We performed a comparison between k6 Open Source and OpenText LoadRunner Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The tool's big advantage is that it is more performance-test oriented for experienced testers who know what they are doing. In a normal working setup, performance engineers frequently work with DevOps and development teams. For these teams, k6 Open Source's syntax is much simpler and easier to understand and apply in the working process."
"The standout feature of k6 is its strong focus on API performance testing."
"One of LoadRunner's standout features is its extensive support for various TechStacks and protocols."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the Vuser license; it allows us to reduce the cost as per requirement."
"The most valuable feature is that we do not have to accommodate the load-testing infrastructure in our own data center."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to configure browser settings for different operating systems and on different versions without the need to install every single version on each machine and to manage them."
"It's a fast product, so you don't have much trouble in terms of maintenance overhead. You don't want to just look into configuring load generators, look for upgrades, and end up having that take up a lot of your time. With this solution, you just log in and you start using it. This means that there is a huge benefit in terms of the overhead of maintaining the infrastructure and the maintenance effort."
"The record and playback feature is the most valuable feature. It's all driven by the script, so it's a script-based tool where the background tracing starts. Java's background process does a lot of tracing. The process starts in the background. It sees what peaks of volumes that the process can handle. It's easy to use because it's script based, record, and playback. I"
"This solution is SaaS based so we can utilize cloud technology, which is less time consuming and saves a lot of of money."
"One area where k6 could improve is by introducing a GUI similar to JMeter."
"Sometimes, you are utilizing one of the low generators, then all of a sudden if you discontinue from one project, it actually deletes the entire low generator."
"The support team provides delayed responses."
"I would like for there to be better integration with other tools so that when you do load testing you can also do a security check."
"It should have a feature to report with a 99.9 percentile success rate."
"Scriptless automation is an area that can be improved."
"Improvements to the reporting would be good."
"I'd like to see more ability to dive more deeply into the configuration."
"We did have some challenges with the initial implementation."
k6 Open Source is ranked 17th in Load Testing Tools with 2 reviews while OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is ranked 6th in Load Testing Tools with 39 reviews. k6 Open Source is rated 7.6, while OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of k6 Open Source writes "Offers good scalability and has the ability to integrate with various systems and services". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText LoadRunner Cloud writes "Supports multiple protocols and helps to ensure that our applications are stable at any given point". k6 Open Source is most compared with Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, BlazeMeter and RadView WebLOAD, whereas OpenText LoadRunner Cloud is most compared with OpenText LoadRunner Enterprise, Tricentis NeoLoad, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, BlazeMeter and Apache JMeter.
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