ReadyAPI vs Tavern
ReadyAPI
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Tavern
tavern.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | ReadyAPI | Tavern |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 1 |
| Spec score · API Testing Tools | 8.8 (#7) | 7.9 (#21) |
| Founded | 2003 | 2017 |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Selenium, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS Gateway, SwaggerHub, MuleSoft, Zephyr and Postman. | The documented default backends use requests for HTTP, paho-mqtt for MQTT, grpcio for gRPC, and gql for GraphQL. |
| Protocols | Supported technologies include REST, SOAP, GraphQL, JSON, XML, JDBC, JMS, MQTT, CoAP, WebSockets and Apache Kafka. | Tavern supports testing RESTful APIs, MQTT-based APIs, and gRPC services. |
| What it does | ReadyAPI is an on-premise platform for functional, security, performance and virtualization testing of APIs in CI/CD workflows. | Tavern is a pytest plugin, command-line tool, and Python library for automated API testing with YAML-based syntax. |
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
Tavern
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