OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering vs Artillery

OEOpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering9.0Visit Artillery7.8Visit

Higher score OE OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering #6 in Performance Testing Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit OpenText

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Artillery #16 in Performance Testing Software 7.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Artillery

• OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering fits best

  Enterprises needing centralized performance engineering

• Artillery fits best

  Teams testing APIs, browsers, and WebSockets

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Side by side

Feature	OEOpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Artillery 7.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.8
Ranking	#6 in Performance Testing Software	#16 in Performance Testing Software
Best for	Enterprises needing centralized performance engineering	Teams testing APIs, browsers, and WebSockets
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$199/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Community	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	20 integrations	19 integrations
Built for	Enterprise, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering 5/5 · Artillery 5/5
Load testing	✓	✓
Stress testing	✓	✓
Browser-based testing	✓	✓
Distributed load	✓	✓
API testing	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Max virtual users	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports more than 50 protocols and technologies Runs distributed loads across cloud and on-premises environments Connects with major CI/CD, cloud, container, and testing tools	Tests HTTP, WebSocket, Socket.IO, and Playwright browser workloads Runs distributed tests through AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, and Azure Connects with CI/CD, observability tools, dashboards, and cloud reports
Cons	Paid purchasing is handled through sales Community bundle is limited to proof-of-concept or non-production testing Community bundle supports 50 virtual users for most protocols	Free plan limits teams to 30 reports and 30-minute tests monthly Paid plans start at $199 per month The broad feature set may exceed the needs of basic API testing
Our verdict	OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering is a web-based performance testing platform for enterprise QA, development, and performance engineering teams. Formerly LoadRunner Enterprise, it centralizes test planning, scripting, execution,… Read the review →	Artillery is a performance testing platform for developers, QA engineers, and SRE teams. Its CLI supports load and stress testing for APIs, web applications, and network services across HTTP, WebSocket, and Socket.IO. Playwright-based… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering — where it wins

  • Supports more than 50 protocols and technologies
  • Runs distributed loads across cloud and on-premises environments
  • Connects with major CI/CD, cloud, container, and testing tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid purchasing is handled through sales
  • Community bundle is limited to proof-of-concept or non-production testing
  • Community bundle supports 50 virtual users for most protocols

• Artillery — where it wins

  • Tests HTTP, WebSocket, Socket.IO, and Playwright browser workloads
  • Runs distributed tests through AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, and Azure
  • Connects with CI/CD, observability tools, dashboards, and cloud reports

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan limits teams to 30 reports and 30-minute tests monthly
  • Paid plans start at $199 per month
  • The broad feature set may exceed the needs of basic API testing

• OEOpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad, governance-focused platform for enterprise performance engineering at scale.

  Visit OpenTextFull verdict →
• Artillery7.8/10 · Free plan

  A flexible performance testing platform spanning APIs, browsers, WebSockets, and distributed execution.

  Visit ArtilleryFull verdict →