artillery

The premium Open Source alternative to k6

🎯 Best for:Teams needing serverless, high-scale performance testing.
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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
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MPL-2.0
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
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$0
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Team Size10 Users
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