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Apache JMeter vs Dotcom-Monitor LoadView Stress Testing comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Apache JMeter
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (1st), API Testing Tools (3rd)
Dotcom-Monitor LoadView Str...
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
19th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Load Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Apache JMeter is 8.7%, down from 16.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dotcom-Monitor LoadView Stress Testing is 1.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Load Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache JMeter8.7%
Dotcom-Monitor LoadView Stress Testing1.6%
Other89.7%
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Featured Reviews

TusharShankar - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at Synechron
Performance testing has become central and reporting has provided clear insights for our teams
We do have command prompt related or CLI functionality with Apache JMeter, so it is easier. However, since it is open source, much work has not been put into the GUI part. The GUI could definitely be enhanced. One drawback which I can see when I compare it with other tools is the amount of cache that it uses, the memory that it uses. It becomes very difficult to work with when we have a lot of requests that need to be processed. Anything more than 10,000 requests becomes a bit of an unfavorable task when using Apache JMeter altogether. Otherwise, it does help anyone who is starting off with performance testing.
reviewer1631949 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect ICT at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
User-friendly, cheap, and quick to set up
It's actually quite easy to set it up. You can change your upgrade plan at any time. The pricing is reasonable. The support was also very good. They are great at helping you set it up. Overall, it's user-friendly. I like that you can also use different servers, which I used in Europe or in different contexts. The reporting is okay. I can get notifications via email, which is nice. Everything is immediate and in real-time.

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 feature of this solution is being able to launch many requests and scheduling simulating human interactions with the application."
"It is scalable, as you can scale up to 1,000 users in JMeter, and if you can put up four slave servers, you can easily ramp up to 1,000 users."
"For the load test which requires high transactions per second to be achieved, in the range of 15K transactions per second, this is a very good tool to use and the biggest advantage is that it is free."
"Regardless of whether it is used for personal performance, load, volume, UI test, or functional test, Apache JMeter is the best tool on the market."
"The most valuable features are the ability to capture the entire traffic of particular pages and the proper readability of entire pages and entire APIs."
"The solution offers a lot of plug-ins and a huge, continuously developing community that is regularly offering new features and plug-ins."
"It's a powerful tool that is open source."
"The most valuable feature for us is the available information on the forums and to be able to discuss and get answers from the people that are involved in using this tool."
"LoadView is a flexible solution, which protects your investments."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"LoadView is a perfect cloud-based load testing tool."
"The initial setup is easy, and if you need more help, they are there to assist."
 

Cons

"Its reporting could be improved. There should be a better visual representation. That would be helpful for easy consumption of the reports."
"Some features still require a certain knowledge level to use effectively, and making these features more user-friendly would be beneficial."
"It's not easy to get the data from one place or to do customizations."
"It does not support recording SSL."
"Report generation needs to be improved. It is quite difficult to get to."
"Running JMeter in GUI mode uses a lot of memory, which means we need to switch to a non-GUI mode when using a heavy load."
"It should be easier to combine multiple scripts. If you have multiple scripts, you need to write a new script to combine those scripts. The virtual user generator is slow."
"Modeling a test is difficult. If you don't have much knowledge, you won't be able to do it easily. Testing APIs is also difficult."
"A lot of time you start the stress testing, and you sign the log in again, and I want to get rid of that. It's just not clear to me how to do it yet."
"If I do the web application test, I want to bypass a login part."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source."
"In terms of open-source adoption, it is completely free."
"The solution is free of cost as it is open source."
"Apache JMeter is an open-source solution, so it's free to use."
"I haven't looked into it. Most of our projects are nonprofit or grant-based. Everything is public commons, so we don't really have to worry about that so much."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs associated with it."
"We didn't pay licensing fees for Apache JMeter because it's an open-source tool. We only paid for the machines where we installed Apache JMeter modules."
"Apache JMeter is a free tool."
"You can buy plans that range from free to $500 a month."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
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Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise62
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Sample Customers

AOL, Orbitz, Innopath Software, PrepMe, Sapient, Corporate Express Australia, CSIRO, Ephibian, Talis, DATACOM, ALALOOP, eFusion, Panter, Sourcepole, University of Western Cape
Citrix, Aflac, Xerox, American InterContinental University, UMASS, ITT Technical Institute, Roanoke College
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