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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    BitBar

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ABitBar allows users to test applications across the latest and most popular real browsers and devices. Users can scale testing by increasing test coverage and decreasing test execution time by running automated tests in parallel across browsers and devices. BitBar integrates with the user's current tech stack or CI/CD pipeline. Key Features: * BitBar offers one cloud for all testing platforms whether it be web, native, or hybrid applications. * Test an application across real…

    $39

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    LoadRunner ProfessionalBitBar
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    LoadRunner ProfessionalBitBar
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Enterprise packages are available for larger teams and customers.
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    Features
    LoadRunner ProfessionalBitBar
    Load Testing
    Comparison of Load Testing features of OpenText LoadRunner Professional and BitBar
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    OpenText LoadRunner Professional
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    BitBar
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    End to end performance management9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated performance data10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real time monitoring6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated anomaly detection8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LoadRunner ProfessionalBitBar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
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    User Testimonials
    LoadRunner ProfessionalBitBar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SmartBear
    CrossBrowserTesting is a great tool to use when you have a new page or new content that you want to test on an array of devices/browsers. In the diverse online world nowadays, it is nearly impossible to ensure optimization for every case. CBT allows you to get closer to that goal.
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    Pros
    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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    SmartBear
    • Allows me to test on our development server with ease which is behind a firewall.
    • Using automation for my tests.
    • Screenshots of the problems on each page.
    • Ability to jump between screen sizes quickly.
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    Cons
    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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    SmartBear
    • Test case support is somewhat limited in customization ability.
    • Not a unique problem to them (or their 'fault'), but content behind VPN or intranet cannot be scanned.
    • Pricing with tier level and features can sometimes be confusing (ie. what is and what is not included).
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    Support Rating
    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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    OpenText
    HP performance center stacks up very well for front end applications. Need more improvements for API performance testing.
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    SmartBear
    Selenium: 1. Selenium is Open source tool 2. Needs proper framework development and integration with multiple 3rd party tools 3. Not much secure 4. Needs scripting knowledge for people working on it 5. takes time and effort CrossBrowser Testing: 1. Licensed , so secure 2. Less time , less effort 3. Quick results 4. No scripting language knowledge needed 5. More coverage 6. Without any framework creation also we can test on multiple devices/browsers
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SmartBear
    • By using CrossBrowserTesting we are saving many hours a week in manual work hours.
    • Our automated Selenium tests run in a fraction of the time it takes to manually test our components, so we can spend more time building great user experiences and less time triaging bugs.
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