Katalon Studio Other Advice

PC
Portfolio Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I advise others to try this solution if they're looking for a different technology stack of applications, this is one solution they can use instead of using multiple solutions.

Katalon Studio is an integrated platform for multiple technologies in one place, you will receive all many features, such as web applications and mobile.

I rate Katalon Studio a seven out of ten.

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Ashu Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior quality analyst at Lalli

In my experience, Katalon Studio is a complex tool. People from a non-coding background might find Katalon Studio a bit hard to understand. After using Katalon Studio for a month in our company, we realized that it was not the most appropriate tool for us, so we switched to TestProject.

I recommend those who plan to use Katalon Studio consider the other tools that are available in the market.

I rate the overall product a five out of ten.

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ManishSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Manager at Net Solutions

I recommend the product to customers willing to pay for the licenses. But, if the company has good programming knowledge, I recommend Selenium.

Katalon Studio is easy to use and maintain. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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March 2024
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MV
Manager at Bureau veritas

I rate Katalon Studio an eight out of ten.

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JG
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

The tool is very easy. We can resolve most queries ourselves. We can directly send queries to Katalon’s support team, but we do not contact them. Our team is large. We can discuss most of the issues internally and get the answers. I will recommend the solution to others. I do not use Record and Playback. I use the scripting method mostly. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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MG
IT QA Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It is too soon for me to recommend Katalon Studio to other users because we have not used the product long enough to provide feedback. However, my first week with Katalon was disappointing because of the support. 

Overall, I would rate Katalon Studio a five out of ten.

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Anuj-Kataria - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at Next Solutions

Those planning to use Katalon Studio need to identify their purpose for the tool. It is pretty easy to use if someone wants to use Katalon Studio for web and API testing and maybe for use cases concerning just mobile phones or Android. For iOS, Katalon Studio's users might face challenges. It takes a lot of time to set it up, and you will need Mac or Apple to specifically set it up, and then other things, like Mac Apple ID, etc, along with some linkage with Katalon WebDriver. Currently, iOS is something that could be a challenge, but otherwise, for the rest of the things, Katalon Studio is pretty easy to use.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

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Guillermo Hess - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager at Ionatec

I am highly satisfied with Katalon Studio and would recommend it to others. I would rate it nine out of ten.

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Shibu Raghav - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Test Automation Architect at IHiS

I would rate the overall tool a seven out of ten. You should use this solution if cost is your criteria and don't want to build a framework for yourself. I would suggest using the community edition first for a year and then moving ahead with the enterprise version. 

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MG
Principal Consultant at Inspired Testing

The reporting in TestOps could use some upgrades.

Katalon Studio is straightforward and easy to implement. It supports everything from end to end, we have not had any issues.

I rate Katalon Studio a nine out of ten.

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LokeshKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution has the best web UI. I rate it an eight.

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MS
Consultant at Unifonic

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

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MS
Senior Test Automation Consultant at PROSSE

I recommend the solution. It's a viable solution at less cost. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.

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AA
Quality Assurance Team Lead at Elm Co.

I rate Katalon Studio an eight out of ten. 

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Khurram Jamil Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of SQA, Project Manager at Vroozi

We're using the solution as a customer and don't have any sort of relationship or contract with Katalon.

The company gave us a demo to try that includes approximately seven or eight sessions of training to all 15 resources. However, Katalon also has lesson fees associated with the solution. That means we have to spend money, and we need to be strategic and careful now when considering which tool we need to invest in. That's why we are basically working on different tools, including UFT and TestComplete.

We are working with the 4.0 and 5.0 versions, however versions 7.0 and 8.0 have also launched at this point.

Katalon is a good tool if we are comparing it with a developer tool. It's the cheaper option too, however, is not as mature as compared to the other competitors. The lack of maturity may be why it's cheaper.

If a company is looking to buy a user-friendly software testing tool while having to pay less money, Katalon may be the best option as compared to UFT or TestComplete.

I'd rate the solution overall six out of ten.

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GG
It Manager, QA Manager at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

We have not had any issues with maintaining the solution.

My advice to others is to test the solution well before purchase and confirm all the elements needed from the sales team. We had some issues at the start.

I rate Katalon Studio a seven out of ten.

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AP
Director of Products at Computer Team SA

I would advise others take advantage of the ability to use modern software engineering practices with Katalon Studio.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. It has features that I haven't found in many other products. It's very advanced in my opinion.

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TW
Professional Services Manager at a non-profit with 201-500 employees

We are just end-users and use it according to our client's requirements. We don't have a specific business relationship with Katalon.

Some customers use ALM, and we use Jira, due to the lower price. These help us with project management aspects. This solution isn't well known, as it might be in other countries. 

This solution is very useful for companies, such as banks or insurance organizations, that need something that can be used for commercial purposes. It's a good solution for enterprise-level companies.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's okay, however, if it offered more features to its customer base, it would be much better.

