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k6

Developer-centric load testing

provisional — pending verificationAGPL-3.0self-hostable

Value Index

4.3 / 5

Transparency4

Value density4

Privacy5

Efficiency4

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Why it's listed

k6 is listed in benchmarking & testing because it competes on utility: developer-centric load testing. Its funding model is disclosed on the listing. Licensed AGPL-3.0; pricing: free (ce) / paid cloud. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: AGPL-3.0
Pricing: Free (CE) / paid cloud
Funding model: Grafana Labs
Self-hostable: Yes
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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