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BlazeMeter vs. National Instruments SystemLink

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    Overview
    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

    SystemLink

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ANational Instruments headquartered in Austin offers SystemLink, a software platform for managing system configurationt tasks, device management, software deployment, to improve system uptime and performance.N/A
    Pricing
    BlazeMeterSystemLink
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $149.00
    per month
    Pro
    $649.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlazeMeterSystemLink
    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
    BlazeMeterSystemLink
    Automation Testing
    Comparison of Automation Testing features of BlazeMeter and National Instruments SystemLink
    Feature
    BlazeMeter
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    National Instruments SystemLink
    -
    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
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    User Testimonials
    BlazeMeterSystemLink
    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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    NI (National Instruments)
    There are definitely scenarios where NI SystemLink will be useful but just didn't work out well for us. I needed to be able to replace an EXE file on a computer with a new EXE to do the upgrades but I was not able to do that through SystemLink. You had to work with packages in order to perform this and I didn't want to revamp my distribution plan. We also didn't need to do any asset management or calibration documentation through SystemLink. I was excited about being able to view data from the test stations through a browser but our engineers need historical data available and everything resets to a live view when you click back to the UI.
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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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    NI (National Instruments)
    • Setup
    • User Interface
    • LabVIEW Integration
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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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    NI (National Instruments)
    • Licensing
    • Not able to see data from all test stations on one UI
    • Lack of data history
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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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    NI (National Instruments)
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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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    NI (National Instruments)
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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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    NI (National Instruments)
    • Availability to monitor multiple test stations remotely
    • Was quick to integrate into existing LabVIEW codebase
    • Ultimately did not justify the licensing cost for the benefit
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