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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +cascade: |
| 3 | + public_docs: true |
| 4 | + search_section: Grafana Cloud k6 |
| 5 | + search_type: doc |
| 6 | +title: Grafana Cloud k6 |
| 7 | +menuTitle: Grafana Cloud k6 |
| 8 | +description: Run k6 in Cloud servers, visualize and scripts in your Grafana instance. |
| 9 | +description: 'Script performance tests locally, run tests from the CLI on servers all over the world, and visualize test results in Grafana Cloud.' |
| 10 | +weight: 100 |
| 11 | +--- |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +# Grafana Cloud k6 |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +With the k6 app, you can script performance tests locally, |
| 16 | +run tests from the CLI on servers all over the world, |
| 17 | +and visualize test results in Grafana Cloud. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +In these docs, learn how to: |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- Write and run Cloud tests. |
| 22 | +- Analyze results. |
| 23 | +- Incorporate k6 with other dashboards. |
| 24 | +- Manage performance-testing projects across your organization. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +For introductory videos, check out the [k6 Cloud Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdv3RhAQXNGkRCp7Q0k77n5jif4qjz2o) |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## k6 Cloud vs. OSS |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +Grafana k6 cloud is designed to manage and enhance the [k6 OSS](https://k6.io/docs) API and testing application. |
| 32 | +It aims to keep your k6 tests as portable as possible, while saving your teams the effort of managing cloud infrastructure or maintaining a beautiful front end. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +### Infrastructure benefits |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +When you run tests on Grafana Cloud k6 servers, Grafana handles the following infrastructure work for you: |
| 37 | +- Autoscaling huge tests |
| 38 | +- Distributing test across different geographic zones |
| 39 | +- Storing and aggregating massive amounts of test metrics |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +For a glimpse of the infrastructure work that this requires, read [Peeking under the hood of k6 Cloud](https://k6.io/blog/the-glorious-backend/). |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### Extra features |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Grafana Cloud k6 is not only an engine for test execution and storage. |
| 46 | +It's also a software as a service, which provides a frontend to visually explore tests and to manage test suites and teams. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Some of the key features include the following: |
| 49 | +- Live visualizations of test execution |
| 50 | +- A graphical test builder |
| 51 | +- Performance insights to alert you about test issues |
| 52 | +- Portable test-results panels to put in other dashboards |
| 53 | +- Detailed analysis of different test metrics |
| 54 | +- Cloud environment variables to share between teams |
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