Comparison

Gatling vs Jest

On the evidence we track, Jest leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Gatling60

★Jest80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Gatling	JestLeader
Vioscale score	60 / 100low · 49%	80 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	18	6
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40jest%2Ftypes&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2,802,343
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	45,474
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	47,303,993
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	44,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	92
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	17
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	8 items

Score

Vioscale score

Gatling60 / 100low · 49%

Jest80 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

Gatling✓

Jest✓

Model

Gatlingfreemium

Jestcommercial

Price level

Gatlinghigh

Jestfree

Transparent

Gatling✓

Jest–

Integrations

Count

Gatling18

Jest6

Security

Vulnerabilities

Gatling–

JestCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40jest%2Ftypes&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gatling–

Jest2,802,343

Github stars

Gatling–

Jest45,474

Package downloads weekly

Gatling–

Jest47,303,993

Stackoverflow questions

Gatling–

Jest44,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gatling–

Jest92

Release

Cadence days

Gatling–

Jest17

History

Gatling–

Jest20 items

License

Spdx

Gatling–

JestMIT

Language

Primary

Gatling–

JestTypeScript

Market

Availability

Gatling–

JestAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

Gatling–

Jest8 items

Capabilities

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

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

Core

Test types

GatlingUnit + integration + E2E

Jest-

Browser automation

Gatling✗

Jest✗

Built-in assertion library

Gatling✓

Jest✓

Languages

GatlingJavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Scala, Kotlin

JestJavaScript, TypeScript

Isolation

Mocking / stubbing

Gatling✗

Jest✓

Techniques

Snapshot testing

Gatling✗

Jest✓

Performance

Parallel execution

Gatling✓

Jest✓

Insight

Code coverage

Gatling✗

Jest✓

Watch mode

Gatling✓

Jest✓

Ops

CI integration

Gatling✓

Jest✓

What each one is

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

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

Jest

Leader

A testing tool for JavaScript projects that provides assertions, mocking, snapshot testing, and code coverage analysis with parallel test execution and zero-configuration defaults.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Jest

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Gatling	Jest
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	-
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	-
On-premiseDeployment	✓	-
HybridDeployment	✓	-

Platforms

Web

Gatling✓

Jest✓

CLI

Gatling✓

Jest✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gatling✓

Jest–

Self-hosted

Gatling✓

Jest–

On-premise

Gatling✓

Jest–

Hybrid

Gatling✓

Jest–

Integrations

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

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

Jest

Leader

6 total

React
Angular
Vue
TypeScript
Babel
Node

Independently observed

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