Load and Performance Tools

Kind of Tool

System Performance / Load Testing Tool

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/products/prevue/

Software Description

preVue performs quality assurance, performance measurement, and regression testing of character-based UNIX applications. The preVue system is the basis for the entire preVue product family.

preVue's record/playback technology allows testers to automatically record the workload of 1 to 1000's of virtual user sessions, create test scripts, execute test sessions, and evaluate the summarized reports and graphs. preVue utilizes Remote Terminal Emulation to replicate the workload of actual application users on the System Under Test. preVue provides verification of and timing information for the System Under Test responses over communication mediums including: RS-232-C, Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and X.25 networks.

preVue allows testers to perform multi-user performance benchmarks that measure the application response times, system throughput, and system stress levels. preVue has no special hardware requirements and has been successfully ported to a wide range of UNIX platforms.

Platforms

Supported on all major UNIX platforms.

Entry updated July 20, 1998.
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System Performance / Load Testing Tool

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/products/prevue/

Software Description

preVue-X provides non-intrusive regression and performance testing of X-Window applications. preVue-X accurately emulates multiple users while requiring no special hooks into your application or X Libraries, thus guaranteeing that the application tested is the same application that will be deployed. preVue-X operates at the X protocol level and independently of the GUI. It automatically collects all user interactions with the application (e.g., mouse movements, button activity, keystrokes, think time delays) into an easily editable test script for playback. Features include automated synchronization and time-stamping; geometry independence and script viewer.

Platforms

Tests all versions of UNIX, X server, GUI toolkits, etc; supported on all major UNIX platforms

Entry updated July 20, 1998.
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Multi-user system and server testing tool

Organization

Hewlett-Packard Company
http://www.merc-int.com/

Software Description

Automated client/server system testing tools which provide performance testing, load testing and system tuning for multi-user applications

Platforms

LoadRunner/UX: for UNIX/X Window Applications LoadRunner/PC: for MS Windows Applications LoadRunner/XL: for Server Functionality and Performance LoadRunner/RTE: for Terminal-Based Applications

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Network test driver/manager

Organization

Applied Computer Technology
http://www.acomtech.com/

Software Description

The ITF™ (Internetworking Test Facility) system provides a PC-based environment for the development, comprehensive architectural conformance verification, load/stress and performance testing of TCP/IP TN3270/tn5250 products. Ready-to-run validated tests are available and you can easily add to them using our test case development tools.

Platforms

DOS, Windows 98, Windows NT

Entry updated January 11, 2001.
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Load and Performance Tool

Organization

NetIQ Corporation
http://www.netiq.com/products/chr/

Entry updated March 20, 2003.
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Web Application Scalability Testing Tool--Internet and intranet

Organization

RadView Software Inc.
http://www.radview.com/

Software Description

WebLoad 3.0 is the premier scalability testing solution for Web applications—Internet and intranet. WebLoad delivers open-interoperability with Web server applications, comprehensive HTTP support, automated operation, single-point management and real-time graphical and statistical analysis for maximum testing performance, ease-of-use and value.

 

WebLoad verifies Web application scalability by generating a load composed of Virtual Clients that simulate real-world traffic. Users create JavaScript-based test scripts that define the behavior of the Virtual Clients. WebLoad executes these test scripts and monitors the Web application’s performance providing real-time graphical and statistical results and comprehensive reports.

Platforms

Win32 and UNIX platforms

Entry added March 3, 1999.
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Enterprise-wide load testing tool

Organization

Compuware Corporation
www.compuware.com/

Software Description

QALoad^TMis Compuware's enterprise-wide load testing tool for client/server or midrange hosted applications. It supports Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server and any ODBC-compliant database, as well as http (web), character-based (TelNet), or Tuxedo traffic. QALoad can stress your client/server system by simulating hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously performing different operations. It creates test scripts that are used to simulate application transactions on the client/server system without involving end users or their equipment. QALoad is part of Compuware's comprehensive QACenter^TM family of application testing products.

