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k6 vs. OpenText LoadRunner Professional

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
k6
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Grafana Labs' k6 load testing tool (formerly known as Load Impact)is used to simplify and automate load and performance testing for agile software development teams. Through integration with other automation and Continuous Integration tools, k6 states they enable performance testing earlier in the development cycle.
$59
per month (annual plan)
LoadRunner Professional
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
A solution simplifies performance load testing for colocated teams. With project-based capabilities, so teams can quickly identify abnormal application behavior.N/A
Pricing
k6OpenText LoadRunner Professional
Editions & Modules
Developer
$59
per month (annual plan)
Team
$339
per month (annual plan)
Pro
$1,199
per month (annual plan)
Custom & Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
k6LoadRunner Professional
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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k6OpenText LoadRunner Professional
Features
k6OpenText LoadRunner Professional
Load Testing
Comparison of Load Testing features of Product A and Product B
k6
8.0
Ratings
5% below category average
OpenText LoadRunner Professional
8.4
Ratings
0% below category average
End to end performance management8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Real time monitoring8.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Automated anomaly detection8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Integrated performance data00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
k6OpenText LoadRunner Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
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3.0
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User Testimonials
k6OpenText LoadRunner Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
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Micro Focus LoadRunner is good for scripting and running a load test, but should be providing better customer service in case of user facing any issues.
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Pros
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  • Support of multiple protocols like HTTP, RDP, Citrix, SAP, Oracle Database 12c, AJAX Tru Client, SOAP-based calls and others which is why it is used widely in our organization as we are using various applications in an industry for different usage.
  • Supporting the mobile agents which means it is not only used for web applications but also for mobile applications.
  • Latest version of HP LoadRunner makes the scripting easy by replacing dynamic changes in the script using correlation parameters. This means less coding and we can focus on major issues if needed.
  • Controller enhancements by specifying the cloud provider like Digital Ocean. We can provision our load generators with Amazon EC2, DigitalOcean and others.
  • Analysis provides a nice HTML report on the test executed with all the necessary metrics. We can simply put more analysis if needed and it will be automatically embedded in an HTML report.
Mayank Thirani | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons
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  • Monitoring tools like SiteScope, AppDynamics should be used apart from HP Performance Center. Would be great if the tool can give good monitoring on app and db servers.
  • As the load goes high, the cost increases. In the open source world, it's not a bad idea to consider the licensing cost.
Anil Kumar Moka | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anil Kumar Moka
Senior QA Lead and Automation Consultant
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Support Rating
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Customer service is not that great. It's difficult to get hold of someone if an issue is supposed to be addressed on an urgent basis. No online chat service readily available.
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Alternatives Considered
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Micro Focus LoadRunner fit well into our portfolio of tools with its long track record, ability to test near any application technology we adopt and allow for a single / cohesive toolset to drive our performance testing needs.
Chris Trimper | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chris Trimper
Enterprise QA Lead Automation Analyst
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Return on Investment
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  • It has a positive impact as we know how PE testing is (performance).
  • It helps with integrating data from various data streams and includes anomaly testing.
  • It does a good job with the accuracy of results. The results are very accurate.
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