Akamai CloudTest vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web comparison

The compared Akamai and OpenText solutions aren't in the same category. Akamai is ranked #7 in LTT , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 3.6% mindshare in the category. OpenText is ranked #6 in MTT , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Akamai CloudTest and OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Akamai CloudTest

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (8th), Load Testing Tools (7th)

OpenText Functional Testing...

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (18th), Mobile App Testing Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. Akamai CloudTest is designed for Load Testing Tools and holds a mindshare of 3.6%, up 2.8% compared to last year.
OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web, on the other hand, focuses on Mobile App Testing Tools, holds 6.1% mindshare, up 2.7% since last year.

Load Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Akamai CloudTest	3.6%
OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional)	13.3%
Tricentis NeoLoad	12.2%
Other	70.9%

Load Testing Tools

Mobile App Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web	6.1%
Tricentis Tosca	21.9%
OpenText Functional Testing	18.4%
Other	53.6%

Mobile App 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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reviewer2356440

Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Experienced ease in automation with strong support while seeking improvements in low-code options

OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web offers flexibility of deployment, from on-premises to UFT One which is on the cloud. They provide capability for immediate deployment, and assets can be migrated easily. They include enablers specifically for quick migration of test assets. While I have not personally been involved in these migrations, I have observed some clients using it directly while others make a complete shift from OpenText to Tricentis platforms. There have not been many clients moving from OpenText platforms from on-premises to cloud because most shifts have been toward different product categories such as Tricentis altogether.

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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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"From my own experience, if you're talking about load testing and performance testing then definitely you should go for CloudTest."

"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."

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"The solution provides a controlled device farm with the right devices (selected based on analytics), that are readily available (can be reserved), have the right app and can be used for manual or automated tests."

"Using the existing enterprise tools, like UFT, or even if you want to go open source, you can use them and it's a real user-functional performance, we are able to achieve that."

"We escalate tickets to HPE, and we don't have problems."

"This helped my prior organization immensely due to the ability to remotely manipulate devices, even by offshore vendors."

"The ease of use and being able to enroll more people into developing test scripts using their AI function, which they call AI but is OCR recognition, is significant."

"The pricing is great."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is virtualization."

"The fact that it allows users to test on real mobile devices instead of emulators is something that projects have told us is beyond compare."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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"For the most part, the key challenge is ensuring that customers fully utilize the product as intended and adopt the appropriate frameworks to implement the solutions effectively."

"They should introduce a pay-per-use subscription model."

"I don't think the product as it is right now is going to sell itself, but it's really what are the next steps."

"I would like to see more integration with automation tools."

"We like to host the tools centrally. We would need them to be multi-tenants, so different projects could log on and have their own set of devices and their own set of apps, and they wouldn't see data from other projects that are using it."

"However, it is still a young product that is improving leaps and bounds each release."

"With versions prior to 2.0 I found that configuration was trickier than it should be, particularly with aspects such as NV."

"I think the biggest issues that I've seen, and this is a personal view of mine, is that most of the HPE products have a common look and feel to them."

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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."

"The product could be more affordable."

"OpenText UFT Digital Lab's pricing is average, and I rate it a five out of ten."

"While the pricing may seem relatively high, when compared to competitors, it often falls in line or can even be more cost-effective."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Construction Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Retailer

10%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Non Profit

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	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	13

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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What needs improvement with Micro Focus UFT Mobile?

Digital Lab is a pretty solid product with areas that could be continuously improved on.

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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus UFT Mobile?

I deal with OpenText Analysis Database and Core Performance Engineering, which are categories of software rather than individual pieces. We focus on the ADM area, which includes ALM, UFT One, UFT D...

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What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus UFT Mobile?

I do have experience with OpenText products and OpenText ALM. I have been using ALM Quality Center, which has had a few names for it over time, but it is the old Quality Center that was then rename...