Platforms

All Windows and character based platforms

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Load Testing Tool

Organization

Quest Software, Inc.
http://www.quest.com/

Software Description

Benchmark Factory® is a load testing and capacity planning tool for critical e-business environments. It can be used to put enormous stress on a system, which is typically hard to achieve in a standard testing environment. When a system breaks it is typically under extreme load, and this is generally when it is needed most. By identifying system capacity and performance bottlenecks before they occur, Benchmark Factory facilitates proactive testing, which in turn reduces downtime, development costs, and potential loss of revenue. With Benchmark Factory you have the ability to:

• Determine system throughput and capacity for web, database, email
  
• Create web tests using a standard web browser, a built-in spider, or actual web traffic history
  
• Examine tests results with built-in analysis features or Excel Reports
  
• Simulate thousands of concurrent users with a minimal amount of hardware
  

Platforms

Windows NT/2000, Windows 9x/ME
Capable of testing internet applications, email servers, file servers and database servers.

Entry updated July 13, 2001.
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Performance, Function, & Automated Regression Testing, and Network Design Evaluation Tool

Organization

IBM
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/network/tpns/

Software Description

Teleprocessing Network Simulator (TPNS) improves network computing by conducting stress, performance, regression, function and capacity planning tests with SNA, CPI-C and enhanced TCP support. A market leader with a track record in enterprise testing for over 20 years with an ISO 9000 certification, TPNS can be used to determine system performance and response time, to evaluate network design, to perform functional testing, and to automate regression testing. Used as a basic tool in a comprehensive test plan, TPNS increases the effectiveness of system testing by providing a structured and systematic approach to all phases of testing. Also, to accommodate your business needs, a variety of TPNS-based testing services offerings are available.

Platforms

TPNS Version 3 Release 5 runs on the IBM System/390 processors, the IBM System/370 processors (including ES/9370), and 3090 processors and the following operating systems: MVS/370, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390, and VM/ESA.

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Load, Stress and Scalability testing tool for Web Applications

Organization

Empirix
http://www.empirix.com/

Software Description

e-Load, a component of the e-Test Suite, is the easiest way to test the scalability of your e-Business application. It can be used by developers early in the development process to validate the scalability of the overall architecture and avoid costly rework later. It can also be used to test and tune the completed application under load prior to deployment.

e-Load utilizes the same Visual Scripts created for functional testing with e-Tester to emulate hundreds or thousands of "Virtual Users". You can define any number of custom load scenarios by simply pointing and clicking on the names of the pre-recorded Visual Scripts and then specifying how many virtual users of each type you wish to run. You can change the number and type of users on-the-fly to try "what-if" scenarios as you vary the loading conditions or application settings. e-Load's integrated real-time graphics and reporting capabilities allow for easy interpretation of load testing results. Visit our website today for a fully functional free trial at www.empirix.com

Platforms

Windows NT, 95 and 98

Entry updated August 22, 2000.
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Load, performance and non-GUI functional testing for Web, Java, .NET, databases, network protocols and other technologies.

Organization

Facilita Software Development
http://www.facilita.co.uk/

Software Description

Forecast is a non-intrusive tool for load testing, performance measurement and multi-user functional testing.

Forecast is one of the very few tools that can test the range of technologies used to implement todays corporate IT infrastructure: Web, J2EE, .NET, database client/server and so on. While each Forecast component matches the best stand-alone tool, Forecast can also simulate complex combined test scenarios.

Class-leading efficiency is combined with an open and extensible architecture. Standard languages are used for scripts: Java, C++ and the .NET family (C#, VB.Net etc).

Forecast has powerful and extensible application recording and test script generation components. The combination of built-in mechanisms with additional application specific rules maximises the automation of test script production.

A test may be executed on multiple machines in order to achieve high degrees of load. Forecast is efficient and has comparatively low hardware requirements.

Platforms

Controller: Windows 2000 or Windows XP, Injectors: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux, AIX, Java Injector: requires JRE 1.3 or later.

Entry updated March 19, 2004.
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Performance Testing and Analysing Tool

Organization

Minq Software
http://www.minq.se/

Software Description

PureLoad is a Java-based performance testing and analyzing tool that helps application developers by automating the process of stress testing their server applications. This is achieved by simulating several hundreds of users performing tasks. Statistics are used to analyze the bottlenecks in the system, primarily the performance, scalability and quality characteristics.

Platforms

Java 2 version 1.3. PureLoad has been tested and verified on Solaris/SPARC, Windows NT/2000 and Linux.

