Apache JMeter vs BlazeMeter vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud comparison

Apache and Perforce are both solutions in the Performance Testing Tools category. Apache is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1, while Perforce is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0. Apache holds a 24.1% mindshare in PTT, compared to Perforce’s 14.6% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

Apache JMeter

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87% willing to recommend

BlazeMeter

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94% willing to recommend

OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

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92% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Apache JMeter is 24.1%, up from 22.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BlazeMeter is 14.6%, up from 13.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is 8.4%, down from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sreenivasula Mukkamalla

Sr.Engineer csit Quality Assurance at Verizon

Leveraging cost-effective customization with powerful plugins but complexity reduction needed

Apache JMeter offers plugins for reporting and preparing test scenarios. It allows recording to customization, letting you download plugins to connect with databases or external systems. Despite being open source, it offers features comparable to paid tools, and its ability to customize and expand is particularly useful. Additionally, its open-source nature makes it cost-effective.

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Bala Maddu

Mobile Network Automation Architect at BT - British Telecom

Reduced our test operating costs, provides quick feedback, and helps us understand how to build better test cases

Overall, it's helped our ability to address test data challenges. The test data features on their own are very good, but version control test data isn't included yet. I think that's an area for improvement. We can update the test data on the cloud. That's a good feature. There's also test data management, which is good. [Runscope] doesn't have the test data management yet. Mock services do, and performance testing has it. We can do the same test through JMeter, validating the same criteria, but the feedback from [Runscope] is quite visible. We can see the request and the response, what data comes back, and add the validation criteria. We can manage the test environments and test data, but running the same API request for multiple test data is missing. We cloned the test cases multiple times to run it. They need to work on that. Version controlling of the test cases and the information, the ability to compare the current version and the previous version within [Runscope] would be really nice. The history shows who made the changes, but it doesn't compare the changes. In the future, I would like to see integrations with GitLab and external Git reports so we could have some sort of version control outside as well. There is no current mechanism for that. The ability to have direct imports of spoken API specifications instead of converting them to JSON would be nice. There are some features they could work on.

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AlexLogan

Senior Manager, Performance Engineering at Enel Group

Has realistic scenario composition for performance tests and is highly scalable, but the user interface needs improvement

The solution generates traffic on the infrastructure, which resembles end users. Depending on the performance of the underlying infrastructure and nodes of the architecture, our company team can report on the scalability of applications. The solution performs two types of tests: user interface testing, which is implemented primarily in our organization for online banking, and the other one is API level testing for mobile banking. In terms of the feature set, OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is a market-leading application that has been around for 20 years. I have been working with the solution throughout the acquisition stages; the product used to be much better when it was primarily managed by Mercury. There are limited AI capabilities in the solution; when I was personally operating some smart scenarios using the feature of auto-scaling, I found it unsatisfying. I would recommend the product to others based on its feature set and the level of support. I would rate OpenText LoadRunner Cloud as seven out of ten. There are no glaring weaknesses in the product, and it's good enough for its core purpose.

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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

"The most valuable features of Apache JMeter are user-friendliness, large resource, and the quality of assistance they provide. Additionally, it is easy to integrate with cloud platforms, such as AWS."

"It's stable and reliable."

"I appreciate JMeter's simplicity and power for performance testing."

"Apache JMeter is well-known and widely used among developers, particularly on popular developer forums. While it may not have the most user-friendly interface, it offers strong support through official manuals and various articles from companies providing load testing services. The tool is free, has a substantial community, and serves as a fundamental choice for testers, especially those new to performance testing. While other tools like K6 may be more developer-oriented, JMeter's affordability and accessibility make it suitable for those without extensive performance testing experience."

"When someone in our organization wants to test web applications, they use Apache JMeter since they face no hurdles while using the solution."

"The new version of the solution is stable."

"Apache JMeter is completely free as it is open-source, providing cost-effective customization options."

