Comparison

Artillery vs Selenium

No clear leader: Selenium (71.7) and Artillery (67.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Artillery67
Selenium72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Artillery67 / 100medium · 73%
Selenium72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
Model
Artilleryfree
Seleniumopen_source
Price level
Artilleryfree
Seleniumfree
Transparent
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
Integrations
Count
Artillery20
Selenium5
Reliability
Status page
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Artillery–
Selenium98,124
Github stars
Artillery–
Selenium34,541
Package downloads weekly
Artillery–
Selenium6,935,447
Activity
Commits last 30d
Artillery–
Selenium100
Release
Cadence days
Artillery–
Selenium30
History
Artillery–
Selenium20 items
License
Spdx
Artillery–
SeleniumApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Artillery–
SeleniumJava
Content
Faq
Artillery6 items
Selenium6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Test types
Artillery-
SeleniumUnit + integration + E2E
Browser automation
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
Built-in assertion library
Artillery✓
Selenium-
Languages
ArtilleryJavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
SeleniumJava, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing
Artillery-
Selenium-
Techniques
Snapshot testing
Artillery-
Selenium-
Performance
Parallel execution
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
Insight
Code coverage
Artillery-
Selenium-
DX
Watch mode
Artillery-
Selenium-
Ops
CI integration
Artillery✓
Selenium✓

What each one is

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

Artillery

A distributed load testing platform for production use, supporting real browser testing via Playwright alongside API testing, deployable on AWS Lambda or Fargate.

Independently observed

Selenium

Selenium is an open-source testing framework that automates web browsers for testing applications and automating web-based administration tasks across multiple programming languages.

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

HybridFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans include Team, Business, and Enterprise.

  • Team-
  • Business-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Selenium

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Artillery✓
Selenium✓
CLI
Artillery✓
Selenium✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Artillery✓
Selenium✗
Self-hosted
Artillery✗
Selenium✓

Integrations

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

Artillery

12 total
  • Slack
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Fargate
  • Azure ACI
  • Playwright
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Kinesis
  • GraphQL
  • WebSocket
  • gRPC
  • Socket.io
  • CloudWatch Logs
Independently observed

Selenium

5 total
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Edge
  • Appium
  • Chrome for Testing (CfT)
Independently observed
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