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Alternatives to Keysight Eggplant Test

Keysight Eggplant Test covers end-to-end automation for web, mobile, API, desktop and complex systems such as Citrix. It uses image and text recognition to operate screens without instrumentation or back-end access, and model-based testing generates and adapts tests as applications change. Visual regression can run from one definition across browsers, devices and operating systems, while tests span mobile, web, desktop, mainframe and packaged applications. CI/CD connectors, air-gapped execution and compliance evidence add options for controlled environments and regulated work.

  1. 01 Loadster Synthetic Monitoring

    Loadster suits teams that need scheduled checks for public websites, web apps, or APIs, including multi-step journeys and checks from multiple locations.

    From $29/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  2. 02 LoadFocus

    LoadFocus suits engineering teams, developers, web agencies, product owners and DevOps engineers who need load, page-speed, API or UI testing.

    From $15.80/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension
    8.9 Visit Specs
  3. 03 LoadView

    LoadView suits teams testing websites, web applications or APIs, including organizations that need to generate load within a private network.

    From $199/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.8 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Artillery

    Artillery suits application developers, test and QA engineers, and operations or SRE teams responsible for production backend systems.

    From $199/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.6 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Apache JMeter

    JMeter suits users who need free load or stress testing across supported protocols and can work with a Java-based tool.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  6. 06 BlazeMeter

    BlazeMeter may suit teams coordinating performance, functional, and API testing with CI/CD systems or simulating dependent services.

    From $8.25/mo Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.3 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Gatling

    Gatling suits teams that want to author load tests in code, through a no-code generator or by importing Postman tests.

    From €89/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  8. 08 OpenText Core Performance Engineering

    It suits developers, QA specialists, and project managers on Agile teams who need performance testing across application types and cloud regions.

    Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Apica LoadTest

    Apica LoadTest suits teams testing application capacity and performance across web, cloud, APIs, and mobile devices.

    Free trial Web · Linux · iOS · Android
    8.2 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Avidemux
    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Fortio

    Fortio suits developers and operators who need self-hosted HTTP or gRPC load and API testing.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Blackfire.io
    From €33.25/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.1 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Cavisson NetStorm
    Free trial Web · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  14. 14 HammerDB

    It suits teams benchmarking supported databases on Windows, Linux or self-hosted infrastructure.

    Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Loader.io
    From $99.95/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  16. 16 OctoPerf
    From €649/mo Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Taurus

    Taurus suits teams automating performance or functional tests across documented test engines and CI systems.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  18. 18 LoadForge
    From $5.58/mo Free trial Web · API
    7.8 Visit Specs
  19. 19 LoadNinja
    Free trial Web · API
    7.8 Visit Specs
  20. 20 LoadStrike
    From $269.10/mo Free plan API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Vegeta

    Vegeta suits developers and teams needing constant-rate HTTP or API load tests, including distributed runs.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.8 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Locust

    Locust suits developers who can author test scenarios in Python and need to observe HTTP or other protocol performance.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.7 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Speedscale

    Speedscale suits teams building cloud-native applications that want to replay production traffic, test APIs, or generate load tests.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.7 Visit Specs
  24. 24 StresStimulus
    Free plan Windows · Self-hosted
    7.7 Visit Specs
  25. 25 WebLOAD
    From $499/mo Free trial Web · Windows · Linux · API
    7.7 Visit Specs
  26. 26 Xceptance LoadTest
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.6 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Tsung
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.5 Visit Specs
  28. 28 WAPT Pro
    Free trial Windows · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  29. 29 Grafana k6

    It suits teams running load, stress, browser-based, distributed, or API tests on Linux, especially those needing the listed tracing, logging, or profiling features.

    From $19/mo Free plan Linux
    7.3 Visit Specs
  30. 30 Goose
    Self-hosted
    7.1 Visit Specs

Choosing instead of Keysight Eggplant Test

A different product may suit teams that want codeless or mixed-code authoring, a browser-focused cloud, distributed orchestration, or deeper API specialization. Eggplant Test has no free plan and requires a pricing request, whereas several alternatives provide free plans or published annual starting prices. Compare how each handles test creation, target platforms, integrations, execution environments and debugging. Also decide whether you need Eggplant's visual interaction and complex-system reach, or prefer recorders, Selenium-compatible frameworks, parallel cloud machines, data-driven web checks or protocol-level API testing.

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