We'll walk you through a list of the best
website performance tools to help your site load fast and be easy on visitors'
eyes. Along with browser extensions, there are plenty of other services that
can make life better for both designers and developers alike.
SEMATEXT
Sematext Synthetics has something for
everyone. The 14-day trial gives you a chance to see how it works and if it
suits your needs, starting from $29/month will offer 40 HTTP monitors with data
retention of 30 days which can be customized or the Pay as You Go plan lets you
set up individual monitors at only $2 per month!
PINGDOM
TESTING TOOL
Pingdom is an easy to use PageSpeed
Insights test tool that will provide you with a detailed report on your site's
performance. Pingdom grades sites from 0-100 and then provides details about
response codes, content size, request types, requests by domain as well as the
waterfall chart detailing how much time each of your files took to load.
Google
PageSpeed Insights
Google PageSpeed Insights is a go-to tool
for testing and grading your website. This simple, but powerful software
created by Google quickly benchmarks websites on both desktop and mobile
devices to provide an accurate grade from 1 -100 of how fast they are running.
The higher the number you receive will be indicative of how speedy yours
happens to be!
GTMetrix
GTmetrix is an excellent PageSpeed Insights
testing tool that can analyze any webpage and give you detailed information on
how to fix issues such as page speed, timings, and performance score.
GTMetrix allows web developers the
opportunity to view a variety of aspects concerning their site’s loading time;
including details about specific problems found in GTmeter during testing.
Uptrends
Uptrends offers a straightforward PageSpeed
Insights test tool from one of 10 locations and you can configure the test to
run either from a mobile device or desktop. You have four browsers (Chrome,
Firefox, PhantomJS, IE), as well as bandwidth throttling that is pre-set at
different speed scenarios.
Uptime
Uptime is an all-inclusive PageSpeed
Insights tool that lets you check your website, server and APIs. The best part
about Uptime's service is the ability to monitor synthetic traffic alongside
real user activity with their page speed solution.
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Conclusion
As you can see, there are a lot of choices
that come with creating your website. It is up to the individual who creates it
to decide which one will work best for them by testing each option and
understanding what features they offer. Speed tests should be done often after
finishing developing because if left unchanged; speed could slow down overtime
as new code is added or removed from the site's design through updates
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