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Technical Project Lead, Agile Coach, IT Educator at Asia Pacific College
Real User
Stable and good for API and continuous integration testing
Pros and Cons
  • "It is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins."
  • "It would be helpful if they can integrate a feature for performance testing."

What is our primary use case?

We're using it for API testing. It is deployed on my desktop.

What is most valuable?

It is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins.

What needs improvement?

I believe it would a great feature if they could integrate JMETER and other performance testing tools so that Katalon would become an all-in-one test automation tool

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for almost two years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a reliable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not scaled it or used any plug-in. Currently, we have less than five users of this product.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted their technical support because everything is okay.

How was the initial setup?

It wasn't complex.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are using the free version. We plan on getting a paid version because there is a limitation in terms of the number of users. We want to maximize it.

What other advice do I have?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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QA Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Easy to setup, with fast automation and not overly technical
Pros and Cons
  • "The automation is very fast and you don't need to be overly proficient in coding."
  • "There could potentially be more reporting within the solution. We need more issue reports, for example."

What is our primary use case?

We will primarily use the solution for regression testing.

What is most valuable?

Katalon is very easy to record and then we can use the identifiers very easily. Katalon automatically gets you all the identifiers. It's very user-friendly. How it finds the objects and gets the identifiers is excellent.

The initial setup is very easy.

The automation is very fast and you don't need to be overly proficient in coding.

What needs improvement?

I just started using it, however, if I get the demo, I'm looking for mobile as well, so that I can get more area on it. As of right now, I don't have that much. I'm just starting with it. Once I get to be a full-fledged user, then I can give better input.

There could potentially be more reporting within the solution. We need more issue reports, for example. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've only been using the solution for a couple of months at this point. It's still pretty new to us. We're still exploring the product.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We are still very new to the solution and we need more time to test the stability, to see if it is reliable. We haven't had any problems just yet, however, we haven't had enough time with the product to really make a judgment call on stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are still simply exploring the solution and therefore only have maybe ten users on the solution at this time.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've never had an opportunity to interact directly with technical support. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they are.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used Selenium in the past.

How was the initial setup?

We did not find the initial setup to be very difficult or complex. It was straightforward. It was easy. A company shouldn't have any trouble with the process.

We were using the trial version and it was very easy to install.

What about the implementation team?

We mostly installed the trial version ourselves, although we were in touch with Katalon during the process.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before implementing Katalon, we compared it with Selenium, which we were already using.

If a user has good programmatic skills, I'd go for Selenium. Otherwise, due to its relative speed and faster automation, I'd go for Katalon.

What other advice do I have?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Business Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
User-friendly, easy to learn and use, a good regression test suite and good reporting
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution is very user-friendly to learn and implement, and less technical knowledge is required to handle automation."
  • "My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version."

What is our primary use case?

I am automating my current project with web application manual testing.

It's a requirement gathering application and has lots of workflows for the user.

How has it helped my organization?

Manual testing requires a lot of manual processes and time to complete the test cycle. With the help of Katalon, the process is running more smoothly and is less time-consuming.

Regression test suit saves lots of time to complete the whole testing with inbuilt reports in PDF format.

What is most valuable?

The Keyword feature is very good to use in your test cases. 

There are lots of inbuilt Keyword features already there to use, and one can write their own for use in respective test cases.

Less Java knowledge is required to write a keyword.

This solution is very user-friendly to learn and implement, and less technical knowledge is required to handle automation.

What needs improvement?

My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version.

The support system should be improved in many areas such as Katalon Studio forums and the Katalon community page, where developer responses take a lot of time to reply to user questions.

Actually support response time is more than expected.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of this solution is good.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support for this solution is ok, but it could be improve.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used Selenium, but Katalon is much more user-friendly.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

Dont know about that

What was our ROI?

NA

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is freeware software, so start using it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other options.

What other advice do I have?

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

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Software QA Tester / Team Lead at Brightest NV
Real User
Helps a lot with website automation
Pros and Cons
  • "The best feature is the split up between test cases and the test object. This allows us to easily change an error."
  • "Support options need improvement. It is sometimes hard to find a solution to any given problem, thus you are forced to use another solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use Katalon for automating our website. The environment that we use it in is an website build in Node.js.

How has it helped my organization?

Previously, we had no automation solution for the web. Therefore, this application has helped a lot in automating the web.

What is most valuable?

The best feature is the split up between test cases and the test object. This allows us to easily change an error.

What needs improvement?

Support options need improvement. It is sometimes hard to find a solution to any given problem, thus you are forced to use another solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None whatsoever.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None whatsoever.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not have a previous solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is no cost for setup or licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other options.

What other advice do I have?

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

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Référent Qualité logicielle with 10,001+ employees
Real User
It provides us daily feedback on the status of the core features of our websites
Pros and Cons
  • "It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
  • "Video capture on failure is a must have. A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand pictures (literally)."
  • "Object Spy is brittle. When I try to capture objects, I have to proceed multiple times before it works."

What is our primary use case?

I use it for website end-to-end automation and continuous testing via integration on the VSTS CI pipeline. The tool is fully integrated in our tool process.

How has it helped my organization?

It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites. A great tool for a non-technical tester to learn automated testing. Also, it is great for a technical tester, because it allows great customization.

What is most valuable?

Video capture on failure is a must have. A picture is worth a thousand words. A video is worth a thousand pictures (literally).

What needs improvement?

Object Spy is brittle. When I try to capture objects, I have to proceed multiple times before it works.

For how long have I used the solution?

Still implementing.
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