Tricentis NeoLoad Reviews

It gives us the ability to quickly create a script.

We are able to create load test scripts quickly in a fast paced environment, which in turn helps us identify performance issues.

The support needs to be improved, especially when you are looking for a quick turnaround because of the fast-paced environment we work in.

We've used it for five years.

We've had no issues with deployment.

It's rare, but sometimes the application will shut down.

We've had no issues with scalability. You just have to add additional hardware as you increase the number of users.

8/10.

We have a very good partnership. They are always willing to work with us and help resolve any issues or concerns we have. They keep us updated on new releases and features that will be delivered.

7/10.

We previously used HP LoadRunner, but it was not easy to create scripts for a flex application.

The initial setup was very easy.

We implemented it with our in-house team.

As you add more protocols and monitoring it does get expensive.

We looked at HP LoadRunner, SmartBear LoadComplete, and Appvance.

It is very easy to implement and you can start using it fairly quickly.

The ability to test mobile applications, support cloud based testing, real-time monitoring during a test, advanced auto-correlation feature, infrastructure monitoring, detailed results reporting etc. It also gives the ability to manipulate the script by inserting JavaScript. It's one of the features that very few other tools have.

First and foremost, it took out the painful resource hours out that went in to manually correlate each and every action of the script while using LoadRunner. NeoLoad does not require much of scripting efforts, and correlation and parameterization are fairly easy.

We would like the product to be able to handle large project suits with large number of test scripts. Currently, we are not able to upload/publish huge projects back and forth from the team server to the NeoLoad controller. There is no support for VT3270 terminal emulation to support mainframe-hosted applications. There is no summary graph that shows the distribution of all of the response times on a single graph. We currently export the data as a coma separated variable (CSV) file and import into Excel to generate this summary graph.

4 years.

A small number of times, when load testing huge projects with huge number (~10,000) of vUsers, we have seen that it completely froze. We had to recover from the previously saved version of the project.

Very good, the vendor has been very accommodating with the ebb and flow of our business needs. Neotys is a partner.

Good. (They decommissioned the support for 4.2 though)

LoadRunner. Cost effective and with almost same features that are required for our project.

Straightforward and the technical support folks will be available to help.

We utilized a vendor team. They were fairly knowledgeable and knew how to quickly troubleshoot the issues or contact Neotys.

A great deal of improvement in application performance happened because we could pin point the bottlenecks. The real time performance monitoring allowed to find out the troublesome queries and tune them. Increased resource efficiency.

Low in cost when compared to tools like HP LoadRunner. Talking about licensing, they offer a cool feature that enables us to split the Vuser bundle across multiple machines. In other words, we can have multiple controllers running multiple load tests at the same time.

JMeter. Figured that it would not be suitable tool for our project and requirements.

NeoLoad is the performance testing solution for Web and Mobile applications that can also be used to run the tests from cloud by having load generator’s from various locations. If there is a strong performance team that can analyze and correlate the test results with the raw data, then NeoLoad would be the right solution.

We pretty much use the majority of the features, but two of the key things are the cloud integration and the ability to spin up the load tests. That is the key driver to using this tool.

It's impacted us in a positive way. Prior to NeoLoad, we needed to simulate heavy volumes. We're now able to generate loads from our side and quickly spin the load tests. This process has been greatly improved.

We had some initial issues with the number of tests, memory leaks, and the controller itself.

I've used it for three years.

In the beginning we had some issues with the number of tests, memory leaks, and the controller itself. We worked with them and they came out quickly. After some time now, it's pretty stable.

It didn't scale well at first but now it does.

The setup itself is straightforward. We are in a strict environment so we had some challenges installing it on some machines, but that was down to us internally. We're OK now.

The implementation was done in-house.

We looked at some others, but NeoLoad really stood out in the end.

I would strongly recommend this tool highly. It's improved our business a lot.

It makes it easy to create load tests. We used HP LoadRunner previously, and this is far better.

