OpenText LoadRunner Cloud Other Advice

Richard Dachowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Quality & Test Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud a nine out of ten.

In terms of what it does, it's probably one of the best. 

I haven't really compared it to any other cloud version. I'm very happy with it for what it does. I would say nine because it definitely takes care of the issue of maintaining all the servers and ramping them up on a consistent basis. There are very few outages in that regard, which is another good and very positive aspect of the cloud.

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DP
Cloud Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

If you are looking for only web or web service protocols, you can find a cheaper solution, but if you have any other protocol testing, then use LoadRunner because LoadRunner is the only tool available in the market that supports multiple protocol testing. For load testing, there are a number of tools, but they only support web or web services protocols, and not any other, so make sure you know what you are looking for.

Overall, I would rate LoadRunner Cloud an eight out of ten. For performance testing, I have not seen any other tool close to an eight.

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Aurobindo Sahoo - PeerSpot reviewer
VP at Deloitte

I would rate OpenText LoadRunner Cloud a nine out of ten. While OpenText LoadRunner Cloud boasts many AML capabilities, we're still exploring its full potential.

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PH
Performance & Analytics Team Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

For now, I would rate LoadRunner Cloud a seven out of ten. That could go up or down.

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Senior Manager - Performance Architect at Publicis Sapient

I would rate LoadRunner Cloud at nine out of ten because it is user-friendly. You don't have to have much coding experience for configurations.

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SN
Performance Test Lead at HTC

I recommend the product for performing testing of short windows. It would help if you opted for other tools, in case you are working with long windows. I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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SamirPatle - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Analyst at EPAM Systems

Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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GA
- at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

LoadRunner Cloud's infrastructure management-free approach is a big plus, especially for multi-geography organizations like banks. By leveraging cloud-based load generators, you can ensure native performance testing without the hassle of maintaining hardware. Plus, while there may not be direct cost savings, the convenience and flexibility of cloud deployment can lead to more efficient resource utilization and potentially lower operational overhead in the long run.

Overall, I would rate LoadRunner Cloud as a nine out of ten. It is technically superior and well-executed, but the cost is a drawback. Additionally, its focus on non-functional testing means separate scripts are needed for functional and non-functional testing, which can slow down testing processes. 

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AB
Lead Performance Test Engineer at bol.com BV

We're thinking about using LoadRunner Developer integration. We want to hand over the performance testing responsibility from our performance testing guilds to the actual feature teams, to the scrum teams, so they can do it themselves. The developers do their own performance testing in an early stage, and maybe that is a solution for that.

My advice would be to look at whether you need on-premise load generators or fully on the cloud. Invest in training. It can be complex. You need some training to get started.

I would rate LoadRunner an eight out of ten. 

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CM
Senior Performance Engineer at City of New York

My advice for anybody who is implementing LoadRunner Cloud is to make sure that when you buy the package, it is comprehensive. All of the modules should be there, including the support package. Otherwise, it will be hard to use.

In summary, all of the features that we need are there and it does everything that it is supposed to it. That said, the integration of modules and support are still in need of improvement.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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PavanKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

We are just a customer and end-user of the product. 

Even though the cost is expensive, there are good features when compared to all other tools. I'd recommend it to others as something they should use. Of course, it does depend on the applications a company uses. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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MD
Sr. Technical Test Analyst at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

LoadRunner's Developer integration enables developers to script and run tests without leaving the developer ecosystem. It gives a complete IDE where you can develop the code and add your script. For example, if you are using a Java platform to code, and it has all the libraries and the IDE, you can integrate your load testing into your development. For us, because we don't have a single development cycle or ecosystem—we constantly move to various methods—that's where the IDE has limitations. It supports certain languages but it doesn't support everything. If we are using Go, for example, we might need to add certain libraries, so that's where it isn't helpful. But if you are purely on Java or core platforms, it will definitely help.

The Developer integration enables developers to add performance testing to their day-to-day tasks, but shift-left depends on your company's development strategy. If your whole culture supports shift-left, so that your quality assurance is embedded from the start of the development cycle, then shift-left works out. But in our case, we use a lot of packaged applications like Workday or SAP where we don't have much opportunity to work with their code. We do a lot of configurations and integrations. In that case, shift-left doesn't work as well. But whether you follow shift-left or shift-right, Loadrunner Cloud works.

For non-functional testing, LoadRunner is the best tool. I can recommend it to other people, to create specific tests from the smallest load to the highest level of load. I don't think any other commercial tool has that capability to create load performance testing. There is no other tool that gives this kind of experience for a load-testing professional. From end-to-end, starting from creating the load scenarios, to running them, and then reporting, LoadRunner is the best tool. You save a lot of time and, with LoadRunner Cloud, you are saving a lot of money. Go for it.

