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- [[2020-12-11]]
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## Features
- JMeter Thread Groups let users run multiple [[Test Scenarios]] in the same test and script, which can be independently configured. [[k6 (tool)]] does not do this.
## Support for a variety of protocols
![[Load Tests: Jmeter vs K6 – Rafaela Azevedo#^466415]]
## Community
- Open source community that is quite active
- Lots of documentation and support
- Mature; lots of things have been done using JMeter
## UI
- Being able to script using the UI is still a fantastic way to get started
## Distributed load testing
- JMeter has a free distributed load testing feature that is built into the tool and quite functional.
## See also
- [[JMeter]]
- [[sources/Video/Mine/k6 vs JMeter]]
- [[k6 vs. JMeter]]