FAQ
Short answers about the Windows k6 desktop app at performate.app—not performate.co or performate.id. Each question is visible in full for search and answer engines.
Performate is a desktop app for designing, running, and analyzing load and performance tests on APIs and services.
It uses the k6 engine under the hood with a simpler, more organized visual experience: workspaces, variables, datasets, JavaScript libraries, reports, and AI integration to speed up test creation and analysis.
It is built so you can focus on understanding your system’s performance without spending time on complex setup.
Performate uses the same k6 engine but cuts day-to-day friction. It centralizes requests, variables, and environments in one place, avoids duplicating scripts, and shows results in a visual, easy-to-analyze way, especially when you work as a team.
It also adds AI to generate and optimize test cases quickly, and to create automatic reports that look at both client-side and server-side behavior.
Everything is ready to get started without spending time setting up tools from scratch.
No, k6 is already bundled inside Performate.
Download the app, open it, and you can run your first test without installing dependencies or configuring anything by hand.
With the Pro plan you can also generate custom binaries directly from the app, without compiling or preparing the environment yourself.
Yes, you can select multiple tests or requests to run in parallel, and view each execution in its own dashboard.
You can also generate a comparative report across those runs.
Yes. Drag your Postman collection JSON and Environment file, and Performate will automatically add them to your workspace and Variables section without rebuilding request by request.
You can also import existing .js test cases, reuse JavaScript functions from the JS Library section, and load .csv files as data sources for your tests.
The goal is to migrate what you already built and start testing from minute one.
It is a space inside the workspace for reusable JavaScript files (.js and .mjs) shared across tests and requests.
Use it to centralize helpers, checks, headers, utilities, or any shared logic without copying the same code into every script.
Expand the workspace in the sidebar to create, edit, or drag in files from the app, then import them in your scripts with relative imports.
It does not replace the main test script: it is support code Performate bundles automatically when you run your tests.
It is where you manage the data files your tests use, such as CSVs with users, payloads, or dynamic data.
You can create folders and files, edit them in the app, and reuse them across workspaces without duplicating data per project.
Performate also lets you quickly copy each file path for use in your scripts with open(), setup(), or SharedArray, so your tests stay organized and easy to scale.
Not today, you need a connection to sign in and for cloud sync that keeps your account, plan, and backups aligned. Once you are in, the workflow still feels local and fast.
Your workspaces, scripts, and files are stored locally on your device.
Pro and Pro+ plans also include cloud sync to back up and access your data from different devices. Sync covers workspaces, variables, JS Library files, datasets, test results, and AI reports, with storage limits depending on your plan.
All synced data is stored encrypted in Performate’s cloud.
To open local files from the app, right-click → “Show in File Explorer”.
Windows only for now, support for more OSes is planned.
Yes, you can plug in your own k6 scripts whenever the scenario demands it, the visual flow never removes code when you need custom logic, tighter checks, or advanced integrations.
No, it is a copilot, not autopilot. It summarizes runs, explains metrics, and answers questions so you decide faster, but you still define the load and k6 still executes it.
Yes. Performate is built so you can get started quickly with a guided flow, a clear interface, and visual tools that simplify test creation.
When you need more flexibility or power, you keep working on the same production-ready k6 engine, without switching tools or rebuilding your tests.
A Workspace is where you organize your project: requests, folders, scripts, variables, and files related to your tests.
Environments let you change settings such as URLs, tokens, or credentials without duplicating tests or editing scripts by hand.
That makes it easy to work across environments like development, staging, or production, reusing the same tests with different variables.
Limits can vary by app version. In the current release, the free trial includes up to 5 AI reports and 5 AI chat queries or generations.
That is enough to explore Performate’s main features and evaluate the full workflow before moving to a paid plan.
See expansions, upgrades, and per-plan limits in Plans & pricing.
Yes. The Pro+ plan is built to integrate your performance tests into CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and similar tools.
You can reuse the same k6-based tests to automate performance checks on every merge, deploy, or release, helping catch issues before production.
While the test runs, you can follow a real-time dashboard based on the k6 Dashboard, built into Performate and presented in a simpler, more organized way.
You see key metrics such as VUs, latency, throughput, errors, and other performance signals, all updating live during the run.
Performate also opens a separate console with execution logs so you can review events, errors, and script output in real time.
No. Those are unrelated products that share a similar name (sports/performance platforms or HR tools). Performate at performate.app is solely a k6 desktop load-testing application for developers and QA teams.
k6 Studio focuses on recording flows and generating scripts. Performate is a full workspace: Postman import, six scenario types, AI-assisted scripts, live metrics, and shareable reports. Details at /compare/k6-studio.