The tool is completely free and open source. I've been using it for about two and a half years and installed it on both my personal and client machines without needing a license. All features are available for use without any hidden fees.
The solution's pricing is not cheap, but it is in the midrange. The pricing depends on the scale of the organization using it. With more users, you will need licenses to maintain it, and it will get more expensive.
Global Monitoring & Tools Manager at Equifax Inc.
Real User
2021-01-19T16:51:00Z
Jan 19, 2021
License management is another area that Apica could do better. We have already had these conversations with our account teams. This is something that they are looking at largely improving in upcoming releases. I believe that this is already on their roadmap.
Lead Consultant, Engineering Team at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-09-10T07:35:00Z
Sep 10, 2020
Apica is pretty cost-effective if you buy both solutions together: Synthetic and LoadTest. If you are going for one solution, the cost is on par with any tool in the market. In terms of licensing, the major advantage with Apica is you don't have to pay for their cloud hybrid, which is included in the license. For example, our company is heavily dependent on using cloud agents for monitoring after load testing.
Information Systems Engineer III at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-07-27T07:17:00Z
Jul 27, 2020
Pricing is based upon not so much users, but the number of checks you're going to create. Make sure when you set up an account with this, to request more licenses for checks, for any type of check, than you actually need. This will save in the long run. They're really good about setting this up and getting you more licenses but there's always a cost with that. If you think you're going to need 100 checks, make sure you get 110 licenses. Then remember if you want to do multiple-site checks, not just one-site checks, you're going to get a license for each site. With all companies, you get the base product, but the base product's not all that you want. You want it with a whole bunch of other stuff with it. We can safely assume that there are probably other costs to add things. Things like additional integrations with other products are not included in the standard license.
It would be nice to see them have an enterprise license where an enterprise can just buy unlimited. Professional services are at an additional cost, but it's very fair.
The pricing and licensing are very reasonable. At the end of the day, you are using their technology/software and getting X amount of checks for a very decent value. As for discounts, they try to meet your budgets as much as they can. For example, if you need 100 checks and you have X amount of budget for it, then they will try and get down to that price. Costing-wise, it is a reasonably cost product. They will always try and come down to your price if you need them to come down to it by knocking off certain areas. We haven't actually had to pay any additional costs for anything. We fit into their model quite nicely.
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I know Apica is an expensive solution, but it is worth the money for the service it provides.
The product is less expensive compared to LoadRunner.
The tool is completely free and open source. I've been using it for about two and a half years and installed it on both my personal and client machines without needing a license. All features are available for use without any hidden fees.
The solution's pricing is not cheap, but it is in the midrange. The pricing depends on the scale of the organization using it. With more users, you will need licenses to maintain it, and it will get more expensive.
The pricing is very reasonable, but it is not cheap.
License management is another area that Apica could do better. We have already had these conversations with our account teams. This is something that they are looking at largely improving in upcoming releases. I believe that this is already on their roadmap.
Apica is pretty cost-effective if you buy both solutions together: Synthetic and LoadTest. If you are going for one solution, the cost is on par with any tool in the market. In terms of licensing, the major advantage with Apica is you don't have to pay for their cloud hybrid, which is included in the license. For example, our company is heavily dependent on using cloud agents for monitoring after load testing.
Pricing is based upon not so much users, but the number of checks you're going to create. Make sure when you set up an account with this, to request more licenses for checks, for any type of check, than you actually need. This will save in the long run. They're really good about setting this up and getting you more licenses but there's always a cost with that. If you think you're going to need 100 checks, make sure you get 110 licenses. Then remember if you want to do multiple-site checks, not just one-site checks, you're going to get a license for each site. With all companies, you get the base product, but the base product's not all that you want. You want it with a whole bunch of other stuff with it. We can safely assume that there are probably other costs to add things. Things like additional integrations with other products are not included in the standard license.
It would be nice to see them have an enterprise license where an enterprise can just buy unlimited. Professional services are at an additional cost, but it's very fair.
The pricing and licensing are very reasonable. At the end of the day, you are using their technology/software and getting X amount of checks for a very decent value. As for discounts, they try to meet your budgets as much as they can. For example, if you need 100 checks and you have X amount of budget for it, then they will try and get down to that price. Costing-wise, it is a reasonably cost product. They will always try and come down to your price if you need them to come down to it by knocking off certain areas. We haven't actually had to pay any additional costs for anything. We fit into their model quite nicely.