We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and Tricentis Tosca based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a powerful tool that is open source."
"The new version of the solution is stable."
"When someone in our organization wants to test web applications, they use Apache JMeter since they face no hurdles while using the solution."
"It's open source, so I like that about the product. And there's a lot of community support for it."
"The reporting features are really good. There's a lot less latency than other solutions."
"The distributed load testing is very good with Apache JMeter."
"We find the load testing feature valuable."
"The scripting ability is most valuable. It is easy to use. There is a UI, and you can go in there and figure those things out. After you've got a good set of tests, you basically have a scripted document that you can grab and execute in a pipeline. It is pretty quick to set up, and you can scale it and version control it."
"The most valuable features of Tricentis Tosca are all the test automation functionality. It is a full-scale automation tool."
"The item that is different from all the other tools is that it's module based."
"The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"Very user-friendly and the low code automation is really helpful."
"As a codeless automation tool, the product offers a user-friendly experience without requiring extensive coding knowledge. Users can easily handle various applications, including web applications, SAP applications, Windows applications, and even Salesforce applications, without manual coding."
"The most valuable features of Tricentis Tosca are the ease of use, you do not need to program if you do not want to."
"The most valuable feature of Tricentis Tosca is the Tosca Commander. Functionality is another thing I find most valuable in the solution."
"This solution is very easy to learn and any non-programmer or manual tester, with little experience in automation, can pick it up quite easily."
"The UI needs some work. The first time I used JMeter, I couldn't record the full scenario to mimic the user experience. Since then, they have introduced some plugins and a third-party tool called BlazeMeter."
"There is some work to be done with the integration."
"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."
"The user interface is a little bit tricky."
"Report generation needs to be improved. It is quite difficult to get to."
"The tool should be made a bit more robust, and better support should be made available."
"At times when we overload the application, it gets stuck...After the solution gets stuck due to overloading, we have to restart our computers. In short, the solution keeps crashing."
"The solution needs to improve reporting. Currently, there is not enough automation involved with the feature. For example, there should be an automatic way of saving reports."
"Security, UI, and basic performance improvements could be done to the product to enhance its use."
"With regard to areas of improvement, report customization should be easier. It would be good if Tosca could provide standard reports for at least 20 variants. At present, there are only three to four variants. The mobile engine needs to be faster and easier to use; it is a bit cumbersome. Also, the object identification in the mobile engine needs improvement. I would like to see easy-to-use customizations for reports in the next release."
"What needs to be improved in Tricentis Tosca is its centralized repository mechanism because it's not as flexible. The repository in the solution where you store the data and the script for test automation is quite an old-fashioned mechanism that could be improved."
"ScratchBook execution needs to be improved as Tosca crashes multiple times."
"Tricentis Tosca’s technical support could be improved."
"Setup wasn't that straightforward; it was more complex. It all depends on the environment, because there were a lot of errors on our applications. Therefore, it wasn't an easy setup for us."
"Not being able to mask test data in relation to testing data management, in my opinion, is also a limitation."
"You need to spend much more time learning the tool and how to use it, compared to others."
Apache JMeter is ranked 3rd in API Testing Tools with 82 reviews while Tricentis Tosca is ranked 2nd in API Testing Tools with 96 reviews. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while Tricentis Tosca is rated 8.2. 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 Tricentis Tosca writes "Does not require coding experience to use and comes with productivity and time-saving features ". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Postman, Tricentis NeoLoad and OpenText LoadRunner Professional, whereas Tricentis Tosca is most compared with OpenText UFT One, Katalon Studio, Worksoft Certify, Postman and SmartBear TestComplete. See our Apache JMeter vs. Tricentis Tosca report.
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