When companies are growing fast, their main concern is not scaling. Until it’s an issue.  This is part of maturing devops (development operations). They need, or will need, load testing. Then the questions come up. This blog post should be seen as practical load testing advice, along with the right questions, for any company that is grappling with the need to load test. Load Testing 101 Load testing is based on user requirements. For example, loadRead More →

We sometimes get questions such as “Can I run my Load Test from multiple locations?” The answer is “yes, easily”. It makes sense that testing from one location is not the real world. Therefore, you want to test from multiple locations to simulate the real environment that your site gets, whether that is across your region or across the world. Configure to Run Your Load Test from Multiple Locations So when you configure your test, you simply chooseRead More →

BlazeMeter Comparison

BlazeMeter is one of the leading load testing platforms. RedLine13 has claimed that it provides (Almost) Free Load Testing. This post will first take a look at a BlazeMeter pricing comparison vs. RedLine13. Then it will take a look at a feature comparison because price isn’t everything. In addition, there is the increasing realization by businesses with the value of shift left testing. So this blog post will also look at pricing related to continuous integrationRead More →

Codeship – A Continuous Integration Platform in the cloud that fits your needs. Codeship + Redline13 – makes load testing easy and (almost) free. Codeship provides Basic and Pro. For Codeship Pro integration, read Codeship Pro Integration When looking at the easy and quick nature of building software with Codeship it just made sense to put together a Codeship integration.  Redline13 already has the API and examples to do this. With this Codeship integration, you have the toolsRead More →

Now that we’ve safely made it to 2018, let’s take a look back at the top 6 biggest load testing blunders of 2017. The story is familiar. A site does little or no load testing. The site experiences heavy load. The site goes down. Join us as we count down 6. Nordstrom’s website crashed on its Anniversary Sale. The Anniversary Sale is one of the retailer’s biggest shopping days of the year. Customers reacted with outrage onRead More →