Difference between SOAP vs REST

Below table lists out the difference between SOAP and REST bases APIs

Sr No.	SOAP	REST
1	SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol.	REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer.
2	SOAP is a protocol.	REST is an architectural style.
3	SOAP uses services interfaces to expose the business logic.	REST uses URI to expose business logic.
4	Java specification for SOAP is JAX-WS.	Java specification for REST is JAX-RS.
5	SOAP requires more bandwidth and resource than REST.	REST requires less bandwidth and resource than SOAP.
6	SOAP defines its own security to secure the message	RESTful web services inherits security measures from the underlying transport layer.
7	SOAP allows XML data format for data exchange.	REST allows multiple data format such as Plain text, HTML, XML, JSON etc.
8	SOAP is less preferred than REST.	REST more preferred than SOAP.