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Artillery vs Grafana k6: catalog facts
Artillery	Grafana k6
Freemium The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.	Free The k6 tool itself is free and open source.
Web, Command line	Command line
Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure	Test scenarios written in plain JavaScript Single command-line tool, also usable in Docker
Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta	Requires writing scripts; no graphical test builder in the tool itself Aimed at developers rather than casual site owners
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License not stated
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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