topic Re: Any extensions for traffic generation/web performance or recommended products? in Real User Monitoring

Any extensions for traffic generation/web performance or recommended products?

runatyr — Fri, 23 May 2025 07:40:06 GMT

Hello:

We are looking to leverage Dynatrace for our back end analysis of website throughput testing/performance.

That said, we need a product that actually does the traffic generation.

For instance, we need to create a script that goes to the website. logs in, goes to several pages, and then logs out.

Are there any tools that are recommended for this use with Dynatrace? Anything that integrates or is relatively simple?

We used to have Neo load a long time back but that license has expired. Both on prem and cloud solutions are welcome.

Please advise and thank you !

Re: Any extensions for traffic generation/web performance or recommended products?

jason_gs — Thu, 22 May 2025 19:23:51 GMT

I'd look at something like this for alternate tools: https://www.g2.com/products/tricentis-tricentis-neoload/competitors/alternatives

Also remember Dynatrace Synthetics can be used as part of the testing portfolio for specific performance tests. Example: checking specific actions, from different geo locations, bandwidth throttling, device type (to name but a few). Plus you can harness the on-demand Synthetics if you want to automate performance tests via Quality Gates.

https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/browser-monitors-config#performance-thresholds
https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/observe/digital-experience/synthetic-monitoring/general-information/public-synthetic-locations
https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/browser-monitors-config#device-profile

Re: Any extensions for traffic generation/web performance or recommended products?

runatyr — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:49:11 GMT

Thank you Jason_gs.

I should have specified more clearly we are looking to do stress/throughput testing, so I am not sure native synthetics at Dynatrace could generate the traffic?

That said.. when I go to extensions in the Dynatrace hub. I see a few tools listed when searching for "testing" such as "Load Runner", "Gatling", "Blazemeter". The goal is to find a product that can easily generate simple/basic scripts, run them at high levels of traffic, and trace the performance impacts.

With that said, does anything come to mind?

Thanks,

Chris

Re: Any extensions for traffic generation/web performance or recommended products?

jason_gs — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:44:26 GMT

hi, I agree for stress/throughput testing Synthetics is not an option to use.
I've seen Selenium used by QA colleagues in the past for this use case, if that helps.

regards