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Dheepha
Contributor
12 years ago

Is Maven Soapui Pro Plugin licensed?

Hi Team,

I'm using SOAPUI 4.0 free ware to create my test suites and for automation testing using groovy. I'm also using Maven SOAPUI Pro Plugin 4.0.0 to be part of the build process so that the automation suite will be called in the maven pom.xml.

Currently we are planning to upload the artifacts of Maven Soapui Pro plugin 4.0.0/4.0.1 into our central repository, but before that I wanted to ensure whether the plugin is licensed or not.

As a organisational factor it will be good to use the free ware rather than licensed. If Maven Soapui Pro plugin 4.0.0/4.0.1 is licensed what would be the licensed cost? Or else guide me a way where I can ask the details about Maven SOAPUI PRO Plugin license cost and other details.

Awaiting for your quick response.

Thanks.

10 Replies

  • To be more specific , I'm using Maven SOAPUI Pro Plugin version 4.0.0 / 4.5.0 plugin.
    In case of 4.0.0 due to some digital signed error I'm using soapui jar 4.0.1.0 as a dependency to make the plugin work.

    But a clarification is the soapui jar 4.0.1.0 is a licensed?

    In order to avoid all the confusions, if I use Maven SoapUI Pro plugin ver 4.5.0 do I need to buy a license?

    Thanks.
  • redfish4ktc2's avatar
    redfish4ktc2
    Super Contributor
    hi,
    it seems a license is needed to use the pro maven plugin, see this post: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19204&p=47651#p44098
    There is a FAQ for soapui pro license: http://www.soapui.org/About-SoapUI/soap ... o-licenses

    But, as you are using soapui open source to create your project, why don't you use the open source maven plugin aka soapui-maven-plugin?
    Do you rely on soapui-pro-maven-plugin special feature which prevent you using the open source maven plugin?

    What is this 4.0.1.0 version? SmartBear has never release such a version.
    maybe you refer to our previous discussion about fixing the soapui 4.0.1 jar (see viewtopic.php?f=13&t=21275&p=48216#p48391)
    Anyway, soapui is licensed under LGPL (http://www.soapui.org/Developers-Corner ... cense.html), so you should not have issue with soapui.jar.
    The issue may only be with soapui pro code
  • Thanks for your response.
    But in the post (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13922&p=33920&hilit=maven+soapui+access+license#p33920) it says maven pro plugin is not licensed.

    Since i'm using maven soapui pro plugin (4.5.0) to just execute from maven though i have created the test suites using soapui 4.0 freeware.

    I'm using the pro plugin only for the reporting part. Since the pro plugin has the in built reporting structure, the report looks good when executing from pro plugin compared to maven soapui plugin 4.0 as such it does not have any reporting and I'm explicitly uses Maven Sure Fire Plugin in my pom.xml to generate reports in html.

    So in a conclusion the maven soapui pro plugins any version (4.5.0 i'm using) is licensed and even though if you create test suites using free ware but when calling the same test suite using pro plugins it is licensed and we need to buy a license.

    Pls Confirm whether my understanding is correct.

    Question: Is there a way to contact smart bear team via email or phone to get to know about the license cost and other details?

    Thanks.
  • You need a license to use the Pro plugin, unfortunately.

    You can buy one on this page (where you also get the prices), and you also get the contact details of the sales team.

    Regards,
    Manne
  • redfish4ktc2's avatar
    redfish4ktc2
    Super Contributor
    link to the store page: http://www.soapui.org/Store-Info/store- ... -page.html

    Dheepha i don't understand all your explanation about the report feature
    what pro report feature are you talking about? jasper reports or the fact that the pro plugin generates junit html report when the junitReport parameter is set to true?

    If this is the 2nd anwser, using surefire reports to generate the html should not be an issue
  • Thanks, redfish4ktc2! I've updated that forum thread as well.

    Thanks,
    Michael Giller
    SmartBear Software
  • Hi All,
    I am able to use soapui-pro-maven-plugin 4.6.1 without license. I mean i can run my project containing pro features using the pro maven plugin on a machine where we don't have the license installed.

    So is it not restricted as of now and will be done in future ?