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Gatling vs Bombardier: catalog facts
Gatling	Bombardier
Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source; Enterprise Edition is a paid hosted service…	Free Free and open source.
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	Single Go binary that runs on several platforms Reports throughput and latency for a test run
Writing tests as code assumes programming experience Advanced analysis and tracing are only in the paid Enterprise Edition	Command line only, with no graphical interface Tests HTTP load rather than scripted multi-step scenarios
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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