NeoLoad
NeoLoad (load and stress testing) is an automated performance testing platform for enterprise organizations continuously testing from APIs to applications. It provides testers and developers automatic test design and maintenance, the most realistic simulation of user behavior, fast root cause analysis and built-in integrations with the entire software development lifecycle toolchain. It is designed, developed and marketed by Neotys, a privately owned company based in Gémenos, France.
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| Developer(s) | Neotys |
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| Stable release | NeoLoad 7.8
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| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, macOS |
| Available in | English, French |
| Type | Load testing |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | neotys |
Features
NeoLoad works by simulating traffic (up to millions of users) to determine application performance under load, analyze response times and pinpoint the number of the simultaneous users which the Internet, intranet or mobile application can handle. Tests can be performed from inside the firewall (in-house) or from the cloud.
In addition to simulating network traffic, it also simulates end-user transaction activity including common tasks like submitting forms or executing searches by emulating "virtual" users accessing web application modules. It provides the performance information required to troubleshoot bottlenecks for tuning the application and the supporting servers. It monitors the newest web, database and application servers such as JBoss application server, HP-UX 11, Weblogic, WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, and MySQL database.
Its "scripts" are developed via a GUI, which provides conditions, loops, and other programming structures. JavaScript may be inserted for more advanced uses, such as password encryption.
- It supports basic, digest, NTLM and form-based authentication.
- It can record HTTP and HTTPS requests, play them back and supports client certificate authentication.
- It supports ActiveX components as long as communication with the server is via the HTTP protocol.
- It supports any type of web application including those using J2EE, .NET, AJAX, Flex, Silverlight, GWT, SOAP, PHP, Push technology, etc. as long as they are HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 compliant.
- It supports hybrid and native mobile applications.
- It supports video (HTTP streaming and RTMP).
- JSON and SPDY protocol are also supported.
- It emulates Network conditions (latency, packet loss and bandwidth).
Release history
| Version | Release date | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | March 1, 2005 | - |
| 1.1 | July 26, 2005 | - |
| 2.0 | July 27, 2006 | SOAP / Linux & Solaris platforms monitor / SNMP monitor / Apache monitor / WebLogic monitor / Websphere monitor |
| 2.1 | February 13, 2007 | Apache Tomcat monitor / Oracle database monitor |
| 2.2 | June 17, 2007 | AIX monitor / HP-UX monitor / JBoss monitor / MySQL monitor |
| 2.3 | December 3, 2007 | OAS monitor / JOnAS monitor / DB2 database monitor / PostgreSQL database monitor |
| 2.4 | March 28, 2008 | Adobe Flex / Oracle Forms / IIS monitor / SQL Server monitor / .Net monitor |
| 2.4.2 | May 19, 2008 | Refactor of Telnet/SSH module in two modules Linux and Solaris. |
| 2.4.4 | July 3, 2008 | Dynatrace |
| 3.0 | May 15, 2009 | GWT |
| 3.0.6 | October 15, 2009 | GlassFish / SAP / Adobe LCDS |
| 3.1 | June 8, 2010 | Push / RTMP / Java Serialization |
| 3.1.3 | October 26, 2010 | CA APM |
| 3.2.0 | February 23, 2011 | Cloud / Siebel / Silverlight / VMware monitor |
| 4.0.0 | April 4, 2012 | Collaboration / JMX monitor |
| 4.1.0 | November 21, 2012 | Monitoring Data Import module |
| 4.2.0 | October 30, 2013 | MongoDB monitor / Kaazing monitor / AppDynamics integration / Push module renamed to "WebSocket & Push |
| 5.0.2 | November 7, 2014 | Data Exchange API / Custom Actions Extensions / Recorded Content Updater / Graph Boards |
| 5.1.0 | June 10, 2015 | MAC OS X Controller, Hessian Web Services, Java Message Services |
| 5.1.1 | July 21, 2015 | Nudge APM Support |
| 6.2 | November 16, 2017 | Native GIT support |
| 6.5 | June 7, 2018 | LoadRunner Migration tool, Support for Jenkins, Enhancements in Web UX, Ranorex integration |
| 6.6 | September 6, 2018 | SAP GUI Load Testing Efficiency, LoadRunner Script Converter, Integration with XL Release from XebiaLabs |
| 6.7 | November 8, 2018 | Expanded SAP GUI Load Testing Productivity, Open Sourced Version of LoadRunner Script Converter, Enhanced APM Integration with AppDynamics |
| 6.8 | January 10, 2019 | Data Exchange API, Test Design as Code, Tricentis Tosca integration |
| 6.9 | March 14, 2019 | Resource Reservation (Preview), Worksoft integration, Test as Code: Define and Use SLAs |
| 6.10 | May 16, 2019 | Test as Code (including control structures, inline JavaScript and new variable types), GIT & APM Integration |
| 7.0 | July 25, 2019 | Dynamic Infrastructure (interaction with container orchestrators like OpenShift automatically, and on demand, Resource Reservation (now generally available, previously in preview mode), and enhancements to the Dynatrace integration / CSV data export function |
| 7.1 | December 3, 2019 | Beta support of Citrix performance testing capability, new continuous integration extensions to Azure DevOps, GitLab and AWS CodeBuild and updates to test management and transaction data |
| 7.2 | January 30, 2020 | Citrix Commercial Support: NeoLoad now offers the most reliable, simplest, and quickest way to performance test Citrix. License Management: Greater flexibility relative to shared licensing |
| 7.3 | April 01, 2020 | Dynamic Test Infrastructure with Kubernetes, AKS, and EKS, Tricentis Tosca Web Tests as Performance Tests, Citrix Enhancements, New public API v2 for NeoLoad Web |
| 7.4 | June 01, 2020 | Command Line Interface, Filtering Result Values, Custom Fields for Raw Data, Dynamic Infrastructure Improvements, Tosca Integration v2.1 |
| 7.5 | August 01, 2020 | Workspaces, Reorganized Settings, Dynatrace Native Integration, Tosca Integration v2.2 |
| 7.6 | October 1, 2020 | New analysis capabilities, Download graphs as PNG, Export raw data API, JavaScript API to stop a test, Advanced setting for a scenario, Custom Load Policy and more |
| 7.7 | December 1, 2020 | Dashboards: Preconfigured Reports, Export Data Tables as CSV, Single Sign-on (SSO), Prometheus Monitor, Manage Instances for Microsoft-family Monitors, Dynamic Infrastructure Improvements and more. |
| 7.8 | February 3, 2021 | Dynamic Monitor Support, Dynamic Prometheus Monitor, Dynamic Microsoft Monitors, Download a Dashboard in PDF, Edit Test Scenarios in NeoLoad Web Platform and more. |