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Performance, Load and Network Tools

Here's a handy list of Performance, Load and Network tools for software testers that you might find useful.

  • Apache JMeter — The Apache JMeter™ application is open source software, a 100% pure Java application designed to load test functional behaviour and measure performance.
  • AQTime Pro (Smartbear) — Memory and Performance management tool.
  • Blitz — Performance testing on websites, web apps and REST APIs.
  • Blazemeter — Run massively scalable, open source-based performance tests against all of your apps, from web and mobile apps to microservices and APIs.
  • Databene Benerator — Benerator supports you in performing realistic load and performance tests. It is a framework.
  • Dotcom-Monitor — Dotcom-Monitor's website speed test enables users to test their website from 20 locations worldwide, including cloud-based tests (Amazon-US-East) and from behind the Great Firewall of China (Shanghai, China). 
  • Dynatrace — Mobile and Web performance testing (also Ajax edition).
  • Flood.io — Cloud load testing for JMeter or Gatling.
  • GTmetrix — Online performance test tool.
  • Httperf — Httperf is a tool for measuring web server performance.
  • Jmeter — The Apache JMeter application is open source software, a 100% pure Java application designed to load test functional behaviour and measure performance.
  • LoadComplete — Automated Load Testing for your .NET and Java apps.
  • Loader.io — Simple cloud-based load testing.
  • LoadRunner — Application load testing software that gives you an accurate picture of end-to-end system performance to identify and resolve issues before applications go-live.
  • LoadStorm — Cloud load testing tool.
  • Load Tracer — Load testing tool for web applications (older systems).
  • LoadUI (from Smartbear) — LoadUI is an API load testing solution.
  • Locust — Open source load testing tool.
  • Micro Focus/ QA Load — Automated Load & Performance testing tool.
  • Mineral Oil - Jmeter — Run JMeter without needing the GUI.
  • Neotys — Automated Load & Performance testing monitor.
  • Netling / Websurge — Two tools for lightweight load testing.
  • Neustar — Web performance and load testing manager.
  • OpenSTA — The current toolset has the capability of performing scripted HTTP and HTTPS heavy load tests with performance measurements from Win32 platforms. However, the architectural design means it could be capable of much more.
  • PageSpeed (Google) — With PageSpeed Insights you can identify ways to make your site faster and more mobile-friendly.
  • Pagetest — Performance testing made easy.
  • PCAP Web Performance Analyzer — Load & Performance software.
  • PerfTool — Dashboard for performance testing info.
  • PushToTest/TestMaker — TestMaker 6 is the easier way to surface performance bottlenecks and functional issues in Web, Rich Internet Applications (RIA, using Ajax, Flex, Flash,) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA,) and Business Process Management (BPM) applications.
  • Sensu — Monitor servers, services, application health, and business KPIs. Collect and analyze custom metrics. Get notified of failures before your users do. Give your business the competitive advantage it deserves.
  • Siege — Siege is an HTTP load testing and benchmarking utility.
  • Silk Performer — The leading enterprise-class load and stress testing solution.
  • SIPp — SIPp is a free Open Source test tool/traffic generator for the SIP protocol.
  • SmartMeter — Performance testing with enterprise-level features.
  • StressStimulus — Load testing tool for websites and mobile apps.
  • Testomato — Testomato monitors your website for problems that make your business vulnerable.
  • Visual Round Trip Analyzer — Web page performance visualizer and analyzer.
  • WAPT — Web application load, stress and performance testing.
  • Web Episodes — Web Episodes is a script for gathering Real User Measurement (RUM) performance timings from web pages.
  • Web Page Test — Online performance test tool.
  • Website Grader —  an open source online performance tool that grades websites.
  • WireShark — Network monitoring tool.
  • Yandex Tank — Load and performance benchmark tool.
  • YSlow — YSlow analyzes web pages and why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high-performance websites.

More to add?

Are there any resources we’ve missed? Do you know of any great Performance, Load and Network tools we should add to this list? Share your findings on The Club and we’ll review it to be added to this list.

 

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