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Comparisons

OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) vs Akamai CloudTest

Compared 21% of the time

OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) vs Akamai CloudTest

Compared 12% of the time

Tricentis NeoLoad vs Akamai CloudTest

Compared 11% of the time

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) vs Akamai CloudTest

Compared 10% of the time

Apache JMeter vs Akamai CloudTest

Compared 10% of the time

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Tricentis Tosca vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web

Compared 8% of the time

Perfecto vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web

Compared 7% of the time

OpenText Functional Testing vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web

Compared 5% of the time

Selenium HQ vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web

Compared 5% of the time

Ranorex Studio vs OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

SOASTA CloudTest

Micro Focus UFT Digital Lab, Micro Focus UFT Mobile, Mobile Center, Micro Focus Mobile Center, HPE Mobile Center

Overview

Akamai CloudTest provides a robust platform for simulating real-world traffic scenarios, allowing businesses to optimize application performance and reliability.

Akamai CloudTest is designed for high-scale load testing, enabling companies to simulate thousands to millions of users in realistic environments. It delivers accurate performance insights, ensuring applications handle peak demands. With its real-time analytics, teams can make informed decisions to improve app reliability and user experience.

What are the key features of Akamai CloudTest?

Real-Time Analytics: Provides immediate insights into performance metrics during tests.
Scalability: Simulates a range of user loads from thousands to millions.
Cloud Integration: Utilizes cloud resources for flexible and extensive testing.
Customizable Test Scenarios: Allows tailored load tests to reflect real-world conditions.
Integrated Monitoring: Offers comprehensive monitoring of application performance during load tests.

What benefits and ROI can be expected?

Improved Performance: Identifies performance bottlenecks swiftly, enhancing application speed and reliability.
Cost Efficiency: Optimizes resource allocation by preventing over-provisioning.
Informed Decisions: Empowers teams to make data-driven decisions based on real-time insights.
Reduced Downtime: Minimizes application downtime through proactive testing and analysis.

In industries like finance, retail, and media, Akamai CloudTest is often implemented to ensure transaction-heavy environments remain stable under peak loads. Retailers use it during sales events to guarantee seamless user experiences, while media companies benefit during high-traffic streaming events.

Akamai

OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web offers integration with HPE and non-HPE tools, real device testing, and device management. It supports real-time analytics and multi-platform testing, ensuring traceability and flexibility with decentralized devices.

OpenText Functional Testing Lab for Mobile and Web is designed to enhance testing efficiency for mobile and desktop applications by allowing ease of integration with different testing environments. It features real-time analytics, supports automated device management, and provides the flexibility of decentralized testing on real devices. With a focus on robust traceability, it stands out as a comprehensive choice for optimizing software development life cycles, especially notable for its ability to support multiple devices simultaneously and strategic scaling through network virtualization and AWS device farm.

What are the key features of OpenText Functional Testing Lab?

Ease of Use: Intuitive interface facilitating user engagement.
Integration: Compatible with HPE and non-HPE tools for improved workflow.
Real Device Testing: Ensures testing on actual devices for accurate results.
Automation: Advanced capabilities streamline repetitive testing.
Device Management: Flexible management of decentralized devices.
Multi-Platform Support: Simultaneous testing across various platforms.
Traceability: Strong application delivery traceability for robust tracking.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Scalability: Ability to handle multiple devices and scale as needed.
Flexibility: Deployment options include both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.
Real-Time Analytics: Provides actionable insights for data-driven decisions.
Enhanced Performance: Optimizes the software development lifecycle.
Comprehensive Testing: Facilitates thorough functional and performance testing.

Financial services companies utilize OpenText Functional Testing Lab for optimizing mobile solutions and applications, ensuring a streamlined integration into their Application Lifecycle Management and Unified Functional Testing processes. It aids in functional and performance testing, adapting to both on-premises and cloud deployments to suit industry-specific demands.

OpenText

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Bci, BPER Services, Die Mobiliar, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, HPE, Independent Health, Shanghai OnStar Telematics, Pick n Pay, UCB

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