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Load Testing Services
Ensure Smooth Software Performance in the Long Run
With 34 years in software testing, ScienceSoft combines remarkable tech skills with expertise in 30+ industries to create pragmatic load testing strategies and help our customers detect performance bottlenecks.
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Load testing is a subtype of performance testing that allows for checking software behavior under the expected regular load. Load testing often goes hand in hand with stress testing that checks the system’s performance, stability, and error handling under the extreme load over time.
ScienceSoft offers professional load testing services to plan the expected load on your software, check how the software withstands it, and improve its performance by adjusting the architecture or optimizing the infrastructure resources.
Applications We Test
Our Selected Success Stories
Load Testing of a Communication Protocol for a Networking Solutions Provider
ScienceSoft tested a communication protocol that was developed to increase data transfer speed under network delays and eliminate data packet losses. After 4-stage load testing that proved considerably higher performance of the protocol, it was successfully presented to the market.
Load and Stress Testing of a Loyalty Program Application
ScienceSoft checked if a multifaceted loyalty app could handle the load of 2,000 users per hour for 24 hours in a row. We also tested the app’s behavior and the stability of the environment under stress load. As a result of timely and comprehensive testing, the app was released as planned, and it is able to successfully handle the load of real users.
Performance Testing of Corporate Applications for a Global Tech & Service Supplier
ScienceSoft checked if the corporate apps could handle 4,000 users per hour and detected performance bottlenecks caused by the servers and heavy SQL queries. After eliminating the discovered issues, the apps were successfully launched. The end users were satisfied with the apps’ performance and stability.
How We Deliver Load Testing Services
1. Prepare the test environment and load generator (e.g., using AWS or Azure cloud), starting with the minimum required number of servers or virtual machines and scaling it up when needed.
2. Define the roles for virtual users and create multiple user flows based on the existing user base (if any), software specifics, marketing objectives, etc.
3. Develop realistic scripts for virtual users.
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Victor Sachuk, test manager and QA consultant at ScienceSoft: To create truly realistic scenarios, we factor in different devices, browsers, and protocols. We also analyze the data from your analytics tools as well as the software development plans envisaged by your business analysts and UI designers. For each action of a virtual user, we assign a specific duration, plus the think time (when users perform no specific actions and just consider their next steps). |
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4. Design a load profile. A load profile:
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5. Create load tests that will simulate the required traffic and run several scenarios simultaneously.
6. Perform load tests and report the results.
7. Integrate load testing into the CI/CD pipeline. Continuously adjust the load baseline according to the app’s maturity level and other factors to test against the baseline.
Load Testing Deliverables
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Throughout the load testing process, ScienceSoft provides detailed technical documentation:
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Check a sample set of metrics
Sample set of metrics
Software metrics:
- Response time.
- Concurrent users.
- Requests per second.
- Transactions per second.
- Throughput.
- Error rate.
Hardware metrics:
- CPU usage.
- Memory usage.
- Network configurations metrics.
- Disk consumption.
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Why Choose ScienceSoft as Your Load Testing Company
- 34 years in software testing.
- Trusted by market leaders like IBM, NASA JPL, Deloitte, eBay, Viber, and many more.
- 730+ completed testing projects since 2010.
- Over 75 testing specialists with experience in complex industry-specific projects.
- ISO 9001-certified quality management system.
- ISO 27001-certified information security management system to ensure full protection of our customers’ data.
- ISO 13485-certified quality management for medical devices and SaMD.
- For the second straight year, ScienceSoft USA Corporation is listed among The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies by the Financial Times.
See What Our Customers Say
We requested load testing services to validate the e-store’s performance under an increasing load. We required near real-time feedback on the test results, and ScienceSoft’s test engineers were available for frequent meetings and calls. The collaboration with ScienceSoft helped stabilize the store’s performance and ensure its full compliance with the performance requirements. We recommend ScienceSoft as a quality-centered software testing partner.
Dominic Bernacchi
COO / Global Managing Director
I hired ScienceSoft to perform stress testing of our software. The team at ScienceSoft built a solid platform for stressing out servers, and it helped us uncover a variety of bugs and revisions that needed to built to our code. The team at ScienceSoft is professional and organized in every way possible. I look forward to working with this team again.
We contracted ScienceSoft to provide QA for a major Augmented Reality installation project, after extensive research, and we're really happy with our decision. The team were flexible, thorough and on-the-spot, and able to provide assistance for short-term mission critical testing. We'd happily recommend them to other mobile and immersive developers.
Do We Share the Same Approach?
Test early, test often
ScienceSoft promotes the shift-left approach to load testing and helps integrate it into the SDLC at the earliest stages. The later the bottlenecks are revealed, the higher the costs of architecture rebuilding and infrastructure configuration are.
Stay pragmatic
We create realistic user emulation scripts with relevant user scenarios to ensure the load is simulated correctly. We opt for effective open-source tools where possible and reuse test data from previously simulated scenarios as well as real user data.
Communicate effectively
ScienceSoft’s testing experts establish efficient and transparent collaboration with business teams, development, and other in-house or third-party testing teams to streamline and speed up the testing process.
Opt for practical value
We not only identify performance bottlenecks, but also provide actionable recommendations and handle the performance issues revealed during load testing.
Feeling Uneasy About Third-Party Load Testing? We Have Answers
Concern #1: It will be hard for a vendor to dive into the specifics of our software, understand its users and our growth plans.
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Answer: We know how to work hand in hand with the development and business teams and build effective collaboration with them. Moreover, we have industry-savvy business consultants who can join the project if needed.
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Concern #2: We are not sure the vendor will be able to set up a generator with sufficient load to simulate the behavior of thousands of users.
Answer
Answer: ScienceSoft is an AWS and Azure partner and can roll out a test environment in AWS or Azure cloud, which means infinite scalability of users. Besides, our performance testing lab allows testing scenarios for multiple devices, browsers, and protocols simulating requests from numerous servers and geographical regions.
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Explore Our Load Testing Offering
One-time load testing
ScienceSoft will assess software behavior under the expected load before a major release, an upcoming promotion campaign, or a special event like Black Friday.
Continuous load testing during the SDLC
ScienceSoft will help you estimate the expected load and create realistic user journeys to define how potential users will interact with your software. Then, we will test your software under load throughout all stages of the app lifecycle.
Extended offer
ScienceSoft not only runs the load testing, but also helps eliminate the found performance bottlenecks, rightsize your IT infrastructure resources, and continuously monitor your software performance.