"The distributed load testing is very good with Apache JMeter."

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"One key advantage of using BlazeMeter is that it does not require me to manage my own infrastructure."

"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."

"Using cloud-based load generators is highly valuable to us, as we can test from outside our network and increase load generation without having to upscale our hardware as much. The cloud load generator is there when we need it and is the feature we leverage the most."

"There is a repository of all the scripts that we have created. You can go back and compare tests to see what the tests looked like. If I want to go and compare something with whatever happened six months or one year back, I can do that."

"One key advantage of using BlazeMeter is that it does not require me to manage my own infrastructure."

"It is a stable solution. When we compare BlazeMeter with other tools in the market, I can say that the solution's overall performance has also been very good in our company."

"The solution offers flexibility with its configurations."

"The product's most valuable features include its cloud-based nature, which allows us to conduct tests without relying on local resources."

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"OpenText LoadRunner Cloud eliminates the need for our own testing infrastructure when running tests."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"This solution is SaaS based so we can utilize cloud technology, which is less time consuming and saves a lot of of money."

"Both the professional and cloud versions of Micro Focus LoadRunner use the same scripting or programming to execute performance modeling operations. This feature allows users to use various programming languages such as Java, C, or C++, which can run within either of the two environments. This flexibility in the programming language is a strong point of the software."

"It is feature-rich. It supports most protocols, which is important because I am in charge of a team at the bank, and we do performance testing for all kinds of different applications. We have tons of them. We even do video streams."

"The solution can scale."

"The record and playback feature is the most valuable feature. It's all driven by the script, so it's a script-based tool where the background tracing starts. Java's background process does a lot of tracing. The process starts in the background. It sees what peaks of volumes that the process can handle. It's easy to use because it's script based, record, and playback. I"

"The most valuable feature is that you can create an infrastructure on-demand and do performance testing with it."

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Cons

"Improving JMeter's sync time would be beneficial."

"The tool needs to have a better Graphical User Interface. Many of the solution's features are difficult to understand due to the complex user interface and user experience. The product needs to add plugins. It should also work on the integration with external partners like IDE and API gateways."

"We would like some reporting and analysis tools to be added to this solution."

"The solution needs more metrics for reporting."

"If JMeter could integrate with the EPM solution, it would be great. It could also be improved by offering more integrations for security. For example, most applications are secure with OpenID Connect protocols."

"The stability could be a bit better."

"The interface could be made more user-friendly."

"In this tool, automation in general is almost non-existent. Everything is done manually."

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"If the solution had better support and the documentation was efficient it would do better in the market."

"BlazeMeter needs more granular access control. Currently, BlazeMeter controls everything at a workspace level, so a user can view or modify anything inside that workspace depending on their role. It would be nice if there was a more granular control where you could say, "This person can only do A, B, and C," or, "This user only has access to functional testing. This user only has access to mock services." That feature set doesn't currently exist."

"A possible improvement could be the integration with APM tools."

"Version controlling of the test cases and the information, the ability to compare the current version and the previous version within Runscope would be really nice. The history shows who made the changes, but it doesn't compare the changes."

"The pricing is high"

"The product could improve in areas such as mobile testing and the integration of AI analytics."

"The support could be better."

"The performance could be better. When reviewing finished cases, it sometimes takes a while for BlazeMeter to load. That has improved recently, but it's still a problem with unusually large test cases. The same goes for editing test cases. When editing test cases, it starts to take a long time to open those action groups and stuff."

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"Some improvements can be made to the solution's user interface"

"Scriptless automation is an area that can be improved."

"One area for improvement in LoadRunner Cloud, especially for agile models, is its limited support for functional testing alongside its robust non-functional testing capabilities."

"We encounter hurdles while running the professional version for on-premise setup."

"There is a steep learning curve for the product, too."

"We did have some challenges with the initial implementation."

"Their documentation is not technical enough for us. We would like to have much deeper technical documentation so that we can self-serve without constantly having to go back to them and ask."

