WebPageTest
The gold standard in web performance optimization
WebPageTest is a web performance testing tool that runs real-browser tests from locations around the globe to measure and optimize website speed, Core Web Vitals, and user experience. It provides deep diagnostics and actionable insights across all major browsers, device types, and network conditions. Originally created by Patrick Meenan in 2008 and now maintained by Catchpoint, it is part of an enterprise Internet Performance Monitoring platform.
Users configure and run real-browser tests from distributed global locations, receiving detailed diagnostics and performance metrics including Core Web Vitals.
web developers and performance engineers
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Catchpoint
- Launched
- 2008
Founders
- Patrick Meenan
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