OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs Telerik Test Studio comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText LoadRunner Profess...
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (2nd)
Telerik Test Studio
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (18th), Regression Testing Tools (9th), Test Automation Tools (18th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Load Testing Tools category, the market share of OpenText LoadRunner Professional is 8.9% and it decreased by 51.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of Telerik Test Studio is 0.1% and it decreased by 46.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Load Testing Tools
Unique Categories:
Performance Testing Tools
10.6%
Functional Testing Tools
1.5%
Regression Testing Tools
2.7%
 

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…
Raghvendra Jyothi - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 17, 2022
Very good performance and load testing capabilities
Our company uses the solution for performance and automation testing.  The solution is very helpful for media and visual studio. We have a legacy application related to healthcare products in the hospital management industry. We create a lot of smart objects using Microsoft Objects. For usability…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is an advanced tool with multiple options available for the performance system."
"The most useful aspect of the solution is that it provides agents in different geographic locations."
"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."
"What we like the most is that it integrates with UC."
"The Analysis feature makes it easy to analyze cross-data and we can pin to the focus period."
"I think that analytics is very good and that the analytics features are very powerful."
"It is a good and stable tool."
"I recommend LoadRunner Professional as it supports many protocols and applications and is very easy to set up and use."
"The performance and load testing are very good."
"The way it identifies elements is good."
"Has a very smooth process for launching and closing the application after execution."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the font, size, and interface."
"Before using Telerik Test Studio, I was a manual tester, so it was my first automation tool, yet I felt very comfortable using it. I've used the record and play feature, and Telerik Test Studio was easy to use. The tool was easy to understand, even for a first-time user like me."
 

Cons

"LoadRunner Professional's parameter data could be improved."
"There's a reporting part of the cloud that could be improved a little bit."
"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."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high-quality technical support, I rate the support a one."
"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 recently just got to see LoadRunner Developer, but it is still not fully developed to use."
"There is room for improvement of the pilot processing, the dump analysis, and forwarding results based on the dump analysis. We have a generator, root controller, different agents, and an analyzer, so all of these are very important when it comes to LoadRunner."
"Micro Focus has two separate products for web and mobile applications, which means you have to invest in both."
"I observed that the Excel and Word validation was quite challenging, which is an area for improvement in the tool. I also experienced minor difficulties with Telerik Test Studio, particularly in fetching elements in some scenarios when using C# for coding."
"There are some compatibility issues with the load standpoint test."
"The charts need to be more detailed and customizable."
"It can be improved by including a feature that allows multiple file types to be selected simultaneously."
"Its UI is not very user-friendly and could be improved. For new users, it isn't easy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"LoadRunner is more expensive than some competing products."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"I would still consider LoadRunner as an expensive tool and you get a LoadRunner and the Performance Center."
"LoadRunner Professional is an expensive product."
"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."
"LoadRunner Professional's licensing costs are on the higher side, apart from the Community Edition."
"There is a licensing cost that is expensive."
"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 is fair so I rate it an eight out of ten."
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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
20%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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...
What needs improvement with Telerik Test Studio?
Its UI is not very user-friendly and could be improved. For new users, it isn't easy. In addition, sometimes, tests used to fail intermittently. These were the two disadvantages.
What advice do you have for others considering Telerik Test Studio?
Instead of Telerik Test Studio, I'd recommend writing test cases in .Net so that in the future, if you move away from Telerik Test Studio to another tool, it would be easier for you. Your current c...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional, Micro Focus LoadRunner, HPE LoadRunner, LoadRunner
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Sample Customers

JetBlue, GOME, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, RMIT University, Virgin Media
Fox, Chicco, BNP Paribas, eBay, Coca Cola, AT&T
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