Ask below questions to decide whether Rest or SOAP based webswervice

• Does the service expose data or business logic? (REST is a better choice for exposing data, SOAP WS might be a better choice for logic).Do the consumers and the service providers require a formal contract? (SOAP has a formal contract via WSDL)
• Do we need to support multiple data formats?
• Do we need to make AJAX calls? (REST can use the XMLHttpRequest)
• Is the call synchronous or  asynchronous?
• Is the call stateful or stateless? (REST is suited for statless CRUD operations)
• What level of security is required? (SOAP WS has better support for security)
• What level of transaction support is required? (SOAP WS has better support for transaction management)
• Do we have limited band width? (SOAP is more verbose)
• What’s best for the developers who will build clients for the service? (REST is easier to implement, test, and maintain)