Akamai CloudTest vs. k6

We were designing an Airlines reservation system, where we wanted to check the maximum number if reservation our system can handle, this tool helped us to get the test results but the issue was from set up point of view, the initial set up took too much time. But we were able to achieve our Reservation system process.

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[k6 (formerly Load Impact)] is well suited to run performance automated suites and to run stress tests, spike tests and load tests[.] We can run tests from recorded [sessions] but we cannot run npm modules and we cannot run nod js libs[.]

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• Integration Call's like REST
• Integration Call's like SOAP
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing on Load Balancer

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• Load testing
• Stress testing
• Performance testing
• Spike testing

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• Report generation is difficult
• Some graphs are not displaying accurate results
• More information are missing with respect to load testing

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• I would like to see k6 run in browsers
• I would like to be able to import npm modules
• I would like to see k6 has a GUI

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The bundle of features that other tools provide is much higher when compared to the one provided by Akamai CloudTest, this is something they need to focus on Priority. Most tools comes with default setup and ends to end testing scenario that can be covered, such as Regression testing. From Akamai CloudTest this is a missing features that can be added up soon.

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• System Hangs as where severe load testing is required
• Authentication is an issue when using OAUTH
• Scalability can be improved and also an on premise tool can be of great help

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• K6 make its easy to engage Devs in testing
• Extremely fast installation make it count for us
• Not using all system resources is a great benefit

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