All the power, none of the VU caps
Get everything k6 Cloud offers — plus Playwright browser testing, DoS testing, SQL testing, and AI-powered analytics — all with per-minute billing and no virtual user limits.
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k6 is a great CLI tool. LoadForge is a complete platform.
Get everything k6 Cloud offers — plus Playwright browser testing, DoS testing, SQL testing, AI-powered analytics, and a visual test builder — all with per-minute billing and no virtual user caps.
| Feature | LoadForge | k6 |
|---|---|---|
Setup & Ease of Use | ||
| Cloud-hosted (no setup) | Cloud tier only | |
| GUI test builder | ||
| Swagger/OpenAPI import | ||
| Browser-based test recording | ||
| Time to first test | Minutes | Minutes (CLI) |
Scripting & Test Creation | ||
| Scripting language | Python | JavaScript |
| Reusable test library | ||
| Visual test builder | ||
| Script version control | Manual | |
| Use any ecosystem library | Python (pip) | JS (limited) |
Scale & Infrastructure | ||
| Cloud-distributed load | Cloud tier only | |
| Auto-scaling workers | Cloud tier only | |
| Multi-region testing | Cloud tier only | |
| Up to 4M virtual users | Varies by tier | |
| No infrastructure to manage | Cloud tier only | |
Protocols & Test Types | ||
| HTTP/HTTPS load testing | ||
| WebSocket testing | ||
| GraphQL testing | ||
| Playwright browser testing | Experimental | |
| DoS/stress testing | ||
| SQL/database testing | ||
CI/CD & Integrations | ||
| GitHub Actions | ||
| CLI for pipelines | ||
| Slack notifications | Cloud tier only | |
| Datadog integration | ||
| Jira integration | ||
| REST API | Cloud tier only | |
Reporting & Analytics | ||
| Real-time dashboards | Cloud tier only | |
| P95/P99 latency tracking | ||
| AI-powered recommendations | ||
| Anomaly detection | ||
| Shareable reports | Cloud tier only | |
| Scheduled test runs | Cloud tier only | |
Pricing & Support | ||
| No virtual user caps | ||
| Per-minute billing | VU-hours | |
| Free trial | 7 days | Limited free tier |
| Included support | Paid tiers only | |
| Managed testing service | ||
What you get with LoadForge that k6 can't match
No VU Caps, Per-Minute Billing
k6 Cloud charges by virtual user hours, which gets expensive fast. LoadForge bills per minute of test time with unlimited virtual users — run 10 or 100,000 VUs at the same price.
Real Browser Testing, Built In
LoadForge includes full Playwright browser testing on every plan. Simulate real user journeys in Chromium — not experimental, fully production-ready and supported.
Support on Every Plan
k6 reserves support for paid cloud tiers. LoadForge includes direct engineering support on every plan, plus optional managed testing where our team runs tests for you.
Why teams switch from k6 to LoadForge
Stop paying per virtual user
LoadForge's per-minute billing means you can scale to hundreds of thousands of virtual users without watching costs spiral. Run the tests you need, not the tests you can afford.
Test more than just HTTP
Beyond API load testing, LoadForge gives you Playwright browser testing, DoS testing, and SQL database testing in a single platform. No plugins, no experimental flags.
Everything included, no tiers
Features like scheduled tests, anomaly detection, shareable reports, and CI/CD integrations come standard on LoadForge. With k6, many of these require upgrading to expensive cloud tiers.