It's provided a faster turnaround on load-testing creation and the ability to use the team servers so multiple people can use this at once, which we couldn't do before.

It would be nice if this could be cheaper.

I've used it for one-and-a-half years.

It's been 100% stable, which we are very happy about.

Some of the additional modules can be pricey, but it is scalable.

Compared to support at our previous product, they're more responsive and they're more knowledgeable. Overall, it's three times better than our previous solution.

The initial setup was very straightforward.

We implemented it in-house.

We looked at JMeter, but NeoLoad had what we needed. We were using LoadRunner for six years and then we replaced it with NeoLoad.

Everyone's needs are a little bit different, so make sure you do a good POC.

1. The GUI based scripting. Other tools are more script/code oriented. This is a huge time saver for us since we don’t have a dedicated performance team (yet). I can create scripts quickly and get tests going.
2. The comparison report feature is good for pre/post-change result comparisons.
3. The ability to write custom JavaScript actions. This has allowed us to handle JSON posts in web requests, which has been great.
4. LAN/WAN emulator has been great in being able to simulate remote locations in their network connections.
5. It ties into Dynatrace out of the box which we’ve used for deep-dive application performance testing as well as defining business transaction SLAs.
6. The ability to create custom Frameworks for correlation values of custom, in-house apps.

It’s allowed us the ability to look at the performance of an application prior to it going to production utilizing an automated tool. Up to this point, most, if not all, of it was done manually. Projects are now making time for performance testing into their timelines.

Some of the documentation is geared more towards Java. We are an all-Windows shop and it would be great to see some C# examples on how to integrate a custom performance counter from functional testing tools into NeoLoad.

It's been almost two years since we began using it.

We didn't encounter any issues with deployment.

We haven't had any issues with stability up to this point.

You can deploy as many LGs as you have a license for.

8/10 - Our account rep, Evan, and engineer, Steve, were great to work with when we were looking at the product. Ever since, they’ve been responsive and helpful.

10/10 - The engineers know their product and know performance engineering.

Prior to NeoLoad, we weren’t using any automated tool for performance testing.

The initial setup was straightforward. The setup of an LG or Controller is as easy as a selection during the install. It’s up to the user how complex they want their environment to be.

We implemented it in-house ourselves. Evan and Steve provided guidance while doing so.

I wouldn’t know the monetary side, but the ability to handle SignalR requests by dragging a ‘fork’ action onto the script speaks for itself. No extra coding or anything is needed.

To take it a step further, NeoLoad is smart enough, post recording, to identify and account for the presence of something like SignalR, and will create a copy of the script with the ‘fork’ action already present.

At the time of purchase, it was a competition between Neotys and HP. Neotys’ licensing model was also different from HP, although HP was transitioning into a similar model as Neotys while we were going through the process.

We evaluated HP LoadRunner. I’ve used it before and it is/was the industry standard tool.

If you’re coming from a code-based solution, spend time with Actions to become familiar with them. Additionally, if you’re using an APM tool like Dynatrace, test out the integration just to see what it gives you.

It is convenient to be able to keep up the pace in which the application code was delivered to us. Since we manage nearly 500-600 applications and we need to make sure they are tested, we wanted something robust with an option to check against previous baselines with minimal human intervention without sacrificing criteria.

We wanted something with less risk when incorporating or shifting scripts.

The fact that it loads from an external cloud is a plus as well.

It took just a few minutes to set up Neotys Cloud, as opposed to a few days with other solutions.

They are coming out soon with NeoSense. It's a hybrid between app management tools and a testing tool. This will be helpful for us because we'll be able to monitor applications within various different environments. This is precisely what we have wanted.

We've been using it for a year.

We had no issues with deployment.

We used to have only 50 online users. Later we moved to where we are.

We have used their gold support option. Yes, we have been happy. They usually answer between 36 and 48 hours for non-critical issues, and with critical issues they hold your hand.

We did it in-house.

