OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs Oracle Application Testing Suite comparison

OpenText and Oracle are both solutions in the Performance Testing Tools category. OpenText is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5, while Oracle is ranked #15. OpenText holds a 12.9% mindshare in PTT, compared to Oracle’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

OpenText LoadRunner Profess...

Read 80 OpenText LoadRunner Professional reviews

4,236 Views
2,805 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

Oracle Application Testing ...

Read 24 Oracle Application Testing Suite reviews

390 Views
234 Comparison Views

83% willing to recommend

OpenText LoadRunner Profess...

Oracle Application Testing ...

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

OpenText LoadRunner Professional and Oracle Application Testing Suite compete in the performance testing solutions category. LoadRunner appears to have the upper hand in terms of protocol support and analytics, while Oracle Application Testing Suite stands out for its integration with Oracle products and cost-effectiveness.

Features: LoadRunner offers versatile scripting options, supports a comprehensive range of protocols, and provides detailed analytics useful for complex testing environments. Users find it effective for early performance issue detection and appreciate its extensive resources. Oracle Application Testing Suite features seamless Oracle product integration, a user-friendly interface, and OpenScript for automation, addressing diverse testing needs.

Room for Improvement: LoadRunner could simplify its scripting processes and enhance reporting capabilities. There are desires for better support of modern technologies and more streamlined integrations, as its complexity may hinder new users. Oracle Application Testing Suite can improve its object identification, expand compatibility with browsers and OS, and enhance documentation. Additionally, wider protocol support and refined load testing capabilities are recommended.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LoadRunner supports deployment across public and private clouds, offering flexibility for various environments. Its customer service is regarded as generally good but sometimes inconsistent in addressing complex issues. Oracle Application Testing Suite primarily supports on-premises or hybrid cloud deployments. Users commend its customer service but note room for improvement in documentation and timely support response.

Pricing and ROI: LoadRunner is considered expensive, with licensing dependent on protocol types and user numbers. Despite high costs, its comprehensive capabilities and robust support are viewed as delivering positive ROI through better performance and fewer downtimes. Oracle Application Testing Suite is generally more affordable, especially within Oracle ecosystems. It provides competitive pricing and integration benefits, delivering value despite the initial investment.

To learn more, read our detailed OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite Report (Updated: February 2025).

Buyer's Guide

OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite

February 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 842,296 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

OpenText LoadRunner Profess...

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

4th

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Application Testing ...

Ranking in Performance Testing Tools

15th

Ranking in Load Testing Tools

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Performance Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText LoadRunner Professional is 12.9%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Application Testing Suite is 1.2%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Performance Testing Tools

Q&A Highlights

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Oct 14, 2014

HP LoadRunner versus Oracle Application Testing Suite?

OATS is built for the Oracle suite of apps including Webservices for Oracle EBS. If that is your primary focus, it's hard to beat OATS for that one purpose.

See all answers

Featured Reviews

HelenSague

Senior Performance Testing Specialist at Canadian Pacific Railway

A sophisticated tool that supports many languages and works with all kinds of applications

I do not have any big challenges with LoadRunner. I only have some issues with load generators. It is a very common issue, and I hope it will be resolved in the latest release. For example, when we start to run our tests, users get the message that the load generator exceeded 80% of the CPU utilization. Even when the number of users is less, we get these messages. I am trying to resolve it, but it is not going. It is annoying. It is not a failure, but I hope that it will be resolved. IBM WebSphere MQ testing can be a bit challenging. It can handle that, but I hope that they will build more and more capabilities. We do a huge amount of testing for messaging. Just like aviation, the railway industry is based on messaging. There is messaging to build trains and messaging to create some bills. There are many train movements. Everything involves messaging. I wish that it will be developed more for IBM WebSphere testing. Monitoring is okay, but for testing, I currently have to create Java users. I have to load a lot of libraries from IBM WebSphere and so on.

