We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and SmartBear TestComplete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Automation Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The basic framework and project organization is very good."
"It is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins."
"The initial setup of Katalon Studio was easy."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is the ease of use of the solution."
"User-friendly and a good solution."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is visual testing. It compares the look and feel of an application which is useful."
"Smart Wait and XPath healing are valuable features."
"The ability to build all libraries with codes and use them in many situations has been most valuable."
"In TestComplete, I saw a conformed package of a tool that kept everybody in consistency. The team was able to regenerate further tests without having to manipulate more code because the record feature is great."
"The database checkpoints detect problems which are difficult for a human resource to find."
"TestComplete is simple, it's a very easy-to-use tool."
"Selenium integration."
"TestComplete fits almost perfectly with a large amount of stacks, such as Delphi, C#, Java and web applications."
"The most valuable features are the desktop and mobile modules."
"The product is stable for what we are currently using it for, and it is sufficient for us."
"It is a strong automation tool for desktop, browser, and API testing."
"What it lacks is the Selenium Grid capabilities."
"The Object Spy is rather frustrating to work with, so I tend not to use it."
"The price of Katalon Studio is an area of concern where improvement is required."
"Katalon Studio's pricing is expensive."
"My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version."
"Now we are having difficulties in using it and had to limit our automation experts to the features that Katalon allows us to use for free. It was free access and they claimed that it would be free for all time."
"I've seen that our clients are not truly aware of the power behind Katalon."
"The integration process with Jira should be enhanced and facilitated."
"The integration tools could be better."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"The solution needs more training manuals or some form of online forum for learning. It needs more documentation."
"Error handling features in the tool are a little limited."
"The solution needs to extend the possibilities so that we can test on other operating systems, platforms and publications for Android as well as iOS."
"During the distribution of our regression test cases, the control IDs are not always recognized correctly."
"The pricing is the constraint."
"What is currently missing from this solution is better support for mobile testing."
Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Test Automation Tools with 41 reviews while SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 7th in Test Automation Tools with 71 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes "Useful multiple technology platform, scalable, but usability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Apache JMeter, whereas SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One, froglogic Squish and Eggplant Test. See our Katalon Studio vs. SmartBear TestComplete report.
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