We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Functional Tester and Katalon Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tricentis, OpenText, Katalon Studio and others in Regression Testing Tools."It is compatible with all sorts of Dark Net applications. Its coverage is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the UI component tester."
"Test automation is most valuable because it saves a lot of time."
"IBM Rational Functional Tester is very contextual."
"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."
"This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is that everything can be managed from one platform."
"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."
"I personally like the 'Object Spy' feature of this tool. It makes it easy to find an element on the web page."
"The basic framework and project organization is very good."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"If the solution is running on Linux, there are some issues around application compatibility."
"They need to do a complete revamp so that even a non-technical person can manage the tool."
"The latest version has increased load time before testing can be run."
"As many of our products are moving from PC to mobile, the most important thing that this solution needs is mobile app support."
"The product is comparatively slow."
"One improvement would be if it could support more programming languages such as JavaScript or Python. Right now, it is only on Groovy, which I think is not a too popular language."
"We have been seeing some error pop-ups that are difficult to understand why they were triggered."
"Its stability needs improvement."
"The free version of the solution is not user friendly at all."
"The solution can be further improved with better loading time."
"I can say that in my company, we struggle a lot with iOS automation."
"One aspect that can be improved is testing for desktop applications. I would like to see them support more technologies in this area."
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IBM Rational Functional Tester is ranked 10th in Regression Testing Tools with 8 reviews while Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 41 reviews. IBM Rational Functional Tester is rated 7.2, while Katalon Studio is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Functional Tester writes "Reliable test automation, and test data creation with efficient support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes "Useful multiple technology platform, scalable, but usability could improve". IBM Rational Functional Tester is most compared with Selenium HQ, HCL OneTest, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify and OpenText UFT One, whereas Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Appium and Testim.
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