Your systems are always changing. Is your performance engineering keeping up?

Forte Performance Engineering Managed Services embeds a continuous performance engineering function into your delivery workflow, so regressions are caught earlier, releases ship safer, and your team stops firefighting. Delivered as a predictable, fully-managed subscription.
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Performance issues happen between tests and reach production before your team sees them
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Modern SaaS and microservice architectures change weekly. Periodic load tests can't keep up, regressions slip through CI/CD, and skilled performance engineers are too scarce and expensive to staff full-time.
The cost of performance failures (outages, fire drills, unhappy customers) far exceeds the cost of preventing them.

Performance drifts between tests

Modern systems change weekly. By the time you test, drift has already accumulated — and one test cycle isn't enough to catch it before release.

Regressions caught late — or in production

Without continuous evaluation, critical slowdowns slip through CI/CD pipelines and reach customers before your team has a chance to react.

No dedicated experts on staff

Senior performance engineers are scarce and expensive. Building a full-time team is neither practical nor cost-efficient for most engineering organizations.

Modern release velocity demands continuous performance assurance — not periodic testing

80%
of performance regressions originate between scheduled test cycles
3-5x
more expensive to fix performance defects found in production vs. pre-release
2-4 hrs
average engineering time lost per performance fire drill

Continuous performance assurance, built into your delivery workflow

We embed a full performance engineering function into your release cadence — and deliver a consistent set of artifacts every month so your team always knows where performance stands.

What we do

Continuous drift detection. Every sprint, every release
CI/CD performance gate tuning as your architecture evolves
Observability signal interpretation, not just raw data
Capacity and scalability insights before you need them
Targeted performance experiments to validate optimizations

What you receive every month

Performance drift analysis and SLO review
Release readiness assessment
CI/CD performance gate tuning
Load and capacity test results (where applicable)
Targeted performance experiments
Performance Health Report with recommendations
Architect-level oversight and SME access
Not a hire. Not a one-off project. A continuous engineering function.
Most organizations try to solve performance the wrong way: by hiring scarce specialists or running point-in-time projects. Both leave gaps. A managed service closes them.

Build in-house

Hire your own team

6–12 month hiring timeline
Scarce specialist talent pool
Idle cost when demand is low
Knowledge walks out the door
Full management overhead

One-off projects

Periodic engagements

Point-in-time snapshot only
No continuity between tests
Drift accumulates undetected
Reactive, not proactive
Cost spikes unpredictably

Forte Managed Service

Continuous assurance

Day-1 access to senior experts
Scales with your release cadence
Continuous performance assured
Predictable monthly investment
No hiring or retention risk

Proven performance outcomes

A snapshot of what Forte's performance engineering team has delivered across regulated, high-scale environments.

Performance Testing as a Service for Global Life Sciences Company

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Performance Testing for a Global Telecommunications Company

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99% Increase in Order Throughput Rate with API Performance Optimization for Apex Fintech

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The expertise of a boutique specialist with the scalability of a global delivery model

Performance engineering has been a Forte discipline for over two decades. We bring deep specialist capability — scaled through a modern, AI-augmented shared-service model.

25+ years of performance engineering

Deep, focused expertise across complex SaaS, fintech, telecom, and enterprise environments. Not a generalist QA firm — a specialist practice.

Full-spectrum performance, not just testing

We go beyond load tests: drift detection, observability interpretation, capacity insights, and experiment design — the engineering work that actually moves the needle.

AI-augmented, human-accountable

AI tools provide speed and scale across analysis and detection. A Performance Architect reviews and stands behind every insight before it reaches your team.

Global delivery centers

Nearshore and offshore capability gives you cost-effective access to top-tier talent — without the hiring risk or retention overhead.
Fast, structured, low friction
We take on the complexity so your team doesn't have to. Most clients see measurable value within the first 30 days.

Pre-subscription assessment

Weeks 1-2

We confirm scope, subscription level, and identify early-win opportunities — guided by a Performance Architect.

Friction removal

Days 1-30

Environment and data stabilization. Your team feels relief immediately as we remove blockers and noise.

Continuous assurance cadence

Month 2+

Regular reporting, release-readiness checks, and drift detection on every sprint — embedded into your workflow.

Evolve and optimize

Ongoing

Subscription reviewed quarterly. Engineering depth scales with your release velocity and risk exposure.

An engineering investment with measurable ROI

Performance engineering pays for itself when it prevents the outages, fire drills, and hiring overhead that quietly drain modern engineering organizations.

