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Akamai CloudTest

Score10 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

What is Akamai CloudTest?

Akamai now owns and supports CloudTest, a load and performance testing solution, developed by SOASTA and acquired with the company in 2017.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Deployment model flexibility

    Software can be deployed in testing lab, and also in cloud

    Category average: 8

  • Integrated performance data

    Cross-analysis of data gathered from all the components of the application

    Category average: 8.9

  • Automated anomaly detection

    Automated anomaly detection helps detect exception conditions that can be the cause of performance degradation

    Category average: 6.1

Areas for Improvement

  • End to end performance management

    Identify end to end performance bottlenecks, not just web application response time

    Category average: 8.9

  • Real time monitoring

    Real time monitoring means monitoring the entire application environment while under load

    Category average: 6.8

Huge Load and Performance Tester - Akamai CloudTest

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When it comes to performance testing we take help of Akamai CloudTest, with the help of this tool we make sure that we have intense Performance and load testing in all the environment. For example any Rest or SOAP integration call's load testing for any headless application can be achieved easily using this tool, as easily accessible in cloud, it's globally accessible.

Pros

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

Cons

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

Most Important Features

  • Performance Testing
  • Testing Soap and Rest Integration calls
  • Load balancing test with multiple users

Return on Investment

  • 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

Alternatives Considered

Selenium and Pega Platform

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, Acrobits by Sinch, Reliable Robotics