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OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
4.2 out of 5

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PROS

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) provides a centralized platform for performance testing, offering ease in upgrading and supporting a wide range of applications and protocols.
The tool allows for easy scaling of virtual users and provides detailed reporting capabilities, making it valuable for enterprise-level testing and performance evaluation.
Integration with third-party tools like Dynatrace and Splunk enhances its monitoring capabilities, offering quick setup for comprehensive performance analysis.
Users appreciate the versatility and flexibility in the testing environment, allowing for efficient load, stress, and automation testing across various scenarios.
The detailed analytics and reporting features provide significant insights, ensuring robust test coverage and performance evaluation, resulting in measurable returns on investment.

CONS

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) has high costs, often driving users towards more affordable open-source alternatives.
Technical support is reportedly uncoordinated and has degraded compared to when the product was under HP's ownership.
There are challenges with integrations, notably with cloud-based load generators and third-party products.
Resource optimization is necessary, particularly for the TruClient protocol which consumes excessive memory.
Users experience various installation issues, requiring frequent reinstallation attempts and adjustments across different machines.
 

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) Pros review quotes

reviewer2668566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jul 31, 2025
I have seen an ROI from this tool, as it provides enormous value; it ensures that you are not setting yourself up for failure and functions as an insurance.
PS
Test Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2024
LoadRunner's UI is project-convenient, allowing easier simulation of real-time scenarios and producing comprehensive reports that are effortless to read.
VictorHorescu - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at iqst
Feb 27, 2024
Now that LoadRunner integrates with Dynatrace and other monitoring tools, it simplifies the process of integration into a company, taking merely five minutes to set up. This ease of integration allows for quick comparison of monitoring and performance results, a feature I highly appreciate.
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reviewer2297829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior systems engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 20, 2023
It is pretty easy to do test execution and results analysis. When it comes to scenario settings, LoadRunner Enterprise has an extra edge over other testing tools in the industry. The scenario setup is easy, and in terms of execution, we have a clear idea of what is happening
KM
Senior Performace Engineer at Yolandi,miller@multichoice.co.za
Feb 28, 2024
For me, LoadRunner stands out, especially with its reporting capabilities, the graphs that can be generated, and the unique feature of measuring our application's response alongside our infrastructure metrics, such as CPU, memory, or disk usage, all presented in graph form. This is something other applications struggle to match.
Greg Griffiths - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead solutions architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Oct 20, 2023
For me, the test coverage and the performance and load testing aspects are valuable.
LS
System administrator at Costco Wholesale
Oct 20, 2023
We haven't had an outage since we started using the solution.
Gopal Bansal - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisor at Fiserv
Oct 20, 2023
The tool's most valuable features are scripting, correlations, and parameterization. Debugging is also easy.
reviewer2297832 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Performance Testing at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
Oct 20, 2023
The solution supports a number of protocols.
Vipul-Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at _VOIS
Feb 23, 2024
We can measure metrics like hits per second and detect deviations or issues through graphs. We can filter out response times based on timings and identify spikes in the database or AWS reports.
 

OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) Cons review quotes

reviewer2668566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jul 31, 2025
From time to time, we encounter bugs that are unexpected from a 20-plus years old solution.
PS
Test Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2024
Many of my customers have had to switch to different tools due to the cost of LoadRunner, despite its advantages, leading them to alternatives like JMeter and RPT.
VictorHorescu - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at iqst
Feb 27, 2024
It would be beneficial if LoadRunner could optimize resource usage, especially for protocols that require significant resources, like TrueClient, which interacts directly with the UI. If they could improve resource usage, like ingest or for the load generator, using less CPU or RAM memory, that would be great. That's where I have problems.
Learn what your peers think about OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
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reviewer2297829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior systems engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 20, 2023
When we have a new application, recording the application is a pretty tough task. We have tried multiple things. We do scripting or try to record with different settings and on different machines. We try to record multiple times, but we do not know why it is recording and why it is not recording. We do the same thing on different machines. It sometimes records, and at other times, it does not. That is one of the major concerns.
KM
Senior Performace Engineer at Yolandi,miller@multichoice.co.za
Feb 28, 2024
I'd rate the scalability a six out of ten. The main reason is that it's a very expensive application. Other companies might not be able to afford it. For example, if we need to test an application with 10,000 concurrent users, the license can cost a lot of money. That's where OpenText tools shoot themselves in the foot compared to other tools. Because of the price, many companies, like one I used to work for, decided not to renew their licenses and switched to open-source testing tools.
Greg Griffiths - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead solutions architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Oct 20, 2023
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.
LS
System administrator at Costco Wholesale
Oct 20, 2023
The product's scalability must be improved.
Gopal Bansal - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisor at Fiserv
Oct 20, 2023
The debugging feature needs to include graphs.
reviewer2297832 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Performance Testing at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
Oct 20, 2023
The process of upgrading LoadRunner can be difficult and time-consuming.
Vipul-Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at _VOIS
Feb 23, 2024
Sometimes, the code is not generated when we record the scripts in the backend.

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