OpenText Silk Performer Reviews & Product Details

I like the ease it provides for cloud integration and to use on all platforms web or mobile! It is a complete solution for load and stress testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Silk performer is tool that can be easy to learn but difficult to master if you are a beginner at performance testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Application analyzation and the ability the tool offers to the user on easy launching of any required size peak load functionality testing.

The Test building using Micro Focus Silk Performer is easy and efficient, which helps on quality and production improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My opinion is that the tool is amazing, easy to configure, and it has a very short learning curve and you are ready to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to install

Simple UI

Supports various protocols like web, web services, java, .net, and TE.

Like LR the tool provides easier record and playback and correlation functions.

Provides reports to analyze the results in depth.

Helped in internal training to teams

Helps to learn scripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No auto correlation function as in LR, Needs in depth training which is hard to find on internet, One has to master NFT and the tool to use the tool effectively

Hard to find manuals online Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For protocol testing it's been great. I'm familar with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The browser based testing lacks a lot of power. 15 users per/agent is terrible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like LR, silk performer provides various types of projects ex: web, web services,terminal emulator, CRM, Java, mobile, .net, database etc.,

It is easy to record and play and find the correlations where it'd be necessary.

Depth of report provided has low level details which gives good amount of insights.

We can execute as standalone and no need to worry on slots like load runner in the disturbed environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scripting initially was tough and many functions looks similar but it's difficult to assess which would be right one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI for Silk performer is one of the best in market and makes the experience of using it smooth and easy. The intuitive nature of the menu and options make it easy to explore and understand features of the tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not a lot to dislike to be honest. But some more pre made scripts and examples could be of help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have used Silk performer for recording a web based UI, mobile devices, windows applications, terminal based systems. I also like scripting through BDL even for selenium like use cases. Support team of MicroFocus has been very helpful to us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With respect to reports we have seen some challenges. We had to create our own reports by extracting transaction details post load test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Silk Performer is one the easiest to use Load Testing tools with a clear description of rhe workflow that needs to happen in order to begin your performance testing. There are a variety of features that makes it possible even for a novice to execute performance tests with ease without having to worry about a majority of areas that they would with the open source tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The coverage of support on some of the errors that you encounter in advanced scenarios could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Silk Performer is very helpful in creating the scripts as per business requirements and the best use-case for me is the statistics of web-page in Truelog explorer which helps to easy drill down to time consuming requests.

The upside of this tool is the UI which is easy and fast to understand and get use to i quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The should be auto correlation option available which can help save time in script enhancements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best thing about tool is you no need to be developer, any fresher can start with it and excel very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Designing real world peak load test scenario is not that much straight forward, needs lot of brainstorming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.