Testing dilemma

General
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Hi,

I’m using the free plan at the moment, however I want to do some scale testing with a large number of users and records. Is there a way I can do this without jumping up to the paid $99 or even $999 plans?

Obviously, if my game reaches these heights, I will need to move to these plans, but for testing now, that doesn’t seem sensible.

Regards
Paul

2

Hi, Paul,

You can buy an additional version for testing. This will cost you only $20.
Regards,
Sergey

3

The free plan does not limit you on the users. You can have up to 100 active users per month (an active user is one that made at least one call in that timeframe). You purchase additional users at the rate of $1.00 for extra 1000 users and still stay on the free plan.

Regards,
Mark

4

But I’m limited on time for scripts to execute. My model is interesting, in that for every user, the scripts that I run will take longer and longer as I add users. I’m trying to figure out another way of doing it, however 5 seconds is not long enough. Eventually 20 will no be long enough (depending on number of users).

What was Sergey saying about a version for testing at $20? I’ve not seen that.

5

I think I just didn’t understand your needs correctly: I meant that you can buy an additional version to your application and do all testing in this version, so that it won’t affect your production one.

As for the execution time, unfortunately, currently the only way to increase it is to upgrade your plan. The limit for Backendless Plus is 20 seconds and the limit for Backendless Cloud Enterprise is 120 seconds.

Regards,
Sergey

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Hi Paul!
I think for testing purposes you can switch to Backendless Plus or Cloud Enterprise
without any problems. We have 2 billing logics:

  • payment for components (active users, versions, data tables…) occurs
    in the same time when you start using them;
  • payment for billing plans occurs only at the end of the month (according to your billing plan at the end of month).
    So if you switch to Backendless Plus, test several days your scripts and
    go back to Free Plan we will charge 0.
    Hope it is that you need.

Regards,
Kate.

7

Hi Kate,

So if I switch to Plus for example, and fire up a test of 10000 users, with scripts that run for 20 seconds a pop, for a couple of days, then switch back. I will be charged only $10 (10 * $1 per 1000 users)?

If I switch to Enterprise and do the same (but with scripts that can run for 120 seconds), what will I get changed?

Regards
Paul