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Gatling vs Loadster: catalog facts
Gatling	Loadster
Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source; Enterprise Edition is a paid hosted service…	Freemium Free to start testing, with paid plans for larger tests.
Web, Command line	Web
Open-source Community Edition you can run on your own machines Load tests are written as code and can be kept in version control	Choice of real browsers, HTTP bots or Playwright scripts Runs from 32 cloud regions
Writing tests as code assumes programming experience Advanced analysis and tracing are only in the paid Enterprise Edition	Cloud service only, not self-hostable Large tests require a paid plan
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is 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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