Apache JMeter Pros and Cons

Easy to configure to test module of the REST API. Good tool for measuring the performance of the platform. For measuring the performance of the platform we have selected Apache JMeter (https://jmeter.apache.org). Partners uploaded their JMX files to repository. The idea of these performance tests is to measure the performance of the different components of the platform through the methods from the REST API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

More effort is required to learn the tool thus it requires skilled testers. It doesn’t support JavaScript and by extension doesn’t automatically support AJAX requests. Complex applications that use dynamic content like CSRF tokens, or use JS to alter requests can be difficult to test using JMeter.

Memory consumption is high in GUI mode which causes it gives out errors for a large number of users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's open source, widely adopted and community supported. You can set up a http test visually directly or you can record a navigation and then modify it to test it.

There are many plugins for any sort of usage: for making soap calls, jdbc calls as well as the most used http/s calls. For very specific needs, you can use, among others, beans shell scripts so that you can customize your automations.

You can also generate tests to be run directly within your code (it generates junit test case class) so you can use Jmeter as a base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not very ergonomic for some aspects. Controller composition is not very intuitive. Also recording a navigation is quite simple but every time I have to google it every time because it needs two o three steps.

Ok, GUI is not the most important part of Jmeter as an engine but, after so many years (more than 20 years after its first release), I think that some improvements towards a more user-friendly approach should have been done! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not sure if the use of an asynchronous I/O multiple processing model could provide greater scalability for these tests, since JMeter uses a classic threading model. It offers many options and tools for performing automated tests and stress tests. With JMeter, it is very easy to configure manual steps that need to be performed automatically many times. How well it works with concurrent requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The internal documentation must be reviewed and updated; the graphical interface is not very intuitive and you will have to read the available documentation carefully to discover how to start and create test plans. When used for applications that are not Java, the application may crash from time to time and needs a restart; if you use a test plan with more than 1000 simultaneous virtual users, you will need a powerful computer to support this load. Knowledge of the tool and the expert tester is required. And it does not support JavaScript and, by extension, does not automatically support AJAX requests. It uses so many resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Web applications performance testing.

Easy to understand and read,we can write scripts to test modules.

Jmeter is Free of cost and simple to install.

It is gives you all types of testing features like functional, automation.

It's best feature I like is it's load testing,with the help of script writing which supports language like Java, JavaScript etc.

Also this can be integrate with other tools like selenium, eclipse etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Should improve UI.

Sometimes on heavy load system get hanged. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jmeter is a very useful load testing tool that does not require any installation difficulties. Jmeter can do a load test on the relevant web site. I also use this tool when I need to add test data to the database. I can create a test scenario and create data through this scenario. Other than that, I use it in web service tests. It is an ideal free load testing tool to test the web services to run a load test or to check if it is working instantly. The application interface is very easy and tests can be performed by adding ready particles to a project within a tree structure.Provides test steps to be performed in a connected environment before the projects that need to work under intensive conditions, as if live systems were being used by the users. The desired number of users can be sent to the system at specified intervals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have a negative opinion for the car in general. A handy tool that I use frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

First of all the application is free, which makes it client friendly.

Easy to use and learn. Learnt this application by myself and had a great experience while using this.

Performance Testing is very easy and execution results are fantastic.

Reports generation is very detailed and clients loved the explanation.

Many features are present.

As this application is Open source which provides this application an upper hand over other applications present in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes application lags a little bit and hangs.

Many features can be added which are present in the other application.

UI is very basic which can be improved.

Various Reports can be inducted in the application.

Customer Support can be improved and new updated can be provided frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use. There is a lot of information on the web about how to build whatever you need to your own flow. I have used it a lot to do specific workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface is not quit friendly. I was not able to use it to execute parallet test cases like with soap ui. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JMeter is a great load test tool used for performance tests. You will record actions in a web browser or manually create a script that can then be run with hundreds or thousands of users. One of my favorites features! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, we used this software with a considerable number of user. We were great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache Jmeter is a free open source tool which is cost free, it is platform independent and simple GUI makes it easy for the users. Lot of plugins are available on the site free of cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During recording the script if any mistake happens then the recording has to be done from the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Flexibility of creating different types of tests runs: individual tests, sequences of test cases to cover user workflow, sequences of tests to verify product workfows.

- Flexibility in organizing and managing created tests and testsuits, test results, run-schedules

- Test development: recording, editing recorded test code, code test scenarios.

- Results: Flexibility in how results are obtained and reported

- Load testing can be done on front end, backed, data processing (databases, cloud) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Capabilities are there, but not easily available in documentation and support websites.

Collaboration and information exchange tools should be improved.

Results: Keeping records of all runs, ability to compare results, identifying gaps and changes.

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