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OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) vs OpenText Silk Performer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 30, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Enterprise Perform...
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (6th)
OpenText Silk Performer
Ranking in Load Testing Tools
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Load Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) is 6.5%, up from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Silk Performer is 1.5%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Load Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise)6.5%
OpenText Silk Performer1.5%
Other92.0%
Load Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2668566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Ensures high performance and adaptability while providing room for improved analytics and support
The analytics and reporting features can be improved, though they are good enough. If you have expertise, you can manage with what is included. However, it could be much better, especially with modern AI capabilities. When considering areas for improvement in OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise), there is a need for automated analysis and code-level support.
SR
Principal Software Architect at OpenText
Scripting and basic test executions are good features; configuring the workload for tests is easy
In terms of areas of improvement, I would say the Silk Performance Explorer tool, which is used for monitoring and analysis, can be improved because that's where we spend most of our time when we're analyzing the test data. Any enhancements that can be provided in the monitoring sphere would be useful. When you have a large amount of data the tool struggles with it and will sometimes crash, or there may be issues with too many metrics being collected when running a test. The interface for the scripting could be more feature-rich. Integration with tools like Prometheus or Grafana where we can visualize the data would be great. As things stand, we have to use one monitoring tool to visualize data and another for visualizing the test metrics. Integration would enable us to see the metrics from Silk and correlate that with the metrics from other servers or other processes we're monitoring. It would save having to look at Silk data and server metrics separately. It's the way things are going with newer tools. I think the solution is being phased out by Micro Focus and their emphasis is focused more on LoadRunner. We haven't seen much development in the last few years.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The analytics and reporting features provide beneficial impacts on my organization, and the scalable testing environment is very beneficial for my performance testing processes."
"The solution supports a number of protocols."
"Creating the script is very easy and user friendly."
"For me, the test coverage and the performance and load testing aspects are valuable."
"It's a very powerful tool."
"We have Performance Center as a platform to share with others that don't do performance testing full-time, so that they in an agile fashion, on demand can go ahead and get real issue-finding testing done."
"What we call the LoadRunner analysis is the most useful aspect of the solution."
"The product is good, and the concept is good as well."
"A good monitoring tool, simple to script and easy to configure."
 

Cons

"LoadRunner Enterprise's reporting should be quicker, easier, and more flexible."
"The reporting has room for improvement."
"Third-party product integrations could be a little more slickly handled."
"The solution is a very expensive tool when compared with other tools."
"The TruClient protocol works well but it takes a lot of memory to run those tests, which is something that can be improved."
"The debugging feature needs to include graphs."
"It's not that popular on the cloud."
"I have seen some users report some issues, but I have personally not had any issues."
"If you have a large amount of data, the solution can struggle."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"LoadRunner Enterprise's price is high."
"ROI is 200%."
"The price of Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise could improve, it is expensive."
"The price is okay. You're able to buy it, as opposed to paying for a full year."
"It does everything you could hope for in a performance testing solution. It's not cheap."
"They have a much more practical pricing model now."
"The price is really steep. It's an enterprise-level tool."
"We are content with the pricing and find it to be reasonable in terms of value for money."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise73
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise?
Now that LoadRunner integrates with Dynatrace and other monitoring tools, it simplifies the process of integration into a company, taking merely five minutes to set up. This ease of integration a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise?
The price of OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise), including pricing, licensing, and setup cost, is reasonable. It is neither cheap nor expensive.
What needs improvement with Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise?
The analytics and reporting features can be improved, though they are good enough. If you have expertise, you can manage with what is included. However, it could be much better, especially with mod...
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Also Known As

Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise, Performance Center, HPE Performance Center
Micro Focus Silk Performer, Silk Performer
 

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