Gatling Enterprise

Gatling Enterprise is a load testing solution developed for continuous load testing of applications, APIs, and microservices. It caters to businesses of all sizes, ranging from small startups to large enterprises. According to the vendor, professionals such as Quality Assurance Engineers, Performance Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Software Developers, E-commerce companies, IT Managers, and Testers rely on Gatling Enterprise to anticipate incoming traffic, identify bottlenecks, improve performance, enhance user experience, and mitigate costly crashes.

Key Features

Dynamic Load Generators: Gatling Enterprise offers high-performance load generators capable of handling up to 60,000 concurrent virtual users per instance. Users can simulate heavy traffic efficiently across 10 globally distributed deployment regions. Additionally, multiple load generators can be deployed, allowing support for isolated environments for multiple teams.

Detailed Reporting: Gatling Enterprise provides automated reporting for simulations, including client-side metrics such as response times, requests and responses per second, and errors. Users can access additional metrics like TCP connections, DNS resolutions, and generator monitoring to gain insights into load test results and enhance app performance.

Continuous Load Testing: Gatling Enterprise seamlessly integrates with popular CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, TeamCity, Bamboo, and Azure Pipelines. It also offers build tool plugins for Maven, Gradle, and SBT, enabling users to execute load tests as part of their continuous integration process.

No-Code Generator: Users can generate load tests without the need for coding. By describing user flow and test type, Gatling Enterprise automatically generates the necessary code. Users have the flexibility to customize testing parameters for capacity, stress, and soak tests. However, it's important to note that trial plans have maximum testing parameter values in the no-code generator.

Private Locations: Gatling Enterprise allows users to combine the security of self-hosted load generators with the flexibility of Gatling Enterprise Cloud. Users can generate load from their infrastructure while using Gatling Enterprise Cloud for test initiation and analysis. The tool supports AWS, Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and Google Cloud Platform (coming soon), as stated by the vendor.

Team Space: Gatling Enterprise provides a centralized interface for real-time team collaboration. Users can manage teams and permissions, create API tokens, and access simulation results. The tool offers a secure and efficient environment for team members to work together and share simulation results and reports.

Public API: Gatling Enterprise provides a public API that allows users to customize reporting in their interface. Users can trigger simulations, fetch results and metrics, and build custom dashboards. The tool enables seamless integration with other development stack tools, facilitating communication between Gatling Enterprise and external systems.

Gatling Recorder: Gatling Enterprise includes a recorder feature that simplifies the creation of load test scenarios. Users can load test web applications and APIs by recording user actions and automatically generating Gatling scripts. This feature accelerates script creation, reduces manual coding, and enhances efficiency and accuracy.

Real-time monitoring: Gatling Enterprise offers real-time monitoring of performance metrics during load tests. Users can track key indicators such as response times, throughput, and error rates. The tool provides live graphs and charts for real-time analysis of test results, enabling users to identify performance bottlenecks and make data-driven decisions to optimize their applications.

Scalable architecture: According to the vendor, Gatling Enterprise is built on a scalable architecture that can handle high loads and accurately assess the performance of applications under heavy traffic. The tool can handle thousands of concurrent users and generate large-scale load tests, ensuring accurate and reliable results even under extreme testing conditions.