# Apache JMeter vs BlazeMeter

| Attribute | Apache JMeter | BlazeMeter |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 50.7 (28% (low)) | 44.1 (57% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 48 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 427 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,563 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Simulates user traffic against websites and services to assess how they perform under load, offering both visual configuration tools and command-line modes for automated testing across different operating systems. It is indexed under Load Testing.","source":"https://jmeter.apache.org","question":"What is Apache JMeter?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache JMeter is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://jmeter.apache.org","question":"Is Apache JMeter free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache JMeter supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://jmeter.apache.org","question":"What platforms does Apache JMeter support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache JMeter can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://jmeter.apache.org","question":"Can Apache JMeter be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache JMeter is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter","question":"Is Apache JMeter open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based performance testing platform that enables teams to generate simulated user load against applications to identify bottlenecks and ensure applications remain stable during traffic spikes. It supports testing across web applications, mobile apps, APIs, and microservices. It is indexed under Load Testing.","source":"https://www.blazemeter.com","question":"What is BlazeMeter?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"BlazeMeter offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $79 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.blazemeter.com/pricing","question":"Is BlazeMeter free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to BlazeMeter. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.blazemeter.com","question":"What platforms does BlazeMeter support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. BlazeMeter can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.blazemeter.com","question":"Can BlazeMeter be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for BlazeMeter, including Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI, Slack, DataDog, PagerDuty and New Relic, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.blazemeter.com","question":"What does BlazeMeter integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source application for stress testing and performance analysis of web applications and servers. It allows you to create test plans by recording interactions, apply dynamic data extraction and variable substitution, and generate load from multiple concurrent threads to assess how systems behave under pressure. | BlazeMeter is a cloud-based testing platform using AI to automate performance, API, and functional testing. It eliminates complex scripting through natural language workflow definitions and supports integration with 20+ open-source frameworks, enabling load testing at scale across global infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"open_source":true,"ci_cd_native":true,"correlation_parameterization":true,"recording_scriptless_creation":true}` | `{"open_source":false,"ci_cd_native":true,"apm_observability_output":true,"recording_scriptless_creation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Maven","native":false},{"name":"Gradle","native":false},{"name":"Jenkins","native":false,"category":"ci_cd"}]` | `[{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"DataDog"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Swagger/OpenAPI"},{"name":"JMeter"},{"name":"Perfecto","native":true,"category":"mobile_testing"},{"name":"Swagger","native":true,"category":"api_framework","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Selenium","native":true,"category":"functional_testing","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Playwright","native":true,"category":"functional_testing","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Atlassian","native":false,"category":"software","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://jmeter.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-09-13T19:29:54.229Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free (Performance)","summary":"Free plan","features":["50 concurrent users","10 tests/month","Unlimited test duration","Tier 2 support"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"tests_per_month":"10","max_test_duration":"Unlimited","max_virtual_users":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic (Performance)","summary":"$99/year","features":["1,000 concurrent users","200 tests/year","1 virtual service","1 hour max duration"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"tests_per_year":"200","virtual_services":"1","max_test_duration":"1 hour","max_virtual_users":"1,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro (Performance)","summary":"$499/year or $149/month","features":["5,000 concurrent users","80,000 VUH/year","2 virtual services","5 hour max duration","Tier 1 support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":149,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"vuh_per_year":"80,000","virtual_services":"2","max_test_duration":"5 hours","max_virtual_users":"5,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Unleashed (Performance)","summary":"Custom pricing for enterprise scale","features":["Volume discounts","Unlimited fixed-cost plans","Test data","Dedicated IPs","On-premise options","Priority support"],"contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"AWS Marketplace","summary":"Customizable pricing via AWS Marketplace","features":["Customizable tests/VUH","Load generators","API monitoring & functional testing"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Small (APIs)","summary":"$79/month","features":["250K requests/month","5 team members","Standard email support","19 global locations","1-minute min schedules","Email & webhook alerts","Slack/DataDog/PagerDuty integrations","Daily reports","On-premise agent","OpenAPI & Postman import","CI/CD support","Data-driven testing"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"team_members":"5","requests_per_month":"250K"}},{"free":false,"name":"Medium (APIs)","summary":"$199/month","features":["1M requests/month","40 team members","Custom script libraries","All Small plan features"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":199,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"team_members":"40","requests_per_month":"1M"}},{"free":false,"name":"Large (APIs)","summary":"$599/month","features":["5M requests/month","50 team members","SAML SSO","Client certificates","Splunk integrations","Secrets management","RBAC support","SLA included","File uploads","Dedicated success manager","Premium support","All Medium features"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"team_members":"50","requests_per_month":"5M"}}],"summary":"From $99/year (Performance) or $79/month (APIs). Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.blazemeter.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28T13:14:47.569Z","startingPrice":{"amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":79,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.3","date":"2024-01-09T08:29:40Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.2","date":"2024-01-09T08:26:14Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.1","date":"2023-07-10T16:01:28Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6","date":"2023-06-24T14:02:20Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.5","date":"2023-06-24T14:04:29Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.3","date":"2023-06-24T14:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.2","date":"2023-06-24T14:06:25Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.1","date":"2023-06-24T14:15:15Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4","date":"2023-06-24T14:15:42Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.3","date":"2023-06-24T14:18:30Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.3"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.3 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.jmeter%3AApacheJMeter_core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Load Testing)

| Capability | Apache JMeter | BlazeMeter |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Browser based load | - | - |
| Ci cd native | ✓ | ✓ |
| Apm observability output | - | ✓ |
| Correlation parameterization | ✓ | - |
| Recording scriptless creation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Realtime dashboard | - | - |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:16:10.423Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*