# Apache JMeter vs vegeta

| Attribute | Apache JMeter | vegeta |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 35 (15% (low)) | 35.9 (26% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 427 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,518 | 25,166 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Simulates user traffic against websites and services to assess how they perform under load, offering both visual configuration tools and command-line modes for automated testing across different operating systems. | An open-source load testing utility that sends traffic to HTTP endpoints and measures response times, error rates, and other performance metrics. It provides CLI commands for running attacks, encoding results in multiple formats, and generating visualizations. |
| integrations.count | - | 1 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Prometheus"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://jmeter.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:48:30.210Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:41:05.659Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | - | 37 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.3","date":"2024-01-09T08:29:40Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.2","date":"2024-01-09T08:26:14Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.1","date":"2023-07-10T16:01:28Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.6","date":"2023-06-24T14:02:20Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.5","date":"2023-06-24T14:04:29Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.3","date":"2023-06-24T14:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.2","date":"2023-06-24T14:06:25Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4.1","date":"2023-06-24T14:15:15Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.4","date":"2023-06-24T14:15:42Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/jmeter/releases/tag/rel/v5.3","date":"2023-06-24T14:18:30Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/v5.3"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.13.0","date":"2025-10-31T11:34:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.12.0","date":"2024-07-29T17:37:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.11.3","date":"2024-07-27T18:18:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.11.2","date":"2024-07-27T12:27:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.11.1","date":"2023-10-02T09:08:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.11.0","date":"2023-07-24T19:18:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.10.0","date":"2023-07-16T17:25:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.9.0","date":"2023-07-14T16:49:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.8.4","date":"2020-10-11T10:41:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.8.3","date":"2020-03-25T11:04:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.8.2","date":"2020-03-24T14:16:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.8.0","date":"2020-02-16T13:32:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.7.0","date":"2019-07-21T12:38:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/v12.6.0","date":"2019-07-19T14:00:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.5.1","date":"2019-05-12T14:54:18Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.5.0","date":"2019-05-12T12:05:37Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.4.0","date":"2019-05-05T11:57:47Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.3.0","date":"2019-04-14T13:30:10Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.2.1","date":"2019-03-05T20:19:09Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases/tag/cli/v12.2.0","date":"2019-01-04T11:33:46Z","type":"stable","version":"cli/v12.2.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.jmeter%3AApacheJMeter_core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Load Testing)

| Capability | Apache JMeter | vegeta |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Browser based load | - | - |
| Ci cd native | - | - |
| Apm observability output | - | - |
| Correlation parameterization | - | - |
| Recording scriptless creation | - | - |
| Realtime dashboard | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:39:07.059Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*