We performed a comparison between OpenText LoadRunner Professional and ReadyAPI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Performance Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The number of protocols that it supports, and especially, for example, when it talks about SAP GUI-based performance testing."
"Its variety of testing tools for different applications is of great benefit, as well as its integration capabilities with other testing and monitoring solutions."
"It is a good and stable tool."
"It provides clients with an understanding of application and system performance."
"A very comprehensive tool that is good for performance testing."
"The solution is quite stable."
"It has good protocol coverage."
"I am impressed with the tool's correlation function."
"The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are the ready-to-use assertions and filters which can perform the validation. If we want to filter out any value, the filters are available. Apart from that database integration, if you want to go ahead and perform validation in the database layer it is possible with the ready-to-use feature available. The execution and reporting are rich features."
"The two most valuable features we use are the functional test and the security test."
"The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are the drag-and-drop options and the integration with versioning tool solutions, such as Git."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It's easy to implement."
"It's easy to automate for more data-driven testing."
"The most valuable features of ReadyAPI are its robust functionality and collaboration capabilities."
"It's easy to learn how to use it."
"The tool should consider releasing a SaaS version since it makes more sense nowadays."
"Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional can improve the implementation of digital areas, such as digital testing, UI and native application, and native mobile applications."
"The initial start-up of Micro Focus LoadRunner could be improved. When we add 20 or 30 scripts, the refresh is completed one by one. I would like to be able to select all the script at one time, so it can be completed in a single click, reducing the time required."
"The solution must be more user-friendly."
"In terms of improvement, it lacks mobile testing features present in some competitors, like GitMatters, which I find valuable."
"Lacks specific level monitoring."
"The technical support of Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional could improve. I had an issue with the licensing and their response time is slow. They can improve on this in the future."
"The tool needs to work on capture script feature."
"There is room for improvement in ReadyAPI, particularly in the user interface."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
"The performance in some cases needs improvement. Sometimes it requires too many resources."
"The reporting in ReadyAPI could be better. It can become sloppy, sometimes it works and other times it does not."
"I don't like how they don't have a clear way to manage tests between multiple projects."
"The reporting is not very robust and needs to be improved."
"In terms of features, I have already raised different change requests on the ReadyAPI side. One of the largest functions I've requested is the validation of the payload for the REST APIs."
"Many users will consider this solution expensive compared to the layout. It is more expensive than other solutions."
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OpenText LoadRunner Professional is ranked 2nd in Performance Testing Tools with 76 reviews while ReadyAPI is ranked 7th in Performance Testing Tools with 33 reviews. OpenText LoadRunner Professional is rated 8.4, while ReadyAPI is rated 7.6. 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 ReadyAPI writes "Allows you to parameterize in one place for the changes to reflect everywhere and lets you customize the environment, but its load testing feature needs improvement, and costs need to be cheaper". OpenText LoadRunner Professional is most compared with Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise, OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, Apache JMeter and IBM Rational Performance Tester, whereas ReadyAPI is most compared with Apache JMeter, Katalon Studio, ReadyAPI Test, Tricentis Tosca and froglogic Squish. See our OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. ReadyAPI report.
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