Read full review

Rishabh-Sharma

Senior Engineer at Cignity Technology

Requires little maintenance, is stable, and easy to deploy

Oracle Application Testing Suite can improve by covering more browsers as compared to other solutions because they're considering the Edge browser as well, but the solution is working on different Windows operating platforms. For example, in our current Windows 2012 R2 server, if I want to automate the Edge browser, I need to upgrade that particular Windows to Windows 10.1 or some other Windows platform, because it's not supported in Windows 2012 feature. That is an issue. If cross-browsers can be incorporated, then support should be provided. There should be a single operating system where everything can be incorporated. I have faced issues with some indexing items. For example, the solution is able to derive some properties from the screen, such as button locations or text locations, but there are some elements, for example, unnamed buttons or text, where there is no name or ID or any other identifying information. Indexing doesn't always work, and we have to go to those elements manually and inspect them to determine their class, and then input that information into the system.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Very useful for finding out how the system responds to load, stress, and normal situations, as well as benchmarking with other industry competitors. It also improved our response time, memory delegation, and CPU delegation. In addition, we used LoadRunner to optimize our database and website."

"We don't find any features lacking. One of the most beneficial points we have from LoadRunner is we start sizing our infrastructure accordingly. So what we do is when we deploy a new workload, we do performance testing."

"The solution helps my clients save time. It is easier to capture reports and improves product quality. The product helps to identify customer defects during performance tests and reduces workloads. The product has improved my client's user interaction. It has reduced peak load times."

"The tool's most valuable features are scripting and automation."

"Paramterization and correlation are important features."

"The solution supports a lot of protocols."

"The ability to do multithreading. That's available in any performance testing tool, but the number of protocols that this particular tool supports has been very good."

"The capabilities and flexibility of the Controller, the ability to monitor the systems under test, and the comprehensive results Analysis which saves a great deal of time."

More OpenText LoadRunner Professional pros

"User friendly UI / Tree view to work with adding steps."

"We find the front-end interface of this solution to be very user-friendly, meaning easy navigation even for novice users."

"We like that we don't need a separate management tool. This is a good feature. It also has an inbuilt performance tool which is on Flash. It has very good record and playback feature as well. The inspection tool is also very good. Overall, since it comes with all the three packages, it's very good."

"OpenScript has many features that make it useful, including the ability to record and playback."

"The graphics are very intuitive and it's very easy to get scale of development."

"We do not need a separate test management tool because we have there is a management tool. That is a very good feature. Secondly, it has an inbuilt performance testing tool, which is on flash. It has very good record and playback features as well. And apart from that, there is a good inspection feature. Since it comes with all of the packages, it's very good."

"The solution is scalable."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite's most valuable feature is it works very smoothly with all Oracle Java-based applications."

More Oracle Application Testing Suite pros

Cons

"The technical support of Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional could improve. I had an issue with the licensing and their response time is slow. They can improve on this in the future."

"There's a reporting part of the cloud that could be improved a little bit."

"If they can make LoadRunner more comprehensive, it would really help."

"The pricing model, selling model, and business model need to be adjusted. For non-enterprise organizations, Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional is too expensive and not worth the cost."

"LoadRunner Professional's parameter data could be improved."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high-quality technical support, I rate the support a one."

"The product is not stable and reliable in the version we are currently using."

"Sometimes, we aren't able to see an accurate page view while replying and executing the script. When you are navigating the application side by side, it needs to be displayed on a random viewer. Sometimes we will get a few applications, and we won't get others."

More OpenText LoadRunner Professional cons

"I would like to see better dashboards."

"I have faced issues with some indexing items."

"The pathfinding at times is slow when we are using it. The tool's performance can be improved."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite does encounter some lag. When I am trying to record something, the tool gets stuck."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite could improve by offering desktop-based application automation. It is lacking in this area at the moment."

"To provide test automation support for other products like SAP, Windows and Java Applications when it comes to Functional Test Automation testing."

