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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HttpMaster

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AHttpMaster is a development and test tool for REST web services and API applications. HttpMaster can display and validate the most common REST formats; XML, JSON, and HTML and also supports powerful dynamic parameters, response data validation expressions, flexible request chaining, and many other properties. This solution can also be used for Web API testing and Web Services Testing. HttpMaster also supports the definition of dynamic parameters which can be be used to simulate variations of…

    $0

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    LoadRunner Professional

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AA solution simplifies performance load testing for colocated teams. With project-based capabilities, so teams can quickly identify abnormal application behavior.N/A
    Pricing
    HttpMasterLoadRunner Professional
    Editions & Modules
    Express
    $0
    per user
    Professional
    $99
    per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HttpMasterLoadRunner Professional
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLifetime license is available for Professional Edition.—
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    Features
    HttpMasterLoadRunner Professional
    Load Testing
    Comparison of Load Testing features of HttpMaster and OpenText LoadRunner Professional
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    HttpMaster
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText LoadRunner Professional
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    End to end performance management00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Integrated performance data00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Real time monitoring00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Automated anomaly detection00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HttpMasterLoadRunner Professional
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    HttpMasterLoadRunner Professional
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Borvid
    If you're looking for a tool for building and running integration tests for API apps or other website/web services, HttpMaster is the way to go. A nice feature it offers is a free version, so you can see if it'll suit your needs before paying for it. An instance where it may not be the best option is if you're needing to build and run security tests, or requirements-based testing.
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    OpenText
    Micro Focus LoadRunner and its suite of tools, specifically VuGen works wonderfully for us for all web, http/https and web service calls. We've been able to build tests for near any scenario we need with relative ease. As long as we have crafted up requirements for our scenarios / scripts to managed scope, we've had high success working with scripting and data driving. Our main tests are web service calls - typically chained together to form a full scenario with transactions measuring the journey or a similar (measure along the way) journey through a browser. For web services we will use VuGen and browser we've shifted to Tru Client I have had little-to-no experience scripting against a thick client where a ui-driven test would be required. I know its possible but quite costly due to the need to run the actual desktop client to drive tests. We've been fortunate enough to leverage http calls to represent client traffic.
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    Pros
    Borvid
    • Debugging
    • Pipeline Run
    • Prod-testing
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    OpenText
    • It can simulate multiple users at the same time and help understand the performance.
    • It can generate excellent reports and give insights into application performance.
    • It is a fast tool and does not take time to perform its functions.
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    Cons
    Borvid
    • Introductory tutorials/examples/training.
    • MacOS support.
    • Json formatting support.
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    OpenText
    • HP LoadRunner with new patches and releases sometimes makes no longer support older version of various protocols like Citrix, which makes the task time-consuming when using older versions of LoadRunner for some of the cases. So it should support older version as well while upgrading.
    • Configuring HP LoadRunner over the firewall involves lots of configuration and may be troublesome. So, there should be a script (power shell script for Windows or shell script for Linux users) to make it easy to use and with less pain.
    • I would like to see the RunTime Viewer of Vugen in HPLoadRunner based on the browser I selected in the run-time configuration to make it feel more realistic as a real user.
    • Licensing cost is very high when we need to perform a test on application for a specific group of users.
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    Support Rating
    Borvid
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    OpenText
    Customer service is not that great. It's difficult to get hold of someone if an issue is supposed to be addressed on an urgent basis. No online chat service readily available.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Borvid
    HttpMaster supports the maximum scrips and browser and provides assurance on different use cases to be tested
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    OpenText
    HP performance center stacks up very well for front end applications. Need more improvements for API performance testing.
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    Return on Investment
    Borvid
    • Increased efficiency -- from ease of use.
    • Increased reliability -- from more thorough tests.
    • Automated test suites.
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    OpenText
    • The scripts created with traditional web/http protocol are not robust thus re-scripting is required after most every code drop. Troubleshooting and fixing the issue takes more time therefore in most cases we do re-scripting to keep it simple and save time.
    • In ideal world you would rather spend more time doing testing than scripting in that case mostly you could use an Ajax TruClient protocol. This type of script will only fail when an object in the application is removed or changed completely. This way of scripting will save you more time and helps you maintain the scripts with less re-work effort on a release basis. On the long run you will have a better ROI when you use Ajax TruClient protocol for scripting.
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    Screenshot of HttpMaster main windowScreenshot of Request executionScreenshot of Execution resultsScreenshot of General project dataScreenshot of Request item propertiesScreenshot of Basic request window