# Katalon Studio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Katalon Studio the right Automated Testing solution for you? Explore 706 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/235574/Katalon-Studio/reviews --- Katalon Studio 4.4 (706) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/235574/Katalon-Studio/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Katalon Studio Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.0 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews TM Teresa M QA AnalystInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I like that it records every step that is taken while navigating throughout an app to create the test scenarios. “ April 8, 2024 Jeremiah S Director of TechnologyComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The biggest hit came when they moved from allowing us to call Katalon via a batch script for free and making you pay for individual engines to run to allow for our monitoring.“ August 5, 2021 TM Teresa M QA AnalystInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It makes for the perfect regression testing after a deployment, and before sharing with the client.“ April 8, 2024 SB Sampath B Team LeadInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Identify elements for desktop applications feature is not good using UISpy.“ June 7, 2022 YA Yash A QAEFinancial Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I found it really good as it even provides screenshots where the error occurs and has helped our firm to create the whole process easily testable through katalon .“ May 22, 2023 Amr S Lead Quality Engineer Computer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Also, since the tool is relatively new to the market compared to some other tools, this makes troubleshooting an issue a bit difficult as you won't find large support community.“ July 26, 2021 TM Teresa M QA AnalystInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Katalon is user friendly, even for a non-developer. “ April 8, 2024 SA Saputra A software engineerInformation Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Its use pretty big memory so some times its impact to performance issue (like crash or slow) when run many scenario“ November 23, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 706 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Rishi M. Sr. Automation Test Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Amazing product for collaborative API Testing" August 14, 2019 4.0 Pros Team Collaboration, Test Management, Code snippets functionality. Cons UI could be improved to have less clutter and Test Verification tab should have facility to open in side window for easy code writing. Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Because of more functionalities in Team Collaboration. Switched from [Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/) A whole team can easily work on a single Collection or Test Folder. Review Source SA Saputra A. software engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Automation Tools that makes newby Automation Engineer can play around like a pro" November 23, 2021 4.0 its very easy tools to use especially if you don't have any experience with automation tool. Pretty easy to install and configure so junior team can easily install and create automation for your service (web,api, and mobile). Basically if you are newby once you try this tools your manager or other peers can see you like a pro. Pros \- Easy to use because it has feature record and play so no need coding skill to use their feature - Good user interface - No need to worry about web driver like other automation tools - Katalon has feature to support Web , Mobile, API automation testing - It has feature to support Continuous Integration testing tools - It has ability to handle cross browser testing Cons \- Its use pretty big memory so some times its impact to performance issue (like crash or slow) when run many scenario - only Katalon 7+ version licensed owner, that able to use debugging feature - its limited to Java and Groovy Alternatives considered [CucumberStudio](https://www.capterra.com/p/230858/HIPTEST/)[Selenium IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/234796/Selenium-IDE/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio because its increase our productivity because our learning curve time is lower and with only 1 tool we can automate many platform. Switched from [CucumberStudio](https://www.capterra.com/p/230858/HIPTEST/)[Selenium IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/234796/Selenium-IDE/) because its easy to use and easy to learn. 1 tools for all platform Review Source sK shyam K. Software Engineer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good tool for API Automation but not so good for mobile UI" August 14, 2019 3.0 API Automation - It is good UI Automation - Not good Pros Well organized and easy to use. For APIs its straight forward Cons Mobile UI automation is quite tough to setup. Android automation, once we make a script using the a particular mobile using the recorder, we were not able to use it on another model phone. When recording, the ids which the Katalon Studio is creating were changing for the next phone and hence it is not recognizing the on other phones. On the Iphone UI automation, most of the Iphones are not getting recognized. We spent 2 months on doing research and it is pretty inconsistent. Finally we moved just to Appium and manually create the scripts which is the reliable solution from years. Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Open source and appeared easy at the beginning but later for UI Automation it is the toughest to set it up Switched from [Appium](https://www.capterra.com/p/185602/Appium/) Mobile UI automation is quite tough to setup. Android automation, once we make a script using the a particular mobile using the recorder, we were not able to use it on another model phone. When recording, the ids which the Katalon Studio is creating were changing for the next phone and hence it is not recognizing the on other phones. On the Iphone UI automation, most of the Iphones are not getting recognized. We spent 2 months on doing research and it is pretty inconsistent. Finally we moved just to Appium and manually create the scripts which is the reliable solution from years. Review Source Adam L. QA Engineer Media Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Front end web testing, with ease" October 8, 2019 4.0 We have to deploy software to numerous systems, numerous times per month. Katalon offers the flexibility to run some basic sanity checks to ensure our deployments were successful, without a ton of manual testing hours to verfiy. Pros Learning curve is relatively quick and easy to get going with your first few basic tests. There is also a lot of documentation out there if you get stuck on something. Cons The design is horrible. It feels like interacting with an app built in the early 2000s. BUT, it works well. Alternatives considered [Cypress](https://www.capterra.com/p/168276/Cypress/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Katalon offers a comprehensive web testing solution with CI/CD components. It supports Web, Android, and iOS applications. Native plugins integrate with Jenkins, Git, JIRA, and qTest. All of these were on my list of requirements when selecting a solution, and Katalon checked them all! Switched from [Cypress](https://www.capterra.com/p/168276/Cypress/) I had a handful of scripts I was using with Cypress and then a 3rd party vendor we integrate with did a random version bump and it rendered all my tests useless. There was no way around it. Katalon Studio is able to get past the problem that Cypress could not. Review Source kB keith B. QA Automations Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Makes life easy" August 14, 2019 4.0 We have managed to fill in the gaps that Postman has left wide open in being able to share reports with teammates, using BDD/Cucumber in API testing, and being able to integrate with Jira. To be able to produce anything similar with postman would require tons of custom Node.js which would be difficult to use for our less technical team members. Pros What I like about this software is the fact that I can perform API, Web UI, and Mobile Applications testing all in one suite. I like the fact that the software is based on Eclipse, Java, and Selenium, and comes with all the drivers ready to go. It makes life easier for me who have to deal with a lot of the more technical components, but allows others on our team, who aren't as technical, drag and drop my scripts using the UI provided. I like the fact that the software encourages the Page Object Model and also makes Cucumber much easier. Cons You guys are making improvements on your reporting tool, but it used to be a major headache. Other than that, no major headaches. Alternatives considered [Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/)[QMetry](https://www.capterra.com/p/98311/QMetry/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio The ability to bundle API automations and UI automations in one suite. Allows technical team members to write Automations in Selenium and JUnit assertions while allowing non technical team members to drag and drop scripts to make automations. Switched from [Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/) Ease of producing reports, ease of organizing API endpoints, and reusability, JIRA integration, ease of use for less technical team members. Review Source RR Rene R. Automation Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good option for automation" August 14, 2019 4.0 Despite I've had to deal with many issues using Katalon Studio, I think it is a great tool with a lot of potentials that need to mature. That's why I bet for Katalon Studio instead of other tools like ReadyAPI. Pros 1- that you can use cucumber scripts along with groovy for automating test cases 2- Katalon Analytics is great Cons 1- you can not open more than one project at a time 2- it's very heavy, it consumes a lot of resources. I think it could be improved in terms of RAM and CPU management. 3- katalon analytics needs more improvement, there are some issues in the UI. 4- the logging motor can be better, right now is very unusual if you run multiple test suites at a time with suite collection and try to watch the logs for each and every test suite, you get lost and it's hard to know even when it finished executing. 5- The Katalon Studio UI (at least mac version) it's complicated to use when you create a Request, it's hard to define the variables and params since the components used are very archaic, some time you think you save (according to the common behavior in most of the tool) but you actually dont and lost all changes. That can be improved. 