March 10, 2013
We beg our customers to consider iterative load testing cycles that begin with small volumes your web application can handle easily. Then, gradually increase the peak volume in subsequent test cycles until you find the breaking point. Occasionally a test will be terminated early because the target server fails. There is a STOP TEST button on the page for a running test, and sometimes a customer will press the button because the Error Rate and Response Times indicate a failure condition – there is no need to continue the test. The test didn’t reach the Peak VUsers scheduled. When this happens […]
Read more March 7, 2013
With a monthly subscription, you pay one fixed fee that allows you to run many tests. This is very popular with our customers because most of the time they need many cycles of testing and tuning. You run a test, you find a bottleneck, you tune your application, you run another test, you fix the problem, and so on. You don’t need to calculate the number of servers or the amount of bandwidth your test will consume. The flat fee is based on VUser Hours per month: VUser Hours Max VUsers Per Test Type Monthly 100 25 Breeze FREE (forever) […]
Read more March 7, 2013
If you prefer to pay as you run tests, we offer a “Storm on Demand” option where you can pay for virtual users as needed for $0.0399 each. The Ultimate Flexibility Buy any number of users you want. Use them all in one test or draw upon them when you need them. They never expire. Run longer tests? Simple – the number of users times the number of hours. A 1,000 VUser test for 5 hours costs the same as a one-hour 5,000 VUser test. The following table illustrates the cost of pay-per-test for VUsers in a 60-minute load test. Storm […]