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autocannon vs Artillery: catalog facts
autocannon	Artillery
Free Free and open source.	Freemium The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.
Command line	Web, Command line
Quick to run from the command line against any URL Can also be used programmatically from Node.js	Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure
Tests HTTP/1.1 only Requires Node.js to be installed	Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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