"Reporting and analysis need improvement. Compared to the old school LoadRunner Windows application, the reporting and analysis are mediocre in LoadRunner Cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is open-source."

"In terms of open-source adoption, it is completely free."

"Apache JMeter is far less expensive than HP Performance Center."

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

"This is an open-source solution, and there are no fees."

"Apache JMeter is a free, open-source solution."

"When comparing the price with Load Runner, and if the cost is an issue then JMeter is a better choice"

"We are using the free version."

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"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution."

"It is an averagely priced product."

"The solution is free and open source."

"The product isn't cheap, but it isn't the most expensive on the market. During our proof of concept, we discovered that you get what you pay for; we found a cheaper solution we tested to be full of bugs. Therefore, we are willing to pay the higher price tag for the quality BlazeMeter offers."

"The overall product is less costly than our past solutions, so we've absolutely saved money."

"The licensing fees are billed on a monthly basis and they cost approximately $100 for the basic plan."

"The product pricing is reasonable."

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"It's a very expensive solution"

"Pricing is dependent on what you're referring to. If you're talking about the cloud, it's likely competitive. However, if you're talking about the on-premise version, professional or enterprise licenses are required. Prices are on the high side. They are not cheap."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing is very reasonable and the licensing is straightforward."

"It is neither costly nor cheap. It is not too high and not too low. I know the price of other tools, and LoadRunner Cloud's price is in the medium range."

"The solution’s price is considerably high."

"It is expensive compared to other tools."

"There is no monthly or yearly cost but rather, the fees are based on the amount of traffic that you use."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

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Retailer

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

16%

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Questions from the Community

How does Postman compare with Apache JMeter?

Postman lets you easily define variables, which then get updated automatically. This is a huge time-saver and makes p...

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How does BlazeMeter compare with Apache JMeter?

Blazemeter is a continuous testing platform that provides scriptless test automation. It unifies functional and perfo...

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What do you like most about Apache JMeter?

I appreciate JMeter's simplicity and power for performance testing.

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What do you like most about BlazeMeter?

It has a unique programming dashboard that is very user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BlazeMeter?

BlazeMeter requires licensing, which means it is not free like JMeter, adding to the setup cost considerations.

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What needs improvement with BlazeMeter?

BlazeMeter should improve or make available some features out of the box that JMeter requires customization for. The ...

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Do you recommend Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?

I absolutely recommend Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud. In fact, I consider it to be one of the best performance testing...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?

One of LoadRunner's standout features is its extensive support for various TechStacks and protocols.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?

The pricing is high compared to other licensing tools like NeoLoad. It's not excessively expensive but higher than Ne...

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Comparisons

Tricentis NeoLoad vs Apache JMeter

Compared 18% of the time

Postman vs Apache JMeter

Compared 10% of the time

Katalon Studio vs Apache JMeter

Compared 6% of the time

OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs Apache JMeter

Compared 5% of the time

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Tricentis NeoLoad vs BlazeMeter

Compared 11% of the time

OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs BlazeMeter

Compared 3% of the time

BrowserStack vs BlazeMeter

Compared 2% of the time

Tricentis Flood vs BlazeMeter

Compared 2% of the time

k6 Open Source vs BlazeMeter

Compared 2% of the time

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OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

Compared 26% of the time

Tricentis NeoLoad vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

Compared 24% of the time

OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

Compared 22% of the time

RadView WebLOAD vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

JMeter

JMeter Cloud

Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud, StormRunner Load, LoadRunner Cloud, and Micro Focus StormRunner Load

Overview

Apache JMeter is an open-source Java application that tests load and functional behavior and performance in applications. Created initially to test web applications, it has expanded its functionality to test other functions. For instance, you can test a server to see how efficiently it works and how many user requests can be handled simultaneously.

