Authorized Network Testing
One HTTP method at a URL you confirmed. That is one honest data point, which is exactly what a free tier should promise.
Authorized testing only - you must own or have explicit permission to test.
Whether the application answers at the request rate you chose, plus the shape of the error response. Enough to see how the endpoint behaves, not enough to find the knee: a knee needs a ramp and a ramp needs minutes. The layer 7 stresser tab is where the longer window lives once you decide it is worth paying for.
One method per test from a catalogue of 20+, with nothing locked on a free account. GET drives cache and routing behaviour, POST exercises body handling, slow body holds worker slots open, TLS churn exposes crypto cost. Pick the one that matches your suspicion; running two turns two behaviours into one unreadable average.
A short window never warms a connection pool, fills a cache or gives an autoscaler time to react. A ratio below 0.95 on a first run is usually cold start rather than capacity. Repeat the same configuration on a paid window before sizing infrastructure against it, otherwise you are buying hardware to fix an artefact of the window length.
A free tier with no ownership check is the cheapest abuse path on the market: create an account, aim it at a competitor, repeat. Confirmation costs the same on a free run as on an invoiced one, so there is no version of this where it gets skipped. The free stresser tier applies the identical rule at packet level.
Requests per second, response ratio, p95 and the error split. A 500 is the application, a 502 or 504 is the proxy in between, a 429 is a rate limit doing its job. The split matters more than the total, because it points at the team that owns the fix. Everything appears per second in the stresser panel while the test is still running.
No session state, no scripted journey, no custom protocol. It sends HTTP at a URL you confirmed. If the test needs a signed-in user, a tool inside your network measures more honestly. Flows with a cart also need a script, and the website stresser ordering of pages is where to start before reaching for one.
If the numbers read well, move to the panel for a longer run and a ramp. If they do not, you have spent no money and learned that the endpoint needs attention before any load test. The IP stresser free account carries the same free tier into Layer4, which is the cheaper half to clear first.
One target, one method, short window, no ramp, no priority queue, no multi-region comparison. Paid plans add windows and concurrency, and the ceilings sit in the plans section rather than in a sales call. The free DDoS stresser tier says the same for packets, and IP booter explains what a provider without limits is actually selling.
Yes. The Basic plan is $0 a month and trial credit from live support is free; neither needs a card.
One HTTP method from a catalogue of 20+, chosen when you start the run.
No. Only systems you own or have written permission to test.
No. It sends requests at the URL you give it; a warm cache will absorb most of them.
A short window by design; paid plans reach 5000 seconds.
Register in the panel with a nickname, an email and a password, then accept the authorised-use terms.
Trial credit from live support or the $0 Basic plan, same panel and same method list. The report matches what the paid plans produce.