SOASTA Performance Certification is designed as a turnkey process, minimizing disruption by eliminating any unnecessary impact on the existing environment. SOASTA and its partners collaborate with companies to define common use cases and then simulate those scenarios in the most accurate way possible—by using the web to test the web.

There are a number of purpose built tools to analyze the performance characteristics of individual components of a web-based application, such as web page design, application design, database implementation, or network architecture. SOASTA’s Performance Certification leverages its Global CloudTest™ Platform to provide an affordable end-to-end analysis of a site’s performance as well as measure responsiveness at normal and peak usage levels. Certified sites receive a comprehensive report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), with a focus on response times achieved at various user loads.

Certification confirms that the site has been tested at specific traffic volume levels (1K, 10K, 25K, 50K, or 100K users) and has been measured against KPIs such as response time and error rates. In addition, as part of the certification process SOASTA and its partners provide valuable analysis of site latency to help companies improve the overall performance and responsiveness of their website.

Companies such as Chegg.com, Dell, Intuit and Vovici are just a few of the companies that have had their websites SOASTA Certified. “As traffic to our website continues to grow at record levels, we need to ensure that our site will be able to meet the demand,” said Dan Bartow, Manager of Performance Engineering, Intuit TurboTax. “SOASTA enables us to simulate every possible user scenario including massive load. Thanks to SOASTA’s Performance Certification process, we are confident that our site will be ready for almost any situation we might encounter.”