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Best Artillery alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Artillery in load testing, ranked by entry price. Artillery starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: BlazeMeter, Grafana k6 Cloud, Loader.io, LoadNinja, OctoPerf, Gatling Enterprise.
- Closest by price: BlazeMeter ($0/mo), Grafana k6 Cloud ($0/mo), Loader.io ($0/mo).
Artillery alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlazeMeter | $0/mo | Yes | — | enterprises standardizing on JMeter at scale | blazemeter.com |
| 2 | Grafana k6 Cloud | $0/mo | Yes | No | DevOps teams already on Grafana stack | grafana.com |
| 3 | Loader.io | $0/mo | Yes | — | small teams needing quick API endpoint load checks | loader.io |
| 4 | LoadNinja | $0/mo | No | — | QA teams testing modern SPAs and JavaScript-heavy apps | loadninja.com |
| 5 | OctoPerf | $0/mo | Yes | — | teams requiring on-premise or hybrid deployment | octoperf.com |
| 6 | Loadero | $250/mo | No | — | WebRTC and video conferencing platform testing | loadero.com |
| 7 | Gatling Enterprise | — | Yes | No | developer-centric teams preferring code-first test definitions | quote-only |
Data current through 2026-06-15. Compare any two directly on the Load Testing index.