Akamai CloudTest vs BlazeMeter comparison

Akamai and Perforce are both solutions in the Performance Testing Tools category. Akamai is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0, while Perforce is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0. Akamai holds a 3.4% mindshare in PTT, compared to Perforce’s 6.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

Akamai CloudTest

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Akamai CloudTest and BlazeMeter compete in the performance testing space. BlazeMeter holds the advantage with its comprehensive feature set that many tech buyers find worth the investment, despite Akamai CloudTest's favorable pricing and support.

Features: Akamai CloudTest provides real-time analytics, easy scalability, and live monitoring, beneficial for enterprises needing immediate performance insights. BlazeMeter offers open-source compatibility, broad testing protocol support, and cloud-based load generation, ideal for diverse testing environments.

Room for Improvement: Akamai CloudTest could enhance integration with other performance tools, improve customizability of analytics, and streamline its user interface for better navigation. BlazeMeter might improve support response times, optimize on-premise integration for larger enterprises, and simplify initial setup procedures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Akamai CloudTest offers straightforward deployment with dedicated support channels, facilitating smooth implementation. BlazeMeter's cloud-based deployment provides flexibility, though support response times may vary, yet is favored for its adaptability.

Pricing and ROI: Akamai CloudTest typically offers lower setup costs with potential for quick ROI for businesses controlling expenditures. BlazeMeter reflects its extensive capabilities in its pricing, offering long-term value for those prioritizing robust testing features, and provides superior ROI due to its comprehensive offerings.

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai CloudTest

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

8th

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

BlazeMeter

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

3rd

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (9th), API Testing Tools (8th), Test Automation Tools (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Akamai CloudTest is 3.4%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BlazeMeter is 6.6%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Performance Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BlazeMeter	6.6%
Akamai CloudTest	3.4%
Other	90.0%

Performance Testing Tools

Featured Reviews

Vinod Patil

Senior Manager - Performance Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Is user-friendly and offers live monitoring

Extending the same cloud tool to make it app native so that it can help with device performance testing towards HTTP requests and responses. If you can have a front-end tool like Google's Core Web Vitals, it would be great. If you have some integration with Google's Core Web Vitals, it would be great. I want the tool to have IP spoofing because whenever you do load testing, you will have a little bit of static IP based on a particular load generator. If we have an option of just making the real-time scenario, like having IP spoofing, and the range of IPs dynamically gets changed with the request just to mimic the real-time user behavior, then it would be a good improvement. Having integration to APM tools, like Dynatrace or AppDynamics, the way we have in the load tools, would be good.

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Nirav Patel

Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Performance testing for peak retail events has become faster and delivers reliable user load insights

BlazeMeter offers numerous features, but the ones that stand out to me include its ease of use, predefined configurations for high-scale performance testing that can be executed quickly, AI-powered testing, scriptless testing, and accurate API testing with an auto-correction plugin to ensure the accuracy of the tests performed. While I cannot pinpoint a single favorite feature, I find myself using parallel execution frequently because this feature allows multiple tests to be run at once, greatly enhancing my workflow. BlazeMeter effectively handles dependency in microservice architecture, for example, linking one API to another to manage response flows, such as the login and registration APIs, which flows efficiently through BlazeMeter. BlazeMeter has positively impacted my organization by reducing the time required for testing due to its robust features that yield efficient results. Unlike JMeter, which has limitations on user simulations, BlazeMeter allows me to test any number of users, helping my e-commerce website manage unpredictable traffic loads effectively while delivering accurate results I can trust to improve my systems.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Customer service is great; quick to act on everything."

"The solution is very stable."

"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."

"The tool is very user-friendly, so you can save a lot of time in terms of your preparation activities."

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

"From my own experience, if you're talking about load testing and performance testing then definitely you should go for CloudTest. Because when we compared CloudTest with Performance Center, cost wise it was a better solution. It is easy to use as well, and you can definitely get an automation engineer or a performance engineer with very little exposure to any programming or scripting language such as JavaScript. I would definitely recommend this solution and would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten."

"The level of support is quite good and the integration is also very flexible."

"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."

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"It's a great platform because it's a SaaS solution, but it also builds the on-premises hosting solutions, so we have implemented a hybrid approach. BlazeMeter sets us up for our traditional hosting platforms and application stack as well as the modern cloud-based or SaaS-based application technologies."

"The metrics are a great feature for analyzing each test."

"It has helped us simulate heavy load situations so we can fix performance issues ahead of time, ensuring that we are ready for real customer load."

