We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Performance Tester and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, IDERA, Microsoft and others in Test Management Tools."Technical support is very good. I'm very satisfied with the assistance we've received so far."
"It can support both web applications and mobile applications, and in certain cases, it can also support testing of desktop applications or software-based applications. You can write web applications, mobile applications, and software-based applications."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"The most valuable feature of Visual Studio Test Professional is its ease of use."
"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
"It is a very common and strong product. A lot of support is available for this product."
"The user interface is very friendly."
"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."
"One of the best documentation in the world."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"The solution is not easily scalable. If you want to extend the solution, you need to purchase a different kind of license. You also have to work with the IBM team to assist in scaling."
"There are some features that Micro Focus LoadRunner provides, but they are not available in IBM Rational Performance Tester. They should include such features. It can also have more reports similar to what HP provides. It might also need some improvement in terms of the tools and support for other technology areas. Certain technologies are not supported by every tool. They need to support all sorts of technologies and platforms on which web applications and mobile applications are built. They need complete support for all sorts of technologies."
"There are too many features with the product and I would like there to be less."
"The tool crashes and has high memory consumption."
"The data flow can be improved."
"One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone."
"We would like to be able to easily integrate this solution with our continuous integration tools, such as Jenkins."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The solution's documentation could be improved for beginners."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
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IBM Rational Performance Tester is ranked 25th in Test Management Tools while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 5th in Test Management Tools with 48 reviews. IBM Rational Performance Tester is rated 7.6, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Performance Tester writes "We can edit captured transactions and organize them by those for which we require performance metrics, but it lacks a set of manuals or guides that would take out some guess work". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". IBM Rational Performance Tester is most compared with Apache JMeter, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, Tricentis NeoLoad and OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis Tosca.
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