Akamai CloudTest Reviews

Name: Akamai CloudTest
Brand: Akamai
Rating: 3.8 (7 reviews)

3.8 out of 5

7 reviews
85% willing to recommend

1,701 followers

What is Akamai CloudTest?

Soasta's CloudTest rapidly builds realistic test scenarios using real user data, then tests, analyzes and repairs faster. CloudTest's visual test environment and real-time analytics test your website, mobile app and api backend to give you a streaming view of all your performance data while tests run from back-end systems to front end performance.

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Akamai CloudTest is the #9 ranked solution in top Load Testing Tools and #10 ranked solution in top Performance Testing Tools. PeerSpot users give Akamai CloudTest an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 7 most recent Akamai CloudTest reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 7.5. Akamai CloudTest is most commonly compared to Apache JMeter: Akamai CloudTest vs Apache JMeter. Akamai CloudTest is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 85% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 27% of all views.

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Featured reviews

Vinod Patil

Senior Manager - Performance Architect at Publicis Sapient

Extending the same cloud tool to make it app native so that it can help with device performance testing towards HTTP requests and responses. If you can have a front-end tool like Google's Core Web Vitals, it would be great. If you have some integration with Google's Core Web Vitals, it would be great. I want the tool to have IP spoofing because whenever you do load testing, you will have a little bit of static IP based on a particular load generator. If we have an option of just making the real-time scenario, like having IP spoofing, and the range of IPs dynamically gets changed with the request just to mimic the real-time user behavior, then it would be a good improvement. Having integration to APM tools, like Dynatrace or AppDynamics, the way we have in the load tools, would be good.

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Vinod Patil

Senior Manager - Performance Architect at Publicis Sapient

In terms of improvement, I think integration of these tools with the leading EPM tools would be good. It would help to seamlessly integrate to Dynatrace or AppDynamics to understand what the profiling looks like when generating a load. CI/CD integration, the pipeline itself, still needs to be improved. Resource consumption also needs to be worked on. When we generate a thousand or two thousand concurrent users, we need to optimize the load generator resource utilization. This is because you need multiple servers in order to generate heavy loads. Other solutions like Gatling take much lower resources compared to that by Akamai CloudTest. For instance, you would need three different instances of typical 8-core 16 GB to generate 2000 concurrent users from Akamai CloudTest, but you would need half of the capacity with Gatling.

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Rajbir Singh

Director - DevOps and Infrastructure at INTIGRAL

Akamai Cloud Test provides detailed analysis during load and performance testing which helps in determining different components of our platforms and external integrations with other vendors needs optimization (i.e.) it highlights exact API call with request, response, error, TTFB to identify root cause of failure which in turn helps in improving time to resolution and prioritize change requests.

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Akamai CloudTest mindshare

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As of January 2025, the mindshare of Akamai CloudTest in the Load Testing Tools category stands at 2.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Type	Title	Date
Category	Load Testing Tools	Jan 7, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 7, 2025	Download
Comparison	Akamai CloudTest vs Apache JMeter	Jan 7, 2025	Download
Comparison	Akamai CloudTest vs Tricentis NeoLoad	Jan 7, 2025	Download
Comparison	Akamai CloudTest vs OpenText LoadRunner Professional	Jan 7, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Apache JMeter	3.9	23.3%	87%	92 interviews Add to research
Tricentis NeoLoad	4.1	17.3%	95%	64 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

Akamai CloudTest is recognized for its powerful performance testing capabilities, integral in generating load across various geographies. Users find the cloud load agents' on-demand integration with AWS invaluable. The platform offers detailed analyses during testing to optimize components and integrations, highlighting root causes of failures. It is praised for its user-friendly interface and live monitoring, allowing for the creation of custom dashboards with detailed response time metrics between core HTML and non-HTML areas.

"The tool is very user-friendly, so you can save a lot of time in terms of your preparation activities."
"From my own experience, if you're talking about load testing and performance testing then definitely you should go for CloudTest. Because when we compared CloudTest with Performance Center, cost wise it was a better solution. It is easy to use as well, and you can definitely get an automation engineer or a performance engineer with very little exposure to any programming or scripting language such as JavaScript. I would definitely recommend this solution and would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten."
"The level of support is quite good and the integration is also very flexible."

Room for Improvement

Akamai CloudTest requires better technical support and documentation accessibility. Its initial setup demands whitelisting for on-premise applications. Users experience UI delays with large data processing. More user-friendly test clip interfaces are needed. CI/CD integration needs enhancement, as does resource consumption efficiency. Users seek native app testing, IP spoofing, and APM tool integration. The load generation requires excessive server resources, needing optimization compared to competitors. Integrations with tools like Dynatrace and Google Core Web Vitals are suggested.

"If we have an option of just making the real-time scenario, like having IP spoofing, and the range of IPs dynamically gets changed with the request just to mimic the real-time user behavior, then it would be a good improvement."
"In terms of improvement, I think integration of these tools with the leading EPM tools would be good. It would help to seamlessly integrate to Dynatrace or AppDynamics to understand what the profiling looks like when generating a load."
"Akamai cloud test integration into our current CI/CD pipelines (i.e.) identify and resolve the issues during the sprint phase which helps in delivering an absolute product and reduces time to market/release."

Pricing

"The tool's price is at an intermediate level. When you compare it with other enterprise load testing tools, it falls under the average category."
"We have a yearly license, and I would give it a rating of three out of five."
"Running cost is very low."

Service and Support

Akamai CloudTest users report strong customer service with quick responses and effective training sessions. While some describe technical support as prompt and helpful, rating it 8/10, others faced challenges with delays, rating it lower. Interactions with technical support often result in swift ticket resolutions, aligning with expected SLAs. Overall, companies generally experience efficient support interactions, though satisfaction levels vary.

Deployment

Akamai CloudTest's initial setup is generally straightforward, especially for those familiar with VM environments, though some face challenges with security compliance. Users appreciate the flexibility and support, benefiting from integration capabilities. Its SaaS nature makes configuration simple, requiring no complex steps beyond subscription.

Scalability

Many find Akamai CloudTest highly scalable. Most users experience no issues; however, some face challenges, particularly with extreme loads or scaling to 10,000 concurrent users. Medium capacities are generally smooth, but geographical considerations are necessary for intense loads. Some rate its scalability eight out of ten. Typically, organizations utilize it effectively with varying user counts, highlighting its adaptability in different environments.

Stability

Akamai CloudTest is generally stable according to users. Some experience occasional, minor stability issues, but these are not severe. Users note that scaling is easier compared to Jmeter. They mention that while it is stable, stability can depend on setup and integration practices. Regular tweaks may be needed with new releases, but these are not complex. Stability is rated highly, with some giving it a nine out of ten due to its strong performance during specific use cases.

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