"The feature that stands out the most is their action groups. They act like functions or methods and code, allowing us to reuse portions of our tests. That also means we have a single point for maintenance when updates are required. Instead of updating a hundred different test cases, we update one action group, and the test cases using that action group will update."

"It supports any number of features and has a lot of tutorials."

"Setup was straightforward and simple."

"The stability is good."

"BlazeMeter has allowed us to simplify and speed up our load testing process."

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Cons

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

"In terms of improvement, I think integration of these tools with the leading EPM tools would be good. It would help to seamlessly integrate to Dynatrace or AppDynamics to understand what the profiling looks like when generating a load."

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

"One of the challenges with Soasta is availability and quick access to their technical support documentation and on-call support."

"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."

"If we have an option of just making the real-time scenario, like having IP spoofing, and the range of IPs dynamically gets changed with the request just to mimic the real-time user behavior, then it would be a good improvement."

"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."

"The test clip should be more user-friendly."

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"A possible improvement could be the integration with APM tools."

"I believe that data management and test server virtualization are things that Perforce is working on, or should be working on."

"One problem, while we are executing a test, is that it will take some time to download data. Let's say I'm performance testing with a high-end load configuration. It takes a minimum of three minutes or so to start the test itself. That's the bad part of the performance testing... every time I rerun the same test, it is downloaded again... That means I have to wait for three to four minutes again."

"BlazeMeter should improve or make available some features out of the box that JMeter requires customization for."

"The product currently doesn't allow users to run parallel thread groups, making it an area that should be considered for improvement."

"The Timeline Report panel has no customization options. One feature that I missed was not having a time filter, which I had in ELK. For example, there are only filter requests for a time of less than 5 seconds."

"At the moment, it's heavily based on putting a load on systems through API endpoints/HTTP endpoints."

"BlazeMeter should improve or make available some features out of the box that JMeter requires customization for."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a yearly license, and I would give it a rating of three out of five."

"The tool's price is at an intermediate level. When you compare it with other enterprise load testing tools, it falls under the average category."

"Running cost is very low."

"It's consumption-based pricing but with a ceiling. They're called CVUs, or consumption variable units. We can use API testing, GUI testing, and test data, but everything gets converted into CVUs, so we are free to use the platform in its entirety without getting bogged down by a license for certain testing areas. We know for sure how much we are going to spend."

"I rate the product's price two on a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive. The solution is not expensive."

"It is an averagely priced product."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution."

"The product isn't cheap, but it isn't the most expensive on the market. During our proof of concept, we discovered that you get what you pay for; we found a cheaper solution we tested to be full of bugs. Therefore, we are willing to pay the higher price tag for the quality BlazeMeter offers."

"When compared with the cost of the licenses of other tools, BlazeMeter's license price is good."

"The overall product is less costly than our past solutions, so we've absolutely saved money."

"The pricing is manageable. It is not that big. Big companies won't mind the licensing costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Retailer

11%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	23

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akamai CloudTest?

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What is your primary use case for Akamai CloudTest?

I use the solution in my company for load testing. You can say that it is used on the API and then for web page-level load testing.

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What advice do you have for others considering Akamai CloudTest?

The tool's very first benefit is zero maintenance. You need not take care of your controller or load generator, so there is zero maintenance. The second benefit of the tool would be in the area of ...

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How does BlazeMeter compare with Apache JMeter?

Blazemeter is a continuous testing platform that provides scriptless test automation. It unifies functional and performance testing, enabling users to monitor and test public and private APIs. We ...

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What do you like most about BlazeMeter?

It has a unique programming dashboard that is very user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BlazeMeter?

Regarding pricing, it is favorable compared to other tools, providing good value. The licensing is flexible, with options for one or two-year terms based on user requirements, and BlazeMeter occasi...

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Also Known As

SOASTA CloudTest

JMeter Cloud

Overview

Soasta's CloudTest rapidly builds realistic test scenarios using real user data, then tests, analyzes and repairs faster. CloudTest's visual test environment and real-time analytics test your website, mobile app and api backend to give you a streaming view of all your performance data while tests run from back-end systems to front end performance.

Akamai

BlazeMeter ensures delivery of high-performance software by enabling DevOps teams to quickly and easily run open-source-based performance tests against any mobile app, website or API at massive scale to validate performance at every stage of software delivery.

The rapidly growing BlazeMeter community has more than 100,000 developers and includes prominent global brands such as Adobe, Atlassian, Gap, NBC Universal, Pfizer and Walmart as customers. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., with its research and development in Tel Aviv.

Perforce

Sample Customers

Chester Zoo

DIRECTV, GAP, MIT, NBCUniversal, Pfizer, StubHub

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