# Artillery vs k6

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Artillery

| Attribute | Artillery | k6 |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 67.1 (73% (medium)) | 50.1 (7% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A load testing framework that enables testing of HTTP APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket endpoints, and browser-based applications using Playwright. Scales horizontally via AWS Lambda or Fargate with support for custom code and Node.js modules. It is indexed under Testing Tools.","source":"https://www.artillery.io","question":"What is Artillery?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Artillery offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Team, Business and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.artillery.io","question":"Is Artillery free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Artillery supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.artillery.io","question":"What platforms does Artillery support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Artillery can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.artillery.io","question":"Can Artillery be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Artillery, including Slack, AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, Azure ACI, Playwright, OpenTelemetry, Kinesis and GraphQL, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.artillery.io","question":"What does Artillery integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Artillery is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.artillery.io/pricing","question":"Where is Artillery available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source Go extension that enables k6 tests to programmatically create, retrieve, list, and delete Kubernetes resources, with helper functions to set up namespaced test environments. It is indexed under Testing Tools.","source":"https://k6.io","question":"What is k6?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"k6 is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://k6.io","question":"Is k6 free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"k6 supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://k6.io","question":"What platforms does k6 support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. k6 can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://k6.io","question":"Can k6 be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for k6, including Postman, New Relic, Visual Studio, Grafana, IntelliJ IDEA and Datadog. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://k6.io","question":"What does k6 integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A distributed load testing platform for production use, supporting real browser testing via Playwright alongside API testing, deployable on AWS Lambda or Fargate. | An open-source Go extension that enables k6 tests to programmatically create, retrieve, list, and delete Kubernetes resources, with helper functions to set up namespaced test environments. |
| features.capabilities | `{"languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js","assertions":true,"ci_integration":true,"browser_automation":true,"parallel_execution":true}` | `{"languages":"JavaScript","assertions":true,"ci_integration":true,"browser_automation":true,"parallel_execution":true}` |
| integrations.count | 20 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS Fargate"},{"name":"Azure ACI"},{"name":"Playwright"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Kinesis"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"WebSocket"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Socket.io"},{"name":"CloudWatch Logs","native":true,"category":"monitoring"}]` | `[{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Visual Studio"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"IntelliJ IDEA"},{"name":"Datadog"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Team","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans include Team, Business, and Enterprise.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.artillery.io","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:14:37.082Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://k6.io","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:11:10.673Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Testing Tools)

| Capability | Artillery | k6 |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Test types | - | - |
| Browser automation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in assertion library | ✓ | ✓ |
| Languages | JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js | JavaScript |
| **Isolation** |  |  |
| Mocking / stubbing | - | - |
| **Techniques** |  |  |
| Snapshot testing | - | - |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Parallel execution | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Code coverage | - | - |
| **DX** |  |  |
| Watch mode | - | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| CI integration | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:19:47.269Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*