Kirk Ryan

GigaOm Radar for API Functional Automated Testingv3.0

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Market Categories and Deployment Types
  3. Decision Criteria Comparison
  4. GigaOm Radar
  5. Solution Insights
  6. Analyst’s Outlook

1. Executive Summary

API functional automated testing involves verifying that an API’s functionality meets specified requirements through automated testing. Specialized tools and platforms streamline this process by validating the functionality, reliability, and performance of APIs. These solutions automate the process of testing API endpoints, request/response cycles, data handling, and integration points, ensuring APIs function as intended across various scenarios and use cases.

This is our third year evaluating the API functional automated testing solutions space in the context of our Key Criteria and Radar reports. This report builds on our previous analysis and considers how the market has evolved over the last year.

This GigaOm Radar report examines 14 of the top API functional automated testing solutions and compares offerings against the capabilities (table stakes, key features, and emerging features) and nonfunctional requirements (business criteria) outlined in the companion Key Criteria report. Together, these reports provide an overview of the market, identify leading API functional automated testing solutions offerings, and help decision-makers evaluate these solutions so they can make a more informed investment decision.

GIGAOM KEY CRITERIA AND RADAR REPORTS

The GigaOm Key Criteria report provides a detailed decision framework for IT and executive leadership assessing enterprise technologies. Each report defines relevant functional and nonfunctional aspects of solutions in a sector. The Key Criteria report informs the GigaOm Radar report, which provides a forward-looking assessment of vendor solutions in the sector.