k6 vs. Visual Studio Test Professional

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
k6
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Grafana Labs' k6 load testing tool (formerly known as Load Impact)is used to simplify and automate load and performance testing for agile software development teams. Through integration with other automation and Continuous Integration tools, k6 states they enable performance testing earlier in the development cycle.
$59
per month
Visual Studio Test Professional
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Visual Studio Test Professional is a performance testing solution.N/A
Pricing
k6Visual Studio Test Professional
Editions & Modules
Developer
$59
per month (annual plan)
Team
$339
per month (annual plan)
Pro
$1,199
per month (annual plan)
Custom & Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
k6Visual Studio Test Professional
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
k6Visual Studio Test Professional
Load Testing
Comparison of Load Testing features of Product A and Product B
k6
8.0
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Visual Studio Test Professional
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Ratings
End to end performance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Real time monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated anomaly detection8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
k6Visual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(14 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
k6Visual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
Grafana Labs
[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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Microsoft
Visual Studio Test Professional is best for .NET and C# based development, which is what 90% of our developers and projects do. It is an integral part of the CI/CD pipeline for our custom made Enterprise resource planning tool. It also works very well with Azure providing seamless integration to way more functionality.
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Pros
Grafana Labs
  • Load testing
  • Stress testing
  • Performance testing
  • Spike testing
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Microsoft
  • Visual Studio Test Professional when paired with Azure DevOps is the best solution for Test Case Management when compared to other Testing tools we've used in the past.
  • Test Results and Artifacts are always available with full traceablility for audits.
  • Testing and Release Management are tied together as one continuous pipeline.
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Cons
Grafana Labs
  • 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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Microsoft
  • The user community of the Visual Studio Test product is weak. For instant problems with this product, it is necessary to quickly reach the source of the error.
  • Licence fees need to be more reasonable. License prices need to be reduced so that they can easily compete with free testing tools.
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Usability
Grafana Labs
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Microsoft
Visual Studio Test Professional's overall usability is extremely high quality. It is extremely functional and like all Microsoft products has a user interface that is well designed and is extremely user friendly. Any functionality which I looked for, I was able to either understand immediately or find a user guide online.
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Support Rating
Grafana Labs
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Microsoft
My team has always been able to troubleshoot with the help of customer support (and even schedule a virtual meeting!) in a timely manner. The support is provided immediately and with the necessary knowledge to answer/solve any questions/problems I or my team experience.
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Grafana Labs
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Microsoft
The visual Studio Test tool is faster than other tools. Since the development and testing processes are in one tool, it is more profitable in terms of cost. It is more inconvenient to write a test case in DevOps.
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Return on Investment
Grafana Labs
  • 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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Microsoft
  • One of the positive ROIs of Visual Studios is the fact that it makes producing our work at a quick rate, things like Intellisense make our work get produced at a much higher rate which is good for our return of investment.
  • Testing by the developers has increased by 23%, we now take the time to actually test our product before we send it to our QA people.
  • I am not aware of any negative ROI aspects to our company that have been found.
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