We performed a comparison between Apache JMeter and IBM Rational Test Workbench based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, OpenText, Tricentis and others in Performance Testing Tools."We appreciate that the solution is free to use, as an open-source tool."
"JMeter is easy to use for a user who doesn't have too much knowledge of programming or certain languages."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is free."
"This solution is very user-friendly, and allows for a lot of data capture when testing."
"The distributed load testing is very good with Apache JMeter."
"User-friendly and open source."
"Apache JMeter is stable."
"It is very quick and user-friendly."
"This solution provides for API testing, functional UI testing, performance testing, and service virtualization."
"Reporting is pretty good. Its interface is also good. I'm overall pretty happy with the functionality and use of IBM Rational Test Workbench."
"The UI of the solution needs to be better. The UI takes up a lot of our bandwidth."
"The user interface is a little bit tricky."
"Modeling a test is difficult. If you don't have much knowledge, you won't be able to do it easily. Testing APIs is also difficult."
"The installation needs some work. It could be simplified."
"There could be improvements in terms of memory utilization. We are going to migrate away from JMeter in the near future."
"The only thing is the learning curve. It's high."
"Automation is difficult in JMeter."
"In terms of setup, it could be nicer, to be honest. Sometimes, I get a little bit lost."
"There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation."
"It should have more interfaces. In terms of interfaces or protocols, what you can do with Rational is far limited as compared to other products out there. What it does, it does great, but it only gives you limited types of protocols. It supports between 8 to 15 types of protocols, whereas other test tools give you 20 to 30 types of protocols with which you can do testing and convert to script. It records Javascript-based scripts, and you got to know a little bit of Java to basically be able to edit them, but the level of editing you got to do is very low. I like that, but the ability to edit the script is not as good as Parasoft or LoadRunner, which have C-Script."
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Apache JMeter is ranked 1st in Performance Testing Tools with 82 reviews while IBM Rational Test Workbench is ranked 18th in Performance Testing Tools. Apache JMeter is rated 7.8, while IBM Rational Test Workbench 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 IBM Rational Test Workbench writes "Good reporting and interface, but supports limited types of protocols and requires low-level script editing". Apache JMeter is most compared with BlazeMeter, Postman, Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Professional and Katalon Studio, whereas IBM Rational Test Workbench is most compared with HCL OneTest.
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