Apache JMeter Reviews

I am using this solution for a banking use case. We have an older version of this solution. We are planning to upgrade to a newer version.

A lot of things are valuable. It is free. It has a lot of features, such as report generation and integration with CI/CD, which makes it very competitive with the other paid solutions available in the market. It is a good solution.

They can improve it a little bit in terms of distribution load testing. We struggled with it during the distribution. 

In terms of reporting, runtime monitoring is not currently included, and it should be included. They can also improve it on the reporting side in terms of the comparison of the reports. 

They can also focus more on integration with CI/CD. Currently, people are using their own customized tools. It would be nice if Apache can provide some standard tools and procedures for integration with CI/CD tools like DPR. There are some tools, but it would be nice if official standard tools and procedures are available.

I have been using this solution for almost three months.

It is stable. There is good support, and fixes are also available immediately.

We have not scaled it, but it is scalable. We plan to increase its usage. 

I didn't have to call Apache because if anything comes up, we are able to find a solution in the community.

Its initial setup was straightforward.

We are using the free version, and if required, we can easily switch to the other version.

I would definitely recommend this solution if it suits a use case. It is good, and it also looks promising. We plan to keep using it in the future.

I would rate Apache JMeter an eight out of ten.

We're primarily using the solution for its performance. It's on our data center.

The tool has been a great help to our organization, which is focused more on quality testing as opposed to performance testing. It's provided a lot of insights. With the digital transformation that is currently happening, the need for that shift was rather critical.

The performance of the solution is excellent.

They have designed the product so that it is very easy to configure. 

You can basically do anything you like with the product. It's not very restrictive.

We like the fact that the technology is open-source.

The user interface could be improved. If they had better UI, it might make it easier to use.

You really need a technical team in order to really utilize the product.

The scalability could be better, or the process of scaling itself could be a bit more clear.

We've used the solution for a couple of years at this point.

The stability is quite good. There haven't been any issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash of freeze. It's very reliable.

Nobody ever has used any tool to its full capacity, including this one. Half of the time it's how you set up and how your environment is. We can easily scale on cloud. So far, we're worried about its ability to scale. Our setup is basically a hybrid cloud where we can have private data centers and we can know exactly where each is located. However, the scaling is a big concern for me. I'm looking at BlazeMeter as well, and, although I've only really read about it, it looks like it scales quite well. With scaling, I'm sure I'll find more complexities, especially if I look into kiosk testing. I'll want to explore further test cases.

Currently, those that are on the product are mostly testing communities approaching it from a performance aspect. Every project is different and therefore the number of users goes up and down.

There isn't really a need for tech support with JMeter. There is a vibrant community, which is a good way for a lot of users or developers to go on and post a question and get an answer. The team prefers it this way. It's a positive aspect of JMeter.

I have some experience LoadRunner, however, it is expensive for what it offers. This product is open-source which makes it affordable.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. My team was very hands-on. They didn't struggle with the UI at all and it wasn't too complex for them. That said, if a person with lesser skill levels, maybe someone who has a lower skillset, may struggle a bit with the implementation. It's geared slightly towards more technical users.

The product is an open-source solution.

I understand the Apache also has something called BlazeMeter, which is something I recently looked into.

I'm not quite sure which version of the solution our team is using right now. It's likely the latest version. We did the upgrade on our tools in 2019. It's open-source, and therefore everybody picks up the latest one.

As an open-source tool, there's a good community surrounding it. If you have automation frameworks or a DevOps pipeline, you can connect that and easily configure everything to streamline processes. Due to the fact that it's open-source, you don't have to wait to get the approvals and the budgets in order. That part alone can take months to sometimes years. If your company has the time, they should review the tools. If it seems to fit your organization, I'd recommend trying it out. 

Overall, I would rate the solution seven out of ten. It's a good open-source tool that you can configure easily, and it's very competitive in the market in terms of usability

The distributed load testing is very good and the ramp-up. When we come out with the right ramp-up plan, it can be converted into Apache JMeter script very well. This accurately simulates how many of our transactions need to be triggered.

I would like to see exceptions improved. The initial setup is complex and needs to be upgraded. It would be great to have additional protocols other than HTTP, HTTPS, and APIs.

I have been working with Apache JMeter for the past seven years.

The stability is good and I am not finding any issues.

We are not having any problems with the scalability of Apache JMeter

Technical support is very good.

Positive

The initial setup is complex.

Apache JMeter is a free tool.

I would rate Apache JMeter a nine out of ten.

This is a cost-effective tool, which provides people the ability to do POCs without worrying about costs.

Apache JMeter provided us with the opportunity to test applications for clients who did not have the budget to employ heavy-duty tools like LoadRunner.

Additionally, due to ease of installation, it can be installed in any client network, without the requirement for port opening.

API testing, Database Testing, and MQ testing can be done with ease.

The tool should be made a bit more robust, and better support should be made available.

The solution is primarily used for load testing.

When someone in our organization wants to test web applications, they use Apache JMeter since they face no hurdles while using the solution. Also, we can even increase the number of users using it.

