{"id":11402,"date":"2019-08-09T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/?p=11402"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:23:15","slug":"14-best-performance-testing-tools-apm-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/14-best-performance-testing-tools-apm-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Best Performance Testing Tools &#038; APM Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of the free and enterprise tools available for performance testing, there&#8217;s no excuse for having a system failure<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>MAY 2020 UPDATE<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; We&#8217;ve added some more tools to our original list: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2L9QaJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apptim<\/a> and Artillery \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Performance tests reveal how a system behaves and responds during various situations. A system may run very well with only 1,000 concurrent users, but how would it run with 100,000? In terms of performance, we wish to achieve three main goals: speed, scalability, and stability.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, to understand how your site or app behaves when 100 people access it at once, do you call all of your friends and have them all enter at the exact same time? That could be one way to run a load test\u2026 Or, you can use a tool specifically designed to simulate that kind of load and much more!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, we\u2019ve made a list of our own favorite performance\/load testing and application performance monitoring tools to help you build and maintain a highly reliable and performant system (In an unbiased, alphabetical order!). Several of these are open source and most of the paid ones offer free trials.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_AgileLoad\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">1. AgileLoad<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11406\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed-min.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-min\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agileload.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AgileLoad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an enterprise-class performance testing solution for optimizing the performance of your web applications. AgileLoad promises to increase your ROI and productivity, allowing you to perform your tests faster while providing a deep analysis of test results and full support for all new technologies. It successfully gives in-depth performance diagnostics for a wide range of applications from those using the most advanced web2.0 technologies to more classic client\/server or heavy clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuitive graphic interface lets you capture and design sophisticated business scenarios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic detection and analysis of performance issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly customizable scripting and reporting engine&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support performance testing across the application lifecycle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test against a broad range of applications and protocols<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Record and replay RIAs using a variety of Web 2.0 technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measurable and repeatable load generation with system and end user monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic recording of test scenarios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulate realistic user load with Agileload load injection engine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Runs under Microsoft Windows (2003 and higher) and is compatible with all web browsers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free version: Build all your test scenarios with 10 virtual users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay as you go: Power up your Agileload by renting from 50 to 10000 virtual users<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The free version or \u201cstarter kit\u201d allows for quick ramp-up use of the tool<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic modeling vastly reduces scripting time for subsequent test cases against the same app<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End-to-end diagnostic features: The tool not only monitors the front-end, but also the back-end to detect the reason for performance degradations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anomaly detection and suggestion features help quickly identify and resolve performance bottlenecks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configurable reports, for a mix of audiences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Apache_JMeter\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">2. Apache JMete<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">r<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The de facto standard and \u201cking\u201d of load testing tools, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jmeter.apache.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apache JMeter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an open source, 100% java based application with a graphical interface. It is designed to analyze and measure the performance and load functional behavior of web applications and a variety of services.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11420\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jmeter-tutorial-min-300x150.png\" alt=\"jmeter\" width=\"350\" height=\"175\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JMeter allows you to perform various testing activities like performance, load, stress, regression and functional testing, in order to get accurate performance metrics against your web server. The tool supports variable parameterization, assertions (response validation), per-thread cookies, configuration variables and a variety of reports. JMeter users heavily rely on its various <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jmeter-plugins.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plugins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as most of its &#8220;out of the box&#8221; features are implemented through them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-2\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User-friendly GUI: JMeter comes with a simple and interactive GUI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platform independent: JMeter is written and developed using java, so it can run on any environment or workstation that accepts a Java virtual machine, for example &#8211; Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports various server types: Web (HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP), database (JDBC, LDAP, JMS) and mail (POP3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports multiple protocols such as HTTP, JDBC, LDAP, SOAP, JMS, and FTP<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulates multiple users by using virtual users or unique users in order to generate heavy load against web application under test<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-threading framework allows concurrent and simultaneous sampling of different functions by many or separate thread groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remote distributed testing: JMeter uses a Master-Slave concept for distributed testing where the master will distribute tests among all the slaves and the slaves will execute scripts against your server<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test results can be viewed in different formats like graph, table, tree, and report etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-2\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Free \/ Open Source<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-2\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JMeter has a very large community around it with endless resources and integrates with almost every performance testing tool on the market<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy installation: It can be installed on any desktop with Windows, Mac or Linux<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The test IDE allows test recording from browsers or native applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Readily available plugins, for example, visualization plugin for data analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Appdynamics\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">3. Appdynamics&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11408\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1561453687877-min-300x125.png\" alt=\"appdynamics logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"146\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appdynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AppDynamics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a leading tool that helps analyze, optimize and predict bottlenecks in complex information systems. It can be done on site, during product test and deployment and in the cloud. It has agents for .Net, node js, PHP, Java, C++, Python, Apache Web Server and GoLang. It allows not only real-time application performance monitoring, but business performance monitoring and end user monitoring. According to AppDynamics, its platform helps you to connect application performance and customer experience to your business outcomes with a smarter approach to performance management.