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Gatling vs Raygun: What are the differences?
Developers describe Gatling as "open-source load testing framework based on Scala, Akka and Netty". 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.. On the other hand, Raygun is detailed as "Use Raygun to track, manage, and report your software errors". Raygun gives you a window into how users are really experiencing your software applications. Detect, diagnose and resolve issues that are affecting end users with greater speed and accuracy.
Gatling can be classified as a tool in the "Load and Performance Testing" category, while Raygun is grouped under "Exception Monitoring".
Gatling is an open source tool with 4.32K GitHub stars and 923 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Gatling's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Raygun has a broader approval, being mentioned in 52 company stacks & 44 developers stacks; compared to Gatling, which is listed in 28 company stacks and 63 developer stacks.
Pros of Gatling
- Great detailed reports6
- Can run in cluster mode5
- Loadrunner5
- Scala based3
- Load test as code2
- Faster0
Pros of Raygun
- Easy setup and brilliant features31
- Integrates with many tools I use (e.g. GitHub, HipChat)19
- Huge range of programming languages supported19
- Support for JavaScript source maps17
- Makes my job so much easier17
- No rate limiting16
- I have so much love for Raygun. Amazing support too15
- Works with Xamarin (including native iOS crashes)15
- Unlimited team sizes on all levels14
- Responsive and fast app13
- Easy setup, fast reporting, and constantly improving9
- Great customer support and awesome T-shirts8
- Real user monitoring3
- Custom dashboards for software health2
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Cons of Gatling
- Steep Learning Curve2
- Hard to test non-supported protocols1
- Not distributed0