All the features mentioned under JMeter metrics are available to use. Feature-wise, the solution has everything in it that I want.

Self-healing and page rendering for the end-users are not available in Apache JMeter. Hence, these are the two areas that need to be made available in future releases of the solution.

I have been using Apache JMeter for eight years. Also, I am using the solution's latest version, and any of the solution's versions support all the applications in my organization. Our company is an end-user of the solution.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

There are around 50,000 users in my company using the solution. Also, most of the users are involved in performance testing. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

With Apache JMeter, banking processes may face some scalability issues.

There is no support at all for the solution. Basically, it provides zero support.

The solution's initial setup process was straightforward since one only needs to download Apache JMeter and use it after that. Basically, there is no need to do any installation.

There is no need for any maintenance in the solution since it is an open-source product.

Since it is an open-source product, buying or paying for any license is unnecessary. One just needs to download it to be able to use it.

I would recommend the product to those planning to use it as an open-source product, and there is no need to buy a license. So, it is free of cost application. However, I am not sure about the product from a security perspective. But nowadays, banking people are also using it, but it won't be scalable in a banking environment where a large number of people want to use it. Using the solution, one can only test web applications and not use the tool for page rendering. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

We use Apache JMeter for lower-end performance testing. Sometimes we use it for Rest API testing, as well.

This solution allows us to have a detailed look at performance using different metrics. We can look at the deviation and the median values and see how it is performing. We can also analyze our servers and see how they are performing in terms of CPU and how much memory is allocated.

The most valuable feature in JMeter is the Thread Group, which helps us to see whether the performance is good.

The plugin for git allows us to scan files directly from the GitHub site.

The reporting is good and there are a lot of different formats available.

If you want to see the data that is associated with a response then you can download it in JSON format.

There is a large user community that can help you to learn and use JMeter.

When we are testing with too many threads then the solution hangs.

JMeter does not support JavaScript.

Automation is difficult in JMeter.

We have been using JMeter for the past two years.

Stability becomes an issue if we use more than 10 or 20 threads.

We have not been in contact with Apache technical support.

There is a large user community and if you need help then you can get instant help from them.

We also use Postman and when it comes to making a very large request, it is the better option. It is also a user-friendly solution and you do not have to go through a lot of documents to start using it.

JMeter works better for iterative testing.

It is easy to set up and administer JMeter.

This is an open-source product.

This is a good solution but many features would have to be added to use this tool alone. Postman has more features, so JMeter is really only good for performance testing.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

There's a third-party platform that is getting migrated to, so with the newer version migration, we were looking to see if there are any performance degradation with the migration. The product platform assures the user loads that we are planning to have on the system. Nevertheless, we wanted to have validation from a business perspective. We wanted to see that it'll still support the loads that we are looking at.

The ability to create a large number of user loads has been very helpful for us. 

It's typically straightforward to set up. 

The solution can scale well.

It's stable and reliable. 

There is lots of useful community support. 

In terms of platform support, they need to extend the support for backend platforms and more of the legacy types of platforms.

We've used the solution for a long while. We've used it for a few years. 

It's a well-trusted product. A lot of people use it. There's a lot of support in the community also. Therefore, the stability is pretty good and it is quite reliable.

We can create demand as we need. It's quite scalable. 

We have five people suing the product. The performance testers use it.

We can get a lot of support from the community. It's pretty easy to get assistance. 

We've had no issue so far when we've needed to get help. We are satisfied with the support. 

Positive

We did not previously use a different solution. 

The solution can be easy to set up depending on the target system that we are testing. However, there are situations where Apache JMeter is not supported.

The deployment took two to three weeks to set up and deploy.

We have a team of five people that can handle deployment and maintenance. 

We did the setup in-house. We have the capabilities within.

Most of the time, it's the end client who manages the license for us. We don't purchase the product by ourselves; it's the end customer who does it for us. I'm not sure what the actual cost of the product is. 

We likely are using the latest version of the solution. However, I can't be sure. I'm not sure which version number we're using. 

It's a tool that is being used by many, many others as well. There's a lot of community support out there. I'd recommend it, as long as it supports the platform.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. 

We are using Apache JMeter for automation and for processing activities of our clients. Additionally, it is used for testing.

The most valuable feature of Apache JMeter is its popularity. It is the best open-source tool with all the features needed.

The reports in Apache JMeter could improve.

I have been using Apache JMeter for approximately one and a half years.

The stability of Apache JMeter is good.

Apache JMeter is scalable.

We have less than five people using this solution in my organization.

There is a lot of support available that is good, such as in forums. However, they do not have a dedicated team that you can contact.

I have not used a solution previously.

Apache JMeter was straightforward to install.

The price of Apache JMeter is good. The selling rate is quite effective and the limited users with a multi-region-related execution.

My advice to others is to go through some basic video processes, which are available on YouTube and Apache JMeter site, it has a lot of documentation that will help you get prepared and used to the tool.

I rate Apache JMeter a seven out of ten.