We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and Selenium HQ 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 is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins."
"It supports multiple easy-to-learn languages."
"The ability to build all libraries with codes and use them in many situations has been most valuable."
"It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
"This solution is very user-friendly to learn and implement, and less technical knowledge is required to handle automation."
"The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is visual testing. It compares the look and feel of an application which is useful."
"The best feature is the split up between test cases and the test object. This allows us to easily change an error."
"The initial setup of Katalon Studio was easy."
"We can run multiple projects at the same time and we can design both types of framework, including data-driven or hybrid. We have got a lot of flexibility here."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the Selenium grid, which allows us to run tests in parallel."
"There is a supportive community around it."
"The most valuable feature of Selenium is how easy it is to automate."
"You can build your own framework. I think that's the most powerful feature. You can connect with a lot of other tools that use frameworks, or keywords, etc. That helps make it a stronger solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment took about seven months."
"It supports many external plugins, and because it's a Java-based platform, it's language-independent. You can use Java, C#, Python, etc."
"It should start working on Silverlight automation."
"There could potentially be more reporting within the solution. We need more issue reports, for example."
"The price of Katalon Studio is an area of concern where improvement is required."
"There is not much support offered for the free version, which is something that could be improved."
"Currently, I'm the only one who can use it because I have a Mac. It is giving a hard time to my team members who are on Linux. My team members are using Linux, and Katalon doesn't support Linux very well. It keeps on crashing. It crashes and shuts down almost every time they save their work, so they are not able to use it. It should have good support for Linux. We don't know what the problem is. If the Katalon team can pick up this issue, it will be very helpful."
"The integration process with Jira should be enhanced and facilitated."
"The product’s regression testing time could be reduced."
"We would like to see improved integration with various reporting tools; this would make our testing data more complete."
"Shadow DOM could be improved and the handling of single page applications. Right now, it's a bit complicated and there are a lot of additional scripts required if you want to handle a single page application in a neat way."
"The solution is open-source, so everyone relies on the community to assist with troubleshooting and information sharing. If there's a complex issue no one has faced, it may take a while to solve the problem."
"Selenium HQ could have better interaction with SAP products."
"For now, I guess Selenium could add some other features like object communications for easy expansion."
"To simplify the development process, everyone needs to do a Selenium Framework to acquire the web application functions and features from Selenium methods."
"Selenium is good when the team is really technical because Selenium does less built-in methods. If it came with more built-in and pre-built methods it would be even easier for less technical people to work with it. That's where I think the improvement can be."
"I continuously see failures in threads when it is running in parallel."
"Selenium HQ doesn't have any self-healing capabilities."
Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 41 reviews while Selenium HQ is ranked 4th in Regression Testing Tools with 102 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while Selenium HQ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes "Useful multiple technology platform, scalable, but usability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Selenium HQ writes "Continuously being developed and large community makes it easy to find solutions". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Appium and Testim, whereas Selenium HQ is most compared with Eggplant Test, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft Certify, Telerik Test Studio and Avo Assure. See our Katalon Studio vs. Selenium HQ report.
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