We performed a comparison between Appium and Katalon 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."We develop apps using the React Native framework, and Appium integrates well for testing those apps. The Appium automation framework also has good integration with GitHub Actions and plenty of other tools and frameworks, including BrowserStack."
"The latest versions of the solution are stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to launch applications. Appium has everything that Selenium has. So many good tools support Appium. We can take some Excel sheets and use them to fill out the text box that's in there. We can also take screenshots of failures."
"Appium has easy interaction with mobile."
"The automation part is extremely helpful in streamlining our processes."
"It runs completely flawlessly and seamlessly every day."
"The library is extensive so the driver interacts with most functions or actions on mobile devices."
"We do not need to pay for the solution. It’s free."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is the ease of use of the solution."
"User-friendly and a good solution."
"We are now performing automated testing in 15 minutes, which were previously taking a long time when doing it manually."
"We can write code in Java and it is easy to link to other JARs that we find on the internet, which is very handy."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy enough to complete."
"I personally like the 'Object Spy' feature of this tool. It makes it easy to find an element on the web page."
"It is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins."
"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 setup and installation were a problem for us at first."
"If it had more facility for configuration it would be a spectacular solution."
"Configuration-wise, there is a lot of room for improvement."
"The challenging part with Appium is that installation can be a bit tricky. It can be challenging to set up in Android versus iOS environments."
"We haven't been able to fully leverage Appium for multiple reasons. I think number one is just that the tests take a long time to run. We have had some issues around just the results themselves and how predictable they are, but those are not issues with Appium directly."
"Appium can improve when the case fails, there should be a feature where you can generate the report from Appium. Once you're on a test case, automatically the screenshot should be captured which would avoid manual intervention. These features would be beneficial to migrate to Appium."
"Support-wise, it could be better."
"Appium could improve by enabling record and run techniques similar to what they have in other licensing tools, such as Micro Focus. We have to all write the code, and then we can proceed."
"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."
"What it lacks is the Selenium Grid capabilities."
"We have had some issues when it comes to stability, which is something that needs to be improved."
"We would like to see improved integration with various reporting tools; this would make our testing data more complete."
"Katalon Studio could improve having visual testing, but I think they're launching that feature very soon. We would like to see an increase in the usage of AI."
"I would like to see improvements in how Katalon Studio works with iOS applications, especially with React Native applications."
"It would be helpful to have an automatic save feature."
Appium is ranked 5th in Regression Testing Tools with 25 reviews while Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 42 reviews. Appium is rated 8.0, while Katalon Studio is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Appium writes "It's easy to launch applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes " Functional automation features and the recording functionality saves time but the performance and script execution is slow ". Appium is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Perfecto, Xamarin Platform, Apache JMeter and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Ranorex Studio. See our Appium vs. Katalon Studio report.
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