Entry updated November 18, 2001.
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Kind of Tool

Performance testing tools

Organization

IBM Rational Software
http://www.rational.com/products/pstudio/

Entry added October 20, 2000.
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Kind of Tool

Load and performance testing tool

Organization

Borland Software Corporation
http://www.segue.com/

Entry added October 20, 2000.
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Web Site Application Load and Performance Testing

Organization

Distributed Computing, Inc.
http://www.capcal.com/

Software Description

Distributed Computing, Inc. (DCI) is a San Francisco-based company that developed the Capacity Calibration (CapCal) technology to deliver "last mile" Web site and network capacity and performance testing that every firm, small or large, can afford to cost-effectively implement. We have solutions from simple pay-per-use services over the Internet to full-scale enterprise license solutions and professional services offerings.

CapCal is the first technology to deliver a commercial application of the distributed computing model whereby the spare cycles and bandwidth of computers sitting on desktops in homes and offices around the world are used to measure the capacity and performance of any network or Web site.

Previous solutions to the problem of measuring Web site performance under variable loads have been extremely costly and complicated because they require dedicated hardware to generate the load and use arcane scripting languages to write the test scripts.

DCI's founders and developers, who are pioneers in the automated software testing industry, have developed a revolutionary technology that solves the twin problems of cost and complexity in a powerful and elegant fashion.

CapCal's distributed architecture duplicates the real world conditions that are necessary to measure the performance of any server or network, public or private, under variable usage loads without requiring dedicated hardware or programming skills. This provides the means whereby Web infrastructure can be cost-effectively exercised in its entirety, providing the data necessary to identify and correct performance problems that would otherwise go undetected.

Companies in the system integration, systems management, Web development, hosting, hardware and consulting industries use CapCal to deliver the highest quality products and services to their customers by providing real world validation in a way that no other technology can.

If your company delivers Web-based solutions in any form, DCI and the CapCal technology will give you and your customers the assurance that the final product meets the performance levels and availability that are necessary in today's online world.

Platforms

Any system with Java support.

Entry updated March 20, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Web stress tool (freeware)

Organization

Microsoft Corporation
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webstres.asp

Software Description

Microsoft Web Application Stress (formerly called "Homer") is a simulation tool that is designed to realistically reproduce multiple browsers requesting pages from a web application. It was developed by web testers. We have made the tool as easy to use as possible by masking some of the complexities of web server testing. This makes the tool desirable for anyone interested in gathering performance data on their web site.

The tool is a consolidation of many of the best features we have seen over the years, as well as few features of our own. The Internet is rapidly changing and so are the tools used to test it.

Platforms

This version covers the most needed features for stress testing three tier personalized Active Server Page web sites running on Microsoft Windows NT server 4.0 and Windows 2000.

Entry updated March 20, 2003.
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Performance and scalability utility for Web apps and Web Services (freeware)

Organization

PushToTest
http://www.pushtotest.com/

Software Description

Testing Web application software and SOAP-based Web Services for performance and scalability is no longer an option. Load, a free open-source test utility, features a scripting language and library of test objects to create intelligent agents that drive a Web application. Running hundreds of agents concurrently shows how your software performs in production environments. Intelligent testing makes your software development better, faster.

Platforms

Load is written in Java and runs everywhere Java does, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, Macintosh and more. Load is distributed under a free "Apache" style open-source agreement. You get Load, the source code and you may make changes to Load yourself.

Entry added December 27, 2001.
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Kind of Tool

Versatile Web Server Load-, Performance-, and Stress-Test

Organization

Paessler GmbH
http://www.paessler.com/

Software Description

Webserver Stress Tool is an agressively priced and easy to use load test application for webservers. The software simulates the traffic and usage generated by a large number of simultaneous web users, enabling website administrators to test the ability of their servers to handle various loads and capacities.

The test results compare easily to those of much higher priced competitor products. But since the software design was kept very straightforward the software is much easier to use! Within 5 minutes after downloading and installing the first load test can be conducted. Because no part of the software has to be installed on the server itself Webserver Stress Tool works with all webservers!

Detailed test logs and several easy to read graphs make it easy to analyze the results. Webserver Stress Tool for Windows (95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) can benchmark static pages, JSPs/ASPs and CGIs for performance-, load- and stress-tests. Webserver Stress Tool is available in three editions, Standard, Professional and Enterprise.

Please visit our website for details about Webserver Stress Tool, download the free trial edition or take our Guided Tour.

Platforms

Client: Windows 95/98/ME/XP/2000/NT, Server: Any

Entry added January 24, 2002.
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Load testing tool for .NET web services and other web applications.

