OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs OpenText Silk Test comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText LoadRunner Profess...
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (2nd), Load Testing Tools (3rd)
OpenText Silk Test
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (26th), Regression Testing Tools (14th), Test Automation Tools (24th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the market share of OpenText LoadRunner Professional is 10.6% and it decreased by 41.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of OpenText Silk Test is 0.9% and it decreased by 10.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Performance Testing Tools
Unique Categories:
Load Testing Tools
8.9%
Functional Testing Tools
0.9%
Regression Testing Tools
1.5%
 

Featured Reviews

SM
Oct 23, 2023
Helps with load testing but needs to have a SaaS version
We use the solution for load testing.  The executive management is more confident when they go for production. They know that the performance issues are already addressed.  The tool's most valuable features are scripting and automation.  The tool should consider releasing a SaaS version since it…
SrinivasPakala - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 6, 2020
Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available
While we are performance testing the engineering key, we need to come up with load strategies to commence the test. We'll help to monitor the test, and afterward, we'll help to make all the outcomes, and if they are new, we'll do lots and lots of interpretation and analysis across various servers, to look at response times, and impact. For example, whatever the observations we had during the test, we need to implement it. We'll have to help to catch what exactly is the issues were, and we'll help to see how they can be reduced. Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are. The solution needs better monitoring, especially of CPU.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Graph monitoring is a valuable feature."
"The solution is quite stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create performance test cases quickly and then execute them. It provides a lot of powerful features to do that very efficiently and effectively."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The tool's most valuable features are scripting and automation."
"I would rate Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional's stability at eight out of ten."
"LoadRunner Professional allowed us to load test potential new payroll solutions that would be implemented throughout the entire organization so that we knew which was best suited to performing well under pressure."
"The most valuable feature depends on what we're doing at the time. In the past, the greatest feature was the ability to record and play back to produce a script. Another great feature is that we can monitor the system. They also support many protocols to perform load testing."
"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting."
"Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts."
"The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to."
"The statistics that are available are very good."
"A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing."
"The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities."
"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"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."
"Micro Focus has two separate products for web and mobile applications, which means you have to invest in both."
"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."
"I would like to see better-licensing costs."
"Compared to some other vendors, there is a lack of community support."
"In terms of resource management, you need a lot of high capacity boxes if you need to generate a load of 1,000 or 2,000 users."
"I would like to have better support for adding more users per load generator."
"I guess scalability becomes a problem when you use things like TruClients."
"The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies."
"Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are."
"Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side."
"We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important."
"They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration."
"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve."
"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is on a yearly basis and is relatively expensive."
"There is a licensing cost that is expensive."
"The licensing fees are based on the number of users."
"LoadRunner Professional is an expensive product."
"When you compare the cost of other tools such as NeoLoad and LoadNinja, the cost of LoadRunner is on the expensive side. As a result, we are currently considering going with NeoLoad."
"There is an annual license required to use Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional. There are not any additional costs other than the licensing fees to use it."
"It is competing with other products that may cost significantly less or may be available as open-source. Because of that it is relatively expensive."
"The pricing model, especially when involving partners, could use some improvement."
"We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."
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Comparison Review

it_user104961 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 13, 2014
LoadRunner vs NeoLoad
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?
When designing a workload model offers a good range of possibilities for creating goal-oriented scenarios, which helps us understand and meet SLAs.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?
It is on the higher side when compared with other tools, but given the suite or package it provides, it is a fair price.
What needs improvement with Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?
Many times, the scripts are very lengthy, and traffic recording is tough. We're dealing with a huge chunk of data to record the traffic, and what happens is that LoadRunner takes a lot of time post...
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Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional, Micro Focus LoadRunner, HPE LoadRunner, LoadRunner
Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test
 

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, GOME, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, RMIT University, Virgin Media
Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies
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