# Artillery

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/artillery/  
**Website:** https://www.artillery.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Artillery is an open source load testing and performance testing platform for APIs, microservices, and web applications. Built with Node.js and available as an npm package, Artillery supports HTTP/1, HTTP/2, WebSocket, Socket.IO, gRPC, and custom protocols through plugins. It includes a YAML-based test scenario definition language, a plugin ecosystem for extending functionality, and Artillery Cloud for distributed load testing, CI/CD integration, and centralized reporting. Artillery is used by developers, QA engineers, and SREs to run load tests, performance benchmarks, Playwright-based synthetic monitoring, and end-to-end tests at scale. The project is licensed under MPL-2.0 and maintained by Artilleryio.

## Kin Score — 21.2 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Artillery Cloud API** — Artillery Cloud provides a hosted platform for running distributed load tests at scale, storing test results, team collaboration, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines. The Artil...

## Security (1)

- **Artillery Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Artillery Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **API Load Testing** — Backend developers and QA engineers run load tests against REST and GraphQL APIs to identify performance bottlenecks and ensure stability under expected traffic volumes.
- **CI/CD Performance Gates** — Engineering teams integrate Artillery into CI/CD pipelines to run performance tests on every pull request, failing builds that exceed latency or error rate thresholds.
- **Synthetic Monitoring** — SREs use Artillery with Playwright to run synthetic monitors that continuously validate critical user journeys from multiple cloud regions.
- **Pre-Launch Stress Testing** — Product teams run stress tests before major launches or sales events to identify the maximum capacity of their infrastructure.

## Tags

Load Testing, Performance Testing, Open-Source, Testing, DevOps, Node.js

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/artillery/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.