Organization

Red Gate Software Ltd.
www.red-gate.com/

Software Description

ANTS (Advanced .NET Testing System) is for load testing XML Web Services or other Visual Studio .NET written web applications. ANTS will help determine how many concurrent users can simultaneously use an application.

Platforms

ANTS is designed to test web applications using Microsoft technologies. Less detailed tests can be run on any web applications. ANTS runs on windows machines, IE6 and the .NET framework.

Entry updated February 22, 2002.
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Database Tool

Organization

Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd
http://www.ssw.com.au/

Software Description

Essential for performance tuning your Access frontend or upsizing to SQL Server

SSW Performance PRO! analyses every form, combo and list box in your Access 97, 2000 or 2002 app. It checks the SQL statements and reports on the slowest features. It tells you exactly where to spend time that will make a difference to the speed of your application. You can also use SSW Performance PRO! after you've upsized an application to SQL Server to pinpoint where tuning is required.

Platforms

Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP

Entry updated June 4, 2002.
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Kind of Tool

Database Tool

Organization

Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd
http://www.ssw.com.au

Software Description

Essential for performance tuning your Access frontend or upsizing to SQL Server

SSW Performance PRO! analyses every form, combo and list box in your Access 97, 2000 or 2002 app. It checks the SQL statements and reports on the slowest features. It tells you exactly where to spend time that will make a difference to the speed of your application. You can also use SSW Performance PRO! after you've upsized an application to SQL Server to pinpoint where tuning is required.

Platforms

Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP

Entry updated June 4, 2002.
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A solution to assure Web service functionality, scalability and performance as part of an enterprise's security strategy. (freeware)

Organization

PushToTest
http://www.pushtotest.com/

Entry added March 20, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Performance testing tool

Organization

Quotium Technologies Inc
http://www.quotium.com/products/qtest-loadtesting.php

Software Description

Qtest is an enterprise-class automated load testing and monitoring solution. It offers a high capacity for load simulation, extensive monitoring capability and is a new benchmark in affordability and ease of use. Qtest supports all Web, Web Service, J2EE, .Net, ASP, AJAX, CGI, and Mainframe Portal environments and, in particular, complex Web applications like Siebel, SAP, and Epiphany. With its non-protocol based Winload module, Qtest also supports any non web application. For a free download, visit our web site.

Platforms

Windows

Entry updated July 18, 2008.
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Web site load and performance test tool (freeware)

Organization

opensta.org
http://opensta.org/

Software Description

A distributed software testing architecture based on CORBA. OpenSTA is designed to be used by Performance Testing Consultants or other technically proficient individuals. Using OpenSTA a user can generate realistic heavy loads simulating the activity of hundreds to thousands of virtual users. This capability is fully realized through OpenSTA's distributed testing architecture.

OpenSTA graphs both virtual user response times and resource utilization information from all Web Servers, Application Servers, Database Servers and Operating Platforms under test, so that precise performance measurements can be gathered during load tests and analysis on these measurements can be performed.

OpenSTA is Open Source software licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Platforms

Windows NT SP5, Windows 2000, and Windows XP

Entry updated May 2, 2003.
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Monitor Master

Kind of Tool

Quality Management Solution - load, functional, stress and usability testing

Organization

Argogroup
http://www.argogroup.com/

Software Description

Monitor Master is a quality management solution for wireless data services - WML/XHTML, SMS and MMS. Monitor Master helps Operators and Content Developers ensure that end-users of wireless applications will have the best quality of experience possible - regardless of the handset being used.

Platforms

Windows2000 or XP Requires IE5.5 or higher

Entry updated October 29, 2002.
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WAPT

Kind of Tool

Load, Stress and Performance testing of web sites and web-based intranet applications.

Organization

SoftLogica LLC
http://loadtestingtool.com/

Software Description

WAPT is an easy to use and cost-effective yet powerful testing tool for web environment. With WAPT you can test and analyze the performance characteristics and bottlenecks of your web site under various load conditions. WAPT has a number of features to test sites with dynamic content and secure HTTPS pages.

