Locust alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 test automation are named by companies instead of Locust: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Cypress by 2,516.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Locust, companies in postings
- 219
- Most used alternative
- Playwright · 3,573
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Selenium
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
test automation companies choose instead of Locust
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Locust | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlaywrightMicrosoft | 3,573 | 1632% | 7,835 | Locust vs Playwright → | |
| 2 | SeleniumSoftware Freedom Conservancy | 3,570 | 1630% | 10,258 | Locust vs Selenium → | |
| 3 | CypressCypress.io | 2,516 | 1149% | 5,145 | Locust vs Cypress → | |
| 4 | Apache JMeterApache Software Foundation | 1,343 | 613% | 2,848 | Locust vs Apache JMeter → | |
| 5 | AppiumOpenJS Foundation | 927 | 423% | 2,522 | Locust vs Appium → | |
| 6 | 897 | 410% | 1,977 | Locust vs REST Assured → | ||
| 7 | Robot FrameworkRobot Framework Foundation | 409 | 187% | 1,154 | Locust vs Robot Framework → | |
| 8 | LoadRunnerOpenText | 370 | 169% | 894 | Locust vs LoadRunner → | |
| 9 | GatlingGatling Corp | 356 | 163% | 800 | Locust vs Gatling → | |
| 10 | Espresso (Android)Google | 288 | 132% | 485 | Locust vs Espresso (Android) → | |
| 11 | UFT (Unified Functional Testing)OpenText | 258 | 118% | 785 | Locust vs UFT (Unified Functional Testing) → | |
| 12 | k6Grafana Labs | 237 | 108% | 415 | Locust vs k6 → | |
| 13 | Tricentis ToscaTricentis | 194 | 89% | 858 | Locust vs Tricentis Tosca → | |
| 14 | KarateKarate Labs | 173 | 79% | 457 | Locust vs Karate → | |
| 15 | PuppeteerGoogle | 135 | 62% | 208 | Locust vs Puppeteer → | |
| 16 | XCUITestApple | 134 | 61% | 223 | soon | |
| 17 | DetoxWix | 124 | 57% | 187 | soon | |
| 18 | ProtractorAngular team | 118 | 54% | 176 | soon | |
| 19 | ServiceNow Automated Test FrameworkServiceNow | 113 | 52% | 394 | soon | |
| 20 | WebdriverIOOpenJS Foundation | 107 | 49% | 255 | soon | |
| 21 | Allure ReportQameta Software | 106 | 48% | 244 | soon | |
| 22 | KatalonKatalon | 106 | 48% | 275 | soon | |
| 23 | JAWS Screen ReaderFreedom Scientific | 99 | 45% | 318 | soon | |
| 24 | axeDeque Systems | 95 | 43% | 218 | soon | |
| 25 | NVDANV Access | 83 | 38% | 269 | soon | |
| 26 | TestCompleteSmartBear | 80 | 37% | 328 | soon | |
| 27 | NeoLoadTricentis | 63 | 29% | 141 | soon | |
| 28 | ReadyAPISmartBear | 59 | 27% | 145 | soon | |
| 29 | RanorexIdera | 56 | 26% | 145 | soon | |
| 30 | SquishQt Group | 48 | 22% | 136 | soon | |
| 31 | ChromaticChromatic | 46 | 21% | 65 | soon | |
| 32 | FitNesseFitNesse | 42 | 19% | 140 | soon | |
| 33 | ProvarProvar | 36 | 16% | 108 | soon | |
| 34 | ApplitoolsApplitools | 33 | 15% | 227 | soon | |
| 35 | TestCafeDevExpress | 33 | 15% | 84 | soon | |
| 36 | Katalon StudioKatalon | 31 | 14% | 164 | soon | |
| 37 | TestimTricentis | 28 | 13% | 47 | soon | |
| 38 | ACCELQACCELQ | 23 | 11% | 72 | soon | |
| 39 | Selenide | 19 | 9% | 36 | soon |
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39 test automation are named by companies instead of Locust: Playwright by 3,573 companies, Selenium by 3,570, Cypress by 2,516, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/locust/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Locust alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Locust?
Playwright: 3,573 companies name it in their own job postings, against 219 for Locust.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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