About LoadGen
LoadGen is a highly specialized powerhouse for organizations heavily reliant on virtual desktop environments like Citrix or Azure Virtual Desktop.
LoadGen is a highly specialized powerhouse for organizations heavily reliant on virtual desktop environments like Citrix or Azure Virtual Desktop. By simulating true human behaviors—rather than simple synthetic server queries—it offers unparalleled insights into actual desktop performance. While it is more expensive and complex than generic open-source test tools, its codeless scenario builder, combined with deep diagnostic metrics, makes it an invaluable asset for large enterprises, healthcare networks, and MSPs executing massive migrations.
Pros & Cons
- Provides clear baseline reports that help compare pre-migration (on-premise) and post-migration (cloud) system speeds.
- Easily scale virtual user counts up or down using your choice of local servers or remote cloud resources.
- Captures the true human user experience alongside server-side resource metrics.
- Non-programmers can build complex user flows within minutes using the visual workflow creator.
- Performs exceptionally well in highly virtualized workspaces where generic web-only testing tools fall short.
- Lacks the massive online developer community and public plugin libraries of open-source projects like Apache JMeter.
- Simulating thousands of virtual users requires setting up dedicated load-generating machines.
- Lacks specialized testing workflows for native iOS or Android mobile applications.
Features
Key features
Simulates real user load on Citrix, AVD, Omnissa Horizon, RDS, and web apps with platform-specific wizards.
Provides continuous user experience monitoring for various target environments with KPI dashboards.
Features a visual flow editor with over 28 node types and supports OpenAPI/Swagger import.
Offers heatmaps, session replay, and journey correlation for web applications.
Includes checks for HTTP, REST, SQL, and Azure services, with incident tracking and maintenance windows.
Guided configuration flows for different technologies like Citrix, AVD, and RDP to simplify test setup.
Real-time visibility into tests, showing concurrent users, events per second, and error hotspots as they happen.
Additional features
Delivers application usage analytics and data health dashboards across the environment.
Manages SLOs and SLAs based on uptime, monitoring, and load testing data.
Allows users to define load patterns by dragging and dropping phases on a visual timeline.
Tests can be started immediately, at a scheduled time, or triggered via an API.
Enables management of test configurations using Git for version control and CI/CD integration.
Provides granular permissions management for different user roles within the platform.
Can be run as a managed service, an on-premise appliance, or a fully customer-managed installation.
Utilizes different types of agents (Core, Full, VDI) optimized for specific workloads and platforms.
Pricing
Monthly plans
Scalable from 1 to 1,000 Agents. Annual subscription includes 2 months free.
Source: vendor pricing page →Starts from €2.50 per device per month. Discounts apply for larger device volumes.
Source: vendor pricing page →One-time purchase
Price is per week. Scalable from 50 to 25,000 vUsers. All platforms included.
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About LoadGen
LoadGen is a highly specialized powerhouse for organizations heavily reliant on virtual desktop environments like Citrix or Azure Virtual Desktop.
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LoadGen's In-App Market Place
Does LoadGen have an in-app market place?
Yes
How many Mini-Apps in the marketplace?
0
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Pricing Options
Plans
Monthly plans
Scalable from 1 to 1,000 Agents. Annual subscription includes 2 months free.
Source: vendor pricing page →Starts from €2.50 per device per month. Discounts apply for larger device volumes.
Source: vendor pricing page →One-time purchase
Price is per week. Scalable from 50 to 25,000 vUsers. All platforms included.
Source: vendor pricing page →Accepted Payment Currencies
EUR
Pros & Cons
- Provides clear baseline reports that help compare pre-migration (on-premise) and post-migration (cloud) system speeds.
- Easily scale virtual user counts up or down using your choice of local servers or remote cloud resources.
- Captures the true human user experience alongside server-side resource metrics.
- Non-programmers can build complex user flows within minutes using the visual workflow creator.
- Performs exceptionally well in highly virtualized workspaces where generic web-only testing tools fall short.
- Lacks the massive online developer community and public plugin libraries of open-source projects like Apache JMeter.
- Simulating thousands of virtual users requires setting up dedicated load-generating machines.
- Lacks specialized testing workflows for native iOS or Android mobile applications.
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