Akamai CloudTest vs StresStimulus comparison

Akamai and Stimulus Technology are both solutions in the Performance Testing Tools category. Akamai is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0, while Stimulus Technology is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.5. Akamai holds a 2.5% mindshare in PTT, compared to Stimulus Technology’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Stimulus Technology users who would recommend it.

Akamai CloudTest

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Akamai CloudTest and StresStimulus compete in the performance testing category. Akamai CloudTest tends to have the upper hand in large-scale test scenarios due to its robust capabilities, while StresStimulus stands out for its cost-effective and detailed testing features, appealing to cost-conscious testers.

Features: Akamai CloudTest offers advanced load testing, real-time analytics, and integration with Akamai services. StresStimulus provides user-friendly scripting options, comprehensive analytics, and support for diverse environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Akamai CloudTest offers extensive deployment options for complex infrastructures with professional support. StresStimulus emphasizes ease and quick setup with responsive support, appealing to organizations needing rapid deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Akamai CloudTest has higher upfront costs matching its high-end capabilities, delivering significant ROI for extensive testing. StresStimulus is budget-friendly with lower setup costs and strong ROI for small to medium businesses, offering cost efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai CloudTest

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

9th

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

StresStimulus

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

8th

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Akamai CloudTest is 2.5%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StresStimulus is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Vinod Patil

Senior Manager - Performance Architect at Publicis Sapient

Is user-friendly and offers live monitoring

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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Shiju Chandran

Manager - Performance & Site Reliability at AssureCare LLC

Good performance testing, simple UI, and the ability to run the same script across different domains

StresStimulus simulates browser HTTP calls. I would love to see where it can also simulate a real browser to measure visually complete time. For example, to be something similar to TruClient. We run tests on SQL statements and stored procedures directly, even before integrating with UI. I wish there were a way to connect to my application DB and run SQL queries using a JDBC connection. In a world where the applications are changing every day, I hope StresStimulus comes up with an option to compare HTTP requests before and after deployment and tell me what requests have changed. This would help avoid rescripting every time, and this would be a huge deal.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 solution is very stable."

"The tool is very user-friendly, so you can save a lot of time in terms of your preparation activities."

"This is an awesome performance testing tool for web based applications, able to generate load multiple geographies, dynamic ramp-up to any levels of virtual users."

"The level of support is quite good and the integration is also very flexible."

"Designed to be a modern testing tool, StresStimulus made it easy for us to upgrade from an older deprecated testing tool and adapt to Agile DevOps testing principles by shifting left with performance testing."

"Technical support is great."

"Compared to other tools, there is not a whole lot to Stress Stimulus UI. This makes it easy to use, be it while scripting, executing, or having to train someone new to the team."

Cons

"It's a manual process to whitelist respective internal IPs in coordination with web operations team to access Soasta. Availability of any standardized tool from Soasta will make setup process easy."

"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."

"The test clip should be more user-friendly."

"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."

"StresStimulus has a dedicated blog where users of the tool can log new feature requests or enhancements to existing features."

"We run tests on SQL statements and stored procedures directly, even before integrating with UI. I wish there were a way to connect to my application DB and run SQL queries using a JDBC connection."

"Result analysis (snap-out tabs for side-by-side comparisons) need improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a yearly license, and I would give it a rating of three out of five."

"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."

"Running cost is very low."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Insurance Company

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akamai CloudTest?

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What is your primary use case for Akamai CloudTest?

I use the solution in my company for load testing. You can say that it is used on the API and then for web page-level load testing.

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What advice do you have for others considering Akamai CloudTest?

The tool's very first benefit is zero maintenance. You need not take care of your controller or load generator, so there is zero maintenance. The second benefit of the tool would be in the area of ...

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Also Known As

SOASTA CloudTest

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Overview

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.

Akamai

StresStimulus is a load testing tool for websites, mobile and Enterprise apps. It determines the web performance and scalability of your application under the rigors of heavy traffic load. Hundreds or thousands of physical users are realistically emulated through on-premise load generators or in a cloud testing environment

Stimulus Technology

Sample Customers

Chester Zoo

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