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Artillery

Artillery Software

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Frequently asked

Is it open source?

Yes. Artillery is listed as open source.

What protocols does it support?

Artillery supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT.

Is it cloud or self-hosted?

Artillery is listed as self-hosted.

Is it still maintained?

Artillery is listed as active.

Artillery uses YAML configuration and JavaScript or TypeScript extensions to model traffic. It supports local and distributed tests plus CI/CD-oriented reporting.

About

Artillery is a modern, powerful, and easy-to-use performance and reliability testing toolkit designed to ship scalable applications that remain performant under load. It supports full-stack testing, including load testing, scalable Playwright E2E testing, and production monitoring in one toolkit. It is designed to be incrementally adoptable and uses a "batteries-included" philosophy to prioritize developer experience.

Features

  • Distributed load testing with zero infrastructure management required
  • Built-in support for HTTP, WebSocket, and Socket.io protocols
  • Plugin system for additional protocol support (e.g., HLS, Kinesis, Kafka)
  • Supports running tests on AWS (Lambda/Fargate) or Azure (ACI) directly from user accounts
  • Automatic metric aggregation and cost reporting for tests
  • Support for complex test scenarios using TypeScript/JavaScript

Pricing

Artillery offers a free Developer plan ($0/month), a Team plan ($199/month), and a Scale plan ($499/month). Enterprise add-ons are available starting at $1199/month. Annual subscription options offer a 20% savings. Subscriptions are also available via AWS Marketplace.

Author / Company

Artillery

AI features

  • Can be integrated with coding agents
  • Supports no-code test generation via Playwright codegen
  • Enables reuse of existing Playwright test suites for load testing with automatic Core Web Vitals capture

Latest release

The Artillery changelog tracks feature updates and improvements for Artillery CLI and Artillery Cloud, including updates to the HTTP engine, Playwright integration, AWS Fargate/Lambda support, Slack plugin, and reporting dashboard enhancements. Specific version numbers and dates are not explicitly detailed in the provided documentation format.

Sources

GROUNDED VIA EXA · 2026-08-11

Signal notes

License
Open Source
Deployment
Self-hosted
Pricing
Free open-source core; commercial cloud features available.
First released
2016
Scripting
JavaScript, TypeScript
Protocols
HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT
Operating systems
Windows, macOS, Linux
Tags
nodejs · api · javascript
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