Rashmi Ranjan
Mar 17, 2021
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Load TestingWhat is Gatling?
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.
Gatling is a tool in the Load Testing category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Simulating heavy trafficLoad testing as code for CI/CD integration & automationAPI Load testingAutomated deployment of load injectorsResponse times reports
Gatling Pros & Cons
Pros of Gatling
- ✓Great detailed reports
- ✓Can run in cluster mode
- ✓Loadrunner
- ✓Scala based
- ✓Load test as code
- ✓Faster
Cons of Gatling
- ✗Steep Learning Curve
- ✗Hard to test non-supported protocols
- ✗Not distributed
Gatling Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Gatling?
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.
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.
Locust
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.
