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PROS

Katalon Studio provides efficient automated testing, reducing test durations significantly from the manual approach.
It features robust integration capabilities, including support for Jenkins which allows for seamless nightly builds.
Katalon Studio is versatile in testing across multiple environments such as mobile, desktop, and API.
The Object Spy and Object Recognition features facilitate easy and dynamic identification and testing of web elements.
It offers comprehensive support for visual, API, and browser testing from a single platform.

CONS

Katalon Studio's integration with other languages like .NET and PHP is lacking.
Its support for Linux is poor, causing crashes and instability.
The Object Spy feature is brittle and frustrating to use.
Katalon Studio needs improvement in documentation for ease of access to information.
The pricing of Katalon Studio is considered high and requires attention.
 

Katalon Studio Pros review quotes

Anuradha.Kapoor Kapoor - PeerSpot reviewer
May 15, 2024
The tool has a good record and playback feature for functionality, which saves time when creating automated tests.
reviewer977307 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2020
This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality.
Anuj-Kataria - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 12, 2023
Whenever I speak to the support team of Katalon Studio, I learn that some new features will be included in the product. It is a scalable product.
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Khurram Jamil Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2020
The best thing about the solution is that there is a record and playback functionality.
reviewer1270920 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 9, 2020
The most important feature is the Jenkins integration; it is pretty straight forward and allows us to run nightly builds.
reviewer1389177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 17, 2021
The scalability of the product is good.
reviewer1457445 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 31, 2022
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.
reviewer782295 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 29, 2019
We can write code in Java and it is easy to link to other JARs that we find on the internet, which is very handy.
FA
Oct 21, 2020
One of the features that I like is Object Recognition. It worked very well, and it allowed me to create a dynamic expert based on my requirements.
TW
May 11, 2021
The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy enough to complete.
 

Katalon Studio Cons review quotes

Anuradha.Kapoor Kapoor - PeerSpot reviewer
May 15, 2024
I would like to see improvements in how Katalon Studio works with iOS applications, especially with React Native applications.
reviewer977307 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2020
They need to work on documentation to make it more centralized and easier to find what you are looking for.
Anuj-Kataria - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 12, 2023
I can say that in my company, we struggle a lot with iOS automation.
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Khurram Jamil Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2020
The free version of the solution is not user friendly at all.
reviewer1270920 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 9, 2020
It would be helpful to have an automatic save feature.
reviewer1389177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 17, 2021
The price of the solution is a bit high. It's one of the reasons we decided not to continue using the product.
reviewer1457445 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 31, 2022
One aspect that can be improved is testing for desktop applications. I would like to see them support more technologies in this area.
reviewer782295 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 29, 2019
The Object Spy is rather frustrating to work with, so I tend not to use it.
FA
Oct 21, 2020
Now we are having difficulties in using it and had to limit our automation experts to the features that Katalon allows us to use for free. It was free access and they claimed that it would be free for all time.
TW
May 11, 2021
It seems to lack a few requirements that a typical customer would want. Compared to other solutions, this product is lacking.