SmartBear TestComplete and BlazeMeter compete in the automated testing market. BlazeMeter holds an advantage with its strong load testing capabilities and flexible cloud-based platform.
Features: SmartBear TestComplete provides advanced object recognition, the Object Browser for simplifying object identification, and automation for web, mobile, and desktop applications. It supports modular test scripts and multiple programming languages. BlazeMeter excels with superior load testing, especially for scaling JMeter tests across various geographic locations, and offers cloud-based API and performance testing with open-source tool integration.
Room for Improvement: SmartBear TestComplete needs enhancements in its web and mobile testing frameworks, improved language support, and object mapping features. Improvements in license management and version control integration are also needed. BlazeMeter should enhance mobile application integration, report customization, server hour calculations, and provide better access control and integration with APM and GitLab.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SmartBear TestComplete is primarily on-premises with mixed reviews on customer service. Some find it responsive, while others consider it slow. BlazeMeter offers cloud and hybrid deployment with strong flexibility, though its customer service is satisfactory but lacks depth in technical support.
Pricing and ROI: SmartBear TestComplete is considered expensive with various licensing options, potentially burdensome for smaller enterprises. However, it provides a good return on investment through reduced test times and enhanced QA processes. BlazeMeter's pricing is also high but valued for flexibility due to its consumption-based model, offering cost-effective solutions for cloud testing and generating positive ROI.
Once set up, only one person is needed to handle all tasks, reducing the requirement for multiple personnel.
The customer service is not available 24/7, which affects its rating.
BlazeMeter has the capability to simulate a higher number of users compared to JMeter standalone.
BlazeMeter is quite scalable, and I rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
I would rate the stability of BlazeMeter as eight out of ten, indicating that it is a stable and reliable solution.
The extra CSV random dataset plugin could be integrated with a simple checkbox in the existing CSV dataset plugin to read files randomly.
The licensing cost is also a concern since BlazeMeter is not free like JMeter, which limits its use.
While using SmartBear TestComplete, we are fine with the current capabilities, however, it would be beneficial to improve some performance aspects, especially the image comparison feature.
BlazeMeter requires licensing, which means it is not free like JMeter, adding to the setup cost considerations.
BlazeMeter integrates with JMeter via multiple plugins, which streamlines performance testing, test monitoring, and report sharing.
BlazeMeter offers a higher limit on load simulation compared to standalone JMeter.
The most valuable feature of SmartBear TestComplete for me is the image comparison functionality.
BlazeMeter ensures delivery of high-performance software by enabling DevOps teams to quickly and easily run open-source-based performance tests against any mobile app, website or API at massive scale to validate performance at every stage of software delivery.
The rapidly growing BlazeMeter community has more than 100,000 developers and includes prominent global brands such as Adobe, Atlassian, Gap, NBC Universal, Pfizer and Walmart as customers. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., with its research and development in Tel Aviv.
What is SmartBear TestComplete?
TestComplete is a reliable, sturdy automated testing platform created by SmartBear Software. SmartBear Software is a worldwide technological leader known for developing quality enterprise-class development and testing solutions.
TestComplete simplifies the process of creating tests for numerous applications, including, but not limited to; Desktop, Android, IOS, Web browsers, and Windows. Application tests can be manual, scripted, and even recorded by using keyword-driven or data-driven functionality. There are even additional options for error reporting and automated playback. The object repository is extremely accurate and is fully customizable. TestComplete can easily be used by experienced developers and even by manual novice testers to develop quality automated UI tests quickly.
TestComplete offers three different testing scenarios:
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Reviews from Real Users
Sandhiya T S., Sr Solutions Engineer at Lexington Soft, relates, “The record and replay aspects of the solution are quite useful for people. With them, you don't have to write any scripts. Basically, you can record your actions and play them back later. The initial setup is also very easy.”
Sai S R., Staff Test Architect at a tech services company, says, "The most valuable features of the SmartBear TestComplete are self-healing, they reduce the maintenance required. The different languages SmartBear TestComplete supports are good because some of our libraries are written in Python, JavaScript, and C#. It's very easy to put them all under one project and use them."
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