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OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) vs Tricentis NeoLoad comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.4
OpenText Core Performance Engineering offers savings of $10,000-$30,000 annually by reducing infrastructure costs and improving testing efficacy.
Sentiment score
7.5
Tricentis NeoLoad enhanced testing efficiency, reduced costs, increased ROI, and saved over one million dollars annually for users.
LoadRunner Cloud helps with risk elimination by reducing performance degradation in production, ensuring a better end-user experience.
The ROI is not necessarily cost savings. Sometimes a customer wants to use OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, or it's the only tool that will solve the problem depending on the application.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud's customer service is praised, but technical support experiences vary, highlighting the need for knowledgeable teams.
Sentiment score
7.8
Tricentis NeoLoad offers quick, skilled support with fast solutions, efficient assistance, and thorough documentation, especially for high-priority issues.
I faced issues with OpenText LoadRunner Cloud support when a problem took three to four months to resolve, which negatively impacted our project, especially when key team members were unavailable during leave periods.
It's important to note that OpenText has recently taken over Micro Focus.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
LoadRunner Cloud efficiently scales for diverse needs, supporting various environments with flexibility and reliable performance, despite some cost concerns.
Sentiment score
7.5
Tricentis NeoLoad efficiently scales with user growth, supporting extensive testing across regions despite occasional high-threshold challenges.
It is very scalable, and on the cloud, it's even more scalable, potentially unlimited.
With load generators available, it is easily scalable to meet our needs.
The solution is highly scalable, which is its main feature.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
OpenText Core Performance Engineering is stable, resolving minor bugs quickly, with occasional challenges during high concurrency tests.
Sentiment score
7.5
Tricentis NeoLoad is generally stable but occasionally experiences issues resolved by updates and proper configuration.
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek diverse load patterns, better reporting, enhanced monitoring, CI/CD integration, and improved UI, AI, and tool support.
Tricentis NeoLoad needs improvements in protocol support, UI, integration, support resources, and license management for better user appeal.
It would also be convenient if there were options to convert scripts from competitor tools like NeoLoad to LoadRunner.
The technical personnel are not able to fix issues quickly, which becomes problematic during critical situations.
I expect an improvement in the cloud location offering to better serve local applications, particularly to enhance testing accuracy for users in regions like Thailand.
The effect of the new license policy is that NeoLoad becomes more and more unattractive for smaller companies, and only bigger companies are interested or find the license fee fair.
 

Setup Cost

LoadRunner Cloud pricing is high but competitive, offering flexibility and multi-protocol support, with possible discounts via AWS Marketplace.
Tricentis NeoLoad offers cost-effective, flexible licensing with competitive pricing and scalability, appealing to high-volume users despite some cost concerns.
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud pricing is flexible, offering a more affordable solution compared to the more expensive on-premise LoadRunner.
It's delivering functionality, but we also use JMeter, which is free.
 

Valuable Features

OpenText Core Performance Engineering provides scalable cloud-based load testing with protocol support, anomaly detection, and easy integration.
Tricentis NeoLoad offers quick scripting, intuitive UI, and robust integrations, with codeless scripting enhancing usability and performance.
A significant difference is in its depth of analysis.
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud can scale in a cloud-based environment to support up to ten thousand concurrent users without capacity loss, which is not possible with on-premise solutions on personal machines.
We can monitor CPU and memory utilization, and response times.
Most graphs can be configured with drag-and-drop, which is handy, and you get graphs suitable for reporting issues.
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Core Performance E...
Ranking in Performance Testing Tools
6th
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tricentis NeoLoad
Ranking in Performance Testing Tools
3rd
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) is 9.2%, up from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tricentis NeoLoad is 16.2%, up from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud-based testing accommodates high user scenarios while anticipating location improvement
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud can scale in a cloud-based environment to support up to ten thousand concurrent users without capacity loss, which is not possible with on-premise solutions on personal machines. This scalability and network bandwidth capability are essential for high-scale load testing. Additionally, it allows me to upload common LoadRunner scripts to the cloud for testing without requiring a license for scripting tools, offering a flexible and comfortable high-scale load testing solution.
Vivekanandan Vallinayagam - PeerSpot reviewer
Has a highly intuitive UI and easy integrations and has an impressive reporting framework
The solution offers an easy setup process. Tricentis NeoLoad has intuitive installers to facilitate a seamless deployment process. Our organization works with both the on-prem and SaaS models of Tricentis NeoLoad as per the client's needs. As part of the deployment process in our company, at first, we typically provision some VMs, and then we get the installers and license codes upon purchase. Following the aforementioned step, the .exe controller is installed, and in the help section of the product's portal, the license needs to be applied. The deployment process of the solution takes around one or two days. The product doesn't require many resources for deployment and can be easily maintained. The SaaS version is maintained by the vendor, while the on-prem version allows the user to archive the reports and results.
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Comparison Review

it_user104961 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 13, 2014
LoadRunner vs NeoLoad
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
35%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?
I absolutely recommend Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud. In fact, I consider it to be one of the best performance testing tools. I like it because it provides many benefits. Some of the ones I find to...
What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?
One of LoadRunner's standout features is its extensive support for various TechStacks and protocols.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?
OpenText LoadRunner Cloud pricing is flexible, offering a more affordable solution compared to the more expensive on-premise LoadRunner. The hourly usage model allows cost-saving when used rightly.
Do you recommend Tricentis NeoLoad?
I highly recommend Tricentis NeoLoad for companies that are in need of a versatile load and performance testing tool. This relatively inexpensive solution is recognized by organizations like Oxford...
What is your primary use case for Neotys NeoLoad?
The solution is for continuous performance validation. The important thing is that it's not just for one load test and then forgotten. I try to integrate the performance tests into our pipelines, w...
What do you like most about Tricentis NeoLoad?
The most valuable feature of Tricentis NeoLoad for us has been its ability to easily monitor all the load generators and configure the dynamics and data rates. Additionally, we can monitor individu...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud, StormRunner Load, LoadRunner Cloud, and Micro Focus StormRunner Load
NeoLoad, Neotys NeoLoad
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Alfa Bank, N Brown Group, University of Copenhagen, McGraw-Hill, Cognizant
Dell, H&R Block, Best Buy, Orange, Verizon Wireless, ING, Mazda, Siemens, University of Oxford
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