6- The way Katalon manage the project files etc. it's very complicated to deal with those non-sense files (for end user) and the repos, it generates a lot of conflicts everytime. Alternatives considered [Postman](https://www.capterra.com/p/188497/Postman/)[Noterro](https://www.capterra.com/p/164994/SOAP-Vault/) Switched from [SoapUI](https://www.capterra.com/p/170648/SoapUI/) the value-added with the cucumber scripts for QA automation. Review Source IP Isaac P. QA Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "KS opinion" February 2, 2022 5.0 Currently we've implented execution of several SC that must be executed every 5min,each SC has UI tests and Data Base tests. Pros Self healing is just great, Katalon testops is really good it has everything a I need all in one platform. Cons The possibility of analyzing a report should not be KSE's thing. Alternatives considered [Selenium IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/234796/Selenium-IDE/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Ease of use, ease of maintenance, functionalities (self healing,test Ops...) Review Source EA Emmanuel A. Senior Technical Consultant Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Katalon is the best Automation tool to use!" February 3, 2022 5.0 In the past 2 years experiencing Katalon Studio, Our test cases based on web application were easily managed, automated and matained by the team, even without technical skills required. Pros It is easy to use and easy to install. Alao easy to manage when implementing cicd to your project or team. Cons It requires you to log online before using it offline Alternatives considered [Ranorex Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/173144/Ranorex-Studio/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Since Katalon Studio is java/groovy based, and I'm very knowledgeable to those programming languages. I am eager to use it more rather than starting and configuring automation from scratch which can burn a lot of time and effort to the team Review Source IF Ian F. Automation Specialist Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katalon Studio" August 14, 2019 4.0 I was new to my company and I was on a new project. The tool selected by someone else wasn't going to be a fit (Cypress) we need a tool that could do proper E2E testing not a Unit test tool like Cypress. Katalon allowed me to catch up and to get the automation back on track quickly. I found it very easy to use as it was much like the commercial tools I have used for the last 18 years Pros Ease of Use Similar to the commercial tools I have used Lots of options to create custom code Cons Object Recognition is a bit clumsy. It needs a spy that will give relative XPath for objects. Currently it gives a full Xpath which is unreliable. Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Price. I would have needed to work through a procurement process and all for a tool that didn't offer much more benefit over Katalon Switched from [Cypress](https://www.capterra.com/p/168276/Cypress/) Cypress is a Unit test tool. We needed a proper E2E automation solution Review Source SM Shahira M. QA lead Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My day is incomplete if i have not used Katalon" August 18, 2019 4.0 There was a time when i was in a big black-hole wondering which tool would come to my aid as my job was to test various modules in the context of business intelligence. I spent time trying different tools but my search was worth it when i discovered that Katalon studio tool has most of the features that I can start using without having to learn too many technical concepts or go through tedious steps of installations.Now i recommend it to all my colleagues every time they complain about some things that are not working in our home born tools. Pros User friendly UI, support team's response and openness to suggestions, one tool for multiple tasks Cons It could be more dynamic in terms of recommending error / corrections Switched from [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) ease in building and executing scripts using different languages / technologies Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Test Automation Lead Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katalon Studio for Automation" October 23, 2024 4.0 Pros It's automation capability. Integration with Jenkins and support for CI CD Cons High Price Lack of support for Linux Object spy is not that great and helpful Review Source AB Arthur B. Software Test Engineer Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Friendly enough for junior testers and flexible enough for advanced engineers" September 16, 2021 4.0 Pros You're able to start creating UI scripts right away and then be able to figure out how you want things laid out as you go along. To get Katalon to work the way you want, you do have to do a fair amount of customization. By that I mean figuring out how you want to model your tests and test objects, whether it's UI, API, or a hybrid. This may sound bad, but there's enough there to start out with that you're not hindered by initial setup if you're already coming from another tool or similar framework. Groovy AND Java work well in Katalon with Groovy being the main language for scripting. Groovy is VERY forgiving. Cons Refactoring is probably my biggest gripe. You can easily refactor variables and shared code in Eclipse, but that seems to be a thing that is missing in Katalon. When it comes to updating test case names or the web objects, those get updated across the board enough, but not when it comes to passing variables and keywords around. The need to customize a fair amount for satisfactory integration with something like JIRA/Zephyr. Updating doesn't always work (I use a Mac). When I start executing tests, there's