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OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) offers extensive protocol support, enabling testing across various technologies.
The comprehensive results analysis feature helps save time and optimize system performance.
The scalability and ability to handle large workloads make it suitable for high-demand testing environments.
Effective integration with other testing and monitoring solutions enhances overall performance testing capabilities.
Setting up and configuring OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) is straightforward, contributing to ease of use.

CONS

OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) integration with other tools like SiteScope presents challenges despite being within the same product family.
Licensing and pricing are concerns, with many users finding it expensive compared to other available resources.
Technical support is rated poorly, with slow response times and a need for improvement in assistance quality.
High resource utilization is observed, with the tool being heavy and sometimes causing performance issues during testing.
There are challenges with features like TruClient protocol and its complexity in use, impacting user satisfaction.
 

OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) Pros review quotes

it_user2043 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 19, 2016
I've always been impressed by the versatility and plain power of this testing tool.
it_user94998 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Lead at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Jun 13, 2017
The capabilities and flexibility of the Controller, the ability to monitor the systems under test, and the comprehensive results Analysis which saves a great deal of time.
it_user97128 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 13, 2014
LoadRunner is the standard choice for performance testing before any critical applications are allowed to go live, preventing any performance issues.
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it_user98394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2014
LoadRunner helped identify bottlenecks during the testing phase in several instances especially before launch of major projects.
it_user129477 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Tester/QA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 26, 2014
Available protocols.
it_user129477 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Tester/QA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 5, 2014
It is one of the best performance testing tools available.
it_user114969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 13, 2016
It expedites the process of creating test scripts.
it_user147360 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 19, 2014
Scripting for web is faster and easier.
it_user204486 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Infuse Consulting
Apr 29, 2015
The analysis capability is simply best of breed as it allows you to take data from any source and correlate it with your results.
it_user285924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Performance Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 25, 2015
LoadRunner has easy usability right now, and it's pretty much documented on the features, and has a how-to-do use of videos, learning materials.
 

OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional) Cons review quotes

it_user2043 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 19, 2016
Complexity. LoadRunner is not simple to learn by installing it and "doing it".
it_user94998 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Lead at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Jun 13, 2017
More guidance on the use of the Tru Client protocol which is used for Web interfaces.
it_user97128 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 13, 2014
LoadRunner is a well-rounded, polished tool – but it does need more improvement when it comes to it application of load, more flexibility mid-test would be nice.
Learn what your peers think about OpenText Professional Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Professional). Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2026.
884,873 professionals have used our research since 2012.
it_user98394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2014
Customer Service: Very poor Technical Support: Strictly ok
it_user129477 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Tester/QA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 26, 2014
Scripting should be simpler, it becomes very complex many times.
it_user129477 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Tester/QA at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 5, 2014
We encountered issues with stability -- the system hangs many times.
it_user114969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 13, 2016
Network monitoring.
it_user147360 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 19, 2014
Remote Load Generators has issues in identifying objects on dynamic web pages
it_user204486 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Infuse Consulting
Apr 29, 2015
HP as a company has been slow to move to support modern technologies e.g. Oracle ADF.
it_user285924 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Performance Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 25, 2015
The demo that I've seen today, it sounds pretty cool but it still has some limitations I guess.

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