I like the ease it provides for cloud integration and to use on all platforms web or mobile! It is a complete solution for load and stress testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

Silk performer is a tool that can be easy to learn but difficult to master if you are a beginner at performance testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Silk Performer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have solved the problems of bottleneck state of applications when maximum users are using it at the same time. For mobile, how the apps behave on slow networks or how gracefully it can recover from crashes. Also to integrate the application on different platforms and servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Debra m.

Network Technician

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/3/2021

"Heavy Automation Testing Solution with easy accessible Functions."

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Application analyzation and the ability the tool offers to the user on easy launching of any required size peak load functionality testing. The Test building using Micro Focus Silk Performer is easy and efficient, which helps on quality and production improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

My opinion is that the tool is amazing, easy to configure, and it has a very short learning curve and you are ready to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Silk Performer:

Best Automation product which comes with a professional interface and all its features are friendly when learning, and great data analytics solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Silk Performer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy process providing Application analysis. The Testing experience is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

abirami s.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/21/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Highly recommend"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Easy to install

Simple UI

Supports various protocols like web, web services, java, .net, and TE.

Like LR the tool provides easier record and playback and correlation functions.

Provides reports to analyze the results in depth.

Helped in internal training to teams

Helps to learn scripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

No auto correlation function as in LR, Needs in depth training which is hard to find on internet, One has to master NFT and the tool to use the tool effectively

Hard to find manuals online Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Silk Performer:

Could be better if we could find any in depth training to the tool and certifications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Silk Performer solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were trying to dig in and explore how Silk performer would help in replacing LR tool. After a deep and thorough study, we trained our co associates on the tool and its functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael J.

CEO

7/26/2021

"20 Plus years using Silk Performer"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

For protocol testing it's been great. I'm familiar with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

The browser based testing lacks a lot of power. 15 users per/agent is terrible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajesh H.

Test Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/7/2020

"Micro Focus Silk Performer tool review"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Like LR, silk performer provides various types of projects ex: web, web services,terminal emulator, CRM, Java, mobile, .net, database etc., It is easy to record and play and find the correlations where it'd be necessary. Depth of report provided has low level details which gives good amount of insights. We can execute as standalone and no need to worry on slots like load runner in the disturbed environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

Scripting initially was tough and many functions looks similar but it's difficult to assess which would be right one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pranav V.

Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/29/2020

"Smart, concise, easy to script and report tool for performance testing"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

The UI for Silk performer is one of the best in market and makes the experience of using it smooth and easy. The intuitive nature of the menu and options make it easy to explore and understand features of the tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

Not a lot to dislike to be honest. But some more pre made scripts and examples could be of help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rushikesh M.

Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/26/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"5 years of experience with silk performer"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

We have used Silk performer for recording a web based UI, mobile devices, windows applications, terminal based systems. I also like scripting through BDL even for selenium like use cases. Support team of MicroFocus has been very helpful to us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

With respect to reports we have seen some challenges. We had to create our own reports by extracting transaction details post load test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Indranil G.

Software Engineer in Performance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/12/2020

"Informative, easy to use, time savior !"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Silk Performer is one the easiest to use Load Testing tools with a clear description of the workflow that needs to happen in order to begin your performance testing. There are a variety of features that makes it possible even for a novice to execute performance tests with ease without having to worry about a majority of areas that they would with the open source tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

The coverage of support on some of the errors that you encounter in advanced scenarios could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/26/2020

"User friendly UI and easy to use."

4/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Silk Performer is very helpful in creating the scripts as per business requirements and the best use-case for me is the statistics of web-page in Truelog explorer which helps to easy drill down to time consuming requests. The upside of this tool is the UI which is easy and fast to understand and get use to i quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

The should be auto correlation option available which can help save time in script enhancements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Silk Performer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time taking requests while loading a web-page, testing application as per real life workload and analyze server behavior to the load and provide recommendations to the stakeholders. The benifit of using Silk performer is it pin-points to the pain areas in the application and helps to fix the same after re-testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

mangesh k.

Senior Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/8/2020

"Microfocus Silk Performance tool is very user-friendly and easy to start with tool"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenText Silk Performer?

Best thing about tool is you no need to be developer, any fresher can start with it and excel very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Silk Performer?

Designing real world peak load test scenario is not that much straight forward, needs lot of brainstorming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Silk Performer:

Anyone must think of Microfocus Silk performer option along with other market leading tools as this tool provides many specifications at low cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Silk Performer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It supports multiple protocol and combining those in one script is possible and very much helpful to us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.