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LoadsterArtillery
Freemium

Free to start testing, with paid plans for larger tests.

 Freemium

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

Web Web, Command line
  • Choice of real browsers, HTTP bots or Playwright scripts
  • Runs from 32 cloud regions
  • Load testing and Playwright E2E testing in one toolkit
  • Can run on your own AWS or Azure infrastructure
  • Cloud service only, not self-hostable
  • Large tests require a paid plan
  • 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 October 2, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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