We performed a comparison between BrowserStack 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."The most valuable feature is that it provides parallel and cross-browser testing. It enables us to run tests on multiple browsers or devices simultaneously."
"Local testing for products with no public exposure is an advantage in development."
"BrowserStack has lots of devices to choose from."
"The product guides and resources are extensive and very helpful."
"Maintenance of the solution is easy."
"The speed of the solution and its performance are valuable."
"We like the model device factory for iOS and Android devices."
"The product's initial setup phase was not very difficult."
"It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
"The product provides ease of automation for the cloud."
"Our clients have requested by all types of testing, including mobile, desktop, and API testing and all of those are covered by Katalon. I find that very valuable, very complete."
"I rate Katalon Studio's scalability a four out of five."
"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 best thing about the solution is that there is a record and playback functionality."
"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."
"This solution is very user-friendly to learn and implement, and less technical knowledge is required to handle automation."
"There is some stability issue in the product, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"We are struggling to do local testing."
"We had some execution issues."
"I haven't seen AI in BrowserStack, making it in an area where improvements are required in the product."
"The solution is slow."
"BrowserStack operates at a slow pace, it could improve by making it faster."
"Occasionally, there are disruptions in the connection which can interfere with our testing processes, especially when testing on phones."
"Sometimes BrowserStack is really slow and devices are not loading. it is really annoying and that's why we bought several newer devices because sometimes it's affecting us a lot."
"During parallel execution, some reports are randomly switched."
"The solution can be further improved with better loading time."
"Katalon lacks integration with other software, including integrating other languages like .NET and PHP."
"The price of the solution is a bit high. It's one of the reasons we decided not to continue using the product."
"It is difficult to identify elements on websites that use Angular or ReactJS because they don't have an option to view source code."
"The Object Spy is rather frustrating to work with, so I tend not to use it."
"They need to work on documentation to make it more centralized and easier to find what you are looking for."
"I would like to see improvements in how Katalon Studio works with iOS applications, especially with React Native applications."
BrowserStack is ranked 4th in Functional Testing Tools with 25 reviews while Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 42 reviews. BrowserStack is rated 8.0, while Katalon Studio is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BrowserStack writes "Good in the area of automation and offers a high test coverage to users". 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 ". BrowserStack is most compared with LambdaTest, Sauce Labs, Perfecto, Tricentis Tosca and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Appium. See our BrowserStack vs. Katalon Studio report.
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