Distributed Load Testing on AWS
What is Distributed Load Testing on AWS?
It automatically launches and configures containers running on AWS Fargate to help you easily create and simulate thousands of connected users generating a select number of transactions per second without having to provision servers. This solution delivers application performance monitoring, which will help you understand how your application will perform at scale and at expected load, identifying bottlenecks before you release your application.
Distributed Load Testing on AWS is a tool in the Load Testing category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Easier to simplify testing and reduce time to release by automating functional tests for your applicationsIncludes an Amazon CloudWatch dashboard that displays the output of all tasks that are part of your automated test in near real time
Distributed Load Testing on AWS Pros & Cons
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Distributed Load Testing on AWS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Distributed Load Testing on AWS?
Apache JMeter
It is open source software, a 100% pure Java application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.
k6
It is a developer centric open source load testing tool for testing the performance of your backend infrastructure. It’s built with Go and JavaScript to integrate well into your development workflow.
Gatling
Gatling is a highly capable load testing tool. It is designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance. Out of the box, Gatling comes with excellent support of the HTTP protocol that makes it a tool of choice for load testing any HTTP server. As the core engine is actually protocol agnostic, it is perfectly possible to implement support for other protocols. For example, Gatling currently also ships JMS support.
