Loadster Synthetic Monitoring vs LoadView

Loadster Synthetic Monitoring runs scheduled scripted checks against websites, web apps, and APIs from outside a user’s infrastructure. A monitor can check one page or endpoint, or follow a multi-step journey such as logging in, navigating pages, and submitting a form. Scripts can use Browser Bots, Protocol Bots, or Playwright Test in JavaScript or TypeScript. Check schedules range from every minute to every day.

The product page lists eight dedicated monitoring locations across five continents, and one monitor can use several locations. Browser Bot and Playwright checks automatically collect TTFB, FCP, LCP, and CLS timing metrics. Monitoring cycles retain logs and detailed traces; browser checks include screenshots, while Protocol Bot checks capture request and response details. Alerts can go through email, SMS, phone calls, webhooks, Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and VictorOps. By default, one failed cycle opens an incident and one passing cycle resolves it, though the failure threshold can be raised. Hosted status pages can share selected status and uptime history privately or publicly, with custom domains when the customer controls DNS. Monitors can also run from a self-hosted Loadster Engine.

LoadView provides cloud-based load testing for websites, web applications and APIs, with tests running in real browsers such as Chrome and Firefox. Its EveryStep Web Recorder supports point-and-click script creation across more than 40 desktop and mobile browsers and devices. Traffic scenarios can use Load Step, Goal-based or Dynamic Adjustable curves. Load injectors operate in more than 40 zones across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and APAC. Real-time reports show execution plans, average response times and errors, while waterfall charts break down page elements. The product describes CI/CD integrations for Azure DevOps, Jenkins and CircleCI. For private-network tests, its On-Prem Load Injector creates load inside an organization’s network and sends results to LoadView for online reporting; the organization controls the local hardware, software, configurations and security measures. A free On-Demand plan is available for single tests, while paid plans target teams with ongoing testing needs. The pricing note says From $129/mo (annual). Individual tests have a four-hour maximum, and support is available 24/7 by phone, email or chat.