usually a delay/lag when things actually start or report. Review Source KV Kshitija V. Software tester Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Automation Tool" October 20, 2021 4.0 My overall experience with the product is very good, I have explored this tool to the core. it provides you nice reporting format and also you can configure it with jenkins which made my life very easy. Pros I would say, this is the best automation tool if you have very least experience on automation testing. with least knowledge on automation, you can start using this tool. It provides you in built functionality to select the xpath of objects which is known as self healing. This feature is a savior if you find difficulty finding xpaths of the objects. It has extensive knowledge base, very nicely maintained by katalon community which will answer most of your questions. Cons the only drawback which I have seen so far is that, its kind of slow in performance if your project size is very big. Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Katalon Studio fulfills our needs the best, it has record and play option, as well as scripting for masters in programmers and also it provides manual mode, if you dont want to make your hands dirty in programming. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer TEST ANALYST Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "“Free Tool, Serves The Automation Needs For The Applications Used at My Workplace”" April 18, 2019 5.0 Pros I started using Katalon Studio a year ago and it serves the automation needs for the applications I use at my workplace. It’s free of cost which is a huge bonus, easy to automate and user friendly. To start with it’s very simple to create a record and playback script which can be edited using a manual and script mode with lots of inbuilt keywords to perform validations. My basic knowledge on Java enabled me to create new custom keywords and methods in Katalon library. I could efficiently use the Built in reports to consolidate the test results. Data driven testing support helped to cover all possible test scenarios. I managed to use the Integrations with JIRA which worked perfectly fine and saved a lot of time for documenting test evidences and integration with GIT served the script version control. Joining the Katalon Community was very helpful to get online support and obtain solutions to my queries using this forum. The community is open to suggestions and they do consider the required improvements to incorporate in the future versions they release. I would suggest every user with minimum coding experience give it a try as you do not have to pay any cost and no limited using time Cons Every automation tool has some drawbacks, but I managed to nd workarounds for each stoppers. Since Katalon studio is a tool that is still developing, I expect it will be more powerful in near future, supporting more functions and needs of the user. Review Source US Upendra S. iOS Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A tool that makes automation testing easier" October 20, 2021 5.0 I've experience working on iOS automation testing using the Xcode tools, but I felt Katalon is the best tool for automation. Pros Firstly, I've to tell you about the interface of the IDE. It is so easy to navigate and I can view all the required information on the screen without expanding new tabs. Cons Its object spy is a little laggy while using complex iOS applications. But based on its functionality, the lag can be acceptable. Review Source AB Abbas B. QA tester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Overall review " February 2, 2022 5.0 Its good tool for someone who wanted to start automation and stuborn manual tester Pros Its speed on automaton .xpath several option fast in execution and lot more Cons 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 Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Its easy to use because of record and play and easier language Review Source TM Teresa M. QA Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "User Friendly software for Automated testing" April 8, 2024 5.0 My overall experience is that I could easily begin using the software without training (as a non-developer). I like that it records every step that is taken while navigating throughout an app to create the test scenarios. It makes for the perfect regression testing after a deployment, and before sharing with the client. Pros Katalon is user friendly, even for a non-developer. It records the steps within an app to create the test scenarios with ease. You could also manually write the test scenarios, step by step. Cons The only con with the software is resolving issues sometimes requires a developer to help fix the test case. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr Quality Analyst Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Didn't see a tool that provides more flexible features like Katalon" August 14, 2019 4.0 Well with katalon. really loved it Pros 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 Cons 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 Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software QA Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My go-to app for Test automation for the web" August 15, 2019 5.0 being allergic to super-coding, I find Katalon studio friendly to QAs and data encoders, but can also be flexible enough to support other extensions or code snippets from other libraries. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source AD Aravind D. Sr Test Analyst Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Growing Tool in Test Automation" October 21, 2021 4.0 Katalon Studio as a Test Automation Tool satisfies the need of the Regression testing and is continuously improving as a Tool that gives a chance to Automate everything. Pros \- Katalon Studio is easy to script - Support multiple platforms(WEB UI, Mobile, API) - Supports multiple Integrations for Reporting and Tracking Cons \- Newer versions have browser upgrade issue as each time we have to upgrade the browser for smooth execution. Most of the time it does not upgrade in one go. Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Katalon is a flavor of Selenium but has got everything for the initial set up that we perform at selenium. This avoids the user and gives him to straight away start scripting. Review Source SS Suhan S. TEST LEAD Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Suhan - katalon Review" February 2, 2022 5.0 easy to handle and understand the product feature Pros easy to handle and understand the product feature Cons Nothing like that; looks i have all the feature looking for till date Review Source MB Maheshwara B. Senior Automation test engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Katalon Studio is very good for automation testers and it develops a better-inbuilt framework " February 2, 2022 5.0 overall katalon is good for tester who don't have much programing knowledge Pros Katalon Studio is very good for automation testers and it develops a better-inbuilt framework easy to deploy code to git Cons it won't handle drag and drop Functionality efficiently and upload image functionality also not good and select value from drop down also not handled properly Review Source AD Arun D. Automation QA Lead Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Katalon Studio - Free, Easy to Use, Best UI for Web, Mobile and API automation " August 14, 2019 4.0 Pros Easy to setup Easy to use UI - Objecy Spy, Recorder, Keyword and Script view, debugging, Integration with GIT etc.., Easy to learn - Built in keywords, framework, simple external data integration, record and play back Advanced Capabilities - Multi browser, parallel execution, command line execution, record / spy mobile applications, API etc.., Cons Newer version of Katalon Studio has moved some of the free features to paid (ex. Jira integration) Capturing objects, scripting and execution time on mobile apps must be improved Multilevel API calls are not efficient compared to tools like SoapUI, Postman etc.. Report cannot be customized Desktop app automation not available Review Source oS olaoye S. Software Tester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My Experience using katalon studio for mobile application testing" April 18, 2019 4.0 My search for a mobile automation test tool led me to katalon, i needed a tool that could help with stress test, ui test, fuctional test as well as regression test. I must say the UI feel with katalon was great coupled with simple user experience, with katalon it looked like all the features i needed to achieve mobile app test were all sited in one place. Seting up katalon on on mac for android testing wasn't stress at all, i just needed to read their documentation and their short clips directory videos to say the least katalon as a great community with very relevant questions and relatable asnwers. I have used katalon for mobile and app test only, maybe my next exploration will be to use it for api testing Pros The Record mobile app feature, that allows easy recording, and very effective to perform stress test on mobile apps The spy mobile, that allows me jump into any screen i missed during recording while i'm able to select the missing element, i am also able to add the new element to a different repo Organised workbench and easy customization: I like how katalon organises its my testcases/files and folders. I'm able to group elements in folder, collapse and enlarge boards, etc Groovy scripting board - Very clean, collapsable, optioned and easy scripting interface, katalon made groovy look so easy, i learnt groovy scripting Cons somethings still have to be updated/saved manually for every test e.g i have to always set "uninstallAfterClose to false" everytime i run my test Review Source SB Shikha B. Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katalon Studio is a test robotization structure which can be utilized for Web, Mobile applications ." April 19, 2019 4.0 Katalon Studio is an extensive toolset for web and portable application robotization testing. This instrument incorporates a full bundle of amazing highlights that assistance defeat basic difficulties in web UI test robotization, for instance, spring up, iFrame, and hold up time. Pros Katalon's principle leeway is that it's anything but difficult to convey and has a more extensive arrangement of reconciliations contrasted with Selenium, the market head. Katalon has double scripting interfaces for clients with various programming aptitudes. This implies analyzers with restricted specialized learning can utilize a less difficult UI that doesn't require composing code. Experts of utilizing Katalon Studio Incorporated with CI/DevOps work process Supports a few sorts of testing Natural investigation dashboard and reports Easy to use GUI Gentle expectation to absorb information + learning materials Cons Cons of utilizing Katalon Studio Absence of scripting dialects Not open source Documentation update slacks Execution issues Review Source Similar Products Featured