Akamai CloudTest Reviews

Our primary use case is to do performance testing and load testing to determine which applications we release on the market to end-users. Before they go to the production environment, we perform a couple of tests to determine the threshold or maximum capacity our backend can handle. So we look at the capacity of our infrastructure and see if our backend can expand, how much it expands, where it goes, how it scales and if it impacts the response time. We can test all these features using Akamai CloudTest.

Since we run a lot of marketing campaigns on our products, we don't have the exact user capacity requirements. After running the load test we can determine the capacity our backend can handle. Based on that, we can make sure that our infrastructure is optimized. It helps us to cater to on-demand capacity and load, which helps to keep in mind the response time or the performance of applications for the end-users. We don't move it during peak hours, because our response time in applications become slower and unresponsive, or they simply behave differently. 

Akamai Cloud Test provides detailed analysis during load and performance testing which helps in determining different components of our platforms and external integrations with other vendors needs optimization (i.e.) it highlights exact API call with request, response, error, TTFB to identify root cause of failure which in turn helps in improving time to resolution and prioritize change requests.

Akamai cloud test integration into our current CI/CD pipelines (i.e.) identify and resolve the issues during the sprint phase which helps in delivering an absolute product and reduces time to market/release.

I would say the solution is stable because we don't use it every day. We only use it when we have a load test or when we have new versions of applications going out. The stability depends upon how the integration and setup are done. For every new release and every new change, a few things need to be tweaked but it is not something very complex.

The solution is scalable. 

We looked at a couple of other applications like Apache JMeter, Gatling, and a few other low-cost open-sourced applications, but with those applications, you need to have a complete setup or complete integration in the backend. The scalability becomes a problem and that is why we didn't choose them. These solutions also didn't give us a real user experience and parameter tweaking with open-source was not possible. With Akamai CloudTest all of this is quite easy and possible to perform.

The level of support is quite good and the integration is also very flexible because the solution has modules of integration and you can use their public cloud and you can integrate the backend. The initial setup was not very complex as it is based on the niche. 

It all depends on what you're looking for, but this solution is exactly what we need for performance testing and load testing of this. We never have to panic during campaigns, because I usually don't know what's going to be the response. Thanks to the testing that can be done beforehand, I know what to expect from other vendors. This is the response time I expect from them. My rating for Akamai CloudTest is, therefore, nine out of ten.

The agents on the cloud have been extremely valuable for us.

The test clip should be more user-friendly.

The solution is very stable.

The solution is very scalable. For the field test, we have over 1,000 users. As of right now, we don't plan to increase usage.

Out of five, I would rate the technical support of the solution at two or three. Sometimes it's a challenge because we face delays.

We did previously use a different solution. It was the client's decision to switch to Akamai Cloudtest.

I wouldn't say the setup is straightforward. I would say more it's between straightforward and complex. To circumvent due diligence security issues, we were forced to use a more extensive sort to record test clip. That's the only challenge we faced.

We use the public cloud version of the solution.

I would rate this solution six out of ten.

Soasta CloudTest is an integral part of our performance testing strategy and key in generating load across geography.

This is an awesome performance testing tool for web based applications, able to generate load multiple geographies, dynamic ramp-up to any levels of virtual users.

Before moving to Soasta CloudTest, we had a performance testing tool deployed on-premise environment. Other than high licensing cost, this tool has limitation in simulating real user experience to generate load in different geographies, hence, reliable performance test results. 

Soasta CloudTest has added flexility in performance testing plan, achieving at low cost.

One of the challenges with Soasta is availability and quick access to their technical support documentation and on-call support. Hence, it was a challenge to acquire knowledge during tool adoption stage. Soasta CloudTest is a cloud hosted tool, hence, initial setup would need whitelisting to access on-premise application under test. 

It's a manual process to whitelist respective internal IPs in coordination with web operations team to access Soasta. Availability of any standardized tool from Soasta will make setup process easy.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability.

Running cost is very low.

• Cloud load agents on-demand integration with AWS

The cloud-based load test is a realistic load test.

The UI gets stuck sometimes; pulling huge load test data takes time and the UI often gets stuck.

I have used it for 3+ years.

We sometimes encounter stability issues, but they are not severe.

We sometimes encounter scalability issues.

Customer service is great; quick to act on everything.

Technical support is 8/10.

I have only used CloudTest and I consider it a very powerful tool.

I haven’t used it outside the CloudTest training. It is an option for Performance testing taken into consideration by my company.

I couldn't say, as I haven't used it outside the training or applied it to any project yet.

The solution was easy to set-up and much more easy and intuitive to build performance tests. Also, in my opinion, scaling the grid was easier to set-up than JMeter, for example.

The solution was easy to set-up and much more easy and intuitive to build performance tests.

In my opinion, scaling the grid was easier to set-up than Jmeter, for example.

We haven't had any issues with scalability.

I had a strong support during training. The trainer had a very strong lecture about the product, making it easier to use and to understand the core features.

The solution used by my employer was JMeter, mainly because it is open-sourced and a lot of engineers already used it or know how to use it. I found CloudTest to be a solid alternative with a more intuitive design. Use of Amazon cloud is also a strong-point as I see more and more products using the cloud. I sure hope to have the change of using CloudTest more often on one of my projects.

Considering that I have worked in VM environments for quite some time now, setting up was fairly straightforward and easy. Once the VM setup is in place, the rest of the setup is a piece of cake.