Katalon Studio Reviews

Easy to use and merge all needs automated testing in one environment.

its to heavy. i hope it will more light and more faster when run start at first time

I like that is was easy to download/install. The tutorials were good in helping me set up my initial project and test cases. I was brand new to automated testing so speaking from experience, I'd say this is a good tool for people who are new to automated testing and have little scripting experience. The point and click functionality is great because then people who are more on the business side can help get test cases set up and then turn to the developers if they need further help.

It could have just been the application I was trying to automate, but it seemed like for most objects I had to go in an manually update the xpath. The xpath recorded didn't seem to work. I think this tool is pretty easy to use for basic test cases, but once you get into more complicated test cases it can get very cumbersome. I had good luck setting up the cases for my web application, and once they are set up the run with no problem. However, I had 0 luck setting up the mobile device testing. Again, it could have been the application itself, but there were a lot of extensions I needed to install in order to even get the device to plug in. Once I did, the point and click functionality did not seem as user friendly as the web application point and record functionality.

Recorder and Playback for beginners, Keyword Driven for intermediates, or Java/Selenium Webdriver for advanced usage. Direct Integration with Git, Jira, Browserstack, Docker, Kobiton, Jenkins, and a console mode allowing Integration with Azure Build pipelines, or anything supporting command line execution. Supports Page Object Model, full Java , Groovy, and Selenium Webdriver syntax directly Based on Eclipse IDE which some will find familiar. Cucumber support for BDD /ATDD Extendable with external with java package imports API testing facility rivalling Postman built in Fully documented features Developers listen to the community

Growing community, but still in its infancy Analytics tool but still in Beta Support for many integrations, but requires a lot of research to get these working properly Lack of support for .NET languages (although hardly a compromise)

This software was chosen by me because it's so simple and intuitive to use! Everyone can use it if it doesn't now programming! Love it!

Difficult with dynamic id's and when we try to build a suite of tests the results are not the real ones. Example: 10 tests individually they pass when I try a build them all in a suite 80% of them fail. This is very boring.

Ease of Use - This is one of the most reason I like this tool as it makes everyone as automation engineers that includes manual testers and subject matter experts Less Maintenance - Features like "Auto-healing Smart Xpath" brings your maintenance down Continuous Improvements - I could see consistency in continuous improvements on various features and functionalities of this tool

Integrations with performance test automation. Though it is a different area but needs to think on how can a single test case be used for various purpose that includes performance testing tool

1. Integrations with GIT, Bitbucket, Slack 2. Data binding 3. variable binding 4. Execution settings 5. Compatible with other languages even though it is running using groovy 6. Profiles 7. Data files

1. Better to have options to connect multiple databases with windows auth mode 2. Execution reports in katalonanalytics seem not running properly 3. API automation report doesn't have the flexibility to trace the issues easily we need to do many clicks

Full IDE with; CSS/mobile element inspection, debugging tools, and built-in logging for tests. Easy to use for beginners and facilitates rapid development for advanced users. Active support community. Most streamlined Appium setup.

The user interface feels slow at times. The Eclipse based IDE is limited to Java and Groovy.

Overall, the experience with record-play-customize code-replay has is reminiscent of its more expensive counterpart/s. But overall it's better than the other automation tools i used so far. online help and resources are bountiful. Object repository, test collection, input data files are some of my favorite places to work around with. there are other features which i havent explored yet, like mobile and API automation.

There are certain customizations that i need with the software which are not yet supported (like full-page web screenshot and data file output), so our team is left to the care of old-school programming gurus on the web. the features that i miss is not a deal-breaker though, work arounds are fine by me for now.

- Availability of tutorials - Ability to design Test Cases using Editor with the pre-defined set of commands - Comfortable UI for Dev & QA team (it has Eclipse-like interface) - It is a feature-rich solution to address most of the tasks - Ability to use the tool for Web UI tests, REST API tests and mobile testing

- Reporting for BDD tests should be improved. It should display more meaningful information about the steps performed in a readable way (BDD test looks actually more meaningful than a report - that is weird).

I can use my Selenium and Java experiences. Learning is very easy. You can do anything you need for automation including GUI, API, Mobile in one tool. Very productive for Automation.

Having difficulties to integrate with AWS Device Farm

This have a lot of option to explore in testing: It has recording. Has Manual and Script code. Like other automation there's lot of info in google but this one is the easy to understand.