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-3\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code level visibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamic baselining and powerful alerting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application performance management agents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data retention<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitoring of multiple platforms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troubleshoot performance issues in production<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trend database performance over time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuously monitor in a high-volume environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Install and begin using immediately<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database agents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server Visibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synthetic Monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile Real-User Monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Browser Real-User Monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-3\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are 3 tiers: APM Pro, APM Advanced, and APM Peak &#8211; contact the vendor for pricing<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-3\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensures that businesses get useful information with its unified analytics functionality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AppDynamics features an innovative approach called Unified Monitoring that incorporates various AppDynamics applications into a single robust solution that helps to determine the precise origin of any performance issue<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Apptim\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">4. Apptim <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12636 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/0-min-1.png\" alt=\"apptim logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2L9QaJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apptim<\/a> was co-founded by an Abstracta co-founder, Fabian Baptista, and Sofia Palamarchuk, our former CEO. The vision behind it is to make autonomous mobile testing a reality. The tool has been in beta until now. Today it offers an easy way for developers and testers to quickly gain an understanding of their mobile app&#8217;s performance, usability, and functionality.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-4\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Test your mobile app on real devices<\/li>\n<li>Supports manual and exploratory testing<\/li>\n<li>Mobile performance dashboard with key metrics and rich data around resource usage, power consumption, start times, crashes, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Integrates with Jira<\/li>\n<li>iOS and Android testing<\/li>\n<li>Performance troubleshooting and tuning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-4\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Apptim is free &#8211; enterprise solutions available upon request.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-4\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This tool makes it effortless to fully test your mobile app in every build. Its biggest strength lies in its ability to help you to easily troubleshoot your app for crashes and exceptions while giving you full visibility on app performance trends.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Artillery\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">5. Artillery<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11431\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-1-min-300x99.png\" alt=\"flag-1-min\" width=\"350\" height=\"116\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artillery.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artillery<\/a> is a load testing and functional testing toolkit written in Node.js. It\u2019s main purpose is to simulate realistic load on complex applications, it works with the concepts of virtual users that arrive to use the application in phases. You write your load testing scripts in YAML, with the option to use Javascript to write custom testing logic.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-5\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Works from the command line<\/li>\n<li>Easy integration with additional software for working with continuous integration<\/li>\n<li>Less resources consumption while running<\/li>\n<li>Works with HTTP(S), Socket.io, WebSockets, and AWS Kinesis<\/li>\n<li>Simple JSON reports that can be exported and shared<\/li>\n<li>Lets you create various scenarios and add them a weight property, the scenarios with higher weight have higher chances to be picked by the virtual users<\/li>\n<li>Can set success conditions for latency or error rates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-5\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There is&nbsp;a free version and a PRO version that costs $199\/month or $1990\/year<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-5\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy to install<\/li>\n<li>Good for runnign quick tests<\/li>\n<li>Simple creation of YAML files whit less blocks.<\/li>\n<li>Handles almost 1.500 requests\/second on a average CPU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about Artilley, see its documentation page: <a href=\"https:\/\/artillery.io\/docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/artillery.io\/docs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_BlazeMeter\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">6. BlazeMeter<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazemeter.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11421\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-min-1-300x57.png\" alt=\"blazemeter logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"67\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazemeter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BlazeMeter<\/a>&nbsp;is a vendor that provides performance and load testing as a service, and it now offers a brand new, complete Continuous Testing Platform to help enterprises shift-left. BlazeMeter provides a web-based interface for creating static load tests and can run any JMeter script for dynamic load tests. One of BlazeMeter&#8217;s main strengths is that it supplements JMeter (the top open source load testing app) with &#8220;Enterprise&#8221; features such as distributed testing, real time reporting, Integration with developer tools for continuous integration (CI) and application performance monitoring (APM).