We performed a comparison between OpenText LoadRunner Professional 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."It is actually a very good tool because it will support almost all, if not all, industry-standard protocols, and it is also equipped with very nice reporting capabilities, which is why I like it."
"Scaling is definitely one of the best features of this solution. There are no issues scaling to 10,000 or 20,000 concurrent users."
"The solution helps my clients save time. It is easier to capture reports and improves product quality. The product helps to identify customer defects during performance tests and reduces workloads. The product has improved my client's user interaction. It has reduced peak load times."
"It has good protocol coverage."
"The number of protocols that it supports, and especially, for example, when it talks about SAP GUI-based performance testing."
"The most useful aspect of the solution is that it provides agents in different geographic locations."
"I like LoadRunner's ability to use multiple protocols. That's one of the greatest features along with the ability to test service calls between the app and server."
"The most valuable features of Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional are scripting and executing the tests."
"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
"Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."
"Visual Studio is an exemplary integrated development environment that stands out due to its exceptional features. It allows for the seamless selection of the appropriate programming language for the specific development tasks at hand. This facilitates a swift and effortless transition between languages, providing a highly efficient development experience."
"The most valuable feature of Visual Studio Test Professional is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability."
"One of the best documentation in the world."
"I was satisfied with the support given by customer service."
"The debugging feature is valuable."
"The pricing model, selling model, and business model need to be adjusted. For non-enterprise organizations, Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional is too expensive and not worth the cost."
"The tool should consider releasing a SaaS version since it makes more sense nowadays."
"In terms of improvement, it lacks mobile testing features present in some competitors, like GitMatters, which I find valuable."
"The monitoring technology in LoadRunner could be improved. It depends on another tool called SiteScope, but they only took a part of the features of SiteScope. They need to improve on that."
"I would like to have better support for adding more users per load generator."
"The debugging capability should be improved."
"The price of this solution should be cheaper."
"You should be able to use LoadRunner as a single platform. You should be able to have browser based access. You should be able to run enterprise tests."
"One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The price could be improved."
"The documents on the Microsoft website are not very useful, and they ought to make it easier to find answers."
"Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases."
"Visual Studio Test Professional needs to improve its stability."
"The solution can improve the startup time."
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OpenText LoadRunner Professional is ranked 2nd in Performance Testing Tools with 76 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. OpenText LoadRunner Professional is rated 8.4, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of OpenText LoadRunner Professional writes "A sophisticated tool that supports many languages and works with all kinds of applications". 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 ". OpenText LoadRunner Professional is most compared with Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise, OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, Apache JMeter and IBM Rational Performance Tester, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and OpenText UFT Developer.
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