Here is a comparison of BlazeMeter vs. RedLine13 for a free subscription and for the different paid subscriptions. We’re going to do more comparisons. Let us know which you’d like to see. FREE PLAN Feature BlazeMeter RedLine13 Price Free Free Tests per Year 10 forever Unlimited Max Test Length 20 minutes 1 day Max Concurrent Users 50 Approx. 250-500(Actual based on 10 vCPUs) Max Concurrent Tests 1 1 Data Retention 1 week 30 days Max LoadRead More →

Google and RedLine13

Here are the step by step instructions for a SAML Configuration with Google and RedLine13. Read more about SAML SSO and RedLine13. Add initial app details Continue to Set Up Page and download IDP MetaData. Click “Download Metadata” and save file, will need to upload to RedLine13. Next Screen will have the information you need to copy back to Google Going back to Google Admin we should be on the stop to copy over the information:  Attribute MappingsRead More →

Azure AD and RedLine13

Here are the step by step instructions for a SAML Configuration with Azure AD and RedLine13. Read more about SAML SSO and RedLine13. Go to Azure Portal -> Azure Active Directory -> Enterprise Applications. Create an Azure AD Enterprise Non Gallery Application. This operation will take a minute or two to complete  Under ActiveDirectory go to Enterprise Applications -> Select your newly Created App -> Single sign-on (side panel). Click (Enable) SAML Copy your “App Federation Metadata Url”Read More →

SAML and OKTA

Here are the step by step instructions for a SAML Configuration with OKTA and RedLine13. Read more about SAML SSO and RedLine13. Login to OKTA. Create a new app integration with SAML 2.0 Set General Settings – Logo can be downloaded from LOGO To Retrieve the Metadata document URL from OKTA you will need to create SAML integration with some temporary data. Complete Feedback for Internal app with Vendor You should now land on the SAMLRead More →

TechStrong TV Interview

RedLine13 co-founder Bob Bickel does a TechStrong TV interview with Alan Shimel, CEO / Founder of MediaOps, Inc. TechStrong TV has a live stream on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday weekly, featuring exclusive news, announcements and conversations with IT leaders and experts on topics ranging from digital transformation to DevOps, Cybersecurity, Cloud-Native, Containers and deep-dives into specific technologies and best practices. Bob will talk about who RedLine13 is and why anyone should care. Here’s an article youRead More →

Many users of RedLine13 are familiar with our web interface for running load tests. Yet, are you also aware that we offer a full-featured API? In this post we will walk you through how to get started with the RedLine13 API. We will provide examples that show you how you can leverage this powerful feature to achieve new levels of automation running your load tests. Almost any task that can be accomplished using the web UIRead More →

Disclaimer: This post is for those still using Beanshell. However, you should know that the Philippe Mouawad, JMeter contributor, has asked us to pass on that everyone should “avoid Beanshell in favor of JSR223 + Groovy because Beanshell is old, slow and does not support Java 5 and upper syntax.” If you still will be using Beanshell for whatever reason, here are Beanshell for JMeter Best Practices. JMeter has powerful abilities to perform general tasks outRead More →

Load Testing Troubleshooting

Anyone who has done load testing knows it’s a lot more than creating a script and running it. There are going to be times when it requires what we call ‘Advanced Load Testing Troubleshooting’. Here is a real case of a RedLine13 customer who was trying to figure out what was causing an unusual load testing graph result. The issue was the graph Percentiles per Page Response Time graph. But sometimes the problem we see isRead More →