We didn't negotiate the price. To give perspective, we went from spending three million dollars to 160 thousand dollars, which is a huge saving and good value.

One of our goals was to find a platform that would have the functionalities that we were used to while incorporating in other ones. ProLoad was a competitor, and one other (can't make out name).

We wanted it to support agile and devops, while being able to upgrade to a number of releases over the course of a day, so it was a fit.

The company really strives on experience, always making sure that I as a customer am happy. For example, my team at Dell had an issue with our new version, which we had just updated to. Another team used a different version which required different protocols, and there were discrepancies between the versions. The company found out that our errors were user errors, and helped us fix the problem.

I helped them in terms of product development since we at Dell told them requirements and they added that to product life cycles. So we are a customer, but told them some requirements we'd like to see.

It's got a number of valuable features, the best of which I think are the mobile testing capabilities. It allows for load testing to make sure users can experience apps properly and checks for performance issues on the server side.

I particularly like Neoload’s ease of use, built in monitoring and their extensive library of wireless devices and protocols. We are able to simulate various wireless communication standards such as 3G, 4G etc. with ease.

A lot of our customers are now using mobile technology, so it's provided us the platform and ability to do mobile testing, which in turn enhances their experience in our store.

NeoLoad’s lack of support for a complete protocol suite is somewhat limiting. While they do offer some protocols (Kronos, GWT V2.6) that others do not, they are not a one stop shop for protocol testing. Neotys is considered a forward looking company in the software performance testing world and legacy protocols such as RTE, SAP GUI and RDP are not included in their suite of protocols. I would like to see a more comprehensive offering of protocols with future releases.

I've used it for a little over a year.

No, not at all. This was probably the easiest part of it. iIt’s working out really well as it is not taking up much resource and it was very easy to install.

We didn't encounter any issues with stability.

No, but to be fair, we don’t have a very large license right now, so this hasn’t become an issue for us. If I plan accordingly, this shouldn’t be an issue over time either.

The questions that we’ve had for them, they have answered very quickly. The team here is very skilled and we've managed to resolve any issues we've encountered ourselves. But when we have reached out to them they have been very responsive and they've solved our issues quickly.

We haven’t completely switched over yet. We are also using HP Performance Center. We are starting to slowly migrate. The mobile capabilities and the cloud testing capabilities, HP are lacking. I think in the next three to five years we will totally migrate to Neoload.

We did it in-house.

We certainly have an ROI, but it is hard to put in to numbers. If I don’t do the testing, how much sales do I lose? Millions of dollars. I can definitely tell you it would be significant.

They have been very responsive. They have even made an on-site visit. It’s been very good, they have had recent turnover but they are managing the transition well and they have even had a top team member reach out to us.

It gives us the ability to quickly script a load test scenario and to develop complex testing scenarios. If you ever want to know more about your application, just recording a session can be invaluable.

Outside of the obvious benefits of load testing, the data we get back and are able to provide at the executive level provide a level comfort in the given application at peak periods, and drives direction for future performance-oriented projects and goals.

They have done well with patching and enhancements in each version. More of a “community” of shared experiences, help, and collaboration would be a good enhancement to their site.

We've been using it since 2011.

No issues encountered.

At times we have had issues with load generator agent stability, but tuning the heap and documented network hacks greatly reduced this.

No, it's very easy and quick to scale.

7/10

7/10

No, not previously but we have demonstrated or performed proof of concepts of other products.

The infrastructure setup was very straightforward, and getting started with our first test was relatively easy with online videos and resources.

We did it in-house.

Difficult to really estimate, however we do know that by load testing we have found countless issues over the years that would have affected our e-commerce revenue had these issues made it to our production environment.

We evaluated other products of similar nature as well other team member’s prior experiences with similar products.

We evaluated other products of similar nature as well other team member’s prior experiences with similar products.

Start with some small, simple scenarios and expand complexity from there. Your project will take shape quickly, and something that seems overwhelming and complex will all of a sudden will not be so hard. Use the online resources and videos.