SoftLogica WAPT

WAPT is a load, stress and performance testing tool for websites and web-based applications. This solution is designed to minimize the learning curve and give the user the ability to create a heavy load from a single regular workstation. The vendor says users can create a basic test scenario and get meaningful information about their performance landscape in a matter of minutes.

According to the vendor, WAPT is able to generate up to 3000 simultaneously acting virtual users for an "average" test scenario using standard hardware configuration (Pentium 4 2GHz, 1GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet). WAPT creates a test workload which is virtually the same as the load experienced by a web site in the real world. Virtual users in each profile are fully customizable. They can have an individual IP address (IP spoofing), user name and password, and persistent cookies.

Basic and integrated Windows (NTLM) authentication methods are supported. Graphs and reports are shown in real-time at different levels of detail, thus helping to manage the testing process. The vendor says users don’t need to wait for the completion of the test to get results, so if the user has already identified a problem, they can stop the test, fix the problem and start the test again to check for performance changes. The command line interface allows users to integrate WAPT into the existing development environment. Standard XML files are used to store test scenarios and can be modified by third party software.