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Artillery vs Apache JMeter: catalog facts
Artillery	Apache JMeter
Freemium The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.	Free Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.
Web, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure	Tests many protocols, including HTTP, REST, SOAP, FTP and databases Distributed testing across several machines
Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta	Requires a Java runtime Test plans take time to learn for newcomers
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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