diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 91c8258c..750903b7 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
         "max-len": [2, 255, 4],
         "no-param-reassign": 0,
         "spaced-comment": [2, "always", { "markers": ["/", "!"] }],
-        "no-plusplus": 0
+        "no-plusplus": 0,
+        "no-console": 0,
+        "import/no-extraneous-dependencies": [2, { "devDependencies": true }],
     },
     "env": {
         "amd": true,
         "node": true,
         "commonjs": true,
         "es6": true,
-        "browser": true
+        "browser": true,
     },
     "globals": {
-        "VerEx": true
-    }
+        "VerEx": true,
+    },
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5354eff6..90496364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,34 @@ npm test
 npm run test:verbose
 ```
 
+## Running Benchmarks
+
+```sh
+npm run bench
+```
+
+With around 15 benchmarks, running takes approximately 2 minutes.
+
+Example output:
+
+```sh
+$ npm run bench
+
+> verbal-expressions@1.0.0 bench /Users/shreyasminocha/dev/forks/JSVerbalExpressions
+> node benchmark/run.js
+
+╔═════════════════════╤═══════╤═════════════╗
+║ Description         │ Time  │ Uncertainty ║
+╟─────────────────────┼───────┼─────────────╢
+║ VerEx  constructor  │ 0ms   │ ±0.00%      ║
+║ RegExp constructor  │ 132ns │ ±12.29%     ║
+╟─────────────────────┼───────┼─────────────╢
+║ ...                 │ ...   │ ...         ║
+╚═════════════════════╧═══════╧═════════════╝
+```
+
+The uncertainty column is a measure of how accurate the time in the `Time` column is.
+
 ## Creating a minified version
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/benchmark/run.js b/benchmark/run.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31ee96ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/run.js
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+const { Suite } = require('benchmark');
+const { table } = require('table');
+const prettyMs = require('pretty-ms');
+const { bold } = require('chalk');
+
+const VerEx = require('../dist/verbalexpressions');
+
+const benchmarks = {};
+const todo = {};
+
+benchmarks.constructor = {
+    VerEx: () => { VerEx(); },
+    RegExp: () => { RegExp(); },
+};
+
+benchmarks.startOfLine = {
+    VerEx: () => { VerEx().startOfLine('a').test('alpha'); },
+    RegExp: () => { /^a/gm.test('alpha'); },
+};
+
+benchmarks.endOfLine = {
+    VerEx: () => { VerEx().endOfLine('a').test('alpha'); },
+    RegExp: () => { /a$/gm.test('alpha'); },
+};
+
+benchmarks['then|find'] = {
+    VerEx: () => { VerEx().find('alpha').test('alpha'); },
+    RegExp: () => { /alpha/gm.test('alpha'); },
+};
+
+benchmarks.maybe = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().maybe('a');
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /a?/gm;
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.anything = {
+    VerEx: () => { VerEx().anything().test('alpha'); },
+    RegExp: () => { /.*/gm.test('alpha'); },
+};
+
+benchmarks.anythingBut = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().anythingBut('a');
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('e');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /.*/gm;
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('e');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.something = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().something();
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /.+/gm;
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.somethingBut = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().somethingBut('a');
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('e'); expr.test('');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /.+/gm;
+        expr.test('a'); expr.test('e'); expr.test('');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks['anyOf|any'] = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().anyOf(['a', 'b', 'c']);
+        expr.test('b'); expr.test('f');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /[abc]/gm;
+        expr.test('b'); expr.test('f');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.not = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().not('foo');
+        expr.test('foo'); expr.test('bar');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /(!=foo)/gm;
+        expr.test('foo'); expr.test('bar');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.range = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().range(0, 9, 'a', 'f');
+        expr.test('d'); expr.test('g');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /[0-9a-f]/gm;
+        expr.test('d'); expr.test('g');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks['lineBreak|br'] = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().lineBreak();
+        expr.test('\n'); expr.test('lf');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /\r\n|\r|\n/gm;
+        expr.test('\n'); expr.test('lf');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.tab = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().tab();
+        expr.test('\t'); expr.test('tab');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /\t/gm;
+        expr.test('\t'); expr.test('tab');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.word = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().word();
+        expr.test('word_1'); expr.test('@#!$');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /\w+/gm;
+        expr.test('word_1'); expr.test('@#!$');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.digit = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().digit();
+        expr.test('3'); expr.test('a');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /\w+/gm;
+        expr.test('3'); expr.test('a');
+    },
+};
+
+benchmarks.whitespace = {
+    VerEx: () => {
+        const expr = VerEx().whitespace();
+        expr.test(' '); expr.test('w');
+    },
+    RegExp: () => {
+        const expr = /\s/gm;
+        expr.test(' '); expr.test('w');
+    },
+};
+
+todo.addModifier = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.removeModifier = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.withAnyCase = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.stopAtFirst = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.searchOneLine = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.repeatPrevious = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.oneOrMore = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.multiple = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.capture = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+todo.replace = { VerEx: () => {}, RegExp: () => {} };
+
+benchmarks.toRegExp = {
+    VerEx: () => { const expr = VerEx.find('foo').toRegExp(); },
+    RegExp: () => { const expr = /foo/gm; },
+};
+
+const suite = new Suite();
+
+for (const [name, bench] of Object.entries(benchmarks)) {
+    const VerExRun = bench.VerEx;
+    const RegExpRun = bench.RegExp;
+
+    suite
+        .add(`VerEx  ${name}`, VerExRun)
+        .add(`RegExp ${name}`, RegExpRun);
+}
+
+const tableData = [];
+
+tableData.push([
+    bold('Description'), bold('Time'), bold('Uncertainty'),
+]);
+
+suite.on('cycle', (event) => {
+    const { name, stats } = event.target;
+
+    tableData.push([
+        name,
+        prettyMs(stats.mean * 1000, { formatSubMs: true }),
+        `±${stats.rme.toFixed(2)}%`,
+    ]);
+});
+
+suite.run();
+
+const tableConfig = {
+    // Draw a line for the 0-th index and every odd index
+    drawHorizontalLine: index => index === 0 || index % 2 !== 0,
+};
+
+console.log(table(tableData, tableConfig));
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d59c49a8..8ff43597 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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+          "dev": true,
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+      "integrity": "sha1-CfPeMckWQl1JjMLuVloOvzwqVik=",
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+          "requires": {
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+            "chalk": "^2.1.0",
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+          }
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+              "dev": true,
+              "requires": {
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+              }
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-        "lodash": "^4.17.4",
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+          }
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+        },
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+        },
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c33c40e..162c036b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
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     "babel-plugin-transform-builtin-extend": "^1.1.2",
     "babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0",
+    "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.2",
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+    "nyc": "^13.1.0",
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@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@
     "compile": "grunt compile",
     "grunt": "grunt",
     "build": "grunt build",
-    "docs": "grunt docs"
+    "docs": "grunt docs",
+    "bench": "node benchmark/run.js"
   },
   "types": "./typings/VerbalExpressions.d.ts",
   "engines": {