"Lacks patches for new OS systems and doesn't work on a Mac."

"The dashboards need to be simplified and made more user-friendly."

More Oracle Application Testing Suite cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For licensing, we pay a lot for it. But the incentive is the support we get with it, that we pay once, and we are set."

"This is not a cheap product."

"LoadRunner is more expensive than some competing products."

"The licensing fees are based on the number of users."

"The pricing model and the software licensing model could be better."

"There is an annual license required to use Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional. There are not any additional costs other than the licensing fees to use it."

"The pricing model, especially when involving partners, could use some improvement."

"The licensing model is complex. You have to pick up the protocol and the number of concurrent users, and then select the level of concurrent users. For example, there would be one price for 100 to 500 users and another for 500 to 2000 users. If you choose two protocols, then you will have to pay twice the amount depending on the number of concurrent users."

More OpenText LoadRunner Professional pricing and cost advice

"The price of the Oracle Application Testing Suite is not expensive. It is less expensive than other solutions."

"The complete package, including load testing and performance analysis, has a licensing fee."

"Customers need to negotiate properly to get the tool at a lower price."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"ORACLE is giving at a very competitive rates to all its customers, and its a simple licensing process."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Performance Testing Tools solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

842,296 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Comparison Review

it_user104961

Penetration and Neoload Tester at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 13, 2014

LoadRunner vs NeoLoad

The six phases of an IT project Enthusiasm Disillusionment Panic Search for the guilty Punishment of the innocent (the performance tester) Praise and rewards for the incompetent non-participants This article has been put together as part of an evaluation of the performance test tools NeoLoad and…

Read full review

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?

When designing a workload model offers a good range of possibilities for creating goal-oriented scenarios, which helps us understand and meet SLAs.

See all answers

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

The pricing should be reduced and made more competitive.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional?

Technical support needs to be faster, and the pricing should be more competitive. The virtual table server feature should be reintroduced. Some AI capabilities should be added. There should be an '...

See all answers

Ask a question

Earn 20 points

Comparisons

Tricentis NeoLoad vs OpenText LoadRunner Professional

Compared 32% of the time

Apache JMeter vs OpenText LoadRunner Professional

Compared 13% of the time

OpenText LoadRunner Cloud vs OpenText LoadRunner Professional

Compared 13% of the time

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

Compared 7% of the time

Automai AppLoader vs OpenText LoadRunner Professional

Compared 2% of the time

More OpenText LoadRunner Professional Competitors

Tricentis Tosca vs Oracle Application Testing Suite

Compared 39% of the time

OpenText UFT One vs Oracle Application Testing Suite

Compared 26% of the time

Apache JMeter vs Oracle Application Testing Suite

Compared 11% of the time

k6 Open Source vs Oracle Application Testing Suite

Compared 6% of the time

Katalon Studio vs Oracle Application Testing Suite

Compared 6% of the time

More Oracle Application Testing Suite Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

OpenText LoadRunner Professional

March 2025

Download OpenText LoadRunner Professional product report

Buyer's Guide

Oracle Application Testing Suite

March 2025

Download Oracle Application Testing Suite product report

Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Professional, Micro Focus LoadRunner, HPE LoadRunner, LoadRunner

OATS

Overview

OpenText LoadRunner Professional is a performance testing tool used for various software applications, including web-related use cases, API testing, and enterprise performance modeling. Its valuable features include quick test case creation and execution, graph monitoring, multiple protocols, scripting and executing tests, scalability, easy setup, auto-correlation, analysis and reporting capabilities, stability, reliability, and compatibility with various programming languages.

LoadRunner has helped organizations load test potential new payroll solutions and choose the best option, record network traffic of mobile applications, and handle different protocols. It is the ultimate tool for performance testing.

OpenText LoadRunner Professional Will Enable You To:

Drive quality across your enterprise.
Alleviate the challenges of managing many application types, testing tools, licenses, repositories, and systems while working toward unified results.

