Artillery vs Gatling
On the evidence we track, Artillery leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for testing tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Artillery
LeaderA distributed load testing platform for production use, supporting real browser testing via Playwright alongside API testing, deployable on AWS Lambda or Fargate.
Gatling
A load testing platform that enables teams to simulate concurrent traffic against applications to measure performance under stress. Supports multiple protocols, integrates with CI/CD pipelines, and provides real-time dashboards and analysis to catch performance regressions early.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Artillery
LeaderFree tier available. Paid plans include Team, Business, and Enterprise.
- Team-
- Business-
- Enterprise-
Gatling
From €89/month. Free tier available.
- Basic€89/month billed annually (€1,068/year)
- Up to 60,000 VUs
- 1 hour of testing
- 1 Load Generator
- 2 Seats
- Community support
- Team€356/month billed annually (€4,272/year)
- Up to 180,000 VUs
- 5 hours of testing
- 3 Load Generators
- 10 Seats
- Distributed testing
- +1 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom limit of VUs
- Custom limit of hours
- Custom Load Generators
- Custom Seats
- All features & integrations
- +1 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Slack
- OpenTelemetry
Artillery
Leader- AWS Lambda
- AWS Fargate
- Azure ACI
- Playwright
- Kinesis
- GraphQL
- WebSocket
- gRPC
- Socket.io
- CloudWatch Logs
Gatling
- Maven
- Gradle
- npm
- sbt
- Terraform
- Helm
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS CDK
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Microsoft Teams
- Datadog
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- InfluxDB
- JMeter
- Jira
- Postman
- Jira Cloud
- GitHub
- Circle CI
- Azure DevOps
- AWS CodeBuild
- Google Cloud Build
- +9 more
Artillery or Gatling: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.