Key Features Summary

• Accurate Real User Simulation
• Dynamic Test Data Generation
• Recording and Playback of HTTPS/SSL Pages
• Flexible Test Volume & Load Definition
• Clear Reports and Graphs
• Full Log of Virtual Users Activities
• Adjustable delays ("think times") between requests to simulate real user behavior
• Support of redirects, including redirects to another server
• Support of all types of proxies

Platforms

Windows XP/2000/NT (recommended) and Windows 9x/ME

Entry updated December 24, 2002.
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Web Performance Suite

Kind of Tool

Web performance, load testing, and stress testing software

Organization

Web Performance, Inc.
http://www.webperformanceinc.com/

Software Description

The Web Performance Suite&trade& is comprehensive and easy to use Web performance testing software, which includes a client-side analysis module (Analyzer) a load testing module (Load Tester) and server analysis modules. It is capable of handling most popular web-design technologies such as AJAX, Web forms, J2EE, ASP, .NET/C#, PHP, ColdFusion, Java, etc, without having to write complex code in a programming language. This approach cuts the test case development time to 1/4 to 1/5 of the time it would take to record and customize scripts in a programming language.

The Web Performance Suite reports translate raw numbers into business requirements, with easy-to-understand charts that show exactly "how many users your website can handle", "where is the bottleneck", etc, given a customer's unique performance requirements.

Platforms

Linux, Windows 2000, XP, NT, & Solaris

Entry updated April 20, 2007.
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PureAgent

Kind of Tool

Response time monitoring agent

Organization

Minq Software
http://www.minq.se/

Software Description

PureAgent is a performance monitoring tool that replicates real users generating activities on server applications. Use PureAgent to check how your customers experience your applications. PureAgent measures the total round trip time it takes to execute one or many user operations accessing either static or dynamic content. The results are presented as charts in a standard web browser, alarm levels can be defined which might trigger notifications to be sent by Email. The monitored scenario of user operations is created using the PureTest application.

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Solaris

Entry updated December 9, 2002.
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BurnInTest

Kind of Tool

PC hardware and device driver load testing tool

Organization

PassMark Software Pty Ltd
http://www.passmark.com/

Software Description

BurnInTest is a software tool that allows all the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously stress tested for endurance, reliability and stability. BurnInTest tests the CPU, hard drives, CD ROMs, DVDs, sound cards, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, RAM, network connections & printers. The Pro version can also test tape drives, USB, serial and parallel ports. This can all be done simultaneously as the application is multithreaded.

Platforms

Windows 98, ME, XP, 2000

Entry updated March 9, 2003.
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Profiler

Kind of Tool

Execution profiling tools for many languages

Organization

Semantic Designs, Inc.
http://www.semdesigns.com/

Software Description

SD's Profiler tools collect information about execution frequency of all blocks of code in an application. A graphical display sorts this information by file or by frequency, and the relative execution costs are showing graphically superimposed over the source code. Available for C, COBOL, and Java. For C and Java, easily customzized to work in embedded or realtime contexts. Extremly low probe overhead during execution.

Platforms

Probe installer runs under Windows/NT/2K/XP. Applcation under test can run on any platform. Profile display results can run anywhere a JVM is present.

Entry updated April 5, 2003.
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QEngine

Kind of Tool

Web page test automation tool with record and playback.

Organization

AdventNet, Inc.
http://www.adventnet.com/

Software Description

AdventNet QEngine WebTest is a powerful, affordable and highly intuitive tool that provides the quickest and most accurate way to test the functionality of your Web applications /e-Commerce in both Windows and Linux machines. Provides an easy-to-learn user interface to completely automate the creation of sophisticated test scripts, letting you to record and playback Web browser events in IE and Mozilla browsers.

Platforms

Windows (IE & Mozilla), Linux (Mozilla)

Entry updated September 20, 2004.
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Jmeter

Kind of Tool

Load and performance test tool (freeware)

Organization

The Apache Jakarta Project
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

Software Description

Apache JMeter is a 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

Platforms

JMeter has been tested and works under Unix (Solaris, Linux, etc) and Windows (98, NT, 2000).

Entry updated November 30, 2004.
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SOAPtest

Kind of Tool

Automatic Web Services Testing Tool

Organization

ParaSoft Corporation
http://www.parasoft.com/

Software Description

SOAPtest is an automated tool for testing Web services. It helps development teams prevent errors by performing server functional testing, load testing, and client testing with the click of a button. SOAPtest facilitates server functional testing by automatically creating a test suite from a WSDL document that tests every operation associated with that document. The same test suite used for server functional testing can also be used as a load test suite that not only monitors the servers response rate with the specified number and mixture of simultaneous requests, but also verifies whether the test loads cause functionality problems. SOAPtest can also emulate a server and verify that the client sends appropriate requests to the appropriate services, and that the client handles the services responses as expected. In addition to one-click server functional testing, load testing, and client testing, SOAPtest can also be used as a proxy server to view and verify messages between a client and a Web service.

