Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Artillery
Artillery clearly comes out ahead of Grafana k6 on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Artillery's paid plans start at $199/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Artillery Strategy Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | testing-tools | testing-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Artillery
open source
freemium
usage based
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| Feature | grafana-k6 | artillery |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Days Of Data Retention | ||
| 1000 Reports/Month | ||
| 30 Days Of Data Retention | ||
| 18 Months Data Retention | ||
| 500 K6 Virtual User Hours (Vuh) Per Month | ||
| 2500 Reports/Month | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| 6 Months Data Retention | ||
| Access To Grafana Cloud Platform Features | ||
| 8 Team Members | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration | ||
| Artillery Cli | ||
| Higher Traffic Capacity | ||
| Artillery Cloud Dashboard | ||
| Javascript/Typescript Test Authoring | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Local Test Execution | ||
| Custom Charts | ||
| Pay-As-You-Go Pricing | ||
| Custom Msa | ||
| Scriptable Engine Written In Go | ||
| Distributed Tests (Aws & Azure) Up To 25 Workers Per Test | ||
| E2E Testing | ||
| Email Support | ||
| Enterprise Sso (Oidc & Saml) | ||
| Force Early Stop | ||
| Load Testing | ||
| Max 50 Test Cases Per Report | ||
| Performance Trends | ||
| Share Reports |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Artillery comes out ahead overall, though Grafana k6 can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Grafana k6 and Artillery offer a free tier.
