We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and Ranorex Studio 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."It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
"This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality."
"Smart Wait and XPath healing are valuable features."
"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."
"I like the feature where you can define a model that represents your website and then reuse the components from the model. It makes creating more test cases easy."
"The best thing about the solution is that there is a record and playback functionality."
"I rate Katalon Studio's scalability a four out of five."
"The most valuable feature is its automation security capabilities."
"Support is very quick. You can write to them and on the same day, they will respond. This is one of the best features."
"I'm from a UFT background, so Ranorex Studio has a similar feel in terms of how it handles objects. It just felt familiar even though I'd never seen it before. However, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of UFT, but it's a pretty good start, and it's cost-effective."
"The scalability is very good. It's probably one of the better tools I've seen on the market."
"The solution is fast and includes built-in libraries that record and playback."
"Object identification is good."
"The most valuable feature of Ranorex Studio is the capture and replay tool. You don't need to do script testing. When you launch any application from Ranorex Studio it automatically captures these test case steps. The next time you can replay the tool the flow automatically happens again. For example, when you do the logging and all the activity will be captured by the tool, and re-execute the same step by using automatization."
"Code Conversion is one of the great features because sometimes, the automation tool doesn't have the capability of maneuvering around two specific evaluations."
"The solution is stable."
"The free version of the solution is not user friendly at all."
"The tool's maintenance is very difficult since they do not follow call by value or call by reference. Due to this, any change happening is not reflected throughout all the test cases. There are some issues with data parameterization as well."
"We would like to see improved integration with various reporting tools; this would make our testing data more complete."
"It seems to lack a few requirements that a typical customer would want. Compared to other solutions, this product is lacking."
"It would be helpful to have an automatic save feature."
"The product’s regression testing time could be reduced."
"The solution can be further improved with better loading time."
"The Object Spy is rather frustrating to work with, so I tend not to use it."
"Ranorex is used in Windows while other solutions, for example, Katalon Studio, are cross-platform. (But in my opinion, overall, Ranorex is better)."
"I would like to be able to customize the data grids. They are currently written in Visual Basic and we are unable to get down to the cell level without hard-code."
"The solution does not support dual or regression testing."
"I'd like to know their testing strategies and to know what they can automate and what they can't. It can become pretty frustrating if you're trying to automate something that changes on a monthly or weekly basis."
"The object detection functionality needs to be improved."
"Binding to other sources is very good but the object recognition in .NET desktop applications often doesn't work."
"For our purposes it requires integration with other products to get out the results in the format we want them. Adding this to the product could improve it."
"There were a lot of issues we faced. One notable improvement would be better API integration within the tool itself, as we still rely on external tools like Postman."
Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 42 reviews while Ranorex Studio is ranked 7th in Regression Testing Tools with 46 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while Ranorex Studio is rated 8.0. 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 Ranorex Studio writes "Good data security, allowing local installations to prevent data from going to the internet". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas Ranorex Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, SmartBear TestComplete, froglogic Squish, OpenText UFT One and Selenium HQ. See our Katalon Studio vs. Ranorex Studio report.
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