Good tool to test WCF service (not SOAP/HTTP webservice)

Question

I recently found SOAPUI and discovered that it is just a great tool for testing any SOAP/HTTP service. Conventionally, we have been developing our own driver to test our services (WCF based netTCP binding) so far. But with SOAPUI experience, I am really looking for some such tool that can be used with such ease with built-in facilities for load testing, functional testing etc.

The other thought in my mind is that for services that I wish to deploy with netTCP can be first tested using a HTTP binding using SOAPUI. Once found suitable, the binding can be changed for the intended one.

I shall like the views from all the experts here.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I write automated unit tests to test the services. That way, I'm not dependent on a tool.

Answer 2

As far as standalone tools go, I have decent experience with wcfstorm (commercial) and wcfstorm LITE (free)

But generally, when bindings allow, I just spin up the service in a controlled server and run NUnit tests against it.