A system and method for performing automated testing of an application in a cloud environment. A controller initializes an manages a number of virtual machines (VM), each VM including a test engine. The controller retrieves configuration data, determines a number of VMs to deploy, and initializes the VMs. The controller manages each VM by providing test commands and monitoring the results. Each VM receives and executes the test commands. The system may be used to test interactive applications or non-interactive applications.