Platforms

Windows 2000/XP, Linux, Solaris

Entry updated May 28, 2003.
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tnsgen

Kind of Tool

Test Data generator (freeware)

Organization

tns software inc
http://www.tns-soft.com/tnsgen.html

Software Description

A script-based test data generation tool which operates under Solaris, Linux and Windows. Capabale of generating thousands of records per second in XML, SQL or user-defined formats. Easily extensible to include project-specific data sets.

Platforms

Solaris, Linux, Windows

Entry updated June 25, 2003.
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JUnitPerf

Kind of Tool

a collection of JUnit test decorators used to measure performance and scalability of functionality. (freeware)

Organization

Clarkware Consulting, Inc.
http://www.clarkware.com/software/JUnitPerf.html

Software Description

JUnitPerf tests transparently decorate existing JUnit tests. JUnitPerf tests are intended to be used specifically in situations where you have quantitative performance and/or scalability requirements that you'd like to keep in check while refactoring code. For example, you might write a JUnitPerf test to ensure that refactoring an algorithm didn't incur undesirable performance overhead in a performance-critical code section. You might also write a JUnitPerf test to ensure that refactoring a resource pool didn't adversely affect the scalability of the pool under load.

JUnitPerf is licensed under the BSD License.

Platforms

Platforms supported by Java.

Entry updated August 13, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Test Data Generator with Trends and Business Rules

Organization

Global Software Applications (GSApps)
http://www.gsapps.com/

Software Description

GS DataGenerator includes the following unique features:

• Generate high volumes of 'intelligent' test data on virtually any relational database
• Create business trends and patterns
• Simulate business workflow
• Mimic potential data errors
• Employ number of predefined functions

This broad range of functionality allows you to do the following:

• Test database performance and functionality during development, avoiding costly reworks.
• Build powerful sales demonstrations to populate your software product with client-like data.
• Protect your confidential data by providing business-like data for development and test work by in-house and especially outsourced development teams.
• Support rapid application development by creating meaningful data that captures users input during development

Platforms

System Requirements: Microsoft Windows NT4/SP6/2000/XP, Pentium Processor or higher, 128 MB of RAM - 512 MB is recommended, Minimum 50 MB of hard disc space (in case you have .NET Framework installed - 10 MB)

Entry updated August 20, 2003.
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Kind of Tool

Performance tool for mobile infrastructure

Organization

NCC Group
http://www.nccgroup.com/

Software Description

CC Groups mLoad toolset generates high levels of realistic network and user traffic ensuring that WAP Gateways, MMSCs and web based mobile infrastructure elements meet the high-bandwidth, high-performance demands of a mobile internet service. The toolset includes a test harness to allow acceptance testing of mobile elements against performance requirements in the deployed environment.

Platforms

Pentium PC with Windows 2000, or Windows NT

Entry updated July 6, 2004.
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Web Load Test and Web Page Analysis Tool

Organization

Ingenieurbüro David Fischer GmbH
http://www.proxy-sniffer.com/

Software Description

Proxy Sniffer measures the performance and the stability of web applications under real load conditions. It is specially suited for testing:

• E-Banking Applications
• Web Portals
• E-Commerce Shops

Proxy Sniffer is a full-featured web load testing tool, designed for professionals:

• Very powerful and easy to use. The intuitive GUI allows you to use all of Proxy Sniffer's extensive functionalities with some few mouse clicks.
• No manual programming required even in the most complex test situations. An exact copy of a recorded web surfing session remain in Proxy Sniffer's memory, and can be functionally enhanced by using the GUI - before a speed-optimized Java load test program is automatically generated.
• Rich of professional features: like support of forms based login, aX509 client certificates per concurrent user and automatically applied response content test-algorithm per url call. Support of dynamically handled web surfing sessions - based on cookies, url rewriting or CGI session-parameters.
• Multiple platform support: Proxy Sniffer runs on Window NT/2000/XP systems as well as on all Unix systems.
• unlimited load test force : An unlimited load test force can be reached by combining several load test releasing systems to a cluster which allows to run high-end load tests with thousands of concurrent users.
• Excellent price/performance ratio: Proxy Sniffer is guaranteed to provide one of the best price/performance ratio ever seen for a professional web load and stress testing tool. Our price model is based softly on the number CPUs where the product is installed. No extra fees are charged for virtual users.

