Artillery vs k6
ArtilleryLoad Testing
From $199 / moPublished price
k6Load Testing
From $0.15 / VU-hourPublished price
Artillery Load Testing Keep production reliable, customers happy, and pagers silent. | k6 Load Testing The best developer experience for load testing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Load Testing | Load Testing |
| What it is | Modern load testing and smoke testing tool for APIs and web apps with a focus on developer experience and CI/CD integration. | Open source load testing tool from Grafana Labs for testing the reliability and performance of APIs and web applications. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | From $199 / mo Artillery Cloud Starter is listed at $199 per month and Scale at $499 per month; a no-cost tier is available for hobby and proof-of-concept use. | From $0.15 / VU-hour k6 is open-source and free to self-host. The managed cloud (Grafana Cloud k6) is usage-based at $0.15 per Virtual User Hour (VUh) for protocol VUs; browser VUs bill at 10x. Grafan… |
| Pricing model | Tiered plans | Usage-based |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 501-1000 employees |
| Headquarters | London, UK | New York, NY |