We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, OpenText, Tricentis and others in Performance Testing Tools."The solution helps by detecting bottlenecks."
"The solution has good transition controllers and distributed testing."
"It is scalable. You can scale up to 1,000 users in JMeter. If you can put up four slave servers, you can easily ramp up to 1,000 users."
"JMeter's most valuable feature is the RegEx Extractor."
"It is very quick and user-friendly."
"It is easy to set up."
"JMeter is a free tool with a large user population, which comes in handy because we have a vast knowledge base to tap into when needed. It's also easier to hire consultants who know JMeter."
"I use all the tools, but one feature that stands out is JMeter's ability to test when services are sending a particular kind of request. We are using specific ports to send queries, and assess the performance based on the time it takes these queries to respond. You can use it with stuff other than the web performance."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very scalable solution."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"I was satisfied with the support given by customer service."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"The solution is very stable."
"It is a good and user-friendly tool."
"What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"The only thing is the learning curve. It's high."
"There could be improvements in terms of memory utilization. We are going to migrate away from JMeter in the near future."
"Apache should have a graphic interface."
"In terms of setup, it could be nicer, to be honest. Sometimes, I get a little bit lost."
"At present, if the number of virtual users increases beyond 10,000 when testing, then it results in a Java heap which causes the solution to crash."
"Apache JMeter's UI can be made more colorful."
"Considering the kinds of tests we are performing here, where we launch several tests at the same time as a batch request, JMeter is not the best tool for the job. Those kinds of things could be done easily with other tools, like T6."
"Because so much is being done these days with authentication processes, a better system for either getting bearer tokens or some kind of token-based authentication prior to executing APIs would benefit the product. It is there, and you can do things. It is just not real clean at this point. There should be a better authentication process for JMeter or some automation or better guidelines for gaining and utilizing tokens on the fly."
"Enhancing the support for web application testing and load performance would be an improvement."
"The performance could be faster."
"Sometimes, the solution hangs, so its performance could be improved."
"The documents on the Microsoft website are not very useful, and they ought to make it easier to find answers."
"The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."
"I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options."
"Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine."
"The documentation is limited."
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Apache JMeter is ranked 1st in Performance Testing Tools with 82 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 6th in Functional Testing Tools with 48 reviews. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Apache JMeter writes "It's a free tool with a vast knowledge base, but the reporting is lackluster, and it has a steep learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Postman, Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Professional and OpenText Silk Performer, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete, Tricentis Tosca and TestRail.
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