We are giving you free performance testing tools for your .net application. These tools are provided by Microsoft, the world leader in software engineering. The tools help you find performance issues in your application before customers or partners do. All you need to do is send us a small test application that already exisits in your shop, and we will fix the problems, fix the bugs,and send it back to you for free.
Would you like to check your application is faster than your competitor’s? These free performance testing tools for .NET applications will allow you, in the time it takes to download, to test your application using one of our many free performance testing tools.
Netflow Analyzer
This is a network traffic analytics tool that can provide information on real-time bandwidth performance. Besides network forensics and network analysis, it also helps the user to optimize the bandwidth usage. Overall, this is an excellent tool with various features and you can opt if you are looking for a good bandwidth monitoring tool
Network Security Auditor
This is a suite of more than 45 network tools & utilities and allows activities like monitoring, network auditing, and vulnerability scanning. This is one of the best network security tools and lets users scan the network for vulnerabilities. This allows checking for all methods which hackers can use to attack.
It also comes with firewall systems, real-time monitoring, and packet filtering. Other important features that make this unique is, just with 1 license this allows unlimited scanning.
Paessler’s SNMP Tester
This tool helps users to monitor SNMP activities to identify issues if any in the SNMP monitoring configurations. This comes with a very user-friendly layout and also has a support team to assist if required in setting up parameters etc. Test runs become very easy to configure using this tool.
ActiveSync Tester
This is a great diagnostics tool to identify connectivity issues and DNS related problems in the exchange servers. This supports both inside and outside firewall clients, also allows running tests to identify SSL support. Overall, this is very easy to use a tool because of its handy interface.
It’s diagnostics reports provide sufficient details for users to understand the issue and resolve without much problem.
LoadNinja
LoadNinja is another fierce competitor in the load testing and performance testing arena. It too offers a free trial that requires minimal information and doesn’t request payment details upon sign-up. It offers record and playback test scripts that are automated which don’t require coding on behalf of the user.
Its data is platform-independent thanks to its browser-based data console. SmartBear, the creator of LoadNinja, offers a 14-day free trial as well. And instead of using a browser emulator to stimulate and simulate load, it uses thousands of real browsers for the most accurate testing.
In addition, it has a virtual user inspector and debugger that works in real-time. Furthermore, it’s equipped with tools to test applications over the LAN via dedicated IP addresses. The Pro version supports up to 250 virtual users, while the Premium version supports up to 2,500 virtual users. Larger enterprises with greater testing demands can contact SmartBear regarding pricing details for over 2,500 virtual users.
Pros:
- Simple web-based interface that is easy to learn
- Uses codeless scripting and features even non-technical users could grasp
- Uses real browsers to test capacity, giving a more accurate look at capacity and load balance capabilities
Cons:
- Would like to see a longer trial period
- Would like to see more integrations into popular Application Performance Management tools
- It would be useful to be able to compare the performance across different browsers, allowing users to optimize performance around the most popular browsers
StressStimulus
StressSimulus is interesting because its designers not only created it to test web applications, but also mobile applications. Also, it can run tests both locally and in the cloud to help isolate performance bottlenecks so you can address the weakest components of your application. We also found it interesting that it simulates security by allowing a tester to supply each virtual user with login credentials to better gauge the impact of high-volume authentication.
This feature supports login credentials and virtual user identities by interfacing with web forms, Basic, NTLM, and Kerberos. In addition, it can simulate user behavior to load-test dynamic pages and other factors like session IDs and cookies. Supported protocols include HTTP, HTTPS, AJAX, SOAP, WCF, binary WCF, and XML over HTTP.
Pros:
- Can test both web and mobile applications
- Uses virtual user profiles for testing, allowing companies to test at scale easily
- Virtual user behavior and settings can all be customized to reflect particular environments
- Automation does not require scripting, but still offers it as an option
Cons:
- The interface feels outdated and can get cluttered quickly
- The trial only lasts 7 days, would like to see a longer trial period
Note that this is an automated solution and does not require the user to write scripts, though scripting features are included. We were disappointed to see that StressStimulus has a free trial that only lasts for seven days. Conversely, we were surprised to see that the free trial includes as many as 10,000 virtual users and full customer support. We find that it’s rare for a free trial to include customer support because companies typically want to reserve that resource for paying customers, so kudos to StressStimulus.
JMeter
Jmeter is the most famous one designed for load testing and performance measurement. It is a desktop application having a user friendly GUI which makes it easy for test development and debugging. It has modular structure where core is extended by plug-ins. It is a Java app which is driven by right clicks.
Features of JMeter
- Hosts technologies like Java Objects, Web HTTP or HTTPS, FTP etc
- Cross-platform and scalable
- It supports Multi protocol
- It uses IDE for recording, debugging, etc
- Use of JMeter 3.1 Groovy as default programming language
Conclusion
Do you suspect your application might be running slow? Would you like to improve the performance of your .NET application without having to purchase a costly performance testing tool?