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LoadNinja vs Artillery

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for load testing. LoadNinja has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

LoadNinja has the lower entry price — LoadNinja starts at $0/mo, Artillery at $0/mo. Free tier: LoadNinja No, Artillery Yes. HIPAA: LoadNinja —, Artillery —.

As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below STALE

Side by side

LoadNinja

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free Trial)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best forQA teams testing modern SPAs and JavaScript-heavy apps

Artillery

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

Sources — LoadNinja: loadninja.com (verified 2026-09-02) · Artillery: artillery.io (verified 2026-09-02) STALE · 2026-06-15

Key features

LoadNinja: Real-browser load testing (TrueLoad) instead of protocol simulation for authentic performance data; No-code InstaPlay Recorder with AI-enhanced correlation saving 60%+ script creation time; Browser-native navigation timings and network data in reports; Private proxy and IP whitelisting for internal application testing

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

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