diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d92dcda..7c113f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Introduction
 Hypermatch is a high-performance Go library that enables rapid matching of a large number of rules against events. Designed for speed and efficiency, hypermatch handles thousands of events per second with low latency, making it ideal for real-time systems.
 
-- **Fast Matching**: Matches events to a large set of rules in-memory with minimal delay.
+- **Fast Matching**: Matches events to a large set of rules in-memory with minimal delay  ... [it's really fast! (Benchmark)](_benchmark/benchmark.md)
 - **Readable Rule Format**: Serialize rules into human-readable JSON objects.
 - **Flexible Rule Syntax**: Supports various matching conditions, including equals, prefix, suffix, wildcard, anything-but, all-of, and any-of.
 
@@ -285,4 +285,4 @@ If the attribute value is type of:
 Nevertheless, there are a few things to consider to get maximum performance:
 - Shorten the number of fields inside the rules, the fewer conditions, the shorter is the path to find them out.
 - Try to make the **paths** as diverse as possible in events and rules. The more heterogeneous fields, the higher the performance.
-- Reduce the number of **anyOf** conditions wherever possible
+- Reduce the number of **anyOf** conditions wherever possible
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diff --git a/_benchmark/benchmark.md b/_benchmark/benchmark.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cfa44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/benchmark.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Benchmarks
+
+To run the benchmark suite, navigate to the same folder and execute the main.go file.
+This suite will test the performance of hypermatch with plain Go objects, hypermatch with JSON objects, and [quamina](https://github.com/timbray/quamina) against each other.
+Simply run the command go run main.go to start the benchmarks and compare the results.
+
+Results as of Aug, 29th, 2024 with Go 1.23.0 on MacBook Pro M1 Max, 32GB RAM with 100,000 rules:
+
+```
+---Starting with hypermatch
+adding 100000 rules took 0.51862s
+processed 51753 events with 517530 matches in 1.00001s -> 51752.42425 evt/s
+processed 103199 events with 1031990 matches in 2.00004s -> 51598.36053 evt/s
+processed 156249 events with 1562490 matches in 3.00009s -> 52081.45563 evt/s
+processed 209523 events with 2095230 matches in 4.00013s -> 52379.05586 evt/s
+processed 262257 events with 2622570 matches in 5.00016s -> 52449.76793 evt/s
+
+---Starting with hypermatch-json
+adding 100000 rules took 1.95150s
+processed 39732 events with 397320 matches in 1.00000s -> 39731.90564 evt/s
+processed 80432 events with 804320 matches in 2.00003s -> 40215.31718 evt/s
+processed 121915 events with 1219150 matches in 3.00006s -> 40637.55840 evt/s
+processed 164093 events with 1640930 matches in 4.00009s -> 41022.33768 evt/s
+processed 206235 events with 2062350 matches in 5.00013s -> 41245.96473 evt/s
+
+---Starting with quamina
+adding 100000 rules took 4.54697s
+processed 4 events with 0 matches in 1.24154s -> 3.22181 evt/s
+processed 7 events with 0 matches in 2.31263s -> 3.02685 evt/s
+processed 11 events with 0 matches in 3.50818s -> 3.13552 evt/s
+processed 15 events with 0 matches in 4.70148s -> 3.19049 evt/s
+```
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diff --git a/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatch_lib.go b/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatch_lib.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0c002b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatch_lib.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package candidates
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/SchwarzIT/hypermatch"
+	"log"
+)
+
+type Hypermatch struct {
+	h *hypermatch.HyperMatch
+}
+
+func NewHypermatch() *Hypermatch {
+	return &Hypermatch{h: hypermatch.NewHyperMatch()}
+}
+
+func (h *Hypermatch) Name() string {
+	return "hypermatch"
+}
+
+func (h *Hypermatch) AddRule(number int, modulo int) {
+	err := h.h.AddRule(hypermatch.RuleIdentifier(number), hypermatch.ConditionSet{
+		{Path: "name", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{Type: hypermatch.PatternWildcard, Value: "*-myapp-*"}},
+		{Path: "env", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "prod"}},
+		{Path: "number", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: fmt.Sprintf("%d", number%modulo)}},
+		{Path: "tags", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{
+			Type: hypermatch.PatternAllOf, Sub: []hypermatch.Pattern{
+				{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "tag1"},
+				{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "tag2"},
+			},
+		}},
+		{Path: "region", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{
+			Type: hypermatch.PatternAnythingBut, Sub: []hypermatch.Pattern{
+				{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "moon"},
+			},
+		}},
+		{Path: "type", Pattern: hypermatch.Pattern{
+			Type: hypermatch.PatternAnyOf, Sub: []hypermatch.Pattern{
+				{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "app"},
+				{Type: hypermatch.PatternEquals, Value: "database"},
+			},
+		}},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panicln(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *Hypermatch) Match(number int, modulo int) int {
+	event := []hypermatch.Property{
+		{
+			Path:   "name",
+			Values: []string{fmt.Sprintf("app-myapp-%d", number)},
+		},
+		{
+			Path:   "env",
+			Values: []string{"prod"},
+		},
+		{
+			Path:   "number",
+			Values: []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d", number%modulo)},
+		},
+		{
+			Path:   "tags",
+			Values: []string{"tag1", "tag2"},
+		},
+		{
+			Path:   "region",
+			Values: []string{"earth"},
+		},
+		{
+			Path:   "type",
+			Values: []string{"app"},
+		},
+	}
+	matches := h.h.Match(event)
+	return len(matches)
+}
