Gatling
Open SiteGatling is a high-performance load testing platform that helps developers and engineering teams test the scalability and reliability of their APIs and web applications. It provides powerful scenarios and real-time reports to identify bottlenecks before deployment.
Added on December 23, 2025
Product Information
What is Gatling?
Gatling is an open-source load testing solution with a cloud platform that allows organizations to simulate thousands of virtual users interacting with their applications. It supports HTTP, WebSockets and other protocols and provides dashboards and metrics to analyze performance. Gatling helps teams detect bottlenecks and ensure their web services scale under pressure.
How to use Gatling?
- Install the Gatling open-source tool or sign up for Gatling Enterprise.
- Define load test scenarios using the Scala-based DSL or record user flows with the recorder.
- Run the tests locally or in the cloud to simulate concurrent users hitting your application.
- Analyze the generated reports to find response times, throughput and error rates.
- Iterate by adjusting your application or infrastructure and re-running tests.
Core Features
- High-performance load generator capable of simulating large numbers of concurrent users.
- DSL for describing scenarios in code or a graphical recorder.
- Real-time reporting with detailed metrics and charts.
- Support for HTTP, WebSockets and other protocols.
- Gatling Enterprise for distributed testing and collaboration.
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Use Cases
- Stress test your API or web service before a big launch.
- Measure how your application scales with increased traffic.
- Identify bottlenecks and performance regressions during development.
- Validate Service Level Agreements and ensure reliability.
- Integrate load testing into continuous delivery pipelines.