Load Testing Tools
Best Load Testing Tools include:
Apache JMeter, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, Akamai CloudTest, Apica LoadTest, LoadComplete, Keysight Network Test (Ixia BreakingPoint & Hawkeye), k6, WebLOAD, OctoPerf and OpenText LoadRunner Cloud.
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WAPT is a load, stress and performance testing tool for websites and web-based applications. This solution is designed to minimize the learning curve and give the user the ability to create a heavy load from a single regular workstation. The vendor says users can create a basic test…
Functionize is presented as an intelligent testing platform that incorporates AI and machine learning technologies to automate the painstaking software testing process, from the company of the same name in San Francisco.
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FPT Software offers the Citus Cloud Load Test, available on AWS or Microsoft Azure.
San Jose-based company Appvance offers Appvance IQ, an AI driven testing solution designed to deliver productivity gains in both test creation and execution, the former through AI scripting and codeless test creation, the latter through unified functional, performance and security…
Yandex.Tank is a utility for load testing and performance analysis of web services and applications.
In todays modern public cloud world, most companies are creating HTTP APIs that are used for their own as well as client integrations. The APIs not only need to function correctly, but they also need to have the necessary performance and scale so they don't get overloaded. ApiZapi…
LoadNinja is a cloud-based performance testing platform for engineers and performance professionals to load test web application with real browsers at scale using test scripts that can be replayed immediately after recording. LoadNinja is designed to produce actionable browser based…
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud (replacing the former StormRunner) is presented as a simple, smart and scalable cloud-based load and performance testing solution for agile and DevOps teams.
Apica LoadTest, from Swedish software company Apica, is a high-volume load testing tool.
Azure Chaos Studio, currently in its preview phase, is a managed chaos engineering experimentation platform for accelerating discovery of hard-to-find problems, from late-stage development through production. It is used to disrupt apps intentionally to identify gaps and plan mitigations…
Landslide is a testing application from Spirent Communications, used to emulate network functions and control and data plane traffic for millions of subscribers consuming IMS and over-the-top services in 5G, LTE, GSM, UMTS, eHRPD and Wi-Fi networks.
Azure Load Testing is a fully managed load-testing service built for Azure that makes it easier to generate high-scale load and identify app performance bottlenecks. The service enables developers and testers to generate high-scale load and run simulations that reveal actionable…
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What are Load Testing Tools?
Load testing tools are a subset of performance testing software, but load testing is one of the most important aspects of overall testing. There is much overlap between the two categories in terms of product coverage. Load testing is the simplest form of performance testing and is designed to test system behavior under expected loads.
This is different from stress testing, which is about overloading systems until they break to understand the outer performance limits. In contrast, load testing ensures a software application or physical network can handle user requests encountered under ordinary operating circumstances.
This activity is typically performed at, or close to, the end of the production cycle so that multi-user load simulations are more accurate. Individual components of an application might also be load tested as part of the development cycle, for example in agile development. However, this is generally referred to as functional testing.
Load testing enables users to evaluate application performance metrics, such as response times, resource-utilization levels, and throughput rates, under ‘normal’ circumstances.
Features & Capabilities
These are features that most load testing tools will have:
Multilocation load testing
Web application testing
API load testing
Database load testing
Mail load testing
Load test performance reporting
Load test plan/script customization
Support for load testing using a range of protocols (e.g. AngularJS, Flash, AJAX, HTML5, JavaScript, SOAP, JSON, WebAPI, WebSockets, etc.)
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Pricing Information
Many load testing tools are open-source and free to use.
Paid load testing tools are often combined with functional, performance, or stress testing tools, and are presented as a ‘testing platform. These platforms are typically priced on a monthly subscription basis, prices can range from $15 / mo to $175 / mo for more advanced plans. Prices for enterprise level solutions are available upon request.