Hurl vs SoapUI
Hurl
hurl.dev
SoapUI
soapui.orgSide by side
| Figure | Hurl | SoapUI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $89.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · API clients | 8.2 (#19) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Spec score · API Testing Tools | 8.0 (#19) | 8.8 (#8) |
| Spec score · API Development Tools | 8.1 (#19) | 8.9 (#8) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL support | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Hurl is a command-line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a plain-text format and can be used to fetch data or test HTTP sessions. | SoapUI is an open source API testing tool for testing REST, SOAP, and GraphQL web services. |
| Security testing | The security tutorial explains using Hurl to test server-side validation, CSRF protection, and whether served HTML contains comments. | SoapUI provides security tests and scans for common service vulnerabilities. |
Plans
SoapUI
- ReadyAPI trialFree
- SoapUI Open SourceFree
- ReadyAPI API Functional & Security Testing$1,069 a year
- ReadyAPI API & Service Virtualization$1,415 a year
- ReadyAPI Performance 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.
SoapUI
SoapUI is an open-source tool for testing REST, SOAP, and GraphQL web services. It supports drag-and-drop creation of functional and regression tests, assertions, and data-driven tests, and can create service mocks from WSDL. The listed protocols also include JMS and SOAP/WSDL. Functional tests can be extended into load testing, including runs from command-line tools. Named automation integrations include Maven, Hudson, Bamboo, JUnit, and Ant, and SoapUI can run from other CI tools. It can configure incoming and outgoing WS-Security, including encryption, signatures, SAML, keystores, and truststores. SoapUI is described as cross-platform for Windows, Mac, and Linux/Unix. The open-source edition is listed for basic functional and performance testing; security testing appears among expanded capabilities associated with ReadyAPI. The listed SoapUI Open Source plan is free and includes API testing, mocking, and command-line automation. SmartBear describes it as a starting point for developers and testers, with support and a community forum linked on the site.