artillery
The premium Open Source alternative to k6
🎯 Best for:Teams needing serverless, high-scale performance testing.
What is artillery?
Replaces legacy load testing tools with a cloud-native, distributed platform for HTTP, WebSocket, and GraphQL APIs. It allows writing test scripts in YAML or JavaScript and integrates directly with Playwright for UI load testing.
Tech Stack
JavaScriptTesting & QA
Why artillery?
- • Serverless distribution
- • Playwright integration
- • Extensive plugin system
Limitations
- • Cloud dashboard is paid
- • Node.js memory overhead
- • Complex YAML for logic
3/5/2026
Last Update
545
Forks
478
Issues
MPL-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on k6)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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