Hurl vs ReadyAPI
Hurl
hurl.dev
ReadyAPI
smartbear.comSide by side
| Figure | Hurl | ReadyAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 13 |
| Spec score · API clients | 8.2 (#19) | 9.2 (#4) |
| Spec score · API Testing Tools | 8.0 (#19) | 8.8 (#7) |
| Spec score · API Development Tools | 8.1 (#19) | 8.9 (#6) |
| CI integrations | The documentation describes using Hurl in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD pipelines. | Documentation covers Docker, Jenkins, Maven, TeamCity and Azure DevOps integrations, along with Jira, MQTT, Git, Slack and Selenium plugins. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| GraphQL support | Yes | Yes |
| Security testing | The security tutorial explains using Hurl to test server-side validation, CSRF protection, and whether served HTML contains comments. | Built-in scans include SQL injection, cross-site scripting and fuzzing checks. |
Plans
ReadyAPI
- ReadyAPI Test - 1-Year LicensePrice not published
- ReadyAPI Test - 2-Year LicensePrice not published
- ReadyAPI Test - 3-Year LicensePrice not published
- ReadyAPI Performance - SmallPrice not published
- ReadyAPI Performance - MediumPrice not published
- ReadyAPI Performance - UnlimitedPrice not published
- ReadyAPI Virtualization - 1-Year LicensePrice not published
- API & Service Virtualization$1,415 a year
- API Functional & Security Testing$3,207 a year
- API Performance Testing Small$7,389 a year
In their own words
Hurl
Hurl is a command-line tool for running HTTP requests written in a plain-text format. It can fetch data or test HTTP sessions, including flows where later requests use values captured earlier. It can evaluate queries against response headers and bodies. Hurl works with HTML, REST, SOAP, GraphQL, XML, and JSON APIs, and examples cover assertions for status, headers, cookies, XPath, JSONPath, response duration, and SHA-256 body hashes. For CI/CD, it can produce text, JUnit, TAP, and HTML reports; its documentation covers GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD. The lightweight binary is written in Rust, with an HTTP engine powered by libcurl. Installation options include binaries or packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as Docker, Cargo, conda-forge, and npm. The precompiled Linux binary requires libc 2.35 or newer. Windows installation requires a separately installed Visual C++ Redistributable Package. Hurl is free under the Apache License, Version 2.0.