We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and Zeenyx AscentialTest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Regression Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is visual testing. It compares the look and feel of an application which is useful."
"The best feature is the split up between test cases and the test object. This allows us to easily change an error."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"Whenever I speak to the support team of Katalon Studio, I learn that some new features will be included in the product. It is a scalable product."
"Video capture on failure is a must have. A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand pictures (literally)."
"The most important feature is the Jenkins integration; it is pretty straight forward and allows us to run nightly builds."
"It has been good so far for API testing on Mac. It is not that hard to learn and use. There is so much support out there, so if anyone wants to start using it, there is enough help."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy enough to complete."
"AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows."
"The most valuable feature of AscentialTest for us is that it fully supports PowerBuilder."
"If you use the PowerBuilder application, do choose AscentialTest without thinking twice."
"It’s been really easy to automate the same application TestComplete struggled with. I have been able to automate two of our key applications in just a few months. I haven’t even taken their training."
"Object Spy is brittle. When I try to capture objects, I have to proceed multiple times before it works."
"The price of the solution is a bit high. It's one of the reasons we decided not to continue using the product."
"My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version."
"The Object Spy is rather frustrating to work with, so I tend not to use it."
"Katalon Studio's pricing is expensive."
"Katalon doesn't support testing of hybrid applications. It's a limitation."
"The solution can be further improved with better loading time."
"The free version of the solution is not user friendly at all."
"The only thing I can't wait for is for Zeenyx to add automating Mobile apps."
"Streamlining the retrieval of results from individual test set runs would be beneficial."
"Classes are not as object-oriented as I would like, but I am a programmer and not QA so I expect a lot."
"I would like to see an improvement in the User Interface."
Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 42 reviews while Zeenyx AscentialTest is ranked 19th in Functional Testing Tools with 13 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while Zeenyx AscentialTest is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes " Functional automation features and the recording functionality saves time but the performance and script execution is slow ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zeenyx AscentialTest writes "Robust automation with reusable steps and seamless integration". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Appium, whereas Zeenyx AscentialTest is most compared with Tricentis Tosca and SmartBear TestComplete. See our Katalon Studio vs. Zeenyx AscentialTest report.
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