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Artillery vs Loadster: catalog facts
Artillery	Loadster
Freemium The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.	Freemium Free to start testing, with paid plans for larger tests.
Web, Command line	Web
Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure	Choice of real browsers, HTTP bots or Playwright scripts Runs from 32 cloud regions
Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta	Cloud service only, not self-hostable Large tests require a paid plan
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: MPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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