Tools - Performance Testing
So What is Application Performance Testing
Performance Testing is the process of validating Application Performance, Reliability and Scalability for a defined set of Non Functional Requirements. Performance Testing tools have been largely dominated by commercial solutions and generally tend to have a very clear focus i.e. the tool could be either focused on Application Performance Testing or Infrastructure Performance Testing with a clear view of the platforms or protocols they would support. A handful of the industry standard Performance Testing tools have extensive support for a very large number of different application protocols while the rest of the tools have limited support and are largely focused on web based applications. A list of Performance Testing tools is provided below.
You can learn more about Application Performance Testing at – Performance Testing Fundamentals.
Provided below is a list of frequently used tools for purposes of Application Performance Testing. At this point this page includes just links to the various tool vendors or websites. Over a period of time we intend to introduce a summary of different tools, tool reviews including a short description of their strengths and weaknesses to help readers better grasp positioning of the relevant tools and frameworks within the enterprise.
| Vendor | Area Of Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Apica | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| Blazemeter | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| Compuware Gomez | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| Flood.IO | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| HP Load Runner | Performance Testing | Link |
| IBM Rational Performance Tester | Performance Testing | Link |
| Jmeter | Performance Testing | Link |
| Keynote | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| Load Tester Pro | Performance Testing | Link |
| LoadStorm | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| LoadUIWebPro | Performance Testing | Link |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate Edition | Performance Testing | Link |
| Micro Focus Silk Performer | Performance Testing | Link |
| Neoload | Performance Testing | Link |
| Neustar | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| QTest | Performance Testing | Link |
| SOASTA | Cloud Performance Testing | Link |
| Webload | Performance Testing | Link |
| WAPT | Performance Testing | Link |
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