Licensing Models
The following licensing models are available:
1. Local, stand-alone Load Generators
The standard licensing model allows you to install differing number of GUIs and Exec Agents on separate computers, and to use them in a combined manner.
Features:
a. The Exec Agents will accept load test jobs from any computer (from any GUI), and can be combined to form load generating clusters.
b. Different operating systems can be mixed; for example, the GUIs can be installed on Windows Systems and the Exec Agents can be installed on Unix-like Systems.
c. Each GUI also includes a limited local Exec Agent license capable of executing 20 virtual users for 10 minutes per load test job. This allows you to verify the functionality of load test jobs before they are remotely executed.
2. Weekly Unlimited Licenses
The standard licensing model allows you to install differing number of GUIs and Exec Agents on separate computers, and to use them in a combined manner.
A Weekly Unlimited License allows you to operate an unlimited number of load generators and to simulate an unlimited number of virtual users for 7 days.
In combination with renting this kind of license, you also will be able to start within a few minutes a large number of ready-to-operate load generators running in Amazon's EC2 Cloud.
Using the Amazon EC2 Cloud service is optional, as you can also use a Weekly Unlimited License solely on your internal computer systems or - within the same license period - on internal systems as well as simultaneously in the Amazon's EC2 Cloud.
The Weekly Unlimited License contains a generic license key which works for any Windows and Unix-like system. The load generators will accept load test jobs from any computer (from any GUI), and can be combined to form load-generating clusters.
3. Local Site License
A Local Site License allows the installation of an unlimited number of load generators on any computer in your company or department, and allows you to run load tests with an unlimited number of simulated users.
The standard site license contains a generic license key which works on any Windows and Unix-like system located on-site at your company. 4. Hourly Rented Cloud-based Load Generators
Cloud-based load generators can also be rented by the hour. That can be done instantly, meaning that no ordering process for a license is required. To use such load generators you need only a credit card which will be debited by Amazon. If you don't have yet an Amazon AWS account please take look at the handbook ofGenerating Load from the Cloud (PDF) that guides you through that process in a step-by-step fashion.
From within the Proxy Sniffer GUI you can seamlessly run your load tests from one or multiple Amazon data centers while monitoring its progress in the Proxy Sniffer GUI, as you would for a locally run test.
Note: in case if you make extensive use of the cloud-based load generators it might be more cost effective to order a "Weekly Unlimited License". On the other hand, when you have to perform load tests only for a couple of hours, using this licensing model is very cost-effective.