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-6\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100% Compatible with Apache JMeter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create tests on any scale &#8211; up to 1 million concurrent users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up tests within minutes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run scriptless tests or upload URL lists<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run from the cloud or on-premise<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run tests from multiple geo-locations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulate mobile testing from real devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facilitates team collaboration with script and report sharing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-tool support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with leading CI and APM tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support and professional services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-time, detailed reporting of load test results<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set KPIs for tested app behavior<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desktop and mobile user experience monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-6\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free (50 concurrent users)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic: $99\/mo (1000 concurrent users)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro: $499\/mo (5000 concurrent users)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unleashed: Contact vendor for pricing*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Annual Pricing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-6\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlazeMeter allows you to see test results in real time or easily compare multiple tests, all with a simple to use interface and intuitive graphs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a flexible pricing that accommodates hourly, monthly or annual usage. No setup or maintenance fees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlazeMeter\u2019s professional services team can help you to set up and run your performance tests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Dynatrace\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">7. Dynatrace<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11410\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dynatrace_web-min-300x84.png\" alt=\"dynatrace logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"98\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynatrace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynatrace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a widely used application performance management tool that comes with advanced features for monitoring Java and .NET applications, which aids to easily identify bottlenecks or errors in your application. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynatrace.com\/support\/doc\/appmon\/getting-started\/purepath-explained\/?_ga=2.242666250.920072878.1559593095-175184832.1559593095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PurePath<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> technology used in Dynatrace provides end-to-end transaction level details from the browser, across all tiers and database. It helps to uncover performance issues even at the code level and also details of transactions invoking external services. This tool detects abnormalities in response time, transaction rate, throughput and system usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-7\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full stack discovery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full stack performance management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visualizing application infrastructure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-powered analytics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-healing at scale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detecting vMotion events<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital experience management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Container, cloud, and infrastructure management<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-7\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynatrace offers a free trial, contact the vendor for pricing<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-7\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynatrace provides big data analytics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-optimized to find answers and actionable insights for DevOps teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can conduct automated monitoring of up to more than 100,000 hosts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Flood\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">8. Flood<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11411\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-11.27.18-AM-min-300x107.png\" alt=\"flood logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"125\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flood.io\/load-performance-testing-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Tricentis is a load testing platform that lets you run globally-distributed performance tests with your favorite open&nbsp;&nbsp;source tools, including JMeter, Gatling, and Selenium. Flood load tests can be scaled out for maximum concurrency and throughput at any given time. They will take care of the infrastructure and provide aggregated, real-time reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-8\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulate thousands of users in an autonomous fashion and scale out on demand to hundreds of thousands of users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute simple URL tests or more advanced test plans which are 100% compatible with JMeter or Gatling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful and simple ruby-jmeter DSL&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build your own Grid: Use Dynatrace Grid nodes on demand or host your own<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report accurately with descriptive statistics at individual transaction level with raw data available in JSON or CSV formats<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only pay for the test load infrastructure you use, not per test or per simulated user<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share results from your own domain and brand it as your own with custom colour and logo configuration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrate test results with other cloud services such as New Relic and Flowdock<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-8\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team: 50 node hours $299\/mo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise: Contact the vendor for pricing information<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-8\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tool agnostic, can integrate with new tools as they become available<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cluster-less, shared-nothing architecture which means you can scale out for very large tests without the typical bottlenecks found in more traditional setups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real time reports in an easy to share, intuitive, and interactive dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long term storage of results, so you can continuously assess performance over time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Gatling_Frontline\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">9. Gatling Frontline <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11412\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-11.28.54-AM-min-300x96.png\" alt=\"gatling logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"112\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gatling.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatling<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an open-source load and performance testing framework based on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scala_(programming_language)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scala<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akka_(toolkit)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netty_(software)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The software is designed to be used as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Load_testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">load testing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services, with a focus on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Designed to facilitate continuous testing, it integrates with your build tool and offers a web recorder and colorful reports. Gatling also comes in a paid, enterprise version, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gatling.io\/gatling-frontline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gatling FrontLine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which provides advanced analytics and integrations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-9\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standalone HTTP Proxy Recorder<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scala-based scripting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An expressive self-explanatory DSL for test development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asynchronous