Prompt
I’m using SoapUI but it feels heavy for daily API testing, what are the alternatives?
Latest observation
If SoapUI feels too heavy for everyday API testing, there are several lighter alternatives depending on how you like to work:
GUI tools
- Postman — the most popular all-in-one API client; great for collections, environments, auth, and scripting.
- Insomnia — cleaner, lighter UI than Postman for many people; good for REST and GraphQL.
- Hoppscotch — browser-based, very lightweight, open source, and quick for simple testing.
- Bruno — local-first, Git-friendly API client; nice if you want requests stored as files in your repo.
CLI / terminal-based
- cURL — the classic option; fast, scriptable, and already available on many systems.
- HTTPie — more human-friendly than cURL, good for day-to-day manual testing.
- resty — a wrapper around cURL with simpler syntax.
Developer-focused / automation-friendly
- Karate — good if you want API testing plus assertions and automation in one place.
- Newman — command-line runner for Postman collections.
- Pact — for contract testing between services, if that’s part of your workflow.
Good choices by use case
- Quick manual testing: HTTPie, Postman, Insomnia
- Lightweight and local: Bruno, Hoppscotch
- Automation/testing suites: Karate, Newman
- Shell scripting: cURL
If you want, I can also recommend the best option based on:
- GUI vs terminal
- REST only or also GraphQL/SOAP
- Need for automation / CI
- OS you’re on
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