title: Why SOAP requires more bandwidth and more resources than REST?
body: <p>I am reading many things on <code>RESTful</code> web services and I got to know that there is also one protocol called <code>SOAP</code>, and <code>REST</code> can use different protocols and <code>SOAP</code> too. When I searched for the difference in them, I got to know that <code>SOAP</code> uses <strong>more bandwidth and more resources</strong> than <code>REST</code>. I want to know why does it <strong>need more resources and bandwidth</strong>. Any answers are much appreciated.</p>