non-blocking engine for maximum performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excellent support of HTTP(S) protocols and can also be used for JDBC and JMS load testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Validations and assertions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprehensive HTML Report<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-9\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Source version is free<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontline On-premises: Unlimited testing, starting at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;400\u20ac\/mo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frontline Cloud\/based: Unlimited testing, starting at 3\u20ac\/hour<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-9\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gatling is written in Scala, which allows you to run it on any system. This also means you won\u2019t hit any trouble when using different local machines and cloud servers to run and create your tests. Further, scripts written in Scala are easy to maintain in a repository, Gatling is a good option to use in a CI\/CD environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a metrics dashboard that you can see after test execution without having to add any additional plugins. The report is stored as an HTML file, which can be easily saved for later analyses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an integrated assertions API, which gives you a full arsenal to perform functional assertions. This API allows you to run different types of functional checks along with your performance testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tests are very elegant, because Gatling defines a domain-specific language that allows writing very clear and human readable tests.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past years, we have gained a lot of experience with this tool, and we have a lot of further insights to share with you! Here are some blog posts that we have written that may help you with Gatling:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/gatling-tool-review-performance-tests-written-scala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gatling Tool Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/gatling-vs-jmeter-findings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gatling vs. JMeter: Our Findings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazemeter.com\/blog\/gatling-performance-testing-pros-and-cons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gatling Performance Testing Pros and Cons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/implement-load-test-scenarios-gatling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Implement Load Test Scenarios in Gatling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/tutorial-use-gatling-maven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Tutorial on How to Use Gatling with Maven<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Load_Impact\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">10. Load Impact<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11413\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/LI_logo_VECTOR-min-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"load impact logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"56\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loadimpact.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Load Impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a cloud service to load test the performance of websites, apps and APIs \u2013 providing the tools business needs to be confident of their application&#8217;s performance. Its use cases include local testing, regression testing, cloud testing, and A\/B testing. To use it, all you have to do is code your test in ES6 Javascript, or use the Load Impact GUI to generate the JavaScript necessary for your test. Convert existing Postman collections and JMeter tests. Then use the CLI to run tests locally from your machine or in its cloud, distributed across multiple geo locations, and analyze the results. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-10\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large scale load tests up to 1.2 million concurrent users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessible on-demand &#8211; no licensing or software to install<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports any HTTP-based application or service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile testing (client and network emulation)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-geographic distribution of load<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automated and advanced scripting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy-to-use scenario recorders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Browser emulation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possibility to add extra IPs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plugins for Jenkins &amp; TeamCity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test archive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REST API<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Java and Python SDKs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-time data and dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional services and support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule tests (daily, weekly, monthly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interactive graphs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Load script APIs (e.g. JSON and XML parsing, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-10\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free trial<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Varying plans depending on cloud or local execution<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-10\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realistic load tests: Load Impact is capable of running load tests that mirror reality&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global load: In a single test, Load Impact can generate load from up to 10 different geographical locations from all over the world simultaneously<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavy measuring: Load Impact does the heavy lifting in terms of calculating the response rate of every transferred resource. At this level, clients can gain high quality insight that allows them to determine and resolve issues immediately. Load Impact also measures CPU usage, Memory usage, Disk I\/O and Network I\/O.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_LoadUI_Pro\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">11. LoadUI Pro<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11414\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-1-min-300x71.png\" alt=\"load ui pro logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"83\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soapui.org\/professional\/loadui-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LoadUI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a load testing software, targeted mainly at web services that runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. It allows users to test the speed and scalability of APIs, preview API performance behaviors before releasing to production environments and shift performance insights to the left. LoadUI Pro is by SoapUI, as such, LoadUI Pro enables you to reuse your soapUI tests as load tests with just a click.