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Artillery vs BlazeMeter

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for load testing. Artillery has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

Artillery has the lower entry price — Artillery starts at $0/mo, BlazeMeter at $0/mo. Free tier: Artillery Yes, BlazeMeter Yes. HIPAA: Artillery —, BlazeMeter —.

As of 2026-06-15 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Artillery

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best forNode.js and JavaScript-native teams

BlazeMeter

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best forenterprises standardizing on JMeter at scale

Sources — Artillery: artillery.io (verified 2026-06-15) · BlazeMeter: blazemeter.com (verified 2026-06-15)

Key features

Artillery: Unified load testing and Playwright E2E browser testing in one tool; Open-source core (artillery npm package) with cloud reporting layer; Distributed cloud execution on AWS/Azure serverless infrastructure; Automatic Web Vitals tracking in browser-based tests

BlazeMeter: 100% compatibility with open-source tools (JMeter, Selenium, Gatling, Locust); Service virtualization and AI-driven test data generation; Scalability to millions of virtual users across multiple geographic regions; Unified platform covering performance, API, and functional testing

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