BlazeMeter and BrowserStack are prominent in the testing tools category, with BlazeMeter showing a slight edge due to its cloud-based scalability and flexible integration capabilities.
Features: BlazeMeter provides powerful load testing, allowing global scaling of JMeter tests and New Relic integration for comprehensive insights. It offers a robust cloud-based load generation, supporting high user loads, and integrates seamlessly with various tools, offering flexible contract options. BrowserStack excels in manual and automated testing across multiple platforms and devices, offering local and diverse browser testing capabilities to ensure geolocation and cross-browser functionality.
Room for Improvement: BlazeMeter could bolster its reporting features, server provisioning, and APM tool integration. Enhancements in data-driven testing support and test data management are also necessary. BrowserStack faces connectivity stability issues and could improve device integrations and testing frameworks. Pricing is a concern for both, with BlazeMeter being slightly expensive for smaller users and BrowserStack noted for its high costs.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BlazeMeter offers various cloud deployment options, praised for its responsive and knowledgeable support. Regular customer interactions for feedback and issue resolution are highly regarded. BrowserStack supports multiple cloud deployment models with generally positive user feedback on its ease of use, though there is room for improvement in customer service, with occasional slow responses and better document navigation needed.
Pricing and ROI: BlazeMeter presents a range of pricing models, including custom contracts, though it is deemed expensive by some. Its ROI benefits come from reduced infrastructure costs and improved productivity. BrowserStack, while expensive, is more affordable relative to some competitors when scaled to larger teams, with cost-effectiveness stemming from replacing physical devices with virtual equivalents, reducing overall expenses.
Pipeline executions that used to take eight hours have been reduced to one hour, enhancing continuous deployment and providing quicker feedback cycles.
I think its biggest benefit is how it integrates with our CI/CD, not necessarily giving access to developers for test devices.
I have seen a return on investment with BrowserStack, specifically a 50% reduction in human capacity.
The customer service is not available 24/7, which affects its rating.
BrowserStack customer support is excellent, with knowledgeable staff assisting throughout onboarding, setup, and understanding our needs to provide tailored solutions.
BlazeMeter has the capability to simulate a higher number of users compared to JMeter standalone.
BlazeMeter is quite scalable, and I rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
BrowserStack's scalability is enhanced by its auto-scaling capabilities on AWS.
They reproduce the same scenario, and then we create the bug ticket for them to fix.
I would rate the stability of BlazeMeter as eight out of ten, indicating that it is a stable and reliable solution.
BrowserStack is quite stable for me because it offers many different devices, is always up to date, and has a nice user interface with good user experience.
Sometimes there is slowness in the network, especially when working with AWS-based hosting.
The licensing cost is also a concern since BlazeMeter is not free like JMeter, which limits its use.
The extra CSV random dataset plugin could be integrated with a simple checkbox in the existing CSV dataset plugin to read files randomly.
BrowserStack is very expensive and they keep increasing their cost, which is absolutely ridiculous, especially when someone like LambdaTest is coming through for literal thousands of dollars less, with the same services.
Going forward, one way BrowserStack could improve is by incorporating AI concepts to create tests automatically from provided URLs or user intentions, generating scripts without needing users to write automation scripts.
I think false positives are an area where BrowserStack can improve, as I have often seen things working fine on actual devices, but on BrowserStack devices, issues arise due to network slowness or AWS region connectivity problems that cause lag.
BlazeMeter requires licensing, which means it is not free like JMeter, adding to the setup cost considerations.
pricing was that it was a bit on the higher side, around three hundred dollars per user per month.
BlazeMeter offers a higher limit on load simulation compared to standalone JMeter.
BlazeMeter integrates with JMeter via multiple plugins, which streamlines performance testing, test monitoring, and report sharing.
The device farm is one of the positive impacts we have seen from using BrowserStack. We get to run our automation against their full suite of devices, which alleviates the uplift of manual testing.
BrowserStack has positively impacted my organization by helping us reduce the human capacity by 50%, with that reduction mostly being in manual testing efforts.
I use the feature of testing on beta versions in my workflow all the time, checking how the application works on the pre-release build, and our QA people also verify and perform regression testing using the pre-release build on specific devices through BrowserStack.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| BrowserStack | 8.1% |
| BlazeMeter | 1.2% |
| Other | 90.7% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 19 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 22 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 11 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 8 |
| Large Enterprise | 13 |
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.
BrowserStack is a cloud-based cross-browser testing tool that enables developers to test their websites across various browserson different operating systems and mobile devices, without requiring users to install virtual machines, devices or emulators.
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