Avoid full-time hiring costs

A single senior performance engineer costs $150–250K/yr all-in. Forte delivers a full performance engineering function for a fraction of that.

Reduce unplanned outage cost

Average cost of a performance-related outage for mid-enterprise: $100–500K per incident in lost revenue and recovery labor. Continuous assurance prevents most of them.

Reclaim engineering productivity

Fire drills and reactive debugging consume 10–20% of senior engineer time. We reduce that directly — freeing your team to ship features.

Predictable monthly investment

A fixed subscription cost. No project overruns, no contractor rate spikes, no idle headcount — just continuous engineering value.

FAQs

What is Forte Group's Performance Engineering Managed Services?

It is a subscription-based, fully-managed service that embeds a continuous performance engineering function into your delivery workflow. Rather than running periodic load tests, we continuously detect drift, tune CI/CD performance gates, interpret observability signals, and produce a Performance Health Report each month — with architect-level oversight on everything that reaches your team.

What deliverables can I expect each month?

Every subscription includes performance drift analysis and SLO review, a release readiness assessment, CI/CD performance gate tuning, load and capacity test results where applicable, targeted performance experiments, and a Performance Health Report with concrete recommendations. You also get architect-level oversight and direct SME access throughout the engagement.

How fast can we get started, and when do we see value?

Onboarding is a structured four-stage process: a 1–2 week pre-subscription assessment, friction removal in the first 30 days, then a continuous assurance cadence from month two onward. Most clients see measurable value within the first 30 days — typically environment stabilization, surfacing of latent regressions, and clearer release readiness signals.

How does this relate to Forte's broader Quality Engineering practice?

Performance Engineering is a specialist discipline within Forte's Quality Engineering practice — the founding discipline of the firm. The same shift-left, observability-first, automation-driven philosophy that has defined our software quality work for over two decades is applied here specifically to the performance characteristics of modern, continuously-delivered systems.

How is this different from a one-off load test or a staffing engagement?

One-off load tests give you a point-in-time snapshot — useful, but drift accumulates the moment the test ends. Staffing engagements give you a person, but not a methodology. The managed service gives you a continuous, accountable engineering function: a defined cadence, a consistent set of monthly deliverables, and a Performance Architect responsible for the outcome — without you needing to hire, manage, or retain anyone.

Does the service scale with our system complexity and release cadence?

Yes. The subscription is structured to align with your system scope, release velocity, and risk exposure — from a single system on a monthly release cadence up through portfolio-level performance governance for organizations releasing continuously. Subscription level is determined collaboratively during the pre-subscription assessment, and reviewed quarterly as your needs evolve.

How do you use AI in the service, and who is accountable for the output?

AI tools accelerate analysis, drift detection, and pattern recognition across large volumes of performance and observability data — work that would be impractical to do manually at the cadence modern systems demand. A Performance Architect reviews, interprets, and stands behind every insight before it reaches your team. You get the speed and scale of AI with the accountability of an experienced human engineer.

Ready to stop firefighting and start shipping confidently?

What our experts say

Performance issues rarely appear in isolation. Instead, they emerge under real-world load, scale, and complexity. Performance engineering embeds load, stress, and resilience testing throughout the lifecycle, not just before launch. Organizations that engineer for performance early avoid costly outages and protect revenue at moments of peak demand.
Lee Barnes
CQO at Forte Group

What our experts say

Speed is a feature, and users actually notice when it’s missing. We treat performance as a design constraint, not a last-minute test, combining proactive modeling with continuous monitoring. Companies that adopt performance engineering improve response times by 40% and turn reliability into a differentiating customer experience.
Pavel Chechat
VP Delivery at Forte Group

What our experts say

Off-the-shelf solutions force your business to adapt to software. Custom development does the opposite. We build systems that flex with your unique workflows, integrate seamlessly with your existing tools, and evolve as your market shifts. Organizations investing in tailored solutions gain 3-5 years of competitive runway because their technology becomes a strategic asset, not just a cost center.
Egor Goryachkin
CDO at Forte Group

What our experts say

The most successful digital transformations don't just digitize existing processes: they reimagine them entirely. Organizations need partners who understand both the technical architecture and the business outcomes. We've seen companies accelerate time-to-market by 60% when they move from legacy systems to modern, scalable custom solutions that grow with their business needs.
Lucas Hendrich
CTO at Forte Group