We performed a comparison between OpenText LoadRunner Professional and ReadyAPI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Performance Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability of Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional is very high. It is the leading tool for stability."
"I think that analytics is very good and that the analytics features are very powerful."
"It is actually a very good tool because it will support almost all, if not all, industry-standard protocols, and it is also equipped with very nice reporting capabilities, which is why I like it."
"The most valuable features of Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional are the separate module for scripting, execution analysis, and integration with a lot of new things pipeline areas. They keep updating their releases. Recently, they have released different versions, such as the professional and enterprise. They're coming up with new features which are good."
"The number of protocols that it supports, and especially, for example, when it talks about SAP GUI-based performance testing."
"It is an advanced tool with multiple options available for the performance system."
"It is a good and stable tool."
"Very useful for finding out how the system responds to load, stress, and normal situations, as well as benchmarking with other industry competitors. It also improved our response time, memory delegation, and CPU delegation. In addition, we used LoadRunner to optimize our database and website."
"When we are doing API testing we have found it to be very efficient to receive results. Additionally, you are able to do tests directly from the API."
"The most valuable feature is being able to run each version for test suites."
"It can create stress tests very fast, and some features help you do it fast."
"The interface is ok and they have the ability to re-load tests so that you can reuse them."
"The dashboards are very good and consolidate all of the tests that you are performing with the client."
"The most valuable features are the integration with Jira and the test management tools."
"The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are its robust functionality and collaboration capabilities."
"It's easy to automate for more data-driven testing."
"The initial start-up of Micro Focus LoadRunner could be improved. When we add 20 or 30 scripts, the refresh is completed one by one. I would like to be able to select all the script at one time, so it can be completed in a single click, reducing the time required."
"I would like to see better-licensing costs."
"I would like them to lower the licensing cost and provide better support."
"The solution lacks some form of integration."
"The pricing model, selling model, and business model need to be adjusted. For non-enterprise organizations, Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional is too expensive and not worth the cost."
"Sometimes we are not be able to click on some of the buttons due to the screen mismatching and compatibility issues."
"You should be able to use LoadRunner as a single platform. You should be able to have browser based access. You should be able to run enterprise tests."
"We'd like the solution to be a bit more user-friendly."
"Lacking flexibility of adding more custom verification for security testing."
"The initial setup could be less complex."
"Areas for improvement include the security files, endpoints, and process sessions."
"If ReadyAPI had more integration with all of the big tools on the market then this would be very useful."
"The overall scope of this solution is limited and could be improved."
"They have performance testing also. However, it's not that great."
"The UI should be flexible. Currently, the UI isn't."
"In terms of features, I have already raised different change requests on the ReadyAPI side. One of the largest functions I've requested is the validation of the payload for the REST APIs."
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OpenText LoadRunner Professional is ranked 2nd in Performance Testing Tools with 76 reviews while ReadyAPI is ranked 7th in Performance Testing Tools with 34 reviews. OpenText LoadRunner Professional is rated 8.4, while ReadyAPI is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OpenText LoadRunner Professional writes "A sophisticated tool that supports many languages and works with all kinds of applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ReadyAPI writes "Allows you to parameterize in one place for the changes to reflect everywhere and lets you customize the environment, but its load testing feature needs improvement, and costs need to be cheaper". OpenText LoadRunner Professional is most compared with Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise, OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, Apache JMeter and IBM Rational Performance Tester, whereas ReadyAPI is most compared with Apache JMeter, Katalon Studio, ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca and froglogic Squish. See our OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. ReadyAPI report.
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