List of 12 Best Software Performance Testing Tools

Learning Objectives WebLOAD Apache JMeter HP LoadRunner Load Complete Rational Performance Tester Load UI Loadster WAPT Testing Anywhere Load Impact Appvance Open STA             www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

WebLOAD WebLOAD is load testing tool, performance testing, stress test web applications. This web and mobile load testing and analysis tool is from RadView Software. Load testing tool WebLOAD combines performance, scalability, and integrity as a single process for the verification of web and mobile applications  Using its multi-protocol support, WebLOAD simulates traffic of hundreds of thousands of users and provides analysis data on how the application behaves under load.  WebLOAD monitors and incorporates statistics from the various components of the system under test: servers, application server, database, network, load-balancer, firewall, etc. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebLOAD www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Apache JMeter Apache JMeter is an Apache project that can be used as a load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services, with a focus on web applications.  JMeter supports variable parameterization, assertions (response validation), per-thread cookies, configuration variables and a variety of reports.  JMeter architecture is based on plugins. Most of its "out of the box" features are implemented with plugins. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_JMeter www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

HP LoadRunner LoadRunner is a software testing tool from Micro Focus. It is used to test applications, measuring system behaviour and performance under load. LoadRunner can simulate thousands of users concurrently using application software, recording and later analyzing the performance of key components of the application.  LoadRunner simulates user activity by generating messages between application components or by simulating interactions with the user interface such as keypresses or mouse movements.  Load Generator generates the load against the application by following scripts. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoadRunner www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Load Complete LoadComplete allows you to easily generate traffic using the cloud, virtual machines, or even through on-premise computers.  Create load tests within seconds using the record and playback feature.  Steadily ramp-up traffic and create custom load profiles for different geographical locations.  Generate different load testing scenarios without knowing any scripting languages. Ref - https://smartbear.com/product/loadcomplete/overview/ www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Rational Performance Tester Rational Performance Tester is a tool for automated performance testing of web- and server-based applications from the Rational Software division of IBM.  It allows users to create tests that mimic user transactions between an application client and server.  During test execution, these transactions are replicated in parallel to simulate a large transaction load on the server. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_Performance_Tester www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Load UI LoadUI is a load testing software, targeted mainly at web services. LoadUI runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. LoadUI allows users to test the speed and scalability of APIs, preview API performance behaviors before releasing to production environments and shift performance insights to the left-  Functionality can be added at runtime using plugins created by third-party developers.  Features include integration with the functional testing tool SoapUI and load distribution. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoadUI www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Loadster Loadster is a cloud-hybrid load testing solution, with a powerful desktop app to control everything.  Generate load from 15 cloud regions or your own self-hosted engines  It's the best of both worlds and allows you to test both public and private sites.  With Loadster, you'll pay a set monthly price, no matter how many tests you need to run. Ref - https://loadster.app/ www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

WAPT WAPT tool is a perfect combination of efficiency and flexibility with ease of use. The product is backed by a team of professionals with over 14 years of experience in load testing.  WAPT employs a simple test design approach by recording real life web sessions from a browser or a mobile application.  It represents each recorded session as a sequence of HTTP requests, which is easy to understand and modify through a convenient user interface. Ref - https://www.loadtestingtool.com/help.shtml www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Testing Anywhere The software allows testers and developers to test applications, Web sites, objects, controls and GUI front- ends  Test cases are created using one of five methods (web recording, object recording, image recognition, Smart recording, editor).  These test cases are recorded, saved, and can be edited and enhanced. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing_Anywhere www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Load Impact Load Impact is a leading online load and performance testing service that lets you test your website, web-app, mobile app or API over the Internet.  It’s a true on-demand service, where you can start testing instantly and there are no licenses fees or software to install.  Making Load Impact the most popular load testing service on the Internet. Ref - https://loadimpact.com/about/ www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Appvance AI-driven test generation, which is revolutionizing how software testing is performed. The company’s premier product is Appvance IQ, the world’s first AI-driven, unified test automation system.  Appvance IQ lets testing teams easily create and execute exponentially more tests than they can with current automation.  Dramatically fewer bugs slip into production with Appvance IQ because its vast and comprehensive test creation and execution capabilities find most defects. Ref - https://www.appvance.ai/company www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

Open STA OpenSTA is a feature-rich GUI-based web server benchmarking utility that can perform scripted HTTP and HTTPS heavy load tests with performance measurements.  It is freely available and distributable under the open source GNU General Public License.  OpenSTA currently only runs on Microsoft Windows-based operating systems. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSTA www.JanBaskTraining.com Copyright © JanBask Training. All rights reserved

List of 12 Best Software Performance Testing Tools