We have created a plugin for RedLine13 users to execute Gatling tests using SBT + Java. Gatling Older SBT-Plugin If you are using the older Gatling SBT-Plugin, you can package your JAR to be complete with everything required to run the test.   After the package is created, you can test locally A community member provided an example project that can be used to model here. After we have used SBT to package our JAR, we can take the generatedRead More →

RedLine13 Basic vs Premium

What are the similarities and differences between a RedLine13 Basic vs Premium subscription? Similarities and Differences There are some key similarities with Basic and Premium. Both subscriptions have no limits on the number of tests you run. They have no limits on the duration of your tests. Both have real-time graphs, Jenkins integration and API access. But there are some differences between RedLine13 Basic vs Premium. Team Support A Basic subscription is for a single user.Read More →

What is Free Load Testing? example with JMeter

We created RedLine13 and call it (Almost) Free Load Testing. So, what is it? Other load testing companies talk about free load testing. But is it? First, let’s talk about (Almost) Free Load Testing and why we call it that. Two Cost Components of RedLine13 There are two cost components of RedLine13 load testing: RedLine13 costs and AWS costs. If you choose the free RedLine13 subscription, then your RedLine13 cost is nothing. Free! The free subscriptionRead More →

Amazon AWS tagging capability is powerful and yet little used in load testing. Redline13 has supported AWS instance tagging for years.  These tags can be set globally for all load tests under the account settings page, and also individually for each server though our API.  RedLine13 has now increased the number of tags to give you more control and better load testing with AWS instance Tagging. At the end we’ve included how two customers are usingRead More →

RedLine13 Partners - AWS Advanced Technology Partner

Many companies are struggling with the need for comprehensive load testing, the cost of load testing and limited budgets. This post will tell you about something you may not have considered: Load Testing with AWS Spot vs On-Demand Instances. To begin with, RedLine13 understands the high cost of load testing. If you don’t know the RedLine13 story, that’s what led us to create RedLine13 for our own testing. There are many different types of load testingRead More →

AWS Multiple Account Setup

There are situations where separation between your application environment and load generating environment are necessary.  In fact, it is generally a feature of a realistic, well-architected load test.  In this article we will explain how you can easily and conveniently configure an AWS multiple account setup for load testing as a measure to secure your application environment. Configuring Access between Multiple Accounts RedLine13 integrates with your AWS account to provision resources on your behalf.  With AWS,Read More →

Estimating AWS Costs for Load Tests

Estimating your AWS costs for load tests is an essential fact of life provided you have any sort of budget.  If you’ve run any number of load tests with us before, you may have come to appreciate the “Data & Server Cost” box on your load test summary metrics. The green box does a reasonable job of approximating your projected AWS spend for your test, with a few caveats we will discuss.Read More →

      RedLine13 Pricing Model When you use RedLine13, there is a RedLine13 subscription cost and an AWS cost. RedLine13 generates the load on your AWS servers as you can see in the diagram below. AWS costs are already ridiculously low. One advantage of this is that you have complete control. If you’re running a low number of tests, your AWS costs will be correspondingly low. Another advantage of the load running on your servers,Read More →

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 →

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 →