Comparison

Cypress vs Gatling

On the evidence we track, Cypress leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Cypress70

Gatling60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CypressLeader	Gatling
Vioscale score	70 / 100high · 77%	60 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	18
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.2	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=cypress&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	126,733	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	51,000	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	7,399,963	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	30,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	-

Score

Vioscale score

Cypress70 / 100high · 77%

Gatling60 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

Model

Cypresscommercial

Gatlingfreemium

Price level

Cypresslow

Gatlinghigh

Transparent

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

Integrations

Count

Cypress3

Gatling18

Security

Disclosure policy

Cypress✓

Gatling–

Gdpr

Cypress✓

Gatling–

Iso27001

Cypress✓

Gatling–

Scorecard

Cypress5.2

Gatling–

Vulnerabilities

CypressCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=cypress&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Gatling–

Reliability

Status page

Cypress✓

Gatling–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Cypress126,733

Gatling–

Github stars

Cypress51,000

Gatling–

Package downloads weekly

Cypress7,399,963

Gatling–

Stackoverflow questions

Cypress30,000

Gatling–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Cypress100

Gatling–

Release

Cadence days

Cypress13

Gatling–

History

Cypress20 items

Gatling–

License

Spdx

CypressMIT

Gatling–

Language

Primary

CypressTypeScript

Gatling–

Market

Availability

CypressAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Gatling–

Content

Faq

Cypress7 items

Gatling–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Testing Tools
Capability	Cypress	Gatling
Core
Test types	-	Unit + integration + E2E
Browser automation	✓	✗
Built-in assertion library	✓	✓
Languages	JavaScript/TypeScript	JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Scala, Kotlin
Isolation
Mocking / stubbing	-	✗
Techniques
Snapshot testing	-	✗
Performance
Parallel execution	-	✓
Insight
Code coverage	-	✗
DX
Watch mode	-	✓
Ops
CI integration	✓	✓

Core

Test types

Cypress-

GatlingUnit + integration + E2E

Browser automation

Cypress✓

Gatling✗

Built-in assertion library

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

Languages

CypressJavaScript/TypeScript

GatlingJavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Scala, Kotlin

Isolation

Mocking / stubbing

Cypress-

Gatling✗

Techniques

Snapshot testing

Cypress-

Gatling✗

Performance

Parallel execution

Cypress-

Gatling✓

Insight

Code coverage

Cypress-

Gatling✗

Watch mode

Cypress-

Gatling✓

Ops

CI integration

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

What each one is

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

Cypress

Leader

An open-source testing framework for JavaScript applications that enables developers to write, run, and debug front-end tests. Supports end-to-end and component testing with a cloud-based service option available.

Independently observed

Gatling

A performance engineering platform for automated load testing and continuous performance validation, enabling teams to embed testing into CI/CD pipelines and scale from local to distributed cloud environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cypress

Leader

from $4.40/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

From $67/month. Free tier available. 30-day free trial of Enterprise features.

StarterFree
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
Team$67/month or $799/year billed annually
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
- Flake Detection
- +3 more
Business$267/month or $3,199/year billed annually
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
- Flake Detection
- +8 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Parallelization
- Test Replay
- Project Analytics
- Cloud MCP
- Flake Detection
- +13 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Gatling

from €89/moSubscriptionFree tier

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

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	Cypress	Gatling
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

CLI

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

Self-hosted

Cypress✓

Gatling✓

On-premise

Cypress✗

Gatling✓

Hybrid

Cypress✗

Gatling✓

Integrations

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

Cypress

Leader

3 total

Jira
GitHub Enterprise
GitLab Enterprise

Independently observed

Gatling

18 total

Maven
Gradle
npm
sbt
Terraform
Helm
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CDK
Kubernetes
Docker
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Datadog
Dynatrace
New Relic
InfluxDB
OpenTelemetry
JMeter

Independently observed

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