Best Infection Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from mutation testing tools ranked against Infection on the same published basis.
- 1Infection vs ArcMutate
- 2Infection vs Mutant
- 3Infection vs Mutatest
- 4Infection vs Stryker Mutator
- 6Infection vs muttest
- 7Infection vs PIT
- 8Infection vs cargo-mutants
- 9Infection vs Cosmic Ray
- 10Infection vs Dextool Mutate
- 11Infection vs mutmut
- 12Infection vs Gambit
- 13Infection vs go-mutesting
- 14Infection vs MuJava
- 15Infection vs mutest-rs
- 16Infection vs Mutode
- 17Infection vs MutPy
- 18Infection vs Muter
- 19Infection vs muttest-rs
- 20Infection vs LittleDarwin
- 21Infection vs mutator
Infection alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArcMutate | 6.6 | Free plan | $8/mo | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 2 | Mutant | 6.5 | Free plan | $20.83/mo | Linux, Mac |
| 3 | Mutatest | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | Stryker Mutator | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted |
| 6 | muttest | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | PIT | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 8 | cargo-mutants | 5.4 | No | — | Linux |
| 9 | Cosmic Ray | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, self-hosted |
| 10 | Dextool Mutate | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, self-hosted |
| 11 | mutmut | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 12 | Gambit | 5.3 | No | — | Mac, Linux, Windows |
| 13 | go-mutesting | 5.3 | No | — | Linux |
| 14 | MuJava | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Linux |
| 15 | mutest-rs | 5.3 | No | — | — |
| 16 | Mutode | 5.3 | No | — | — |
| 17 | MutPy | 5.3 | No | — | self-hosted |
| 18 | Muter | 5.2 | No | — | Mac |
| 19 | muttest-rs | 5.2 | No | — | — |
| 20 | LittleDarwin | 5.1 | No | — | — |
| 21 | mutator | 5.1 | No | — | — |
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Questions about Infection alternatives
What is the best alternative to Infection?
ArcMutate, number 1 in mutation testing tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Mutant, Mutatest, Stryker Mutator and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Infection?
ArcMutate is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.