diff --git a/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatchjson_lib.go b/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatchjson_lib.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515772d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/candidates/hypermatchjson_lib.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package candidates
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/SchwarzIT/hypermatch"
+)
+
+type HypermatchJson struct {
+	h *hypermatch.HyperMatch
+}
+
+func NewHypermatchJson() *HypermatchJson {
+	return &HypermatchJson{h: hypermatch.NewHyperMatch()}
+}
+
+func (h *HypermatchJson) Name() string {
+	return "hypermatch-json"
+}
+
+func (h *HypermatchJson) AddRule(number int, modulo int) {
+	jsonStr := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			"name": {"wildcard": "*-myapp-*"},
+			"env": {"equals": "prod"},
+			"number": {"equals": "%d"},
+			"tags": {"allOf": [{"equals": "tag1"}, {"equals": "tag2"}]},
+			"region": {"anythingBut": [{"equals": "moon"}]},
+			"type": {"anyOf": [{"equals": "app"}, {"equals": "database"}]}
+		}
+	`, number%modulo)
+	var conditionSet hypermatch.ConditionSet
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &conditionSet); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if err := h.h.AddRule(hypermatch.RuleIdentifier(number), conditionSet); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *HypermatchJson) Match(number int, modulo int) int {
+	eventStr := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		[
+			{"Path": "name", "Values": ["app-myapp-%d"]},
+			{"Path": "env", "Values": ["prod"]},
+			{"Path": "number", "Values": ["%d"]},
+			{"Path": "tags", "Values": ["tag1", "tag2"]},
+			{"Path": "region", "Values": ["earth"]},
+			{"Path": "type", "Values": ["app"]}
+		]
+	`, number, number%modulo)
+
+	var properties []hypermatch.Property
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(eventStr), &properties); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	matches := h.h.Match(properties)
+	return len(matches)
+}
diff --git a/_benchmark/candidates/quamina.go b/_benchmark/candidates/quamina.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8abbdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/candidates/quamina.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package candidates
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"quamina.net/go/quamina"
+)
+
+type Quamina struct {
+	q *quamina.Quamina
+}
+
+func NewQuamina() *Quamina {
+	q, err := quamina.New(quamina.WithMediaType("application/json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &Quamina{q: q}
+}
+
+func (q *Quamina) Name() string {
+	return "quamina"
+}
+
+func (q *Quamina) AddRule(number int, modulo int) {
+	str := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			"name": [{"shellstyle": "*-myapp-*"}],
+			"env": ["prod"],
+			"nunmber": ["%d"],
+			"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
+			"region": [{"anything-but": ["moon"]}],
+			"type": ["app", "database"]
+		}
+	`, number%modulo)
+	err := q.q.AddPattern(number, str)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panicln(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (q *Quamina) Match(number int, modulo int) int {
+	event := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			"name": "app-myapp-%d",
+			"env": "prod",
+			"number": "%d",
+			"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
+			"region": "earth",
+			"type": "app"
+		}
+	`, number, number%modulo)
+	r, _ := q.q.MatchesForEvent([]byte(event))
+	return len(r)
+}
diff --git a/_benchmark/go.mod b/_benchmark/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fca2cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module benchmark
+
+go 1.23.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/SchwarzIT/hypermatch v0.1.0
+	quamina.net/go/quamina v1.3.0
+)
diff --git a/_benchmark/go.sum b/_benchmark/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9287b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+github.com/SchwarzIT/hypermatch v0.1.0 h1:ytJivIAFP++88WaiIFD/7+yl6Yz4gPfVNrodMe6Tmqc=
+github.com/SchwarzIT/hypermatch v0.1.0/go.mod h1:H/WStKuHk4FprRLaR6nBC2PY1oKNqIsDysiKREZLLcY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1 h1:EENdUnS3pdur5nybKYIh2Vfgc8IUNBjxDPSjtiJcOzU=
+gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1/go.mod h1:isy3WKz7GK6uNw/sbHzfKBLvlvXwUyV06n6brMxxopU=
+quamina.net/go/quamina v1.3.0 h1:8CI8InbNYbswmnda70fU2YItHxEb4cmq0p0mttBKL2w=
+quamina.net/go/quamina v1.3.0/go.mod h1:EJ1teLWOcAHYfOUE+w2B6OQq5sAxEiwE0EDlcRxx+TQ=
diff --git a/_benchmark/main.go b/_benchmark/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11bbb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmark/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"benchmark/candidates"
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	numberOfRules      = 100000
+	eventCheckDuration = 5 * time.Second
+)
+
+type Candidate interface {
+	Name() string
+	AddRule(number int, modulo int)
+	Match(number int, modulo int) int
+}
+
+func main() {
+	cs := []Candidate{candidates.NewHypermatch(), candidates.NewHypermatchJson(), candidates.NewQuamina()}
+
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		log.Printf("---Starting with %s\n", c.Name())
+		beforeAddingRules := time.Now()
+
+		for i := 0; i < numberOfRules; i++ {
+			c.AddRule(i, numberOfRules/10)
+		}
+		log.Printf("adding %d rules took %.5fs\n", numberOfRules, time.Since(beforeAddingRules).Seconds())
+		runEvents(c)
+	}
+}
+
+func runEvents(c Candidate) {
+	numberOfEvents := 0
+	numberOfMatches := 0
+	beforeCheckingEvents := time.Now()
+	lastPrint := beforeCheckingEvents
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), eventCheckDuration)
+	defer cancel()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		default:
+			numberOfMatches += c.Match(numberOfMatches, numberOfRules/10)
+			numberOfEvents += 1
+
+			if time.Since(lastPrint).Seconds() >= 1 {
+				log.Printf("processed %d events with %d matches in %.5fs -> %.5f evt/s\n", numberOfEvents, numberOfMatches, time.Since(beforeCheckingEvents).Seconds(), float64(numberOfEvents)/time.Since(beforeCheckingEvents).Seconds())
+				lastPrint = time.Now()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}