Performance & Load Testing
Helping organisations validate, optimise and maintain the performance of complex software systems under real-world demand.
Testing and validating system performance under real-world demand for organisations where reliability, scalability and speed are business-critical.
We design and execute performance and load testing engagements for organisations across industries, giving teams the evidence they need to validate system performance, identify bottlenecks and release with confidence.
We work with organisations across a range of performance testing needs, from those requiring a one-off performance test ahead of a major release or compliance deadline, to those looking to embed performance testing as a continuous discipline within their delivery process. Our performance testing services span web and application performance, API and integration performance and infrastructure scalability, designed around your architecture, user profiles and the performance standards your organisation needs to meet.
Performance and load testing engagements are shaped around your system architecture, user profiles and the performance benchmarks your organisation needs to meet.
Every engagement begins with a scoping phase to understand your system architecture, user profiles, peak demand scenarios and the performance benchmarks that matter to your organisation. We define the test approach, identify the environments and data requirements needed and agree the scenarios that will be simulated before any testing begins.
We design and build performance test suites that simulate realistic load across the full range of user journeys and system interactions. Load testing validates how systems behave under expected demand, while stress testing pushes systems beyond normal operating parameters to identify the point at which performance degrades. Soak testing assesses system stability over sustained periods of use, surfacing memory leaks, resource exhaustion and other issues that only emerge under prolonged load.
Test execution is managed in environments that reflect production conditions as closely as possible, with monitoring in place across application, API and infrastructure layers to capture a complete picture of system behaviour under load. Results are analysed in detail, with findings presented clearly alongside prioritised recommendations for optimisation.
Where performance testing is being embedded into a delivery pipeline, we configure automated performance test suites to run as part of your CI/CD process, providing ongoing assurance that performance standards are maintained as systems evolve.
Commodity contracts and services supported for one of the world's largest agricultural organisations
Funding allocation managed each year for the nation’s largest funder of health and care research
Pupils tracked across 12,000 UK wide schools
Annual sales supported through a knowledge management platform for a global manufacturer
Validating system performance under real-world demand across web, API and infrastructure layers
From pre-release performance testing and bottleneck identification, to performance investigation in existing systems and continuous performance testing within delivery pipelines.
Validating system performance ahead of go-live, simulating realistic load across user journeys and system interactions to identify bottlenecks and confirm systems meet required performance standards before release.
Investigating performance issues in existing systems, identifying root causes across application, API and infrastructure layers and delivering prioritised recommendations to restore and improve system performance.
Embedding performance testing into delivery pipelines so performance standards are validated automatically as systems evolve, providing ongoing assurance without manual intervention at each release.
Using industry standard tools and technologies
From K6 and JMeter, to Lighthouse, we use the latest, industry-standard technologies to validate, optimise and maintain system performance under real-world demand.
Delivering performance and load testing for organisations across industries
From pre-release performance validation for high-volume consumer platforms, to infrastructure scalability testing for large-scale public sector systems.
ADM Agriculture is a UK subsidiary of ADM, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with more than 31,000 employees, serving customers in 170+ countries.
AESSEAL is the fourth largest mechanical seal manufacturer in the world, hitting a record of £170 million turnover last year, with offices in 104 countries, with their focus on customer service and quality seeing them grow year on year since they were established in 1979.
Juniper Education is a comprehensive education support service who provides software, training and professional services to Schools across the country.
The way that we work is that we are subject matter experts, we know our business, we know our customers, we can then have that conversation with the team at Audacia. It is very much a collaborative 2 way process and the level of communication is just fantastic.
- Tom Broadbent, AESSEAL plc
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