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Scale Test

Salesforce

Cloud Load Testing Commercial Cloud
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Pricing model
Commercial service booked through Salesforce; pricing varies by scope and test window.
First released
Not verified
Latest release
N/A
Last verified
Answer

Scale Test is a paid Salesforce add-on designed to assist organizations in preparing for peak traffic and business growth by simulating production-like load within a full-copy sandbox environment. It enables developers and administrators to create, schedule, and execute performance tests to identify scalability issues, performance bottlenecks, and infrastructure limits before they impact production environments.

About

Scale Test is a paid Salesforce add-on designed to assist organizations in preparing for peak traffic and business growth by simulating production-like load within a full-copy sandbox environment. It enables developers and administrators to create, schedule, and execute performance tests to identify scalability issues, performance bottlenecks, and infrastructure limits before they impact production environments.

Best for

  • Teams that want managed load generation without operating injectors
  • Organizations budgeting for commercial licenses or subscriptions
  • Groups comfortable scripting in Apex

Not the best fit when

  • Strictly air-gapped environments with no approved cloud path
  • Projects that require a fully free open-source stack only

Architecture and concurrency

Scale Test runs as a cloud service: scenarios use Apex, while generators and orchestration are vendor-managed.

Features

  • Full-copy sandbox performance testing at production load volumes
  • Real-time performance monitoring and live test dashboards (e.g., DMLs, platform events, RPS graphs, Apex hotspots)
  • Test Health Report for real-time reporting on load, limits, and saturation
  • Identification of performance hotspots like Most Used/Slowest Pages, Lightning Components, and REST APIs
  • Test scheduling and planning tools to manage test slots
  • Integration with Scale Center for root cause diagnostics and org performance metrics

Latest release

N/A · 2025-09-30

The September 2025 update introduced the Test Health Report, which provides real-time reporting on load, system limits, and saturation, including throughput (Achieved vs. Planned RPS) and early warnings for system approaching capacity.

Pricing

Scale Test is a paid add-on with pricing customized based on individual business requirements; Salesforce sales representatives coordinate package tailoring.

Specs

Scripting
Apex
Protocols
HTTPHTTPS
Operating systems
Browser
Tags
salesforcesaasai-assisted

Sources

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LAST VERIFIED · 2026-08-12 · GROUNDED VIA EXA

Frequently asked

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Who is Scale Test for?

Scale Test is best for teams that want managed load generation without operating generators themselves. It is commercial software, typically licensed for larger or governed programs. Vendor: Salesforce. Deployment model: cloud. Commercial service booked through Salesforce; pricing varies by scope and test window.

How does Scale Test differ from Apica?

Compared with Apica, scripting centers on Apex rather than JavaScript. Scale Test lists protocols HTTP, HTTPS; Apica lists HTTP, HTTPS, REST. Status is active versus active. Use the Test Rig to compare full specs side by side before a proof-of-concept.

What scripting language and concurrency model does Scale Test use?

Scale Test uses Apex for scripting or scenario definition. Runtime model: protocol-oriented virtual users configured through the product workflow. OS support: Browser. Protocols: HTTP, HTTPS. Match these to how your team already authors tests and which systems you must drive under load.

What is the cloud or enterprise path for Scale Test?

Scale Test is cloud-hosted: you run tests on vendor-managed infrastructure without operating load generators yourself. That usually speeds ramp-up for distributed load while shifting capacity planning and data residency to the vendor. Pricing model: Commercial service booked through Salesforce; pricing varies by scope and test window.

What are known limitations of Scale Test?

Scale Test limitations to weigh: cloud services trade operational simplicity for vendor pricing, data residency, and network path differences versus your production topology; commercial licensing and quotes can gate large-scale or enterprise use. Status: active. Always validate against your target protocols and scale with a proof-of-concept.