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-11\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud-based API load tests: Prove your API can handle the big time through load testing from the cloud, using Amazon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuse existing functional tests: Use existing SoapUI Pro tests under different load test scenarios without reworking the original tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For comprehensive API load testing, you need to employ multiple performance testing strategies. LoadUI Pro provides pre-built load strategies that you can configure to meet your needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel API load testing: Run several load test scenarios simultaneously to see how various conditions interact with each other and impact your API&#8217;s performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isolated load testing: Use LoadUI Pro with ServiceV Pro and\/or VirtServerto run complex load scenarios against your virtualized assets so your load test results are not impacted by third-party APIs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server monitoring to help you diagnose what resources are causing latency and bottlenecks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-11\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LoadUI Pro Small &#8211; Fixed license: $4,999\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LoadUI Pro Medium &#8211; Fixed license: $9,999\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReadyAPI &#8211; Fixed or floating license: Contact vendor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-11\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulate various types of load with 6 built-in strategies\u2014the strategies included in LoadUI Pro are: Fixed, Burst, Ramp up, Ramp sequence, Custom, Variance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enables automatic generation of data, capturing data from a database or a CSV and links these to your tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built to be compatible with SoapUI tests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12_NeoLoad\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">12. NeoLoad<a href=\"neoload logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11415\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NeoLoad-Primary-min-300x74.png\" alt=\"n\" width=\"350\" height=\"86\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neotys.com\/neoload\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NeoLoad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a powerful load and performance testing software solution designed for web and mobile applications, which realistically simulates large numbers of users and analyzes your server behavior. Thanks to its monitoring modules, NeoLoad identifies performance bottlenecks, enabling you to correct them before they become expensive issues in production. It helps you to confidently deploy high-performance internet, intranet or mobile applications regardless of what technologies you may use.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-12\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad technology support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptless design and visual programming<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live debugging and monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High load support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network virtualization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Device\/Browser Simulator<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud platform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad infrastructure monitoring support&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detailed reports and in-depth results analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easy to collaborate as you can share test results, designs, and a pool of virtual users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers several integrations and APIs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-12\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free: For developers and testers running small load or performance tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard: For one tester testing one application at a time*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional: For teams testing one application at a time*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise: For organizations testing multiple applications concurrently*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VUH: For organizations needing test size and licensing flexibility*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Contact the vendor for pricing information<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-12\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports performance testing of all standard and rich applications (RIA) for desktop and mobile devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitors all major servers available on the market<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise-class: Efficient and infinitely scalable, infrastructure monitoring capability, APM tool integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy-to-use load testing tool: Scriptless test creation, GUI-driven design, automated parameterization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low cost licensing and maintenance, flexible licensing options<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_New_Relic\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">13. New Relic<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11416\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-min-300x54.png\" alt=\"new relic logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"63\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newrelic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Relic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a web application performance service designed to work in real time with your live web app. New Relic Infrastructure provides flexible, dynamic server monitoring. Infrastructure empowers modern operation teams to make intelligent decisions about complex systems, from a physical datacenter to thousands of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) or Microsoft Azure instances. You can see the important performance data of your app in New Relic, like browser response time by geography and browser type, web transactions in real time, etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-13\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy-to-set-up real-time instrumentation and analytics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible instrumentation and dashboarding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correlates application performance to end-user experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connects application and infrastructure performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich, detailed transaction data<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-time error analysis with on-demand diagnostic tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration with DevOps tooling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud-service instrumentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built to scale<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-13\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Price is based on the size of your instance, the number of instances, and the total time running. You can estimate your price <a href=\"https:\/\/newrelic.com\/products\/application-monitoring\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-13\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Works with all the different web development languages, making compatibility a non-issue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Works as a service so that you can access it from anywhere and anytime<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready-to-go performance metrics dashboard allows you to drill down on the \u201cbrowser page load time\u201d to the amount of time the web application, network, DOM processing, page rendering, etc., taken at various instances of time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_OctoPerf\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">14. OctoPerf<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11417\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-3-min-300x99.png\" alt=\"octoperf logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"116\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/octoperf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OctoPerf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first, full web user experience in the load testing tool market. Both their SaaS load testing solution and their on-premise Enterprise Edition comes with a Web UI. You can design, set your load policy, execute your load test, and analyze it directly from a web browser. OctoPerf is developed by a hard-core, bootstrapping agile team that places immense focus on user support with contextual documentation, video tutorials, a methodology training and a live chat.