Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Artillery
Artillery clearly comes out ahead of Loader.io on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $199/mo for Artillery and $99.95/mo for Loader.io.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Artillery Strategy Inc. | Twilio (SendGrid) |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Development | Development |
| Categories | testing-tools | testing-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | artillery | loaderio |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 Reports/Month | ||
| 1 Min Tests | ||
| 18 Months Data Retention | ||
| 1 Target Host | ||
| 2500 Reports/Month | ||
| 10 Urls Per Test | ||
| 6 Months Data Retention | ||
| 2 Urls Per Test | ||
| 8 Team Members | ||
| Advanced Analytics | ||
| Artillery Cli | ||
| Concurrent Tests | ||
| Artillery Cloud Dashboard | ||
| Dns Verification | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Extra Awesomeness | ||
| Custom Charts | ||
| Priority Loaders | ||
| Custom Msa | ||
| Priority Support | ||
| Distributed Tests (Aws & Azure) Up To 25 Workers Per Test | ||
| Team Features | ||
| E2E Testing | ||
| Unlimited 10 Min Tests | ||
| Email Support | ||
| Unlimited Target Hosts | ||
| Enterprise Sso (Oidc & Saml) | ||
| Force Early Stop | ||
| Load Testing | ||
| Max 50 Test Cases Per Report |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Artillery comes out ahead overall, though Loader.io can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Artillery's paid plans start at $199/mo and Loader.io's start at $99.95/mo, so Loader.io is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Artillery and Loader.io offer a free tier.
Loader.io scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Artillery is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.