IBM Rational Performance Tester Reviews

Name: IBM Rational Performance Tester
Brand: IBM
Rating: 4 (17 reviews)

Vendor: IBM

3.8 out of 5

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IBM Rational Performance Tester is a performance testing solution that validates the scalability of web and server applications. Rational Performance Tester identifies the presence and cause of system performance bottlenecks and reduces load testing complexity.

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IBM Rational Performance Tester is the #25 ranked solution in top Quality Management Tools. PeerSpot users give IBM Rational Performance Tester an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. IBM Rational Performance Tester is most commonly compared to Tricentis Tosca: IBM Rational Performance Tester vs Tricentis Tosca. IBM Rational Performance Tester is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 76% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 19% of all views.

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it_user323943

Netcool Engineer with 10,001+ employees

Sep 21, 2015

It is used to capture and generate HTTP tests. The capture process is very easy. After this, we edited the captured transactions to organize them into the sections or transactions we require performance metrics for (i.e. splash page, user authentication, main pageload, logout, etc.). This editing process is easy to perform with the interface provided in Rational Performance Tester Finally, Rational Performance Tester has an import/export feature that has been extremely useful. We have used it to export our complete test library and import it into another Rational Performance Tester server with no loss or issues. This allows for platform test migrations and backup.

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it_user326904

Quality Assurance Software Testing Lead at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 12, 2015

Easy to create scripts if you are not a programmer Nice GUI feel Easy to maintain servers Non-programmers can now create performance tests. Make expression editing more automated A better way of the system detecting why certain scripts are not playing back as recorded Need the app to tell us…

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it_user327324

Rational Tools Administrator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Oct 13, 2015

The graphical Test Results and executive reports The improved Load Generation Agent The ability to couple test results with resource monitoring results across all application tiers The ability to add custom code where needed (for enhanced data correlation for example) The ever improving…

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Valuable Features

"It can support both web applications and mobile applications, and in certain cases, it can also support testing of desktop applications or software-based applications. You can write web applications, mobile applications, and software-based applications."
"Technical support is very good. I'm very satisfied with the assistance we've received so far."

Room for Improvement

"There are some features that Micro Focus LoadRunner provides, but they are not available in IBM Rational Performance Tester. They should include such features.It can also have more reports similar to what HP provides. It might also need some improvement in terms of the tools and support for other technology areas. Certain technologies are not supported by every tool. They need to support all sorts of technologies and platforms on which web applications and mobile applications are built. They need complete support for all sorts of technologies."
"The solution is not easily scalable. If you want to extend the solution, you need to purchase a different kind of license. You also have to work with the IBM team to assist in scaling."

Pricing

"It is much cheaper than Micro Focus LoadRunner. We need perpetual licenses. Support is included in the first sale. After that, you need to renew support every year."

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