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OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) vs Worksoft Certify comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
6.8
LoadRunner Professional offers strong ROI with reduced downtime, improved performance, and cost savings, justifying its initial investment.
Sentiment score
7.3
Worksoft Certify enhances efficiency, reduces manual testing by 80%, and boosts ROI by over 583% with effective test automation.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
OpenText LoadRunner Professional support varies, with mixed feedback on responsiveness; community forums are often used for assistance.
Sentiment score
6.5
Worksoft Certify's support is responsive and knowledgeable, though service speed can vary, advising escalation for complex issues.
If I need to rate support from one to ten, I would say it is a nine.
The technical support is really excellent.
Their technical support is responsive, which is good, and their solutions are timely.
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
OpenText LoadRunner Professional provides scalable testing with high user counts, diverse protocols, but may require careful consideration of resource needs.
Sentiment score
7.6
Worksoft Certify is reliable and adaptable, excelling in scalable test automation despite occasional hardware and licensing challenges.
We look at the scalability because we are using the SaaS model now.
We are an enterprise company. It covers companies of all sizes.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
OpenText Professional Performance Engineering is highly stable and reliable, preferred over other tools despite minor bugs.
Sentiment score
7.3
Worksoft Certify is stable and reliable, with minimal issues and effective support, maintaining high user satisfaction through frequent updates.
I see it is stable, though there are some glitches or latency sometimes.
I would rate it a nine out of ten for stability.
 

Room For Improvement

OpenText LoadRunner Professional is expensive and complex, needing simplification, better integration, automation, and enhanced reporting features.
Worksoft Certify needs database, UI, and performance enhancements, plus improved support, integration, and AI features for better user experience.
I find that AI functionality in OpenText LoadRunner Professional should be improved and more accessible.
Focusing more on AI and its integration with Worksoft would really help enhance our processes.
There are still some minor issues concerning continuous testing, particularly related to the timeout feature.
 

Setup Cost

OpenText LoadRunner Professional offers flexible scaling and support but may be costly compared to competitors due to additional user fees.
Worksoft Certify is pricey, with discounts for bulk licenses, affecting smaller businesses more due to high initial setup costs.
As it is a quality tool, the price is slightly higher, but that is acceptable compared to other tools, especially considering the ROI.
The pricing is minimal and moderate.
 

Valuable Features

OpenText LoadRunner Professional offers robust scripting, analytics, diverse protocol support, and advanced scaling for efficient performance testing.
Worksoft Certify enables script-free automation, simplifying process documentation and testing across platforms with drag-and-drop functionality and seamless integration.
Overall, the installation was quite easy since OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) is SaaS-based.
The most valuable feature of OpenText LoadRunner Professional is the analysis part that is really good, along with the support for multiple protocols.
Teams who are planning for automation and are still in manual testing can use Worksoft Certify, and significant time and resources will be reduced.
We're getting good value from continuous testing management, and the fact that it's also codeless is valuable.
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Professional Perfo...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (4th), Load Testing Tools (3rd)
Worksoft Certify
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (7th), API Testing Tools (11th), Test Automation Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) is designed for Performance Testing Tools and holds a mindshare of 13.1%, up 12.2% compared to last year.
Worksoft Certify, on the other hand, focuses on Test Automation Tools, holds 4.1% mindshare, down 4.2% since last year.
Performance Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional)13.1%
Apache JMeter14.8%
Tricentis NeoLoad11.6%
Other60.5%
Performance Testing Tools
Test Automation Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Worksoft Certify4.1%
Tricentis Tosca19.2%
OpenText Functional Testing8.4%
Other68.30000000000001%
Test Automation Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Kulveer Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Supports AI-enabled load testing and aids in preventing unexpected outages by ensuring infrastructure sizing aligns with the anticipated load
The challenge lies in the time-consuming manual coding and testing. It takes a while to understand it, repeat it with the managers or a business analyst, and then share the reports with stakeholders, and the whole process takes time. So it would be beneficial for us if there is some kind of a dashboard where you can have different rules. A dashboard with different rules would be beneficial for quick approvals and deployment, reducing the need for extensive meetings and email communication. It could be improved in some areas to support the latest web technologies. For example, LoadRunner could be improved to better support single-page applications (SPAs). Another way to improve LoadRunner would be to add better support for testing SPAs. Now, most people are going for WAV 2.0. Most of the applications are single-page applications where the browser is not refreshing.
Srabanti Pramanik - PeerSpot reviewer
Has streamlined SAP test automation and reduced regression cycle time through no-code capabilities
Worksoft Certify is a no-code tool that works effectively with SAP, and I appreciate all the features compared to other tools. Teams who are planning for automation and are still in manual testing can use Worksoft Certify, and significant time and resources will be reduced. Reporting for Worksoft Certify is also excellent; we have the BPP reports customized, and recently WRS has been implemented, so all these features are beneficial.
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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
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Retailer
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise66
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise58
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?
When designing a workload model offers a good range of possibilities for creating goal-oriented scenarios, which helps us understand and meet SLAs.
What needs improvement with Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?
I have mentioned many advantages about this product, but to discuss disadvantages or areas that could be improved, I would need to consult with my engineers who are working on it. So far I have not...
How does Tricentis Tosca compare with Worksoft Certify?
Tosca fulfills our business needs better because it is an end-to-end solution across technologies. We like that it is scriptless, so even non-experienced staff can use it. To put it simply, with To...
What do you like most about Worksoft Certify?
A specific feature that I found to be the most valuable in the solution for our company's work processes stems from the fact that it is useful as a low-code automation tool.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Worksoft Certify?
I would rate the pricing for the product as reasonable. As it is a quality tool, the price is slightly higher, but that is acceptable compared to other tools, especially considering the ROI.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional, Micro Focus LoadRunner, HPE LoadRunner, LoadRunner
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