Runscope
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{{Infobox company
|name = Runscope
|logo = Runscope logo.png
|type = Private
|industry = API testing, software testing
|products = Runscope
|founder = John Sheehan, Frank Stratton
|foundation = 2013 (San Francisco, California)
|location_city = San Francisco
|location_country = U.S.
|area_served = Worldwide
|key_people = John Sheehan (CEO), Frank Stratton (CTO)
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Runscope is a SaaS-based company that sells software for API performance testing, monitoring and debugging. Runscope is based in San Francisco, California.
General
Runscope provides cloud-based and hybrid on-premises software that allows businesses to monitor, test, and debug web-service APIs. Runscope API tests can be used to test against services available in the public cloud, running on a private network behind a firewall, or running on a local development environment.
Integrations
Runscope integrates with continuous integration and deployment platforms, such as Jenkins,{{cite web|url=https://github.com/jenkinsci/runscope-plugin|title=jenkinsci/runscope-plugin|website=GitHub|date=29 January 2021|access-date=2023-11-18|language=en}} Amazon CodePipeline,{{cite web|url=https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/product-integrations/|title=Product Integrations|website=Amazon Web Services, Inc.|access-date=2023-11-18|language=en}} CircleCI,{{cite web|title=CircleCI Documentation: Notifications|url=https://circleci.com/docs/1.0/configuration/#notify|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en}} and TeamCity. Runscope’s API methods for executing tests and checking on test status allow it to be integrated with other CI/CD tools and platforms as well.{{cite web|url=https://www.runscope.com/docs/api-testing/integrations|title=Build, CI, Deployment Integrations · Docs · Runscope API Performance Monitoring · Runscope|author=Runscope Inc.|website=runscope.com|language=en}}
Runscope supports a variety of notification options for sending test completion and failure results. Runscope integrates with team communication platforms Slack,{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Sieeka|date=2021-03-24|title=Slack Launches Slack Connect that Lets Users Direct Message Anyone Outside Their Workplace|url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/258371/20210324/slack-channel-based-messaging-platform-unveils-connect-feature-lets-users.htm|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Tech Times|language=en}} HipChat and Flowdock. Runscope also integrates with incident management systems AlertOps, PagerDuty, VictorOps, OpsGenie and StatusPage.io.
Runscope also integrates with third-party software analytics platforms, including New Relic Insights, Keen IO and Datadog.
History
Runscope was founded in 2013 by John Sheehan and Frank Stratton.{{Cite web|title=Runscope Lands $1.1M From True Ventures And Andreessen Horowitz For Tools That Address The Broken API Plague|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/22/runscope-lands-1-1m-from-true-ventures-and-andreessen-horowitz-for-tools-that-address-the-broken-api-plague/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=TechCrunch|date=22 May 2013|language=en-US}}
Runscope has raised approximately $7.1 million in venture capital funding. Runscope received its first round of seed funding in May 2013 for the amount of $1.1 million from Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Jon Dahl, Nat Friedman, David Cohen, and Ullas Naik. Runscope's Series A round of funding was led by General Catalyst Partners.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/10/api-testing-service-runscope-raises-6m-series-a-round-led-by-general-catalyst-announces-enterprise-tools/|title=API Testing Service Runscope Raises $6M Series A Round Led By General Catalyst, Launches Enterprise Tools|author=Frederic Lardinois|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch|date=10 April 2014}}
In September 2017, CA Technologies acquired Runscope.{{Cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/2017/09/28/ca-acquires-runscope-round-api-testing-monitoring-portfolio/|title=CA acquires Runscope to round out API testing and monitoring portfolio|date=2017-09-28|website=SiliconANGLE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25}}{{Cite web|title=CA Technologies acquires Runscope – What's Next for the API Economy?|url=https://smartbear.com/en/blog/ca-technologies-acquires-runscope-whats-next-for-t/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=SmartBear.com}} CA Technologies also owns BlazeMeter,{{Cite web|title=Runscope is joining BlazeMeter|url=https://blog.runscope.com/posts/runscope-is-joining-blazemeter|access-date=2019-07-25|website=Runscope Blog|language=en-US}} a load-testing platform for software. In July 2019, two platforms were merged into one under Blazemeter brand.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.runscope.com/posts/runscope-is-joining-blazemeter|title=Runscope is joining BlazeMeter}}
In September 2021, Broadcom, which acquired CA Technologies in 2018, announced that it would sell BlazeMeter to Perforce.{{Cite web|title=Perforce to Acquire BlazeMeter Continuous Testing Platform From Broadcom - Perforce Software|url=https://www.perforce.com/press-releases/perforce-to-acquire-blazemeter-from-broadcom|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.perforce.com|date=30 September 2021 |language=en}} Perforce announced that it had completed the acquisition process on November 1, 2021.{{Cite press release|last=Software|first=Perforce|title=Perforce Completes BlazeMeter Acquisition|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/perforce-completes-blazemeter-acquisition-301412952.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}
Acquisitions
In December 2014, Runscope acquired Ghost Inspector, a company that provides cloud-based UI and browser testing for websites and web applications.{{cite web|url=http://blog.runscope.com/posts/ghost-inspector-joins-runscope-on-quest-for-better-software|title=Ghost Inspector Joins Runscope on Quest for Better Software|work=Runscope Blog}}