Eggplant Performance vs OpenText LoadRunner Cloud comparison

Keysight Technologies and OpenText are both solutions in the Performance Testing Tools category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.0, while OpenText is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.9. Keysight Technologies holds a 1.3% mindshare in PTT, compared to OpenText’s 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Eggplant Performance

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 5, 2025

Eggplant Performance and OpenText LoadRunner Cloud are competing products in performance testing for software development. OpenText LoadRunner Cloud has an advantage due to its extensive features and scalability, justifying its higher price despite Eggplant Performance's attractive pricing and support.

Features: Eggplant Performance is recognized for its effective real-time analytics, extensive test automation, and optical character recognition. OpenText LoadRunner Cloud offers a wide protocol support, cloud-based scalability, and integration with JMeter scripts.

Room for Improvement: Eggplant Performance could enhance its scalability and protocol variety. Improving cloud integration and load generation across geographies would also be beneficial. OpenText LoadRunner Cloud may improve on its user interface simplicity, streamline the setup for on-premises components, and enhance the speed of reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LoadRunner Cloud provides straightforward cloud-based deployment which aids in scalability and flexibility. Its customer service is known for responsive technical support. Eggplant Performance offers efficient onboarding and prioritizes customer queries with a comprehensive support system.

Pricing and ROI: Eggplant Performance is favored for its cost-effectiveness, offering high ROI due to lower setup costs. OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, with a higher price point, delivers significant ROI through its advanced features and scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

Eggplant Performance

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OpenText LoadRunner Cloud

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Load Testing Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Eggplant Performance is 1.3%, up from 1.1% 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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Shyam_Prasad

AVP - Testing & QA at Laminaar Aviation

Offers unique object identification, ideal for UI layer regression automation but limited scalability

Performance is one key area for improvement. It can be slower compared to other tools I've used. Secondly, we have a very limited resource pool that uses this tool in India. So, finding resources familiar with Eggplant in India is challenging due to lack of affiliation programs and so 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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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We don't have a big team of people that can watch the dials and check that everything is okay. We're doing a lot of the monitoring of our website and our product at the side of the desk. We need a solution that does a lot for us, and that's what Eggplant does."

"It is not a conventional test automation tool. It uses optical character recognition (OCR) to identify objects. It makes it the best in the class."

"We find the solution stable and scalable."

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

"The solution is easy to use."

"The usability and ability to integrate with other solutions is quite good. When I use it in on Azure, then Red Hat is the most likely solution I use. When I use AWS, then I tend to use Lambda functions. In either case, it works well and you can use it either way."

"I would rate OpenText LoadRunner Cloud a ten out of ten for scalability."

"The fact that the solution supports multiple protocols such as open source, VuGen, TruWeb, TruClient, and SAP is very important because these protocols help us to concentrate on what is really needed to produce performance tests. If something is not supported, you have to use other tools or find other ways of assimilating loads."

"A vital feature of the solution is its ability to compose realistic scenarios for performance testing"

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

"The most valuable feature is that we do not have to accommodate the load-testing infrastructure in our own data center."

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Cons

"Performance is one key area for improvement. It can be slower compared to other tools I've used."

"I'd like to see the ability to integrate the user experience through device forms like AWS device forms or source labs."

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

"The initial setup is complex, but that is the nature of the technology."

"Its scripting features need improvement."

"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."

"One area of improvement in the software's support is the replaying of captured data within the development environment. It would be beneficial if the replay feature could accurately mimic what the actual application is doing for better analysis and testing."

"CI/CD integration could be a little bit better. When there's a test and if you see that there are high response times in the test itself, it would be great to be able to send an alert. It would give a heads-up to the architect community or ops community."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Eggplant came out as the most competitive in terms of commercials (terms and conditions) which was positive. When we did the initial negotiations, Eggplant started at a price but they were open to negotiations and we did negotiate a discount. That was really important to us because it showed a level of commitment to us."

"The pricing is competitive in India."

"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."

"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."

"The solution’s price is considerably high."

"We make use of virtual user hours. We buy time in the LoadRunner Cloud. It costs around $80,000."

"The pricing for OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is average."

"LoadRunner always had expensive pricing. At my company, we used to evaluate LoadRunner, but we stuck with Silk Performer because its pricing was always better in the past. I do feel that I got a fair deal this time. Our value-added reseller and our sales guy worked hard to give us a fair deal. I feel that we got a fair deal. We did not go for the pay-as-you-go deal. I did an upfront package. I prefer that. I want to know what my costs are."

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Eggplant Performance?

It is not a conventional test automation tool. It uses optical character recognition (OCR) to identify objects. It makes it the best in the class.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Eggplant Performance?

The pricing is competitive in India.

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What needs improvement with Eggplant Performance?

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Do you recommend Micro Focus LoadRunner Cloud?

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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 NeoLoad. However, in my experience, clients often weigh NeoLoad and LoadRunner equ...

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Also Known As

TestPlant eggPlant Performance

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

Overview

eggPlant Performance provides sophisticated performance testing and load testing tools that can test the widest range of technology and can scale up to simulate any load you need, but are still easy-to-use. eggPlant Performance has been designed to cleanly manage the difficult stuff so you spend more of your time looking at what really matters – improving the user experience of your application. It ensures that your cloud and server based applications will continue to work, perform, and provide an excellent user experience with hundreds or thousands of simultaneous users. eggPlant Performance consists of three main components: Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer. Studio is used to create the different components of a load test (including scripts, test data, test definitions, and monitoring targets). Test Controller is used subsequently to execute the tests and monitor them during runtime. Analyzer is then used to view completed test runs and their results, as well as generate a wide variety of charts and tables to analyze the data. eggPlant Performance supports a variety of virtual user types for different automation options, depending on the performance or load testing requirements and objectives. — Web HTPP/S: For protocol-level web scripting — Rich clients/UI-based: This includes Citrix VUs (for automating any desktop app published over Citrix), eggPlant Functional VUs (for integration with TestPlant’s functional UI testing tool), WinDriver VUs(for driving the interface of any Windows-based rich client application through a combination of object- and image-based approaches), Selenium VUs (for automating the user experience of browsers). — TCP/UDP: For recording network traffic

Keysight Technologies

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

Cisco

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

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