Compare Gatling and k6 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
No pricing available
Gatling
Star Rating
(59)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
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Star Rating
(31)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Gatling excels in stress testing with a score of 9.0, while k6 outperforms with a score of 9.5, indicating that k6 may provide more robust capabilities for handling high-load scenarios.
- Reviewers mention that k6 offers superior ease of setup with a score of 9.6 compared to Gatling's 7.8, suggesting that k6 is more user-friendly for new users looking to get started quickly.
- G2 users highlight that k6 has a higher overall ease of use rating of 9.2, while Gatling's score of 7.6 indicates that users may find Gatling less intuitive, particularly for those unfamiliar with performance testing tools.
- Users on G2 report that k6's quality of support is rated at 9.3, which is significantly higher than Gatling's 7.9, suggesting that k6 may provide more responsive and helpful customer service.
- Reviewers say that both products offer good reporting features, but k6 edges out with a score of 8.6 compared to Gatling's 8.0, indicating that k6 may provide more insightful analytics and visualizations for test results.
- Users mention that while both tools support a variety of tests, k6's test variety score of 8.6 surpasses Gatling's 8.0, suggesting that k6 may offer more flexibility in the types of performance tests that can be conducted.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Gatling
Gatling Enterprise Cloud and Self-Hosted
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Per Month
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k6
No pricing availableFree Trial
Gatling
Free Trial is available
k6
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
52
9.3
14
Ease of Use
7.6
51
9.2
15
Ease of Setup
7.8
23
9.6
9
Ease of Admin
7.7
23
9.4
9
Quality of Support
7.9
43
9.3
14
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.9
22
9.3
9
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
47
10.0
14
Features by Category
Functionality
9.0
43
9.5
13
7.5
33
9.2
12
8.0
39
8.6
13
Reporting
8.0
44
8.6
13
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Gatling
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
k6
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
24.1%
Information Technology and Services
13.8%
Banking
10.3%
Retail
8.6%
Computer & Network Security
5.2%
Other
37.9%
Computer Software
26.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Telecommunications
6.7%
Retail
6.7%
Financial Services
6.7%
Other
36.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Gatling
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Pragnesh H.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Free and open-source tool. We have used for API load testing. We successfully met to our requirement.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Juan C.
Verified User in Banking
Lack of updates in the tool that generates the files
k6
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Sanyam G.
Verified User in Computer Software
It is really very helpful in doing performance testing of our API's. Very intuitive to understand.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Telecommunications
In the process of regression testing, sometimes for long-quantity user engagement, the K6 request becomes a little slower. Yes, it depends on the machine of the user but a significant amount of time gets lost in order to restart the test after the lags.
Pragnesh H.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Free and open-source tool. We have used for API load testing. We successfully met to our requirement.
Sanyam G.
Verified User in Computer Software
It is really very helpful in doing performance testing of our API's. Very intuitive to understand.
Juan C.
Verified User in Banking
Lack of updates in the tool that generates the files
Verified User in Telecommunications
In the process of regression testing, sometimes for long-quantity user engagement, the K6 request becomes a little slower. Yes, it depends on the machine of the user but a significant amount of time gets lost in order to restart the test after the lags.
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Gatling better than JMeter?
1 comment
IZ
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like me to translate into English.Read more
What are the protocols supported by Gatling?
1 comment
PD
Hey there,
I'm the Customer Success Team Lead here at Gatling. Apologies for the delayed reply. We have native support for HTTP, HTTPs, MQTT, and JMS....Read more
Gatling has no more discussions with answers
Hi guys, please teach me how to write the response body o whatever data, in a txt file, csv o .dat file as a dataset for subsequent requests. ?
1 comment
PC
Hi Cesar,
we could assist you better if you post your question to the k6 OSS community forum:
https://community.k6.io/c/k6-support/
It would be...Read more
What is k6 performance tool?
1 comment
MB
Basically, it's a powerful, modern framework for performance testing.Read more
k6 has no more discussions with answers
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