Compare software

Gatling vs Apache JMeter: catalog facts
Gatling	Apache JMeter
Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source; Enterprise Edition is a paid hosted service…	Free Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.
Web, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Open-source Community Edition you can run on your own machines Load tests are written as code and can be kept in version control	Tests many protocols, including HTTP, REST, SOAP, FTP and databases Distributed testing across several machines
Writing tests as code assumes programming experience Advanced analysis and tracing are only in the paid Enterprise Edition	Requires a Java runtime Test plans take time to learn for newcomers
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is 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

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.