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Artillery vs Siege: catalog facts
Artillery	Siege
Freemium The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure	Tests many URLs at once from a list Configurable number of simulated users
Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta	Command line only, with no graphical reports Scripting options are simpler than in newer load testers
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
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 24, 2026

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