Whenever we hear the name of a mobile-friendly test tool/tester we see the image of Google's mobile speed test which is also known as Page Speed Insights.
Do you know? Bing has also created its own page speed testing tool with the help of which we can test the mobile-friendliness of our webpages.
If you did not know about this, then you must read this article because there is more than half a doze mobile pages speed tool available to test many factors of a mobile page like FCP and LPC and desktop as well and they have a lot of information.
My dear friends and some Twitter friends have asked me some questions, which I am giving in the below detail, if you have any question, then you can ask me on [@iskgti], I will research on your behalf.
So these are the most asked questions:
- How many mobile-friendly test tools are available right now?
- Is Google's tool (PageSpeed Insights) really the best tool?
- Which one is better Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool or Google PSI Tool?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of all Tool?
- Google Page Speed Insights
- GTmetrix
- Pingdom Speed Test
- WebPageTest.org
How many mobile-friendly test tools are available right now?
I do not even know if I’m right, but it can definitely tell how many tools I use and how many tools I have heard about.
So here are some tools that I use to do page speed tests and the tools I have heard about:
- Google Page Speed Insights: Google PageSpeed tools by Google designed to help a website's performance optimizations, I use it again and again as every time.
- Again from Google Mobile-friendly test: Its job is to show the result after the page is rendered, mostly I use it to check for above the fold screenshot of a page.
- GTmetrix and Pingdom Speed Test both are very awesome tools to test the mobile page loading time and all but I prefer Chrome Dev Tool because I am used to it.
- Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool: I had not even heard about it, but now I will definitely use it to make a feedback post to share... LOL
- WebPageTest.org and Test My Site by Google these tools make such a good report that no one can deny the data. (sometimes SEOs has to convince the developer to make changes to the website.)
Is Google's tool (PageSpeed Insights) really the best tool?
I do not know, according to me, no one can be perfect/best, because there are places of improvement everywhere.
Which one is better Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool or Google PSI Tool?
While searching for the answer to this question, I found an article in which this comparison was happening, which tool is good. People were sharing their own experiences, so I am giving a link to it, you can see it in more detail.
If I will send you to another page then what is the meaning of this post, I have shared the result of the review taken from there till now.
- Bing Mobile Friendliness Test Tool
- Score: 7.2 out of 10
- Based on 38 reviews and ratings
- Google PageSpeed Insights Tool
- Score 8.7 out of 10
- Based on 15 reviews and ratings
And yes here is the link to the article: Bing Webmaster Tools vs Google PageSpeed Insights by trustradius.com
What are the advantages and disadvantages of all Tool?
Google Page Speed Insights Advantages
- Benchmark page speed in a quantitative, easy to understand manner.
- Desktop and mobile assessment.
- Feedback on what elements of your website need to be addressed to improve speed.
- Straight to the point
- Free of Cost
Google Page Speed Insights Disadvantages
- The suggestions for improvement can be technical for non-developers.
- Some performance requirements are somewhat difficult to meet.
GTmetrix Tool Advantages
- Quickly assess the general technical health of a page or site.
- Quickly Identify areas that can be improved.
- Allow to Save results
- Gives a score from each separate tool, also displays loading time, page size, and total requests very easily.
GTmetrix Tool Disadvantages
- The user interface is a little bit confusing.
- You can't choose a different test server (since we're from Brazil, it doesn't reflect exactly what most of our users are experiencing).
- There's a wait time (queue) in case there are other users using the platform at the same time.
Pingdom Speed Test Advantages
- Fast and comprehensive alerting and reporting.
- Useful combination of synthetic and real user monitoring (RUM) monitoring.
- Detailed and thorough root cause analysis for website uptime and performance incidents.
Pingdom Speed Test Disadvantages
- Pricing quotas on core features can get expensive.
- Code and number-heavy functionality are less friendly for business users.
WebPageTest.org Advantages
- The results of speed tests are incredibly detailed
- Ability to select browsers for testing,
- Test your website from different locations
- Speed Index Measurement
- Free
WebPageTest.org Disadvantages
- The suggestions for improvement can be technical for non-developers.
I hope you guys have liked this article, if you have any question that you want to be answered in detail, then message me.