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  5. Blitz vs Gatling vs Locust

Blitz vs Gatling vs Locust

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Overview

Blitz
Blitz
Stacks43
Followers41
Votes2
Gatling
Gatling
Stacks244
Followers318
Votes21
GitHub Stars6.8K
Forks1.2K
Locust
Locust
Stacks191
Followers317
Votes51
GitHub Stars27.0K
Forks3.1K

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Advice on Blitz, Gatling, Locust

Rashmi
Rashmi

Mar 17, 2021

Needs adviceonJenkinsJenkinsGatlingGatlingLocustLocust

I am looking for a performance testing tool that I can use for testing the documents accessed by many users simultaneously. I also want to integrate Jenkins with the performance automation tool. I am not able to decide which shall I choose Gatling or Locust. But for me, Jenkins integration is important. I am looking for suggestions for this scenario.

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Vrashab
Vrashab

QA at Altair

Jun 23, 2020

Needs adviceonGatlingGatlingLocustLocustFlood IOFlood IO

I have to run a multi-user load test and have test scripts developed in Gatling and Locust.

I am planning to run the tests with Flood IO, as it allows us to create a custom grid. They support Gatling. Did anyone try Locust tests? I would prefer not to use multiple infra providers for running these tests!

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Aravinth
Aravinth

SSE

Nov 19, 2019

Needs advice

I want to do performance testing with HTTP protocol but the test script should be java script. For now, I kept "Artillery" and "K6" tools in my queue. Did you guys have any idea about this? Is there any tools which support Test script language: JavaScript Protocol: Http/web service Must Feature: Record OS: Mac os/windows

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Detailed Comparison

Blitz
Blitz
Gatling
Gatling
Locust
Locust

Build bulletproof, scalable solutions with Blitz - a simple and fun service for load testing web apps and APIs in the cloud. Blitz offers powerful yet simple capabilities including continuous monitoring, performance testing and remediation. Blitz enables you to instantly burst up to 50,000 concurrent users against your app in seconds from multiple points of presence around the world.

Gatling is a highly capable load testing tool. It is designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance. Out of the box, Gatling comes with excellent support of the HTTP protocol that makes it a tool of choice for load testing any HTTP server. As the core engine is actually protocol agnostic, it is perfectly possible to implement support for other protocols. For example, Gatling currently also ships JMS support.

Locust is an easy-to-use, distributed, user load testing tool. Intended for load testing web sites (or other systems) and figuring out how many concurrent users a system can handle.

Complex transactions- Whether you want to test a web page or a complex transaction , Blitz makes it easy for you to determine the number of users you can support.;Detailed feedback- Get detailed statistics and feedback in real time, and in plain English;Plugins- With our extension for Chrome or add-on for Firefox , just navigating to a webpage and run a performance test. Blitz takes care of the cookies, authentication and all the other underlying complexities.;Automation- With the Ruby GEM and full integration with Continuous Integration servers like Atlassian's Bamboo CI server, automated performance testing can ensure that no code push can cause a poor experience for your users.;Remediation- Making changes to a web page, application or API can have unintended consequences. Blitz can extract information from your monitoring solution like Google Analytics®, etc. and create a load test to verify the fix.;Monitoring, and Remediation also available
Simulating heavy traffic; Load testing as code for CI/CD integration & automation; API Load testing; Automated deployment of load injectors; Response times reports
Define user behaviour in code;Distributed & scalable;Proven & battle tested
Statistics
GitHub Stars
-
GitHub Stars
6.8K
GitHub Stars
27.0K
GitHub Forks
-
GitHub Forks
1.2K
GitHub Forks
3.1K
Stacks
43
Stacks
244
Stacks
191
Followers
41
Followers
318
Followers
317
Votes
2
Votes
21
Votes
51
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 2
    Load testing
Pros
  • 6
    Great detailed reports
  • 5
    Can run in cluster mode
  • 5
    Loadrunner
  • 3
    Scala based
  • 2
    Load test as code
Cons
  • 2
    Steep Learning Curve
  • 1
    Hard to test non-supported protocols
  • 0
    Not distributed
Pros
  • 15
    Hackable
  • 11
    Supports distributed
  • 7
    Open source
  • 6
    Easy to use
  • 6
    Easy to setup
Cons
  • 1
    Bad design
Integrations
AppFog
AppFog
AppHarbor
AppHarbor
cloudControl
cloudControl
CloudBees
CloudBees
CloudFlare
CloudFlare
CopperEgg
CopperEgg
Engine Yard Cloud
Engine Yard Cloud
Heroku
Heroku
New Relic
New Relic
PagerDuty
PagerDuty
No integrations available
Python
Python

What are some alternatives to Blitz, Gatling, Locust?

k6

k6

It is a developer centric open source load testing tool for testing the performance of your backend infrastructure. It’s built with Go and JavaScript to integrate well into your development workflow.

Loader.io

Loader.io

Loader.io is a free load testing service that allows you to stress test your web-apps/apis with thousands of concurrent connections.

BlazeMeter

BlazeMeter

Simulate any user scenario for webapps, websites, mobile apps or web services. 100% Apache JMeter compatible. Scalable from 1 to 1,000,000+ concurrent users.<br>

Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter

It is open source software, a 100% pure Java application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

RedLine13

RedLine13

It is a load testing platform that brings the low cost power of the cloud to JMeter and other open source load testing tools.

AWS Device Farm

AWS Device Farm

Run tests across a large selection of physical devices in parallel from various manufacturers with varying hardware, OS versions and form factors.

Flood IO

Flood IO

Performance testing with Flood increases customer satisfaction and confidence in your production apps and reduces business risk.

LoadNinja

LoadNinja

It is  a  cloud-based platform for engineers and performance professionals who load test web applications. It makes load testing simple and fast. Test your website and web apps on real browsers, in the cloud, without the need for dynamic correlation.

Artillery

Artillery

It is a modern, open-source, powerful & easy-to-use performance testing toolkit. Use it to ship scalable applications that stay performant & resilient under high load. It prioritizes developer productivity and happiness and follows the “batteries-included” philosophy.

Ddosify

Ddosify

It is a high-performance load testing tool, written in Golang. It is currently supporting HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2. Other protocols are on the way.

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