Today we’re extremely excited to announce another industry-first in the world of load testing: video capture.
From day one, we always believed that cloud computing ushered in an era where the majority of website load tests could and should be done using real browsers, something no one else had considered before. Doing so made scripting painless, load tests more realistic, and provided better error reporting through the use of screenshots.
Today we’ve raised the bar by also capturing video for every unique failure in a load test. This means that you can now see exactly what led up to the failure and even get a feel for what the user experience was like as your site began to break down.
In addition we also now capture the source HTML (ie: DOM structure) of the web page in the event of a failure, as well as the entire set of request and response headers for the failed transaction. This gives unparalleled information that is simply not available in the traditional load testing approach that relies on headless/virtual users.
We have a lot more great features in store for both our website load testing and website monitoring products, but we’re especially excited about this one. It’s available today so please check it our for yourself and let us know what you think.
Okay…this is the coolest thing ever. I cannot believe anybody would use load test tools that attempt to simulate loads when you have something so amazing and cost effective…
-Mark