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Abbasi Poonawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend LoadRunner. It is an industry-leading tool. You can benchmark the volumes on the dashboard and it is easy to use.

I would definitely recommend it for investment banks and certain businesses like OTC derivatives.

I would rate LoadRunner an eight out of ten. It has good documentation. The recording and playback scripts can be easily done. I would like for there to be better integration with other tools so that when you do load testing you can also do a security check.

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AK
Senior Performance Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like that StormRunner incorporates the idea of accepting and adapting all open sources. It is my understanding that they are planning to continue accepting, supporting, and adapting all open sources.

For someone evaluating StormRunner and similar products, there are two parameters I would tell him to evaluate:

  1. Is the application under test? Is it customer facing?
  2. Is how often do you test it?

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: We are a retail business. The first thing I look for is any customer use case, or case study for the vendor. I look to see if they have proven that they are good resource for any existing retail customers. I look for any kind of case study in those lines before I jump in.

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AK
Supervisor, Quality Assurance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

My company decided to use the product due to the technology support it provided. I would recommend the solution to someone with technology that other tools couldn’t support. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

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HM
Lead Software Engineer ( Performance Engineering Salesforce) at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is costly. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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PL
Performance Diagnostic Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. My advice to users considering this solution is to pay attention to scheduling.

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CS
IT Project Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. It addresses a need in performance testing tools and is easy to purchase and use.

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it_user468114 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Analyst at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

I don't like their reporting. Other than that, I think it's great. It does what it's supposed to do and I know it's just the beginning, so there's going to be a lot more features added.

You should look into it. I know there are other solutions that have more bells whistles, but,when it actually comes down to function, I think StormRunner does the job.

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it_user230619 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Architect at Gallop Solutions

HPStormRunner load is an apt product a) if your application stack has Web 2.0 traffic b) your requirement is for a service that allows for pay as you go model c) proven and reliable load testing solution with superior support.

This review was co-authored by Sravanthi Naga & Ramanjaneyulu Narra, Performance Architects at Gallop Solutions. Gallop is a US based Co-located Independent Testing Services operating since 2003 with offices in Philadelphia & California. World's largest and leading organizations have relied on Gallop's specialist independent software testing services for more than a decade and have achieved significant market acceleration, returns on investments in their software quality initiatives.

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it_user426591 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Performance Architect at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The end user needs to have strong skills in any of the load testing tools, specifically if they already have experience with LoadRunner.

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it_user468132 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant/Partner at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

For all the in house stuff where we run into firewalls, it just gets bad. For public websites, it's perfect.

The flexibility makes it a viable solution.

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it_user251874 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Analyst at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

StormRunner is one of the fastest-growing cloud based performance testing tools for running high concurrency tests very quickly.

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it_user567969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Architect at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Wait with StormRunner.

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it_user469167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

It really doesn't need to be as flexible as some other solutions because it's right out of the box, it's relatively easy to use. You open up, you create a test in ten minutes and then you're able to run it.

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it_user232020 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Analyst with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you're looking at an application that can be seen on the WAN and using agile approach, then its a tool that should be recommended and used.

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it_user197508 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Architect and HP ALM Expert at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I think that StormRunner Load is the way forward and if HPE manages to support all protocols currently supported by LoadRunner/Performance Center eventually in StormRunner, it would be a massive game changer.

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it_user272247 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Team Lead with 501-1,000 employees

It is very cost effective to start with a low number of virtual users for a short amount of time in order to verify that your company system is running properly. Start with a small load test, run it until completion, verify that you see the logs you intended to see, and all people involved in the environment are ready to see what they expected.

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it_user232248 - PeerSpot reviewer
Strategic Account Manager with 51-200 employees

Customers should understand the amount of time it takes to build a script - benefit of StormRunner as opposed to other cloud based Load testing tools is the ease of scripting. End users should understand the impact of the time it takes to build scripts. If StormRunner can save you 50% of your scripting, you need to understand how that translates into value. Expertise of StormRunner and LoadRunner includes these elements.

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it_user739593 - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr Performance engineer

It's a new product and we are facing some issues. We believe, they are going to work out at their end. They are going make it work and fix everything, whatever the flaws are now.

Overall, we are using this to save money and utilize the cloud technology.

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JI
Database Leader at Skupos Inc.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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it_user54837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Director - Quality Assurance at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

You need to effectively plan anticipated usage of the toolset. This will enable you to purchase the appropriate amount of Vusers hours for your contractual period (in our case this was 12 months).

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it_user240087 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO and Co-Founder with 51-200 employees

StormRunner does the job in a very simple and cost effective way. HP has always lead this market.

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SP
Technical Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We're a customer. We don't have any business partnerships with the company.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten overall. The solution has been quite good and integrates well with other products. It has all of the features we need and isn't really lacking anything that we've noticed.

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