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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BlazeMeter

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe BlazeMeter Continuous Testing Platform is a unified, end-to-end, next-generation software test automation platform built for both Agile and COE teams, from Perforce. BlazeMeter includes complete continuous testing capabilities deeply integrated into a single, intuitive workflow.

    $199

    per month

    Layer7 API Security

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALayer7 API Management enables enterprises to test and monitor real-time in both development and production environments. Now under the brand Layer7 API Security from Broadcom, the service includes Layer7 API Gateway, and the Layer7 API Developer Portal.N/A
    Pricing
    BlazeMeterLayer7 API Security
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $149.00
    per month
    Pro
    $649.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlazeMeterLayer7 API Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    BlazeMeterLayer7 API Security
    Automation Testing
    Comparison of Automation Testing features of BlazeMeter and Layer7 API Security
    Feature
    BlazeMeter
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Layer7 API Security
    -
    Ratings
    CI/CD Tool Integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Version Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data-Driven Testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing Collaboration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing Reports & Analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of BlazeMeter and Layer7 API Security
    Feature
    BlazeMeter
    -
    Ratings
    Layer7 API Security
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    API access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BlazeMeterLayer7 API Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BlazeMeterLayer7 API Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Perforce Software
    It is well suited for applications that are mission-critical or applications that can receive high traffic/transactions at unscheduled time periods. Using the load testing feature of BlazeMeter, we can test and ascertain the capacity of the application without the drawbacks of the usual Apache JMeter load testing which depends heavily on the host system from where the load testing is performed.
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    Broadcom
    Well suited for publishing internal services with very high security, protecting against attacks, and managing on-demand load. Also good for transform messages and SQL to Rest services. Not appropriate for business logic implementation.
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    Pros
    Perforce Software
    • BlazeMeter takes the .jmx script that teams had written for JMeter. The transition from JMeter to BlazeMeter was seamless.
    • BlazeMeter offers its own cloud and hence we did not have to set it up on-premise.
    • BlazeMeter hits our application from various geographic locations that simulates real life users.
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    Broadcom
    • SOAP to Rest / Rest to SOAP web services transformation.
    • Secure authorization and authetication (JWT, OpenIP Connect, OAuth, SAML and more). WASP Features as injection protection.
    • Easy rule writing without coding.
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    Cons
    Perforce Software
    • Blazemeter reporting is very basic and shallow. There is no way to drill down or correlate. I can get better reports by using JMeter for free.
    • Blazemeter is very costly. Testing with volumes of more than 1K cu is expensive, and can be done for much cheaper if a company/team is willing to invest a bit of time to figure out how to use cloud instances and jmeter slaves, and to write a basic script to collect resulting xml output.
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    Broadcom
    • It would be nice to have an integration with services like Github for managing projects and versions.
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    Usability
    Perforce Software
    Easy to setup to do API Performance Testing. Dashboard to showcase results Capability to showcase runtime results
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    Broadcom
    The Layer7 API Management is a great solution, but, sometimes the documentation is not clear or has lack of examples.
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    Support Rating
    Perforce Software
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    The support team is good and the response time is reasonable, but (there is always a but), when support inquiries are made by someone experienced, and the question is not trivial, it is boring and takes a long time to get the case escalated to the next level of support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Perforce Software
    In comparison with Blazemeter the closes competitor is JMeter but it has disadvantages like it is not a tool that can be use as a collaborative tool and works locally in a computer, Blazemeter is in the web so different people can access and run tests or collaborate do add, edit or delete the existent scripts.
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    Broadcom
    We evaluated 3 tools and decided on Layer7 API Management because it had the shortest implementation times and fastest learning curve, without losing power of customization and scalability.
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    Return on Investment
    Perforce Software
    • It helped positively by helping to identify the maximum capacity needed for high traffic periods
    • Saved revenue by eliminating unwanted duplication of systems
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    Broadcom
    • Very fast implementation and is easy to learn & use.
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