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API Testing (/api-testing) Dmitri
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Black Friday (/black- (/TAXONOMY/TERM/616)
friday-performance- Sep. 29th, 2015 Dmitri
testing) Tikhanski is
Continuous Integration Open Source Load a

Contributing
(/continuous-integration) Testing Tools: Which Writer to
DevOps (/devops-0) One Should You Use? the
BlazeMeter
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci)
Is your application, server, or service blog.
JMeter (/jmeter) delivering the appropriate speed of
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitritikha
JMeter vs LoadRunner need? How do you know? Are you
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) 100-percent certain that your latest
Load Testing (/load- feature hasnt triggered a
testing) performance degradation or memory
Mobile Testing (/mobile- leak? There's only one way to verify -
testing) and that's by regularly checking the
Performance Testing performance of your app.
(/performance-testing)
Selenium (/selenium) But which tool should you use for

this? In this blog post, we'll review the
Software Testing
(/software-testing) pros and cons of the leading open-
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source solutions for load and
Testing Behind Firewalls
(/load-testing-behind- performance testing.
firewalls)
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Testing Hacks
(/perfomance-short-cuts)
All (/blog) you've already seen this great list of
53 of the most commonly used open
API Testing (/api-testing)
source performance testing tools
Authentication Testing (http://www.opensourcetesting.org/perf
ormance.php).However, the truth is
Black Friday (/black- many of these tools arent necessarily
friday-performance-
testing)
suited to our needs. Someare limited
to the HTTP protocol. Some havent
Continuous Integration
been updated for years. Most arent
(/continuous-integration)
flexible enough to provide
DevOps (/devops-0)
parametrization, correlation,
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) assertions and distributed testing
JMeter (/jmeter) capabilities. Given the
challengesmost of us face today, I
JMeter vs LoadRunner
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) would whittle this down to a short list
of the following four options that we
Load Testing (/load-
testing) will review in this post:

Mobile Testing (/mobile-
testing) The Grinder
Gatling
Performance Testing
Tsung
Selenium (/selenium) JMeter

Software Testing
(/software-testing) Well cover the main features of each
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tool, show a simple load-test
(/load-testing-behind- scenario, and display sample reports.
firewalls) At the end, you'll find a comparison
Search matrix to help you decide which tool
Testing Hacks
All (/blog) is best for your project.

Just as a short note, if you are looking
Authentication Testing for a way to automate these open
source tools, BlazeMeter created
Black Friday (/black- Taurus
friday-performance-
(http://gettaurus.org/docs/Home/?
testing)
utm_source=BM&utm_medium=BM_blo
g&utm_campaign=opensource_blog),
our own open source test automation
DevOps (/devops-0)
tool that exends and abstracts most
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) of the above tools (as well as
JMeter (/jmeter) Selenium), and helps to overcome
various challenges. Taurus provides a
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) simple way to create, run and analyze
performance tests. Make sure to
testing) check it out
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g&utm_campaign=opensource_blog).
Performance Testing

THE TEST SCENARIO

Selenium (/selenium) THE TEST SCENARIO

Software Testing AND INFRASTRUCTURE
(/software-testing)
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Testing Behind Firewalls For our comparisons we will use a
(/load-testing-behind- simple a HTTP GET request from 20
firewalls)
threads with 100,000 iterations. Each
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Testing Hacks tool will send requests as fast as it
All (/blog) can.
Authentication Testing The server side (application under
(/authentication-testing) test):
Black Friday (/black-
friday-performance- CPU: 4x Xeon L5520 @ 2.27 GHz
testing) RAM: 8GB
Continuous Integration OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008
(/continuous-integration) R2 x64
DevOps (/devops-0) Application Server: IIS
7.5.7600.16385

JMeter (/jmeter) The client side (load generator):
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) CPU: 4x Xeon L5520 @ 2.27 GHz
Load Testing (/load- RAM: 4GB
testing) OS: Ubuntu Server 12.04 64-bit
testing) Load test tools:
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) The Grinder 3.11

Gatling 2.0.0.M3a
Software Testing
(/software-testing) Tsung 1.51
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JMeter 2.11
(/load-testing-behind-
firewalls)
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Testing Hacks 1. THE GRINDER
All (/blog)
(http://grinder.sourceforge.net/)
Authentication Testing The Grinder
(/authentication-testing) (http://grinder.sourceforge.net/) is a
Black Friday (/black- free Java-based load-testing
friday-performance- framework available under a BSD-
testing)
style open-source license. It was
Continuous Integration developed by Paco Gomez and is
maintained by Philip Aston. Over the
DevOps (/devops-0) years, the community has also
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) contributed many improvements,
fixes, and translations. The Grinder
JMeter (/jmeter)
consists of:
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner)
The Grinder Console - This GUI
Load Testing (/load- application controls various Grinder
testing)
agents and monitors results in real
Mobile Testing (/mobile- time. The console can be used as a
testing)
basic interactive development
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) environment (IDE) for editing or

developing test suites.
Software Testing
(/software-testing) Grinder Agents -Each of these are
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headless load generators can have
(/load-testing-behind- a number of workers to create the
firewalls) load
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog) Key Features of The Grinder:

