We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and SmartBear TestComplete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, OpenText, Tricentis and others in Performance Testing Tools."It is an open-source tool that is easy to use. It can be easily integrated with multiple tools, including Selenium."
"The most valuable feature in JMeter is the Thread Group, which helps us to see whether the performance is good."
"The most valuable features of Apache JMeter are user-friendliness, large resource, and the quality of assistance they provide. Additionally, it is easy to integrate with cloud platforms, such as AWS."
"It's very easy to install, and it's very easy to code and develop the script."
"The ease of use is the solution's most valuable feature. Also, the ability to easily create test cases is also very good. It's easy to just ramp up on the solution."
"I appreciate JMeter's simplicity and power for performance testing."
"The biggest thing I liked about it is that there is a huge user base out there, and being shareware and being Apache, if I have any question on how to get something done, I get 18 different answers. Out of those, there would be at least a few good approaches for what I was trying to do. So, the support system out there is most valuable."
"The most valuable features are the ability to capture the entire traffic of particular pages and the proper readability of entire pages and entire APIs."
"Complete works perfectly with CUTE. That includes all dialogues, right-click menus, or system dialogues, etc., which are handled well."
"It is a strong automation tool for desktop, browser, and API testing."
"It allows us to test both desktop and web applications."
"The database checkpoints detect problems which are difficult for a human resource to find."
"TestComplete is simple, it's a very easy-to-use tool."
"It's cross platform automation capabilities specially ranging across web, UNIX (via putty), and other systems."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to integrate with Azure DevOps for continuous integration and deployment."
"The solution is great as a record and playback tool. It also has valuable regression testing."
"It has some proxy-based dependencies which require specific proxies to be set up or disabled, which causes problems."
"The reports in Apache JMeter could improve."
"JMeter output reports can be difficult to understand without training."
"One of the drawbacks of JMeter is that it can't handle a large amount of load, which forces us to switch to other tools when we need to load more than a 5,000 or 10,000 user load."
"In future releases, it would be helpful if there was an integration with ALM Octane."
"They should improve the solution on its UI front."
"If the solution was GUI based, I believe that it would be more versatile."
"Until now, JMeter is not supporting most of the protocols."
"SmartBear products generally have a weak link when it comes to integration with other test management tools like Inflectra."
"Increased performance with less memory and CPU usage."
"Product is not stable enough and it crashes often."
"If that engine could better identify more XPaths automatically and make the process more flexible, that would be better."
"The solution needs more training manuals or some form of online forum for learning. It needs more documentation."
"Error handling features in the tool are a little limited."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
Apache JMeter is ranked 1st in Performance Testing Tools with 82 reviews while SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 8th in Test Automation Tools with 70 reviews. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6. 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 SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Postman, Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Professional and Katalon Studio, whereas SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One and froglogic Squish.
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