hey Alternatives

hey is described as 'HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, formerly known as rakyll/boom' and is a Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to hey for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted solutions and Online / Web-based. The best alternative is locust, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hey are Apache JMeter, Gatling.io, Apache Benchmark and Siege.

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hey

Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool

Mac
Windows
Linux

HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, formerly known as rakyll/boom

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locust
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Free • Open Source
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Self-Hosted
Python
47 alternatives to locust
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.
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Load testing
Apache JMeter
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Mac
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Linux
46 alternatives to Apache JMeter
Apache JMeter is an open source Java application, designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. Originally designed for testing Web Applications, it has since expanded to other test functions as well.
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Stress Testing
Load testing
MongoDB
Reporting
Gatling.io
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Self-Hosted
Maven
45 alternatives to Gatling.io
Gatling is an open-source load testing framework based on Scala, Akka and Netty.
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Gatling.io Features
Load testing
Randomized data feeders
Apache Benchmark
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
9 alternatives to Apache Benchmark
ab is a tool for benchmarking your web server. It is designed to give you an impression of how your current web server installation performs. This especially shows you how many requests per second your web server installation is capable of serving.

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Siege
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Free • Open Source
Benchmark Tool
Linux
5 alternatives to Siege
Siege is a regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously.
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Siege Features
Load testing
Add a screenshot
HailStorm
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
45 alternatives to HailStorm
Simple Integration and Load Testing Tool using Java 11.
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Stress Testing
Kraken By octoPerf
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Kraken is a load testing IDE. Kraken provides a complete development environment to software programmers and load testers that seek to make the most out of Gatling.
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Kraken By octoPerf Features
Load testing
Graphs
Web-Based
Debugging
HTTPulse
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
42 alternatives to HTTPulse
Zero-setup, browser based solution for performing REST API health checks and load tests.
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REST API
Load testing

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