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Review on Appvance IQ by Ken Hamdan

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Easy way test web applications running within VPCs

I like that you can create your own tests using predefined APIs or use existing ones such as AWS AMI/EC2 API's. You don't have to go into XML code for every scenario which makes it super easy when creating new scenarios and even easier editing existing ones. The cost side of things needs some improvement. Once created there are no updates after the initial build but if a bug comes up we often get charged additional fees. We also haven;t been able to export any results from our previous version. We've found this solution extremely valuable because there is nothing out there on the market like ours with these capabilities. This allows us to quickly jump between different environments on various cloud providers (AWS, GCP) without having to worry about customizing each environment. I like that it allows me to automate tests without writing code. The UI could be better but overall this product has been great for us. We are able to create automated tests with very little effort. This makes our life easier as we don't have to write any scripts or deal with coding at all! Also being able to run these tests in parallel was also really nice since they can each take their own time to complete.

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Pros
  • Ability connect directly via RESTful apis
  • Powerfull IDE tooling allowing script automation.
  • Tons options available through configuration files eases creation process while maintaining flexibility due its yaml nature
  • Ease running large numbers off test instances simultaneously
Cons
  • No way yet implemented how one would "deploy" changes once an individual change gets committed