You can use JMeter to test functional performance and regression tests on different technologies. This Java desktop application has an easy-to-use graphical interface which uses the Swing graphical API. You can run JMeter on any environment that accepts a Java virtual machine, such as Windows, Linux, and Mac.

What protocols does JMeter support?

Web - HTTP, HTTPS
Web services - SOAP/XML-RPC
Email service - POP3, IMAP, SMTP
FTP service
Database via JDBC drivers
LDAP
Native commands or shell scripts
TCP
Java objects

How does JMeter work?

JMeter sends requests to a target server by simulating a group of user requests. Then it collects and calculates statistics on the performance of the target. This target can be a server or an application.

You can test the performance of static resources, such as JavaScript or HTML, and dynamic resources, such as JSP, Servlets, and AJAX. It is also helpful to determine how many concurrent users your website can handle.

There are two main tests you can carry out with JMeter: load test and stress test. The load test models expected usage of a server by simulating multiple users accessing the web server simultaneously. The stress testing aims to find the maximum load capacity of the server or application.

Apache JMeter Key Features

JMeter enables fast test plan recording, building, and debugging via a featured test IDE (integrated development environment).
Command-line mode allows carrying out load tests from any OS compatible with Java.
JMeter can extract data from most popular response formats, such as HTML, JSON, XML.
JMeter is entirely portable.
A multithreading framework allows you to simultaneously test multiple samplings and separate thread groups.
Thanks to the caching feature, you can conduct offline analysis or replay test results.

Apache JMeter Benefits

As open-source software, it is freely available and continuously improved.
The setup is user-friendly, and no installation is needed.
The GUI (graphic user interface) is intuitive and easy to use.
You can write your own tests and use the visualization plugins to extend the testing.
It is a platform-agnostic tool. For example, JMeter can work with Linux by clicking on the JMeter shell script. On Windows, you can call up JMeter by starting the jmeter.bat file.
Since the test plans are stored in XML format, you can generate a test plan using any text editor.
You can simulate a heavy load on a server, a group of servers, a network, or an object. Use JMeter to test an application or server's strength and performance under different load types.

The JMeter extensible core has numerous benefits:

Unlimited testing capabilities via pluggable samplers.
You can choose multiple load statistics with pluggable timers.
Visualization plugins and data analysis enable customization.
Continuous integration via third-party open-source libraries (Maven, Gradle, and Jenkins).

Reviews from Real Users

Stephen B., I.T. Architect, Analyst, and Developer at an educational organization, says, "The scripting ability is most valuable. It is easy to use. There is a UI, and you can go in there and figure those things out. After you've got a good set of tests, you basically have a scripted document that you can grab and execute in a pipeline. It is pretty quick to set up, and you can scale it and version control it."

"I like the fact that JMeter integrates well with other tools," adds the Founder and Principal Consultant at a tech services company.

A Quality Engineering Delivery Leader at a financial services firm says, “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.”

Apache

BlazeMeter ensures delivery of high-performance software by enabling DevOps teams to quickly and easily run open-source-based performance tests against any mobile app, website or API at massive scale to validate performance at every stage of software delivery.

The rapidly growing BlazeMeter community has more than 100,000 developers and includes prominent global brands such as Adobe, Atlassian, Gap, NBC Universal, Pfizer and Walmart as customers. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., with its research and development in Tel Aviv.

Perforce

Do your performance and load testing in the cloud. OpenText LoadRunner Cloud makes it easy to plan, run, and scale performance tests without the need to deploy and manage infrastructure.

OpenText

Sample Customers

AOL, Orbitz, Innopath Software, PrepMe, Sapient, Corporate Express Australia, CSIRO, Ephibian, Talis, DATACOM, ALALOOP, eFusion, Panter, Sourcepole, University of Western Cape

DIRECTV, GAP, MIT, NBCUniversal, Pfizer, StubHub

Alfa Bank, N Brown Group, University of Copenhagen, McGraw-Hill, Cognizant

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