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Scale Test

Reduce downtime and risk with Scale Test, empowering developers and architects with a production-like sandbox environment for safe testing and rapid optimization. Confidently manage your peak loads and unexpected traffic surges while minimizing live data impact and ensuring reliable performance.

Conquer Peak Demand, Eliminate Downtime Risk, and Accelerate Time-to-Market.

Test your application in a sandbox environment configured to match the capabilities and scale of your production org. Run realistic tests that accurately reflect expected peak loads.

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Simulate high-volume traffic to stress test your application and identify performance bottlenecks before they impact customers. Our intuitive Load Generation tool integrates seamlessly with your workflows.

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Execute comprehensive tests to identify and resolve performance issues, ensuring a smooth user experience even during peak user traffic. Gain actionable insights to enhance your application's resilience and stability.

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Proactively Identify and Resolve Performance Bottlenecks with Scale Center—Included with Scale Test.

Gain real-time visibility into your application's performance with detailed dashboards and alerts. Identify performance issues as they occur and take immediate action to prevent escalation.

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Investigate the root cause of performance problems using powerful diagnostic tools. Pinpoint bottlenecks and areas for optimization with comprehensive analysis capabilities.

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Receive actionable recommendations for improving application performance and scalability. Prioritize optimization efforts and make data-driven decisions to improve your application's health and reliability.

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Optimize Code Efficiency with ApexGuru—Your AI-Driven Solution for Scalability, Available in Scale Test.

ApexGuru provides AI-based insights to detect inefficiencies in both Apex code and SOQL/DML usage, with targeted recommendations to optimize performance based on runtime analysis. As the go-to tool for performance improvement, it helps developers enhance scalability and resource efficiency seamlessly.

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Identifies high-CPU-consuming methods and provides insights to optimize resource-intensive code, reduce app bottlenecks, and improve user responsiveness during heavy loads.

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By pinpointing unused Apex classes and methods, ApexGuru minimizes code clutter, simplifies code maintenance, and improves overall system performance.

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App Scaling FAQs

Visit the Org Performance page in Scale Center. View the Request Volume/10 min graph, and then divide it by 600 to convert it to requests per second. If you don’t have any production volume, run a test with 10 or 20 users on your sandbox and review the graph in Scale Center.

No, the logs used by Scale Test are collected with no impact on org performance.

No, Scale Test only accesses observability data collected from execution and doesn’t access your data.

You can retrieve Test Plan Creation reports from the last 30 days and Trial Accuracy reports from the last 15 days.

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You must have system admin access for production and sandbox. A system admin can assign you to ScaleTestingServiceStandardUserPS, which doesn’t include access to Test Scheduler, or ScaleTestingServiceAdvancedUserPS. Also, see Match production and sandbox licenses without a sandbox refresh.

If you refresh or delete a sandbox, cancel your booked scale test days to avoid being charged for them. New slot bookings require at least 2 weeks of advance notice and cancellations require at least 1 week of advance notice. If the test environment upgrade validation fails for a particular scale test day, you can request an additional test from your Salesforce account executive.

Another customer in your instance could be testing on those days, or they were blocked for internal reasons.

You’re required to submit the max RPS before booking. If you test beyond that, Salesforce reserves the right to block a test while live.

No, you must adhere to the 24-hour window of your confirmed scale test days. If you test beyond that, Salesforce reserves the right to stop your test.

The overall availability and reliability measures of full sandboxes also apply to Scale Test days. If your scale test causes any issues in the overall instance, Salesforce reserves the right to stop your test.

Yes, if Salesforce cancels your slot, we give you 12 hours’ notice. You aren’t charged for that day, and you can book the next available slot. Contact your account executive.

Choose a point of contact with access to the Scale Test features. That person receives email reminders and in-app notifications about upcoming activities.

Pricing varies based on each business' individual needs and the product itself. Our sales team will work with you to tailor a package that meets your requirements and price considerations, no matter your company's size or industry. If you would like to speak with a sales representative, please contact us here.