Apache JMeter features include:

• Can load and performance test HTTP and FTP servers as well as arbitrary database queries (via JDBC)
• Complete portability and 100% Java purity
• Full Swing and lightweight component support (precompiled JAR uses packages javax. Swing.* )
• A complete multithreading framework allows concurrent sampling by many threads and simultaneous selection of different functions by separate thread groups
• Careful GUI design allows faster operation and more precise timings.
• Caching and offline analysis/replaying of test results
• Highly Extensible:
• – Pluggable Samplers allow unlimited testing capabilities.
• -Several load statistics may be chosen with pluggable timers
• – Data analysis and visualization plugins allow great extensibility as well as personalization.