Platforms

Java version 1.3 or 1.4. Proxy Sniffer has been tested and verified on Windows NT/2000/XP, Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X. A Java compiler and interpreter is already bundled together with the Windows installation kit.

Entry updated September 13, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

Load and Stress Testing Tool for Web applications

Organization

Neotys
http://www.neotys.com/

Software Description

NeoLoad is a professional load testing software for web applications (ASP.Net, J2EE, PHP,...)

Easy to use (no scripting) but advanced features:

• Extract easily data from server response and reuse later in the scenario. Automatic handling of ASP.Net VIEWSTATE,
• Automatic support of user sessions based on cookies or URL rewriting,
• Realistic Virtual User simulation: cookies handling, plays simultaneously Virtual Users with different behaviors, modem emulation, IP spoofing...
• SSL support (record and playback),
• HTML/PDF/XML reporting,
• Compare results of several tests,
• Controller and Load Injectors are multi-platform: Windows, Unix.

Platforms

Windows 2000/XP, Solaris, Linux

Entry updated January 12, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Load, Performance and Stress testing tool

Organization

Alvicom
www.alvicom.hu/products/LoadManager

Software Description

LoadManager was developed to offer the features missing in other commercial Load/Performance tools. The tool was developed in Java (Eclipse platform). The result is a testing tool which runs on all platforms supported by Eclipse and Java such as Linux, Windows, HP Unix, etc.

Supported protocols are: HTTP, HTTPS, Socket (TCP/IP), JMS, RMI.

* Result data is collected in a central repository
* This data can be exported/manipulated quickly, easily and usefully
* Thousands of virtual users (data units) can be simulated and tested
* Colour-coding shows which users pass/fail and a script-link is provided
* Testing of individual or groups of users can be paused/restarted at will

Platforms

All platforms supported by Eclipse and Java such as Linux, Windows, HP Unix, etc.

Entry updated July 13, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Model-driven test data generation

Organization

Banner Software Inc.
http://www.bannersoftware.net/

Software Description

ER/DataGen provides a seamless interface to Allfusion ERwin and ER/Studio in producing "Modeldriven" test data.

Platforms

Windows 98, 2000, XP

Entry updated December 6, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

Stress testing tool

Organization

Loadea
http://www.loadea.com/

Software Description

Overview

LoadeaTest has 5 modules :

• a capture module : to create new test, to modelize it as a script, to modify it, to replay and validate it ;
• a control module : to define test properties, to launch it on several machines, to monitor it in real time and to view results ;
• an injection module : it is the engine of the test. It executes script and collect data on differents machines ;
• a collect module : http interface between all modules and database for storage ;
• an analysis module : to view test results as tables and graphs, to generate reports, and to activate statistic algorithm on data (Principle Component Analysis).

Benefits

• Easy to install and use
• Default parameters
• Modern and intuitive GUI
• Many capture plug-ins easy to add
• Automatic script generation
• Web capture
• Network capture : HTTP, TCP, SOAP, RSS
• System ressources
• Scripts in high level language (C#, VB.NET ) and data in XML format
• Use your own human and technical ressources
• Proven language
• Existing libraries
• Can add user specific development
• Http communication between modules
• Use of Principle Component Analysis method
• Shows guidelines of test
• Automatic mathematical method
• Simplified understanding of results
• Data manipulation by array and graphs. Can be exported to external tools

Platforms

Win32

Entry updated April 8, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Functional and load web tester (freeware)

Organization

Nuxeo
http://funkload.nuxeo.org/

Software Description

FunkLoad is a GPL functional and load web tester, written in Python, whose main use cases are:

• Functional testing of web projects, and thus regression testing as well.
• Performance testing: by loading the web application and monitoring your servers it helps you to pinpoint bottlenecks, giving a detailed report of performance measurement.
• Load testing tool to expose bugs that do not surface in cursory testing, like volume testing or longevity testing.
• Stress testing tool to overwhelm the web application resources and test the application recoverability.
• Writing web agents by scripting any web repetitive task, like checking if a site is alive.

