The Leader in Web Application Load Testing
Test your shopping carts, logins, portals, forms, payment screens, and other interactive web application functionality under load in real browsers.
Create Multi-Step Scripts for Web Application Load Testing
Record user interaction with your web applications in real browsers.
Real Browser Testing
Support for over 40 desktop/mobile browsers and devices.
Point and Click Scripting
Mimic real user behavior using the EveryStep Web Recorder.
Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
Simulate virtually anything that can be rendered in a browser.
Testing in Real Browsers
Flexible Performance Testing for DevOps
LoadView empowers Agile teams with the flexibility to design multiple test scenarios for today’s most complex web application load testing requirements.
Load Step Curve
Determine if your website can handle spikes in traffic by generating load with a set number of concurrent users over a specified time period.
Goal-based Curve
Ensure your website can handle expected increases in user traffic. Validate capacity plans and SLAs in production environments.
Dynamic Adjustable Curve
Test the limits of your infrastructure by adjusting load in real-time. Gain insight into how websites or applications change as load levels fluctuate.
Ensure Performance and Meet User Demand
Web application load testing with thousands of virtual users at your fingertips.
Real-World Performance
Measure response times of your web applications as perceived by your users around the world.
Flexible Testing
LoadView gives you full flexibility to model realistic load test scenarios for your web applications.
Real-World Performance
Measure response times of your web applications as perceived by your users around the world.
Flexible Testing
LoadView gives you full flexibility to model realistic load test scenarios for your web applications.
Establish Baselines
Determine the limits of your web applications by defining crucial metrics and threshold levels.
Testing Automation
Automate web application load tests to understand response times under heavy load.
Establish Baselines
Determine the limits of your web applications by defining crucial metrics and threshold levels.
Testing Automation
Automate web application load tests to understand response times under heavy load conditions.
Cloud-Based Load Testing in Real Browsers
The LoadView platform eliminates the complexities of load testing, so you can focus on creating an outstanding customer experience.
Cloud-Based Load Testing in Real Browsers
The LoadView platform eliminates the complexities of load testing, so you can focus on creating an outstanding customer experience.
Flexible, On-Demand Load Testing for Any Application
Test and improve the performance of websites, web applications, and web services/APIs with LoadView.
Web Pages
Test the limits of your web pages to ensure that the customer experience is consistent across all popular desktop/mobile browsers and devices.
Web Applications
Measure client-side performance by simulating the critical user interactions of your web applications to improve the user experience.
Web Services / APIs
Perform thousands of calls to your APIs the same way your end users and conduct dynamic API testing on virtually any type of system or infrastructure.
in Minutes
On-demand. No credit card. No contract.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which cloud infrastructure providers are available through the LoadView Platform?
Amazon Web Services and Azure Cloud Services.
What are Load Injectors?
LoadView uses virtual load injector servers to distribute simulated user load while executing stress tests. LoadView supports 40+ geo-locations to instantiate load injectors from.
Can you test complex web applications that require a login or use AJAX, Silverlight, or Flash?
You can set up basic single page load tests or complex multi-step scripts using the EveryStep Web Recorder. Simply point and click on a website, fill out forms, click buttons, and navigate through the application. All user interactions can be recorded, including AJAX, HTML5, Flash, or other Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).
What is the maximum number of users can you generate?
There is virtually no limit to the number of users that can be generated for a load test since LoadView runs in the cloud. The tests are theoretically limited by the total number of load injectors available from the cloud providers at any given point and by the cost to lease those servers from cloud providers. Given enough advanced time to setup a test, you should be able to generate as much load as you need to complete a proper load test.
When should I use protocol or real browser-based tests?
Depending on the specific need, use case, or technology of the system being tested, the LoadView platform can be utilized to run multiple user simulation types, protocol-based (HTTP/S) and real browser-based simulations.
- HTTP/S-based load simulation
Protocol level scripts are perfect for component level tests in CI/CD environments and have a low footprint on load injection machines. Recommended for testing the following:
• Web servers
• Web APIs, such as JSON, SOAP, REST, and XML
• Single web pages without JavaScript or CSS
- Real browser-based simulation
When you need to simulate real user behavior and have web applications that utilize specific technologies and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), like JavaScript, CSS, Flash, or AJAX, using a real browser is key. Using this simulation allows developers to verify the site’s functionality and speed as perceived by a user, but this option has the highest footprint on load injection machines.
What are Virtual Users?
What is meant by load testing in real browsers?
Some competitors use just headless browsers, such as PhantomJS and JMeter, or headless emulators, like Selenium. These tools are used to automate testing by simulating the client-side elements, which doesn’t give a realistic representation of the user experience.
The LoadView platform can be utilized to run multiple user simulation types: HTTP/S and real browser-based simulations (and also API monitoring/testing). With real browser-based tests, LoadView allows you choose between real browsers, such as Chrome, Internet Explorer, and mobile browsers/devices, so you can measure the actual client-side/user experience.
How do you ensure the load injectors themselves are not a bottleneck of testing?
When you calibrate a test, we calculate how many virtual users per machine can safely run without over-burdening the CPU of each load injector. This is how we arrive at the number of virtual users per load injector. Depending upon the task type, and whether the tasks use a real browser or not, there can sometimes be a small spike at the beginning of a task as a browser such as IE opens, clears cache and starts the script.
Typically the average CPU usage is much lower than 100 percent, so we do allow you to increase the number of virtual users per machine to get a higher utilization of each machine, however, if you change this number, we cannot guarantee the cloud machines will not max out CPU usage and become a slight bottleneck of the test.
What is a geo-zone?
A geo-zone is a location where load injectors are instantiated and where virtual users are created. While stress and load testing, you can select from 40+ geo-zones from around the world.
Which type of load curve should I use?
The type of load curve you use depends on your situation. Here are some guidelines to consider when choosing the right load curve.
Load Step Curve
We recommend choosing the load step curve if the objective is is to learn how your website reacts to gradual increases in load. For example, if your marketing team is planning to run a promotion, and you want to test how your website will respond to the increase of traffic, the load step curve should be used.
Goal-based Curve
The goal-based curve is recommended when you already have a predetermined throughput (transaction goal), or know the number of visitors you expect in a given time interval. Goal-based curve tests are ideal for validating SLAs and non-functional requirements.
Dynamic Adjustable Curve
The dynamic adjustable curve allows you to adjust user traffic while the test is running. This type of curve is recommended to identify website performance limits or plan server capacity. During the test you can simultaneously adjust load and hardware, or software, resources, for example, giving you real-time data and insight into how your website or application behaves as load changes.