I am in the Philippines and my coworker is in the US. Most of my friends in same field work on other automation I only have one friend can understand Katalon in short I want to get in larger community so I get more information easily on working on this.

Once I started to use Katalon Studio, questions came to mind like, why haven't I used this tool before? I realized that was an utter waste of time trying to piece together pieces of software Jigsaw, dealing with inherited and unwanted bugs which have not stopped creeping in my software solution & presentations Katalon has been a game changer, it broke the boredom of my WFH habits. I always recommend Katalon to my clients and net workers who shared the same feeling with me. So my advice is as follows: Stop wasting your money, time & efforts if you want a onestopshop software #automation tool that does it all like katalon Studio try it for yourself and you will see what I mean.....

Nothing I disliked about Katalon, the only thing I found unfair is the massive hypes about other tools who impose extra work with unnecessary time to solve their bugs. While Katalon sitting & undiscovered by those who do not know of such a killer out there in the market that is to say, onestopshop software test automation solution.

What I like the most is how easy it is to use Katalon. The functionality of the product is simple and easy to use. Also, the documentation that Katalon has is really impressive and useful.

The integration of Katalon Analytics isn't the greatest. A lot of the times Katalon Analytics doesn't show all of the information from my test suite. Also, my test suite doesn't always show in Katalon Analytics or it takes a long time to update with my results.

The software is easily setup and implemented. It is great that I can automate Web, Mobile and API's all with in one tool set.

The forum responses from Katalon are very slow if there is a response at all.

How easy it is to get started and put it to real use not just some dummy project. From Day one I was able to create test cases for the in house application by Day two I was reducing regression testing time for exsisting applications

Updates that require browser updates also.

Record and Spy, script parametrization and variables make it easy to maintain and update test cases.

Im not in dislike of any of the features about Katalon Studio, what i do think it would be better is the fact that some features that where originally free, now they are only available for enterprise version, so for long term users (like me) some features that i used some projects ago, now they are not available for free.

I used this product for automating the testing of our website. It was very easy to use as people who did not have a lot of coding experience could also use it easily. Its a one stop shop for web mobile and api which is very useful for companies who use all three platforms

More languages to be supported. I hate the fact that we are restricted to java groovy

Its speed on automaton .xpath several option fast in execution and lot more

Its to easy and very intelligent sometime you are not able to choose the right locator because of bad cooding by development and katalon struck

it an all in one solution and easy to use you can write your test scenario scripts easily and run it in no time it's really a very powerful testing solution.

None, all is good for me I didn't face any cons. till now

Quick setup Easy to learn and use Good team collaboration options Easy to integrate to pipeline Out-of-the-Box solution

UX of application Some minor instabilities

In built framework, no need to create your own. Can we Web, API and Mobile automation. Comes as a package. Installation is easy and 1 step process. IDE based on Eclipse, so all scripts and debugging feature available. Great Test Mgmt Capability. Supports execution on many environments. Supports parallel execution Great reports (PDF, HTML, Excel). Inbuilt data driven testing. Integrated with Jira, GIT, Slack, Sauce Lab, Browser stack etc. Good documentation and Video's for training

No much community support. Product still evolving. Paid support is expensive Newer version and new feature along with bug fixes are frequent. Support via forum not so fast.

It is very easy to use. Test cases can be made in very less time. offers a lot of other options apart from web UI testing like web service testing, desktop application testing etc.

the only con is that they release new version every 15 days, it becomes a problem to stick with one version as there are many bug fixes and new feature update.

We can have web/API/Mobile scenarios automated in a single test file. This is very much useful to test integration of multiple components/systems.

Not sure why simple debug comes with only enterprise version.

Since its built on Top of Selenium working on Katalon becomes way too easy for a new user as well. On the other side if you have worked on Selenium and Java. You can master it in few days. And Never Forget the Spy web and record web button helps you to find such complex x-path which would be a tough task doing it manually. And testing of API , and UI is an easy task like never before.

1. Integrate it with Chro path for better xpaths. 2. Only compatible with Java and Groovy.

1. Non-technical testers can use it with the same ease as technical members. 2. Small learning curve 3. Multiple out-of-box integrations 4. Constant release with new features

1. Support more languages other than Groovy 2. Reporting for parallel test cases