1. TCP proxy to record network
Authentication Testing activity into the Grinder test script
2. Distributed testing that scales with
Black Friday (/black- an the increasing number of agent
friday-performance-
testing) instances
3. Power of Python or Closure,
combined with any Java API, for
test script creation or modification
DevOps (/devops-0)
4. Flexible parameterization, which
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) includes creating test data on the
JMeter (/jmeter) fly and the ability to use external
data sources like files and
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) databases
5. Post-processing and assertion with
testing) full access to test results for
correlation and content
testing) verification
6. Support of multiple protocols
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) The Grinder Console Running a

Sample Test
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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firewalls)
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog)

Authentication Testing
Grinder Test Results:
friday-performance-
testing)
GATLING (http://gatling.io/#/)
DevOps (/devops-0)
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) The Gatling Project
(http://gatling.io/#/) is another free
JMeter (/jmeter)
and open source performance testing
tool, primarily developed and
maintained by Stephane Landelle.
Gatling has a basic GUI that's limited
testing)
to test recorder only. However, the
Mobile Testing (/mobile- tests can be developed in easily
testing)
readable/writable domain-specific
Performance Testing language (DSL).
Selenium (/selenium)
Key Features of Gatling:
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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1. HTTP Recorder
(/load-testing-behind- 2. An expressive self-explanatory
firewalls) DSL for test development
Search 3. Scala-based
Testing Hacks
All (/blog) 4. Production of higher load using an
asynchronous non-blocking
approach
Authentication Testing 5. Full support of HTTP(S) protocols
and can also be used for JDBC
Black Friday (/black- and JMS load testing
friday-performance-
testing) 6. Multiple input sources for data-
driven tests
7. Powerful and flexible validation
and assertions system
DevOps (/devops-0)
8. Comprehensive informative load
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) reports
JMeter (/jmeter)
The Gatling Recorder Window:

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testing)
Performance Testing

Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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An Example of a Gatling Report for a
(/load-testing-behind- Load Scenario
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If you are interested in more
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on-demand webcastLoad Testing at
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(/performance-testing) Scale Using Gatling and Taurus
Selenium (/selenium) (http://info.blazemeter.com/load-

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Testing Hacks TSUNG (http://tsung.erlang-
All (/blog)
projects.org/)
Authentication Testing Tsung (http://tsung.erlang-
(/authentication-testing) projects.org/) (previously known as
Black Friday (/black- IDX-Tsunami) is the only non-Java-
friday-performance- based open-source performance-
testing)
testing tool in this review. Tsung relies
Continuous Integration on Erlang, so youll need to have it
installed (for Debian/Ubuntu, its as
DevOps (/devops-0) simple as "apt-get install erlang).
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) Tsung was launched in 2001 by
Nicolas Niclausse, who originally
JMeter (/jmeter)
implemented a distributed-load-
JMeter vs LoadRunner testing solution for Jabber (XMPP).
Several months later, support for
Load Testing (/load- more protocols was added and, in
testing)
2003, Tsung was able to perform
Mobile Testing (/mobile- HTTP Protocol load testing. Today, its
testing)
a fully functional performance-testing
Performance Testing solution with the support of modern
Selenium (/selenium) protocols like websockets,

authentication systems, and
Software Testing
(/software-testing) databases.
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(/load-testing-behind- Key Features of Tsung:
firewalls)
Search Inherently distributed design
Testing Hacks
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Erlang architecture simulates
thousands of virtual users on mid-
Authentication Testing range developer machines
Support of multiple protocols
Black Friday (/black- A test recorder that supports HTTP
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testing) and Postgres
Metrics for operating systems for
both the load generator and
application under test can be
DevOps (/devops-0)
collected via several protocols
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) Dynamic scenarios and mixed
JMeter (/jmeter) behaviors. Flexible load scenarios
let you define and combine any
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) number of load patterns in a single
test
testing) Post processing and correlation
External data sources for data
testing) driven testing
Embedded easily-readable load
Performance Testing
(/performance-testing) reports that can be collected and
Selenium (/selenium) visualized during load

