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Loader.io vs Artillery: catalog facts
Loader.ioArtillery
Freemium

Free load testing service with paid plans listed on its pricing page.

Freemium

The CLI is open source; Artillery Cloud has a free sign-up with paid options.

Web Web, Command line
  • No load generation infrastructure to run yourself
  • Real-time monitoring of each test
  • Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit
  • Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure
  • Requires an account and registering your target host
  • Closed source hosted service
  • Reporting dashboard features belong to the hosted cloud service
  • Turbo runner for Playwright is still in beta
Hosted service Downloadable app, Hosted service
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: MPL-2.0
Account needed No account needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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