Main FunkLoad features are:

• Functional test are pure Python scripts using the pyUnit framework like normal unit test. Python enable complex scenarios to handle real world applications.
• Truly emulates a web browser (single-threaded) using Richard Jones' webunit.
• Advanced test runner with many command-line options
• Turn a functional test into a load test: just by invoking the bench runner you can identify scalability and performance problems.
• Detailed bench reports in ReST or HTML (and PDF via ps2pdf).
• Easy test customization using a configuration file or command line options.
• Easy test creation using TestMaker / maxq recorder, so you can use your web browser and produce a FunkLoad test automatically.
• Provides web assertion helpers.
• Provides a funkload.CPSTestCase to ease Zope and Nuxeo CPS testing.
• Easy to use, see examples in the demo folder.

Platforms

OS independent, except for the monitor server which run only on Linux.

Entry updated October 13, 2005.
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Kind of Tool

Performance testing tool that analyzes scalability, reliability and performance

Organization

Scapa Technologies
http://www.scapatech.com/

Software Description

Scapa Test and Performance Platform is an innovative and powerful application performance testing, diagnosis and monitoring product, applicable across a wide range of commercial software technologies at multiple points in the application lifecycle. The Platform works by simulating multiple users of a computer system in a way the is, as far as the system is concerned, completely indistinguishable from real users. By measuring the performance seen by virtual users, it is possible to understand how the system would behave under a corresponding level of real usage.

Platforms

Windows NT, 2000, XP, Linux, AIX, HPUX, Solaris, Citrix, Terminal Services, Remedy, Oracle Forms

Entry updated July 3, 2006.
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Kind of Tool

Script-free Load, Stress and Scalability testing tool for Web Applications and Services

Organization

OpenDemand Systems, Inc.
http://www.opendemand.com/

Software Description

The OpenLoad product suite is designed to address a specific need in the market for simple, powerful and affordable testing tools. OpenLoad provides the first viable alternative to high priced and overly complex commercial load testing tools and low-end performance testing tools that are largely unsupported and lack the robust feature set required to adequately test today's enterprise-level Web applications.

Visit the OpenDemand website today for a fully functional free trial.

Platforms

Windows XP Professional, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows NT 4.0 and Linux Kernel 2.4+

Entry updated March 27, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

A utility for database and db-applications stress testing

Organization

DTM soft
http://www.sqledit.com/

Software Description

DTM DB Stress is a utility for stress testing the server parts of information systems and applications, as well as DBMSs and servers themselves. This tool allows you to create and configure a continuous set of requests to the server of the OLAP (query execution) and OLTP (adding, modifying and deleting data) types. The program is useful for any information system developer or any QA department employee.

Platforms

Windows 9x, 2000, 2003, XP

Entry updated November 16, 2005.
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JBlitz Pro

Kind of Tool

Web load and performance test tool

Organization

Clan Productions
http://www.clanproductions.com/jblitz/

Software Description

Load, performance and functional testing for websites and web applications. JBlitz gives you continuous heavy loading and automated response validation. Easy to use, quick to setup. Fully featured with logging, graphs, stats, scheduling, HTTP debugger etc. Full Java API.

Platforms

Windows (all), Linux, Unix, Mac

Entry updated September 27, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

vPerformer is a load and performance testing product for web applications

Organization

Verisium, Inc.
http://www.verisium.com/

Software Description

vPerformer is a performance and load testing product that can be used to assess the performance and scalability of your web applications. vPerformer allows you to assess how your web application responds when it is concurrently accessed by a large number of users. You can measure the performance characteristics of your application by recording and replaying automated scripts that simulate a large number of concurrent virtual users.

Platforms

Windows platforms

Entry updated September 18, 2007.
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Kind of Tool

High-volume, multi-technology load testing and performance monitoring

Organization

iTKO, Inc.
http://www.itko.com/site/products/lisa/load_performance.jsp

Software Description

Using highly reusable tests, LISA Load & Performance Testing directly exercises individual components, business processes, and system-wide SOA workflows from design, through deployment. Individual functional component tests and system-wide business processes are load tested using the same environment, resulting in efficient test coverage, with rich functional and performance metrics and reports. Using a server-based controller and simulator, LISA client users can command the LISA Load & Performance server to exercise websites, web services, Java objects/servers (EJB), Messaging buses (ESB), databases, and many other technologies. The tool also offers very efficient load test overhead with the capability to distribute load from any available server across a WAN.

Platforms

Win XP/2000/Me/Vista, Mac OSX, Linux, Unix, Solaris

Entry updated December 11, 2007.
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