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 setup was quite simple. The website easily explains how to set it up and if you want to integrate it with BMP tools there are online simple step tutorials."
"The most valuable feature of BrowserStack is the ability to do manual testing."
"The most valuable features are the variety of tools available."
"BrowserStack's best feature is browser testing across different platforms, including mobile."
"It just added some flexibility. There was nothing that improved our coding standards, etc. because all of our UIs were functional before we tried it."
"Maintenance of the solution is easy."
"We like the model device factory for iOS and Android devices."
"I like that it offers full device capability."
"Katalon Studio's biggest advantage is its price. It's a good tool for the price, albeit with some limitations when you compare it with tools like Tricentis Tosca."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy enough to complete."
"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."
"The scalability of the product is good."
"This solution is very user-friendly to learn and implement, and less technical knowledge is required to handle automation."
"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."
"Video capture on failure is a must have. A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand pictures (literally)."
"This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality."
"There is some stability issue in the product, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"Connectivity can sometimes mar the testing experience."
"BrowserStack should work on its Internet connectivity although issues only occur occasionally."
"We are having difficulty with the payment system for the BrowserStack team, as they only accept credit cards and we are encountering some issues."
"The solution is slow."
"If you are inactive for 30 minutes, the solution will close."
"Customer support could be better. We tried to implement and explore this product with the vendor or reseller's help, but we haven't had any good response about the product."
"It is difficult to use for someone who has little to no experience."
"Support options need improvement. It is sometimes hard to find a solution to any given problem, thus you are forced to use another solution."
"It would be helpful if they can integrate a feature for performance testing."
"One aspect that can be improved is testing for desktop applications. I would like to see them support more technologies in this area."
"We would like to see improved integration with various reporting tools; this would make our testing data more complete."
"It would be helpful to have an automatic save feature."
"The product is comparatively slow."
"I would like to see improvements in how Katalon Studio works with iOS applications, especially with React Native applications."
"Katalon lacks integration with other software, including integrating other languages like .NET and PHP."
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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