Performance Testing Tools

Top Performance Testing Tools

1. Load Ninja
2. Apache JMeter
3. Web LOAD
4. LoadUI Pro
5. Load View
6. NeoLoad
7. LoadRunner
8. Silk Performer
9. AppLoader
10. SmartMeter.io
11. Locust

Apache JMETER

JMeter is an open source tool that can be used for performance and load testing for analysing and measuring the performance of a variety of services. This tool is mainly used for web and web service applications.

Features:

• It supports multiple load injectors managed by a single controller
• Highly portable and supports all the Java-based apps
• Less scripting efforts as compared to other tools
• Simple charts and graphs for analysing key load related statistics and resource usage monitors.
• Supports Integrated real-time, Tomcat collectors for Monitoring
• It supports HTTP, HTTPs, XML, SOAP, Java-based protocols and FTP protocols

Blazemeter

BlazeMeter’s open-source based, enterprise ready platform unifies all the functionality you need to shift testing left - and right.

Features:

• Functional Testing
• Performance Testing
• Mock Services
• 360° API Testing

Loader.io

Loader.io is a cloud-based load testing service for developers to test performance and scalability with their web applications and APIs.

Features:

• It provides simple cloud-based load testing
• Load testing for web applications and APIs for performance and scalability
• Integration with PaaS providers, continuous integration tools, and browsers
• Allows testing up to 50,000 concurrent connections for free
• It is cloud-based so it is a no install solution and immediately available for developers to test.

Reference Blogs:

1. Performance Testing
2. JMeter
3. Blazemeter
4. JMeter VS Loader.io

This is not the end of this Blog on Performance / Load Testing tools. I will keep on adding details on other tools in future, as and when I gain more knowledge and experience.