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Mudasir Shafi - PeerSpot reviewer
Testing Lead at Enstoa

With respect to the free version, it is a product that I would recommend. However, at the enterprise level, I would have to evaluate the support and see what they have to offer with the licensed version.

Overall, this is a good tool but at this time, the support is something that I would like to see improved. 

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

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MA
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

On Katalon I didn't work much. I did a small POC and it was just for one month. After that, I switched back to our native and our custom in-house automation tool.

We didn't deploy it on the cloud due to the fact that initially, it was freeware, and then it got paid. At that point, our company was not interested in investing that amount of money into a new product when they had their own custom-built solution. They were parallelly building the automation framework in Java and Selenium. They're using test engines for reporting. Going forward, we will be using this framework and not Katalon.

I would recommend the solution to others. I would rate it at an eight out of ten.

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OB
Étudiant at Edifixio

We are using the cloud deployment model.

I would recommend the tool. For a free solution, it's very good.

I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

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KY
Senior Search Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I would recommend engaging Katalon's services to get started. They do render pretty good help on it.

I would rate Katalon Studio an eight out of 10.

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NZ
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

It should support all operating systems. Most of the developers use a Linux machine, but it doesn't support Linux. I would like an update from the Katalon team about why it is not working properly on a Linux machine.

I would rate it a six out of 10. It is a good product, but it needs some improvements.

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VB
Business Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Great tool to start automation, easy to learn and doing.

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CR
Practice Director - QA and SW Testing Services at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Katalon Studio an 8.

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RA
QA Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees

We want to use Katalon Studio RE. I had a call with the salesperson. He said that he'll arrange one day a demo, however, that has not been scheduled yet.

In general, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

I'd recommend it specifically for users that don't have that much programming prowess.

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GP
Team Leader at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

We would recommend this product for a standalone web application use case, but we would suggest that any business using multiple web applications, should try the solution beforehand using the open-source version that is available.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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FA
Software Test Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Once we developed a new solution, Katalon was no longer free, and we had to pay for all of the features.

Katalon has provided me with a solution to the issues and limitations that I was experiencing.

I have many limitations and issues with automating their application. I did not use the mobile features offered by Katalon Studio.

I would recommend it for anyone who doesn't want to be involved in developing a lot. some people want to use some resources to automate the application of their data system.

I think that if you have some knowledge of development and using Python in addition to Robot Framework, Framework is better. It allows them to do whatever they want.

For those who do not have development knowledge, I would recommend Katalon Studio.

I would rate Katalon Studio an eight out of ten.

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PW
Senior Test Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

My advice for anybody who is considering this project to have some familiarity with Groovy and Java. If you don't like coding then it will not be the product for you. Otherwise, in our experience, it's a good product. It is well thought through and continues to improve.

This solution semi-automatically updates to the latest version, so it is always up to date.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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it_user650763 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Engineer at a tech vendor with self employed

I think Katalon Studio and the team behind it did a great job. The tool is not only useful but also cost-effective. I think they are continuing to upgrade the tool (really hope so). I and other users will be very happy with upcoming astonishing features.

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FC
Executive at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The biggest piece of advice I can give to others is to first analyze whether the tool is compatible with the application to undergo testing.

I would rate Katalon Studio a seven out of ten. 

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BR
Technical Project Lead, Agile Coach, IT Educator at Asia Pacific College

It is a mature product, and it is a good starting point for beginners. It is pretty much similar to the other tools in the market.

I would rate Katalon Studio an eight out of 10. It is not perfect, but it is an excellent tool.

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UM
Lecturer and Researcher at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

In looking at Katalon Studio and comparing it with Selenium, I think Katalon is better. The capture and replay functionality for sure sets Katalon ahead. As far as the API testing, we have not tried to explore that part. I have only heard that Katalon is very powerful in that capacity. Katalon is easier to work with and to integrate. Those are the main strengths and the differences we have found between the products.  

I would rate Katalon Studio as an eight-of-ten overall on a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best. It should be considered that we are not very demanding users. We have not put a lot of stress on the product in our testing.  

To get a nine or ten, if they could provide some capabilities with artificial intelligence to help to assist testing models that could help people to improve in finding the best-case scenarios. Version testing might be an option as well. But Katalon is much closer to getting ten points than Selenium.  

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SS
Programmer Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Overall, it is a good tool in the market for test automation.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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KP
Test Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is a good product. I would recommend it because they are promoting that they will update it for free, for life. We have had issues with stability but it might be better with the licensed version.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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DJ
Software QA Test Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Products such as this one are a byproduct of artificial intelligence. It comes up with very nice code snippets that we can use, and it is good to see the industry moving forward in this aspect. The future is AI and Katalon is a part of that.

When it comes to testing RESTful APIs, this is a good solution but in the alternative, Postman is out there. That is the one that we ultimately chose to implement.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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it_user739689 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Tester / Team Lead at Brightest NV

My advice is when you need a solution for a web automation tool, then use this one.

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Buyer's Guide
Katalon Studio
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Katalon Studio. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.