Insomnium vs SoapUI
Insomnium
github.com
SoapUI
soapui.orgSide by side
| Figure | Insomnium | 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 (#21) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL support | Yes | Yes |
| Source build | The project says users can build Insomnium locally with npm run app-package. | The public repository builds with OpenJDK 17, Maven 3.6.3 or later and Git 1.8 or later. |
| What it does | Insomnium is a local API client for testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, server-sent events, and gRPC. | SoapUI is a desktop tool for interactive and automated testing of SOAP, REST and HTTP web services. |
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
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.