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  5. Apache JMeter vs LoadRunner Professional

Apache JMeter vs LoadRunner Professional

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Overview

Apache JMeter
Apache JMeter
Stacks435
Followers285
Votes10
LoadRunner Professional
LoadRunner Professional
Stacks2
Followers1
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

Apache JMeter
Apache JMeter
LoadRunner Professional
LoadRunner Professional

It is open source software, a 100% pure Java application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

It simplifies performance load testing for co-located teams. With project-based capabilities, your teams can quickly identify abnormal application behavior.

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Simplify load testing; Test faster
Statistics
Stacks
435
Stacks
2
Followers
285
Followers
1
Votes
10
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 5
    Requires no programming knowledge
  • 3
    Supports distributed
  • 2
    Open-source
Cons
  • 1
    It's GUI-first
  • 1
    Too complicated
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What are some alternatives to Apache JMeter, LoadRunner Professional?

k6

k6

It is a developer centric open source load testing tool for testing the performance of your backend infrastructure. It’s built with Go and JavaScript to integrate well into your development workflow.

Locust

Locust

Locust is an easy-to-use, distributed, user load testing tool. Intended for load testing web sites (or other systems) and figuring out how many concurrent users a system can handle.

Gatling

Gatling

Gatling is a highly capable load testing tool. It is designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance. Out of the box, Gatling comes with excellent support of the HTTP protocol that makes it a tool of choice for load testing any HTTP server. As the core engine is actually protocol agnostic, it is perfectly possible to implement support for other protocols. For example, Gatling currently also ships JMS support.

Loader.io

Loader.io

Loader.io is a free load testing service that allows you to stress test your web-apps/apis with thousands of concurrent connections.

BlazeMeter

BlazeMeter

Simulate any user scenario for webapps, websites, mobile apps or web services. 100% Apache JMeter compatible. Scalable from 1 to 1,000,000+ concurrent users.<br>

RedLine13

RedLine13

It is a load testing platform that brings the low cost power of the cloud to JMeter and other open source load testing tools.

AWS Device Farm

AWS Device Farm

Run tests across a large selection of physical devices in parallel from various manufacturers with varying hardware, OS versions and form factors.

Flood IO

Flood IO

Performance testing with Flood increases customer satisfaction and confidence in your production apps and reduces business risk.

Blitz

Blitz

Build bulletproof, scalable solutions with Blitz - a simple and fun service for load testing web apps and APIs in the cloud. Blitz offers powerful yet simple capabilities including continuous monitoring, performance testing and remediation. Blitz enables you to instantly burst up to 50,000 concurrent users against your app in seconds from multiple points of presence around the world.

LoadNinja

LoadNinja

It is  a  cloud-based platform for engineers and performance professionals who load test web applications. It makes load testing simple and fast. Test your website and web apps on real browsers, in the cloud, without the need for dynamic correlation.

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