With OpenText LoadRunner Professional You Can:

Increase organizational efficiency through standardization of tools and resources.
Balance your priorities and improve the results delivered by your testing team.
Increase testing productivity.
Improve collaboration across application teams.
Gain the ability to outsource some or all the tactical work of load testing.

OpenText LoadRunner Professional Features:

Intuitive and Easy to Use: OpenText LoadRunner Professional is intuitive, versatile, and easy to use, which makes it easy for testers to quickly learn the basics and apply them to their testing tasks, while engineers who are more experienced can utilize all the features for the most complex of scenarios.
Comprehensive Enterprise Coverage: OpenText LoadRunner Professional provides support for multiple protocols such as HTML, WebSocket, AJAX, RDP, Database, Remote Terminal Emulators, Citrix, Java, .NET, Oracle and SAP.
Scripting Technologies: Reduce scripting time by 50% or more via OpenText LoadRunner Professional’s TruClient protocol, and automatic correlation, and correlate both front end (user experience) and back end (load) issues.
Extensive and Flexible Test Scenarios: The LoadRunner solution provides several valuable features that let you validate, enhance, and modify your tests. It gives you the ability to integrate external measurements to assess the impact on every application component, extend tests with success-failure checks, and emulate peak loads. You can also apply load on the go and change parameters for better flexibility in order to yield the most representative testing possible.
Realistic Network Conditions: Network virtualization capabilities help accurately simulate realistic conditions for an accurate analysis of both throughput and user response time. Realistic network conditions are predicted using location-aware analytics, transaction analysis and optimization.
Accurate Workloads with Low Overhead: OpenText LoadRunner Professional allows you to run high-scale tests with minimal hardware so that you can apply accurate workloads to any application.
Ongoing Testing Support: The OpenText LoadRunner Professional solution provides continuous testing support via built-in integrations across IDE, CI/CD, open source test automation, monitoring, and source code management tools.

OpenText LoadRunner Professional Benefits:

Quickly deliver enterprise engineering capabilities and facilitate sharing of assets and collaboration.
Reduce complexity and increase utilization of infrastructure and human resources.
Get the big picture with cross-project reporting and individual project drill downs.
Increase collaboration and consistency with unified storage and access to all relevant assets.
Reduce costs with centralized management and built-in support of cloud-based load generation.
Analyze end-to-end performance, including topology, infrastructure-level, and advanced insights.
Incorporate application monitoring and user sentiment data to take a centralized approach to data collection and connect the dots.
Using powerful analytics and insights, gain visibility into the test status across the entire enterprise and performance trending information across multiple tests.

Reviews from Real Users:

"The most useful aspect of the solution is that it provides agents in different geographic locations.” - Head, Testing Centre of Excellence at NIIT Technologies Limited

"The most important feature for us is that it supports a lot of protocols because we support all of them, including HTTP, FTP, mainframe, and others.” - Test Automation, DevOps & Performance Engineering at a financial services firm

"The solution can handle a huge amount of workloads, it's quite scalable.” - Regional Head Customer Experience at a financial services firm

"The reporting mechanism is a valuable feature that generates good reports.” - Senior Architect at a computer software company

OpenText

Application Testing Suite is a comprehensive, integrated testing solution that ensures the quality, scalability, and availability of your Web applications, Web Services, packaged Oracle Applications and Oracle databases.

Oracle

Sample Customers

JetBlue, GOME, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, RMIT University, Virgin Media

Comic Relief UK, The Forestry Commission, TAFE SA, Silentnight Group, Victorian Department of Primary Industries

Buyer's Guide

OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite

February 2025

Free Report: OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite

Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite and other solutions. Updated: February 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

842,296 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our OpenText LoadRunner Professional vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite report.

See our list of best Performance Testing Tools vendors and best Load Testing Tools vendors.

We monitor all Performance Testing Tools reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.