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# Getting Started with Loadium

Loadium is designed to be user-friendly, but things sometimes can get complicated. Please read on if you are looking for more information about load testing and Loadium.

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## What is Load Testing?

A brief explanation of load testing for beginners.

Let’s say we are an engineer who is to design a bridge. What should we consider when designing this bridge?

First of all, we have to calculate the maximum number of cars that could pass over the bridge and the average weight of these cars. Similarly, in the software world, applications are designed for a specific concurrent user load.

The load test ensures that potential malfunctions in the system are detected and prevented in advance by identifying problems such as delays and enabling page prevention in the system when multiple users access the application.

The purpose of load testing is to maintain system reliability and performance, to ensure the successful operation of the system software, and to ensure that the end user benefits from the system with full efficiency.

## What is Loadium?

Loadium is a product developed by Testinium Inc. R\&D engineers to simulate high-load traffic patterns that closely reflect real user behavior and to provide instant, actionable reports. It generates requests from a distributed network to achieve realistic load conditions and supports simulations at scale, including millions of requests.

In addition, Loadium supports a one-to-many user structure, allowing a single user to be associated with multiple companies under a single account. This enables centralized management of test assets, configurations, and environments across different projects or teams without requiring separate accounts.

Users can switch between companies associated with their account by selecting the relevant option from the designated area in the interface.

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### How can Loadium help you run your load tests?

First, you need to create an account to be able to use Loadium and its basic features. There are two types of accounts:

* Free Account (free 10 monthly load tests)
* Paid account

To create an account, go to the website.

After logging in with valid credentials, you will be greeted with Loadium’s home page.

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You will be presented with Dashboard Page. There are nine tabs in the banner menu:

**1. Dashboard:** Displays the user’s plan details, the number of tests executed over the past six months, monthly VUH usage, and recent sessions.

**2. Projects:** Allows grouping of the created tests and displays them.

**3. Tests:** Displays the list of created test sessions along with their configuration details, including test type, ramp-up duration, test duration, and number of virtual users.

**4. Create:** This option allows you to start creating a test with Script Builder, JMeter file, Gatling file, Selenium WebDriver editor.

**5. Convert:** Converts Postman collections, HAR, and Swagger files into testable formats within Loadium. Also allows uploading JTL reports to generate more readable report outputs.

**6. Compare Test:** This option allows you to compare the results of test runs with each other.&#x20;

**7. Wiki:** Provides access to documentation and guides for using Loadium, including feature explanations, best practices, and step-by-step instructions.

**8. Usage Statistics:** Displays Loadium usage details through usage trend charts, including remaining VUH balance and the distribution of executed tests by type.

**9. Integrations:** Enables integration with third-party applications such as Microsoft Teams, Datadog, and Microsoft Azure.