Comparison

Apache JMeter vs vegeta

No leader: the top candidate vegeta has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Apache JMeter35
vegeta36
Score
Vioscale score
Apache JMeter35 / 100low · 15%
vegeta36 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache JMeter
vegeta
Model
Apache JMeteropen_source
Price level
Apache JMeterfree
vegetafree
Integrations
Count
Apache JMeter
vegeta1
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache JMeter427
vegeta
Github stars
Apache JMeter9,518
vegeta25,166
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache JMeter1
vegeta0
Release
Cadence days
Apache JMeter
vegeta37
History
Apache JMeter10 items
vegeta20 items
License
Spdx
Apache JMeterApache-2.0
vegetaMIT
Language
Primary
Apache JMeterJava
vegetaGo

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for load testing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Browser based load
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Ci cd native
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Apm observability output
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Correlation parameterization
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Recording scriptless creation
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Realtime dashboard
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-
Open source
Apache JMeter-
vegeta-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache JMeter

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.

Independently observed

vegeta

An open-source load testing utility that sends traffic to HTTP endpoints and measures response times, error rates, and other performance metrics. It provides CLI commands for running attacks, encoding results in multiple formats, and generating visualizations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache JMeter

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

vegeta

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Apache JMeter
vegeta
Windows
Apache JMeter
vegeta
Linux
Apache JMeter
vegeta
CLI
Apache JMeter
vegeta
Deployment
Self-hosted
Apache JMeter
vegeta
On-premise
Apache JMeter
vegeta

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apache JMeter

Not documented yet.

vegeta

1 total
  • Prometheus
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.