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-14\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full Apache JMeter support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auto-correlations and frameworks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codeless scripting engine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud and on-premise load injection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free and unlimited server monitoring engine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live, customizable, and exportable analysis reports<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results trends and comparison<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborative work using Workspaces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fine grained Service Level Agreement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APM integrations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenkins integration and REST API<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-14\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free: 50 concurrent users\/test, unlimited tests, 2 load generators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic: 1,000 concurrent users\/test, 200 tests\/year, unlimited load generators 99\u20ac\/mo*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro: 3,000 concurrent users\/test, 250 tests\/year, unlimited load generator 499\u20ac\/mo*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On demand: As many concurrent users as you need, as many tests as you need (Contact the vendor for pricing information)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Annual Pricing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-14\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows you to get deep insights about what\u2019s happening on the server side: Monitor specific network interfaces, databases and even OS processes using OctoPerf\u2019s monitoring or APM integrations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to other SaaS load testing solutions, OctoPerf brings you the comfort of a fully integrated solution. From design to analysis, you can do everything in their web interface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows you to easily create realistic tests thanks to their graphical scripting engine. Handle dynamic parameters in only a few clicks. Import any JMeter JMX file or Http Archive.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15_Redline_13\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">15. Redline 13<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11419\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rl13-header-logo-min-300x68.jpg\" alt=\"rl13-header-logo-min\" width=\"350\" height=\"79\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RedLine13<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is focused on bringing (almost) free continuous load testing to the cloud. It provides a command and control architecture for storing, planning, starting, monitoring, and reporting performance tests at scale by using Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-15\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build packaged, custom, and repeatable tests that can easily be delivered to QA, streamlining your testing process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take complete control of your tests by running them in your own AWS environment. The benefits of cloud, with the controls of on-premise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All RedLine13 user\u2019s load tests are backed up and saved for your convenience. When you need to run the same tests again, simply hit the \u201cclone test\u201d button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run an unlimited amount of tests on an unlimited amount of servers for as long as you\u2019d like.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scale out your tests from 1,000 users even up to 1,000,000 users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access our own open-source load testing plugins, craft your own, or use one from UBIK to streamline your testing process<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrates with Jenkins to complete the continuous integration process for load testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From real-time graphs to generating downloadable reports, constantly monitor your load tests with its reporting features<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-15\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free plan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic plan for single user: $75\/mo; $500\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium plan for a testing team: $299\/mo; $2,500\/year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom enterprise plan: Contact the vendor for pricing information<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-15\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open architecture for building and running load tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows you to build packaged, custom, and repeatable tests&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows you to take complete control of your tests by running them in your own AWS environment. The benefits of cloud, with the controls of on-premise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16_Taurus\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">16. Taurus <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7059\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Taurus-min-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"taurus logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\"><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created by BlazeMeter, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettaurus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taurus<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an open-source framework that provides a simple way to create and run performance tests, as well as an easy integration with additional open-source functional and performance testing software, like Selenium, Gatling or JMeter. Taurus uses YAML files, which are very easy to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Features-16\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Key Features<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An easily-readable, version control friendly and unified DSL (Domain-specific language) to define load test scenarios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute existing JMeter (or Grinder or Gatling or Selenium) tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create new tests from scratch using the aforementioned DSL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merge multiple existing test scripts and\/or DSL-driven tests into a single scenario.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-time reporting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JUnit-compatible test results format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy way to define flexible pass\/fail criteria. In case the results exceed a threshold, it is possible to automatically mark test(s) as failed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platform-independency: runs where Python and Java can run.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apt tool to use in CI\/CD environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pricing-16\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">Pricing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Free \/ Open Source<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Makes_it_Unique-16\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #3056a2;\">What Makes it Unique?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple setup and upgrading<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration with the BlazeMeter reporting service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Console stats and pseudo-graphic charts during the test execution (which can be combined with the BlazeMeter integration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, read this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/tools\/introduction-taurus-alternative-jmeter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Taurus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there you have it, some of our most recommended tools for performance testing and monitoring! They all have their own advantages for performance engineering.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there a tool you recommend that we didn\u2019t cover here? Let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_for_You\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended for You<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/how-to-make-a-performance-test-plan\/\">How to Make a Performance Test Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/performance-testing\/best-time-start-performance-testing\/\">When is the Best Time to Start Performance Testing?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-58d80a50fc4f926d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the free and enterprise tools available for performance testing, there&#8217;s no excuse for having a system failure MAY 2020 UPDATE &#8211; We&#8217;ve added some more tools to our original list: Apptim and 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