Show HN: I made a platform to load and performance test API's

This is a pretty crowded space, with a wide range of solutions for all kinds of situations. Have you looked into https://k6.io/ ? IMO it strikes a good balance of being simple to start with, but flexible to support advanced use cases if needed.

At the very least, the first thing I would like to see is a comparison of your platform to existing tools and services.

I’ve been looking for something just like this. And thinking of writing my own just like you ;) I’m new to the whole web app area, coming from desktop: how would you best explain or pitch this to a newbie who understands the need but that’s about it?

Can it be used for once-off testing (per deployment we can handle n thousand connections / hour) or can it track performance and response speed so you can see how your servers are doing over time?

Looks neat, but I hate the "limited free" thing. What's the actual price? If I make this product a part of my team's workflow, what's the future sticker shock?

Interesting. Internally we made a similar tool for performance testing applications, including fault and latency simulation of dependencies. It also includes analysis of resource consumption and whether performance and/or resource consumption have increased or decreased.

This is now the second time a similar tool has popped up here at HN, maybe we should open source it.

How is it any different than something like Gatling?

Few years ago, I had to load test production site for upcoming events. Local test was unrealistic. Some testing tool was re-using connection. I used loader.io to test. There was some issues I can't recall but it was great for both frontend and backend. I was able to test frontend at around 10 gbps.