Comparison

Artillery vs Puppeteer

On the evidence we track, Puppeteer leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Artillery57

★Puppeteer69

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Artillery	PuppeteerLeader
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 73%	69 / 100medium · 67%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=puppeteer&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	144,056
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	95,498
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	12,005,633
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	90
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Artillery57 / 100medium · 73%

Puppeteer69 / 100medium · 67%

Pricing

Free tier

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✓

Model

Artilleryfreemium

Puppeteeropen_source

Price level

Artilleryhigh

Puppeteerfree

Transparent

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✓

Integrations

Count

Artillery11

Puppeteer5

Security

Disclosure policy

Artillery✓

Puppeteer–

Scorecard

Artillery–

Puppeteer7.8

Vulnerabilities

Artillery–

PuppeteerCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=puppeteer&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Reliability

Status page

Artillery✓

Puppeteer–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Artillery–

Puppeteer144,056

Github stars

Artillery–

Puppeteer95,498

Package downloads weekly

Artillery–

Puppeteer12,005,633

Activity

Commits last 30d

Artillery–

Puppeteer90

Release

History

Artillery–

Puppeteer20 items

License

Spdx

Artillery–

PuppeteerApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Artillery–

PuppeteerTypeScript

Market

Availability

ArtilleryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Puppeteer–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Testing Tools
Capability	Artillery	Puppeteer
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	✓	-

Core

Test types

Artillery-

Puppeteer-

Browser automation

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✓

Built-in assertion library

Artillery✓

Puppeteer-

Languages

ArtilleryJavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js

PuppeteerJavaScript

Isolation

Mocking / stubbing

Artillery-

Puppeteer-

Techniques

Snapshot testing

Artillery-

Puppeteer-

Performance

Parallel execution

Artillery✓

Puppeteer-

Insight

Code coverage

Artillery-

Puppeteer-

Watch mode

Artillery-

Puppeteer-

Ops

CI integration

Artillery✓

Puppeteer-

What each one is

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

Artillery

Performance testing platform for load testing and E2E testing with Playwright. Supports distributed cloud testing on AWS Lambda, Fargate, and Azure ACI, with test engines for HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, gRPC, Kinesis, and Socket.io.

Independently observed

Puppeteer

Leader

Puppeteer provides programmatic control over browser instances, enabling automated navigation, interaction, and inspection of web pages through a high-level API. It supports both Chrome and Firefox and runs in headless mode by default.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Artillery

from $199/moSubscriptionFree tier

From free to $499/mo for Business, or $1199+/mo for Enterprise. Annual billing saves 20%.

FreeFree
- Shared reports
- Email support
Team$199/mo or $159.20/mo billed annually (20% discount)
- Distributed tests
- Custom charts
- Performance trends
- Force early stop
- Stash API
- +4 more
Business$499/mo or $399.20/mo billed annually (20% discount)
- Unlimited distributed tests
- Custom charts
- Performance trends
- Force early stop
- Stash API
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Enterprise SSO (OIDC & SAML)
- Audit logs
- Custom MSA
- Support SLAs

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Puppeteer

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Artillery	Puppeteer
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✓

CLI

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✗

Self-hosted

Artillery✗

Puppeteer✓

Hybrid

Artillery✓

Puppeteer✗

Integrations

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

Artillery

11 total

Slack
AWS Lambda
AWS Fargate
Azure ACI
Playwright
OpenTelemetry
Kinesis
GraphQL
WebSocket
gRPC
Socket.io

Independently observed

Puppeteer

Leader

5 total

Chrome
Firefox
DevTools Protocol
WebDriver BiDi
chrome-devtools-mcp

Independently observed

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