Silk Performer supports visual scripting, protocol-based virtual users, distributed execution, and analysis. It is part of OpenText’s software quality portfolio.
About
Silk Performer is an enterprise-class performance, load, and stress testing solution designed to assess the performance of Internet servers, database servers, distributed applications, and middleware by simulating hundreds or thousands of concurrent users.
Features
- Realistic load testing with virtual users
- Comprehensive diagnostics and root cause analysis tools
- Cloud-based testing with CloudBurst capability
- Multi-protocol support including web, mobile web, and mobile native applications
- Visual Studio extension for performance test development in C#
- Integration with CI/CD tools like Jenkins
- Reuse of functional tests from Silk Test or Selenium
Pricing
Silk Performer offers an evaluation version with full functionality for 45 days (limited to 10 virtual users). Licensing for full production load tests is based on virtual users, with both on-premise and online licensing models available. Starting and modeling scripts in the Workbench does not require a license.
Author / Company
OpenText
Latest release
21.0
Silk Performer 21.0 introduced support for AutoPass licensing, Java 11, and significant integration enhancements including new project upload wizards and command-line tools.
Sources
GROUNDED VIA EXA · 2026-08-11