List of Useful Load Test Tools for Web Applications/Websites

Here is a list of some useful Load Testing tools for websites. I tried to keep the list limited to non-commercial/community-driven tools, however some commercial ones might have sneaked through.

1. 1. Apache JMeter
2. 1. OpenSTA
3. 1. PyLot – Web performance tool
4. 1. WCat- Web Capacity Analysis Tool  from Microsoft
5. 1. Selenium
6. 1. Grinder – Java load testing framework
7. 1. BrowserMob

Here is a short article describing what exactly is required for load testing. There are many better & more comprehensive articles available on Internet, I just tossed a coin and picked this one!