StresStimulus is a load testing tool for websites, mobile, and enterprise apps. It measures the web performance and scalability of an application under the rigors of heavy traffic loads. Hundreds or thousands of physical users are realistically emulated through on-premises load generators or in a cloud testing environment. Simultaneously, server monitoring information is collected in real-time to pinpoint bottlenecks and isolate web speed issues.
StresStimulus makes website stress testing and mobile performance testing easy thanks to its end-to-end test wizard that walks the user through recording, configuring, and executing tests. It also saves time on mobile app load testing due to its out-of-the-box support for native app frameworks.
What sets StresStimulus apart from other performance testing tools is its support for complex websites and apps, together with its competitive pricing. Features of the platform include KPI graphs, automatic load test recording, and extensive transaction log analysis.
- One PeerSpot reviewer mentioned, “We use StresStimulus for all our performance test requirements, which include performance regression tests, performance test automation, reporting of performance results, and performance testing new features. Performance test environments include dedicated on-prem test labs as well as testing against cloud instances or hybrid apps.”
- Users are able to run StresStimulus in their CI/CD pipelines on all their release branches, which cover changes, updates, performance improvements, and new features with automated release triggers.
- StresStimulus is designed to be a modern testing tool and makes it easy for users to upgrade from an older, deprecated testing tool and adapt to Agile DevOps testing principles by shifting left with performance testing.
- One reviewer mentioned that the ability to automatically create and send out test result reports increased test coverage momentum. Detailed reporting and dashboarding increased results tracking and visibility.
- Another reviewer mentioned that the solution’s compatibility with other testing script types means they can use existing test collateral in the form of Postman and Selenium scripts as performance test scenarios, which increases code coverage with less needed rework.
- One user wrote that the product is a very user-friendly tool. There was no steep learning curve to get going with performance tests. It has very accurate automatic dynamic parameter detection and correlation and there's a wide selection of user browser types and network emulation.
- The solution contains built-in test results analysis and comparisons between test results. These features are very useful for regression or change management tests.
- Another PeerSpot reviewer noted, “We use StresStimulus for all our performance test requirements which include performance regression tests, performance test automation, reporting of performance results, and performance testing new features. Performance test environments include dedicated on-prem test labs as well as testing against cloud instances or hybrid apps.”
- The solution contains an automatic dynamic parameter detection and correlation tool.
- Users can run StresStimulus in their CI/CD pipelines on all of their release branches, covering changes, updates, performance improvements, and new features with automated release triggers.
- Automated reports have the ability to automatically share reports to groups or emailing reports.
- In regards to the initial setup, one reviewer mentioned “The initial setup is a simple run-alone install that does everything. Testing out-of-the-box is a simple matter of importing existing scripts on the controller or creating new scripts by recording the user actions. Using test agents is as easy as running the installer on the load agent and pointing the controller to the test agent.”
- The solution is stable and its frequent version updates do not disrupt.
- The solution is Fiddler and Dynatrace integrated.
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StresStimulus has a responsive support team. Queries are responded to and actioned quickly.
- StresStimulus has built-in API testing features.
- The solution’s command line interface makes it easy to use in CI/CD pipelines as automated tests.
- The solution is very scalable. Load agents can be deployed via on-prem, Azure, or AWS VMs or a combination of on-prem and cloud agents.
Users say that StresStimulus does have a few drawbacks, however:
- One reviewer noted that source control integration and versioning could be better. StresStimulus doesn’t natively support any form of change control management. It would be useful to have the ability to view multiple tabs at once.
- In addition, one reviewer mentioned that graphing could be better. As is possible with other tools, it would be helpful to have a hierarchy with multiple levels of nested test cases/test case groups. If a high-level solution file (or test case group) could run a collection of lower-level ones, which in turn ends up executing multiple different base-level test case groups and individual test cases, it would make it easier to manage multiple sets, combinations of tests, load profiles, and test mixes.
