Apache Jmeter

Apache JMeter is a high-performance and highly customizable performance testing tool that can be used to measure, analyze and improve the operational performance of applications and systems. It is a tool that is free to the public and can assist the business in finding out the slow areas of an application, or even investigating the responses that take long to appear on a screen, and more importantly guarantee that any application being put out is capable of running on a myriad number of users and traffic.

Key Features include:

• It allows users to model different type of load on their applications based on high traffic, number of users and other types of requests. This aproach enables to determine the limitations and the points of inefficiency of the application and improve it.
• It has features for real time monitoring and reporting, through which users can monitor their applications’ and servers’ response time, resource utilization and other related factors.
• Extensive Plugin Ecosystem that enables users to enhance the platform further and apply the necessary changes to suit their testing.
• It allows the users to set up numerous test types with the focus on web, database, and Application Programming Interface (API) testing. This flexibility makes it easier designing good test plans with good coverage of the different facets of the application.
• It can be extended with many monitoring, analysis and reporting tools including Graphite, XebiaLabs, and Micro Focus LoadRunner to assist with providing analysis of test results.

Apache JMeter is essential for organizations who wish to enhance their application and infrastructure availability, stability and efficiency.