# Loadster Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Loadster Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Load Testing products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/171996/Loadster/reviews --- # Loadster Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Loadster ## What is Loadster? Simulate thousands of users hitting your website, web app, or API. Prepare for high-traffic events and reduce the risk of slowness or downtime by load testing ahead of time. Realistically generate a massive amount of traffic from 29 cloud regions all around the world, or your own self-hosted engines. Pay as you go with Loadster Fuel, or get a plan for frequent testing at a fixed monthly price. Run your first tests in minutes! ## What is Loadster used for? [Load Testing](https://www.capterra.com/load-testing-software/)[Performance Testing](https://www.capterra.com/performance-testing-software/)[Application Performance Management](https://www.capterra.com/application-performance-management-software/) Overall rating Based on 5 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $97 Per User, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... ## Loadster alternatives Highest Rated [PFLB](https://www.capterra.com/p/205650/PFLB/) [5.0 (44)](https://www.capterra.com/p/205650/PFLB/reviews/) Starting price $50.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/205650/PFLB/) [4.7 (3)](https://www.capterra.com/p/242194/NeoLoad/#reviews) Starting price $20000.00 Per User, Per Month [4.2 (9)](https://www.capterra.com/p/138288/WebLOAD/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing [Ostinato](https://www.capterra.com/p/231149/Ostinato/) [4.8 (46)](https://www.capterra.com/p/231149/Ostinato/reviews/) Starting price $149.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/231149/Ostinato/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/171996/Loadster/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Performance Testing 5.0 (3) 100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Allows developers to check if their applications/web browsers are running as expected. Reporting/Analytics 5.0 (3) 66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Testing Scripts 5.0 (3) 100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Pre-written scripts that simulate situations within each test Testing Management 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Test specific APIs to determine if systems are properly functioning Benchmarking 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Compare key metrics for the business against prominent players in the industry Load Scenarios 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create scenarios that can be used to manage testing environments Loadster 22 features Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Compare key metrics for the business against prominent players in the industry Detect areas where test errors occur Metrics that analyze performance tests across multiple browsers Manage patient documentation describing all clinical interactions, diagnoses, procedures, medications, etc. Test applications through the cloud Import and export data to and from software applications Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components Create scenarios that can be used to manage testing environments Test applications through the cloud Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc. Allows developers to check if their applications/web browsers are running as expected. Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time Receive data and information in real time Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures Test specific APIs to determine if systems are properly functioning Pre-written scripts that simulate situations within each test Checks web applications or websites for issues or bugs Features 5.0 (5) 5.0 Based on 5 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 5.0 (5) Free Trial Free Version Basic $97.00 Per User,Per Month Value for money 5.0 (5) 5.0 Based on 5 reviews ## Integrations [ Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[ PagerDuty](https://www.capterra.com/p/125693/PagerDuty/) ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 5.0 (4) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 5.0 (4) 5.0 Based on 4 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 5.0 Based on 5 reviews Filter by rating 5(5) 4(0) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AM Alexandru M. IT-Ops Engineer Security and Investigations ### "Loadster is Awesome !" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 23, 2023 Pros \- Clear and intuitive UI - I did not have to reach out for help or even trawl through docs, everything was self-explanatory- Good level of detail in the report - much needed to make sure the results are properly understood- Option to import from Postman (which is a good but relatively slow tool) - I literally let out a small moan of satisfaction when I saw this was an option- Good trial offering Cons What's there to dislike ? Nothing !There is no such thing as perfect, but this hits the spot so well you might as well call it that ! Reasons for choosing Loadster Because of all the reasons mentioned in this review. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. CL Christina L. Web and Business Systems Manager Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Invaluable tool for website load and performance testing!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 January 4, 2022 We loved this application and what it provided for us. We will continue to use it for periodic testing of more specific updates and applications where performance and load testing are needed. I do expect we'll also continue to do benchmark testing several times a year to continue to monitor our production sites and how they perform. Pros This tool was super easy for us to get started with and use for a few items. Originally we used it to test out a emergency issue with our website and then we continued to use it to help us build new environments and when upgrading our website software. It gave us benchmarks to see that we were improving where we needed and helped us find areas that had issues. It also allowed us to feel confident that our site would handle the load of users it gets and more. Cons I believe that we struggled only with getting to know more about how to use it and needing to do so very quickly. The learning curve to get going took a bit but given the ability the software has that was to be expected. I think we would have looked for some training tutorials if we had time. Also I think we struggled with how to test a development environment that isn't open to the public and not sure we solved being able to do that without opening somehow to the 'outside' web. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SL Steve L. Mr Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "One of the few tools I thoroughly enjoy using" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 29, 2021 Pros A bloody great tool - the scripts are easy to write, and the reporting / alerting are excellent. Makes setting up load testing & monitoring straightforward and easily repeatable. Cons Overall uptime reporting (e.g. monthly) isnt currently available :( However, the data is all available via API so you can roll your own. Switched from [Apache JMeter](https://www.capterra.com/p/234671/Apache-JMeter/) Loadster offers a huge benefit over JMeter purely because it is web based and therefore easy to manage - but also because it offers integrated 24/7 api monitoring using the same scripts, which would otherwise have to be separately set up & configured - saving us significant cost. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Managing Director Design ### "Simple to use, powerful performance testing" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 12, 2020 Highly recommended, will be using again regularly in the future and it's added another tool to our belt! Pros The user experience is awesome. The billing is simple and straightforward - the Fuel Calculator made it easy to work out the required usage. The actual script setup is easy as pie and so intuitive. You download the chrome extension and it records the script instantly. The screenshots auto generate so you can check it's run properly and it can easily handle entering values into fields, clicking on buttons and navigating around the site. If you've never used a performance testing tool for traffic, this is the one to go for - it didn't take much clicking around to feel familiar with the Dashboard and it's capabilities. Cons It's more suited to enterprise in terms of pricing as the minimum top up amount is $119 which is quite high, it would be great if there was a smaller package. Alternatives considered [LoadView](https://www.capterra.com/p/204026/LoadView/) Reasons for choosing Loadster Easier to setup and more user friendly. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Pierre d. CTO Information Technology and Services ### "The perfect tool to load test your app." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 19, 2020 Pros While migrating ScrapingBee out of Heroku we wanted to know how the new infra would react to the load. Simulating 400 users can be very resource-intensive and it would have been difficult to do it on our own machine. In Loadster it took me literally less than a minute. Using Loadster also allowed us to perfectly size our servers and we now know perfectly what are our bottlenecks what we will need to upgrade once we hit a certain usage threshold. Cons One killer feature would be to compare multiple testing runs. Let's say I launch test A. Then tweak my app and launch test B, I'd love to be able to easily compare A and B regarding what I changed in the app. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. 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