We performed a comparison between k6 Open Source and OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, Tricentis, OpenText and others in Load Testing Tools."The standout feature of k6 is its strong focus on API performance testing."
"You can test a huge variety of applications, not just web-based systems, but SAP, Oracle, web services, pretty much anything out in the market place, but it's mobile-based testing."
"I think the number one feature everybody likes is the capability to easily generate virtual users as well as the reporting."
"It is mostly user-friendly and usable."
"Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise is easy to use and has flexibility that allows it to be used on a variety of applications."
"With LoadRunner Enterprise, doing various types of performance testing, load testing, and automation testing has been very helpful for some of the teams."
"The most valuable feature is the Vuser protocols."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"The tool is very easy to set up and get running."
"One area where k6 could improve is by introducing a GUI similar to JMeter."
"It is tough to maintain from the infrastructure side."
"While the stability is generally good, there are a few strange issues that crop up unexpectedly which affect consistent use of the product."
"I know there are integrations with continuous testing. It's got tie-ins to some of the newer tools to allow continuous testing. I'd love to see us not have to customize it, but for it to be out of the box."
"The solution is a very expensive tool when compared with other tools."
"They had wanted to change the GUI to improve the look and feel. However, since that time, we see a lot of hanging issues."
"Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise needs to add more features for Citrix performance-based applications testing. This was one of the challenges we observed. Additionally, we experienced some APIs challenges."
"After they get over the acquisition, the first improvement is going to be tailoring it for their existing stack of other products. How would LoadRunner work for Documentum? How would it work for Business Network? How would it work for other apps? They can have a pre-package or a guide because they are all in the same family as opposed to being outside."
"The support team needs to be more coordinated."
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k6 Open Source is ranked 17th in Load Testing Tools with 1 review while OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise is ranked 5th in Load Testing Tools with 81 reviews. k6 Open Source is rated 7.0, while OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of k6 Open Source writes "Offers good scalability and has the ability to integrate with various systems and services". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise writes "Saves time and effort, and makes it easy to set up scenarios and execute tests". k6 Open Source is most compared with Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad and RadView WebLOAD, whereas OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise is most compared with OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, OpenText Silk Performer, Tricentis NeoLoad and Apache JMeter.
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