GM

Gaston M.  
Technical QA Lead  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excelent tool for development / testing SOAP and REST apis."

July 7, 2022

4.0

It was the first API testing tool I used, like 10 years ago and I am still using SoapUI for a bunch of API testing project, even Soap and Rest.

Pros

Simplicity and easy-to-use. It is very easy to set up a Soap/Rest project and start working with those APIs. I use SoapUI mostly for testing purpose, it is possible to generate differents request for the same end-point and test different combination of data.

Cons

The community edition contains some known bugs related to the UI Editor. Sometimes the software crashes and user needs to reset it.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Software Test Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Helpful tool to test APIs"

March 3, 2019

3.0

My overall experience is good and I will recommend my friends to test the APIs.

Pros

— easy to use and open source also. — this software provides ease to generate a project by providing WSDL. — lightweight application.

Cons

It gets slow for large test cases. It takes more time to startup and make the system slow.

Review Source

Carlos David M.  
Sr Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Automated UI Testing"

July 17, 2021

5.0

In our teams we usually have from 2 to 3 testers fully booked all the time. With the arrival of Soap UI as a tool for a Software Development Life Cycle, we have manage to spent less time on testing, focusing our resources on development good test cases using Soap UI and then just let them run automatically.

Pros

SOAP UI is a great tool to perform automated UI Testing. It solves a common problem when testing applications and it is that usually they are subject to human factor. In today's standards, everybody knows that you should try to automate as much as possible your testing. A task that it used to be complicated due to the lack of tools.

Cons

Generally speaking, it is quite good. At the beginning maybe there is a learning curve but once you get used to it, everything runs smoothly.

Review Source

VK

Vevin K.  
Lead Software Engineer  
Mining & Metals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Decent tool - Could be better"

September 13, 2022

4.0

I've used SoapUI for testing SOAP endpoints and load testing.

Pros

Reliable and efficient. Ability to group and categorize requests.

Cons

The user interface could be improved. Passing files as multipart/form-data is a bit complex and non-intuitive compared to Postman.

Alternatives considered

[Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/)

Reason for choosing SoapUI

We use both SoapUI and Postman.

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