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StresStimulus

Stimulus Technology

Enterprise Suite Commercial Self-hosted

Frequently asked

Is it open source?

No. StresStimulus is listed as commercial.

What protocols does it support?

StresStimulus supports HTTP, HTTPS, REST, SOAP.

Is it cloud or self-hosted?

StresStimulus is listed as self-hosted.

Is it still maintained?

StresStimulus is listed as active.

StresStimulus records and replays browser and API traffic to create performance tests. It includes load generation, scheduling, and analysis features for Windows teams.

About

StresStimulus is a load testing, stress testing, and performance testing tool for websites, mobile apps, and enterprise applications, developed by Stimulus Technology. It allows users to emulate hundreds or thousands of concurrent virtual users to monitor performance, pinpoint bottlenecks, and assess scalability.

Features

  • End-to-end test wizard for recording, configuring, and executing tests
  • Autocorrelation and parameterization for dynamic web applications (e.g., Salesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics 365)
  • Support for mobile, web, and enterprise platform load testing
  • Advanced recording proxy with HTTP/2 support
  • Real-time performance dashboards and interactive reports
  • Scripting options using the Fiddler .NET-based platform
  • Distributed load testing (on-premise or cloud)
  • Reuse of Playwright logic for performance testing

Pricing

StresStimulus offers various licensing models (per-machine and multi-machine) and durations (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, and permanent). Specific pricing is not publicly listed and requires requesting a quote based on requirements such as edition (Free, Pro, Enterprise, Service Provider), number of virtual users, support level, and specific modules.

Author / Company

Stimulus Technology

AI features

  • Performance report LLM AI analysis for AI-assisted insights into performance test results

Latest release

v6.2 · Not explicitly stated, though v6.2 is the latest documented version.

Version 6.2 introduced features such as AI-assisted performance report analysis, an advanced recording proxy with HTTP/2 support, Playwright logic reuse, enhanced transaction comparison reporting, and HTTP response status codes in result datasets.

GROUNDED VIA EXA · 2026-08-11

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