Gatling vs LoadStrike
Gatling
gatling.io
LoadStrike
loadstrike.comSide by side
| Figure | Gatling | LoadStrike |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €89/mo | $269.10/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 5 |
| Spec score · Performance Testing Software | 8.3 (#8) | 7.8 (#21) |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. | Enterprise supports reporting sinks including CloudWatch, Dynatrace, New Relic, InfluxDB, Datadog, Splunk HEC, OTEL Collector, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Kafka. |
| Protocols | The load engine supports HTTP out of the box, includes JMS support, and can be extended for other protocols. | Pro includes adapters for Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, Redis Streams, AWS SQS, Azure Event Hubs, Push Diffusion, and delegate stream endpoints. |
| Purpose | Gatling is a load testing and performance engineering platform for simulating traffic and identifying performance bottlenecks. | LoadStrike is a self-hosted load, performance, and stress testing tool for full workflows across APIs, queues, services, and browser steps. |
| Security | Gatling states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and processes data in line with EU and UK privacy regulations. | Autopilot hides secrets and asks for review before replay. |
Plans
Gatling
- Basic (monthly)€99 a month
- Team (monthly)€396 a month
- Basic (annual)€1,068 a year
- Team (annual)€4,272 a year
- Enterprise (annual)Priced on request
- Enterprise (monthly)Priced on request
LoadStrike
- 14-day Pro TrialFree
- FreeFree
- Pro$299 a month
- Pro$3,229.20 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Gatling
Gatling is a load-testing and performance engineering platform for simulating traffic and finding performance bottlenecks. Tests can be written in code, generated with a no-code tool or imported from Postman. Scenarios support Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala and Kotlin. The load engine supports HTTP out of the box and JMS, and can be extended for other protocols. The listing includes API and stress testing, distributed load and hybrid deployment; browser-based testing is marked unsupported. Gatling Studio is a native application that runs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux. Enterprise Edition adds a web interface for managing and monitoring tests, live dashboards, CI/CD integration, advanced permissions and hybrid or cloud deployment. Listed integrations include GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Slack and Microsoft Teams. Gatling says it is SOC 2 Type II certified and encrypts traffic in transit and stored data at rest. A free plan is available. Basic (annual) is €89 a year, billed annually; Enterprise has a free 14-day trial without a credit card.
LoadStrike
LoadStrike has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.