Comparison

Gatling vs Playwright

On the evidence we track, Playwright leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Gatling60

★Playwright76

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Gatling	PlaywrightLeader
Vioscale score	60 / 100low · 49%	76 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	18	4
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=playwright-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	17,326
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	95,167
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	24,331,800
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	9,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	13
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	7 items

Score

Vioscale score

Gatling60 / 100low · 49%

Playwright76 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Gatling✓

Playwright–

Model

Gatlingfreemium

Playwrightopen_source

Price level

Gatlinghigh

Playwrightfree

Transparent

Gatling✓

Playwright–

Integrations

Count

Gatling18

Playwright4

Security

Scorecard

Gatling–

Playwright6.5

Vulnerabilities

Gatling–

PlaywrightCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=playwright-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gatling–

Playwright17,326

Github stars

Gatling–

Playwright95,167

Package downloads weekly

Gatling–

Playwright24,331,800

Stackoverflow questions

Gatling–

Playwright9,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gatling–

Playwright100

Release

Cadence days

Gatling–

Playwright13

History

Gatling–

Playwright20 items

License

Spdx

Gatling–

PlaywrightApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Gatling–

PlaywrightTypeScript

Market

Availability

Gatling–

PlaywrightAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Gatling–

Playwright7 items

Capabilities

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

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

Core

Test types

GatlingUnit + integration + E2E

Playwright-

Browser automation

Gatling✗

Playwright✓

Built-in assertion library

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

Languages

GatlingJavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Scala, Kotlin

PlaywrightTypeScript, Python, .NET, Java

Isolation

Mocking / stubbing

Gatling✗

Playwright✓

Techniques

Snapshot testing

Gatling✗

Playwright✓

Performance

Parallel execution

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

Insight

Code coverage

Gatling✗

Playwright-

Watch mode

Gatling✓

Playwright-

Ops

CI integration

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

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

Playwright

Leader

Playwright is an open-source framework for automating and testing web applications across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. It includes built-in waiting mechanisms, resilient element selection, and assertions designed to minimize test flakiness.

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 ↗

Playwright

Leader

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

Platforms

Web

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

CLI

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gatling✓

Playwright✗

Self-hosted

Gatling✓

Playwright✓

On-premise

Gatling✓

Playwright✗

Hybrid

Gatling✓

Playwright✗

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

Playwright

Leader

4 total

VS Code
Cursor
Claude Desktop
Windsurf

Independently observed

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