Grafana Cloud k6 Alternatives

Grafana Cloud k6 is described as 'Managed load testing service integrating performance testing into CI/CD, enabling collaboration, frontend and backend testing, with free virtual user hours and observability' and is an website. There are more than 25 alternatives to Grafana Cloud k6, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Grafana Cloud k6 alternative is k6, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Grafana Cloud k6 are locust, Guardius, Loadster and Loader.io.

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  1. k6 icon
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    k6 is an open-source load testing tool. It's used to test the performance of websites, web apps, APIs and micro-services.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • k6 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Grafana Cloud k6.

    • k6 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Grafana Cloud k6.

    • k6 is Free and Open SourceGrafana Cloud k6 is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. locust icon
     13 likes

    An open source load testing tool written in Python. Locust allows you to define user behaviour with Python code, and swarm your system with millions of simultaneous users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
    • locust is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Grafana Cloud k6.

    • locust is Free and Open SourceGrafana Cloud k6 is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Guardius icon
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    Guardius is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company designed to streamline and automate various IT needs for companies that operate their own websites or manage their own infrastructure. It is crucial for companies to safeguard their websites and infrastructure against potential...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Guardius is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Grafana Cloud k6.

    • Guardius is Freemium and ProprietaryGrafana Cloud k6 is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Guardius is Security-focusedGrafana Cloud k6 is not according to our users
  4. Loadster icon
     2 likes

    Loadster is a full-featured load testing solution for websites, web apps, and web services. It's built for real web apps and effortlessly handles cookies, user sessions, custom headers, dynamic form data and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Loader.io icon
     7 likes

    Loader.io is a simple cloud-based load testing service that allows you to stress test your web-apps & apis with thousands of concurrent connections. Made by the team behind SendGrid.

    45 Loader.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. OctoPerf icon
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    OctoPerf is an enterprise-grade performance and load testing platform available as SaaS and on-premise, enabling engineering teams to simulate realistic traffic, identify bottlenecks, and validate application scalability at a lower cost than traditional enterprise tools.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • OctoPerf is the most popular commercial alternative to Grafana Cloud k6.

    • OctoPerf is Paid and ProprietaryGrafana Cloud k6 is Freemium and Proprietary
  7.  2 likes

    BlazeMeter is a self- service performance & load testing cloud, 100% JMeter-compatible. Easily run tests of 30k, 50k, 80k or more concurrent users, on-demand! Sign up and get a lifetime free tier to test! Time to test is minutes on our virtual testing lab.

    47 BlazeMeter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Gatling.io icon
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    Gatling is an open-source load testing framework based on Scala, Akka and Netty.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Maven
     
  9. blitz.io icon
     3 likes

    Blitz makes load and performance testing of your web site, API, iPhone and Android and Facebook apps a fun sport.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Loadrunner icon
     5 likes

    LoadRunner is a software testing tool used to test applications, measuring system behaviour and performance under load. LoadRunner can simulate thousands of users concurrently using application software, recording and later analyzing the performance of key components of the...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. StresStimulus icon
     3 likes

    Load testing tool for websites and mobile that works with hard-to-test applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. CloudTest icon
     1 like

    Load Testing of Web Sites, Mobile Applications, Web Services, and Web Sockets. Real-Time Analytics, Public Cloud load injectors, rapid test development, real user data, network emulation, SLAs, all with CI Integration. 100VUs for free, forever.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
     
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