Software Testing
(/software-testing) Tsung doesnt provide a GUI for test
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development or execution. So youlll
(/load-testing-behind- have to live with shell scripts, which
firewalls) are:
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog) Tsung-recorder, a bash script that
records a utility capable of
capturing HTTP and Postgres
Authentication Testing requests and that creates a Tsung
config file from them
Black Friday (/black- Tsung, a main bash control script to
friday-performance-
testing) start/stop/debug and view test
status
Tsung_stats.pl, a Perl script to
generate HTML statistical and
DevOps (/devops-0)
graphical reports. It requires the
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) gnuplot and Perl Template library.
JMeter (/jmeter) For Debian/Ubuntu, the commands
are:
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) apt-get install gnuplo
apt-get install libtemplate-perl
testing)
The main tsung script invocation
testing) produces the following output:

Performance Testing
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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firewalls)
Search Running the test:
Testing Hacks
All (/blog)

friday-performance- Querying the current test status:
testing)

DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter)
Generating the statistics report with
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) graphs can be done via the
tsung_stats.pl script:
testing)

testing)
Performance Testing


Software Testing
(/software-testing) Open report.html with your favorite
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browser to get the load report. A
(/load-testing-behind- sample report for a demo scenario is
firewalls) provided below:
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog)

Authentication Testing A Tsung Statistical Report

friday-performance-
testing)
DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter)



A Tsung Graphical Report
testing)


testing)
Performance Testing
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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firewalls)
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog)


friday-performance-
testing)
DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter) APACHE JMETER
JMeter vs LoadRunner (http://jmeter.apache.org/)


Load Testing (/load- Apache JMeter
testing) (http://jmeter.apache.org/)is the only
Mobile Testing (/mobile- desktop application in this review. It
testing) has a user-friendly GUI, making test
Performance Testing development and debugging much
Selenium (/selenium) easier. The earliest version of JMeter

available for download is dated
Software Testing
(/software-testing) March 9, 2001. Since then, JMeter has
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been widely adopted and is now a
(/load-testing-behind- popular open-source alternative to
firewalls) proprietary solutions like Silk
Search Performer and LoadRunner. JMeter
Testing Hacks
All (/blog) has a modular structure, in which the
core is extended by plugins. This
means that all implemented
Authentication Testing protocols and features are plugins
that have been developed by the
Black Friday (/black- Apache Software Foundation or
friday-performance-
testing)
online contributors.

Key Features of JMeter:

DevOps (/devops-0)
1. Cross-platform. JMeter can run on
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) any operating system with Java
JMeter (/jmeter) 2. Scalable. When you need a higher
load than a single machine can
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) create, JMeter can execute in a
distributed mode, meaning one
testing) master JMeter machine controls a
number of remote hosts.
testing) 3. Multi-protocol support. The
following protocols are all
Performance Testing
supported out-of-the-box: HTTP,
Selenium (/selenium) SMTP, POP3, LDAP, JDBC, FTP,

JMS, SOAP, TCP
Software Testing
(/software-testing) 4. Multiple implementations of pre-
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and post-processors around
(/load-testing-behind- sampler. This provides advanced
firewalls) setup, teardown parametrization,
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog) 5. Various assertions to define
criteria
6. Multiple built-in and external
Authentication Testing listeners to visualize and analyze
performance test results
Black Friday (/black- 7. Integration with major build and
friday-performance-
testing) continuous integration systems,
making JMeter performance tests
part of the full software
development life cycle
DevOps (/devops-0)

Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) The JMeter Application With an
JMeter (/jmeter) Aggregated Report on the Load
Scenario:

testing)

testing)
Performance Testing

Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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HOW BLAZEMETER
Testing Behind Firewalls LOAD TESTING CLOUD
firewalls) COMPLEMENTS AND
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Testing Hacks
STRENGTHENS JMETER
All (/blog)
API Testing (/api-testing) While Apache JMeter represents a
strong and compelling way to
perform load testing, of course, we
recommend supplementing that tool
with BlazeMeter Load Testing Cloud,
friday-performance-
testing) which lets you simulate up to 1 million
users in a single developer-friendly,
(/continuous-integration) self-service platform. With
BlazeMeter, you can test the
DevOps (/devops-0)
performance of any mobile app,
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) website, or API in under 10 minutes.
JMeter (/jmeter) Heres why we think the
JMeter vs LoadRunner BlazeMeter/JMeter combination is
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) attractive to developers:
testing) Simple Scalability Its easy to
create large-scale JMeter tests. You
testing) can run far larger loads far more
easily with BlazeMeter than you could
Performance Testing
(/performance-testing) with an in-house lab.
Selenium (/selenium) Rapid-Start Deployment

BlazeMeters recorder helps you get
Software Testing
(/software-testing) started with JMeter right away, and
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BlazeMeter also provides complete
(/load-testing-behind- tutorials and tips.
firewalls) Web-Based Interactive Reports
Search You can easily share results across
Testing Hacks
All (/blog) distributed teams and overcome the
limitations of JMeters standalone UI.
Built-In Intelligence The
Authentication Testing BlazeMeter Cloud provides on-
demand geographic distribution of
Black Friday (/black- load generation, including built-in
friday-performance-
testing)
CDN-aware testing.

DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter)

testing)

testing)
Performance Testing
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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firewalls)
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog)


friday-performance-
testing)
DevOps (/devops-0)
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) THE GRINDER, GATLING,
JMeter (/jmeter) TSUNG, AND JMETER
JMeter vs LoadRunner PUT TO THE TEST
Load Testing (/load- Lets compare the load test results of
testing) these tools with the following metrics:
testing) 1. Average Response Time (ms)
Performance Testing 2. Average Throughput
(/performance-testing) (requests/second)
Selenium (/selenium) 3. Total Test Execution Time

(minutes)
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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First, lets look at the average
(/load-testing-behind- response and total test execution
firewalls) times:
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Testing Hacks
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friday-performance-
testing)
DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter)

testing)
testing)
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) As shown in the graphs, JMeter has

the fastest response times with the
Software Testing
(/software-testing) highest average throughout, followed
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by Tsung and Gatling. The Grinder
(/load-testing-behind- has the slowest times with the lowest
firewalls) average throughput.
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Testing Hacks
All (/blog) FEATURES
API Testing (/api-testing) COMPARISON TABLE
(/authentication-testing) And finally, heres a comparison table
Black Friday (/black- of the key features offered by each
friday-performance- testing tool:
testing)
(/continuous-integration) Feature The Grinder Gatling
DevOps (/devops-0) OS Any Any Linux/Unix
GUI Console Recorder
Only Only
JMeter (/jmeter) Test TCP HTTP
JMeter vs LoadRunner Recorder (including Postgres
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) HTTP)
Load Testing (/load- Test Python, Scala
testing) Language Clojure
testing)
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) Extension Python, Scala Erlang

Language Clojure
Software Testing
(/software-testing)
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(/load-testing-behind- Load Console HTML
firewalls) Reports
Search
Testing Hacks
All (/blog)

Protocols HTTP HTTP
Authentication Testing SOAP JDBC WebDAV
JDBC JMS Postgres
Black Friday (/black- POP3 MySQL
friday-performance-
testing)
SMTP
LDAP WebSocket
JMS AMQP
DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter) Host No No
monitoring

testing)

testing)
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) Limitations Python Limited Tested and

knowledge support of supported
Software Testing
(/software-testing) required for protocols only on
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test Scala-
(/load-testing-behind- development based DSL systems.
firewalls) & editing language
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All (/blog) very plain required
and brief Does not
scale

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testing) RESOURCES

(/continuous-integration) Want to find out more about these
tools? Log onto the websites below -
DevOps (/devops-0)
or post a comment here and Ill do
Jenkins (/jenkins-ci) my best to answer!
JMeter (/jmeter)
1. The Grinder -
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) http://grinder.sourceforge.net/
(http://grinder.sourceforge.net/)
testing) 2. Gatling - http://gatling.io/
(http://gatling.io/)
testing) 3. Tsung - http://tsung.erlang-
projects.org/ (http://tsung.erlang-
Performance Testing
(/performance-testing) projects.org/)
Selenium (/selenium) 4. JMeter

Home Page:
Software Testing
(/software-testing) http://jmeter.apache.org/
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(http://jmeter.apache.org/)
(/load-testing-behind- JMeter Plugins: http://jmeter-
firewalls) plugins.org/ (http://jmeter-
Search plugins.org/)
Testing Hacks
All (/blog) Blazemeters Plugin for JMeter:
http://blazemeter.com/blazemet
ers-plug-jmeter
Authentication Testing (http://blazemeter.com/blazemeter
s-plug-jmeter)
friday-performance-
testing) On a Final Note...

(/continuous-integration) As I mentioned at the start, you might
also want to read more about Taurus.
DevOps (/devops-0)
JMeter (/jmeter) g&utm_campaign=opensource_blog)W
JMeter vs LoadRunner hen it comes to performance testing,
(/jmeter-vs-loadrunner) a lot of these are really great...but not
Load Testing (/load- perfect. Automation and integration
testing) with other systems can be a pain, and
Mobile Testing (/mobile- the tool itself comes with a steep
testing) learning curve. Taurus is an open
Performance Testing
Selenium (/selenium) source test automation tool that

provides a simple way to create, run
Software Testing
(/software-testing) and analyze performance tests.
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