# Page 6 | Katalon Studio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 6 - 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 # Page 6 - Reviews of Katalon Studio ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 126-150 of 706 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use ME Muhammad E. Automation Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Automation made easy and Fun" July 25, 2019 4.0 I work in a company that provides various types of web services to the client around the globe. Delivering work ranging from APIs integration to a complete website. We have been switching from different tools over the past few years, each being replaced by one which could ease the automation process. We have found those capabilities in a single tool and so far we can say that Katalon is a real gem. It has helped us automate most of our website in a quick and easy-to-maintain way. It also bridged the gap between the technical and non-technical team in a way that really enhanced and improved the whole workflow. Pros Ability to re-use test cases, to group selectors, web APIs, scripts with full programming capabilities, the capability to run on various platforms and browsers, debug, ability to integrate with GitHub, trigger test via batch scripts, HTML reports Cons Not supported on Linux, slow to trigger test, no hightlight on web element interacted with. Review Source Adrian G. QA Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "The easiest automation tool I've ever used!" October 28, 2022 5.0 Pros Capturing selectors is the most beneficial thing. (Catch and play) Cons It freezes very often, at least on the iMac and I need Force Quit to be able to reopen. :( Review Source AS Atish S. Business Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best ROI Test Automation tool" August 19, 2019 4.0 we needed a test automation tool which has functional test automation, API test automation and mobile test automation. Katalon and Selenium were close contenders and we picked Katalon as it provided almost all what we needed. we implemented it over 4 months of period for our 2000 pages application and overall our experience is good with it's abilities. Equipped with Cloud report tool "Katalon Analytics", it is a plus. Being freeware it brings a lot on your table. Pros Ease of Use and operate. With basic training any one can start creating test scenarios in feature files and automatically respective code gets generated. Katalon Analytics is online tool to access Test Reports. Cons Frequent updates and paid JIRA and other plugins Review Source IA Istiaq A. CEO Retail Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Katalon Studio Review" January 26, 2023 5.0 Earlier we used to maintain a Java-Selenium-based Hybrid framework, which required good programming knowledge.Reporting was a bit complex.Lots of external tools, libraries, and files are needed to add every functions/features. But In Katalon , most of the features are built in which made the tool almost CODELESS and less tedious Pros In the Software Testing and Software Development Industry , Katalon Studio is a game changer tools. The feature I liked most is, little Progaming language skill is required to operate and maintain the framework. Cons As most of the features are built-in, sometimes it becomes difficult to handle the automation of complex web application that has a large database. Review Source SG Sunil G. Sr Systems Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use automation tool" April 18, 2019 4.0 my overall experience with Katalon Studio is definitely positive and i will continue to learn and promote this tool because it is very useful for any Automation developer to understand and implement this tool. Pros Easy to set up and configure. Easy to record steps either manually capturing the element/s or using the SpyWeb/recordWeb features. Easy to create Test Suites and Collections to categorize the testing methods/process. Cons Hard to understand the errors and how to fix them. Although there is the katalon online community to seek for any help, it is not easy to pose the issue across where one can totally understand the question and come up with solutions. Review Source AM Ana M. software tester Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Useful and time saver automation tool" August 14, 2019 3.0 We managed to automate some flows that are running each day to see if some errors are encountered after different modifications. And every time we change something that affects the majority of the projects we are running this regression tests. This made our job easier. Pros It was easy to learn its functionalities and also to record the project flows or to modify the test case scripts. Cons I didn't like the fact that for some flows, the test cases were failed and when I looked for some explanations on the Internet, I found less information than I was expected. Despite some info from the users that encountered the same problem, no explanation from Katalon team was there. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Professor Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A simple interface that provides automation functionality for web, mobile and more" April 13, 2019 3.0 Decent experience and still exploring, worth to give a try as it's free of cost and has limited pre-requisites Pros It is really simple to automate various tests on the web and mobile or across various other devices using the Katalon Studio application. It provides an interface that help to record screens and track changes to code and save the steps as part of tests. It requires Appium software for mobile automation and also integration with tools like Android Studio for automating android applications. It is available free of cost, being an open source application, and also a great interface to use. It provides relatively good features for mobile automation. Not sure about it's support with Selenium, especially for web automation, but it's worth a try! Cons Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA and many other IDEs are available that can provide better and easy integrations with Selenium and Selendroid or Appium, that have proven to do wonders in the field of automation testing. Review Source SM Sara M. Quality assurance Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Amazing!" August 14, 2019 5.0 Pros 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! Cons 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. Alternatives considered [Qualitia](https://www.capterra.com/p/139512/Qualitia-for-Selenium/)[Protractor](https://www.capterra.com/p/18043/Protractor-NET/) Reason for choosing Katalon Studio It's much easier to use than the others Review Source SB Suma B. Tester Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Automate everything with Katalon" August 20, 2019 5.0 Pros 1\. No need prior programming language hands on. 2. Very easy to code using Groovy scripts. 3. Time saver 4. Parallel Execution 5. Accurate reports, every time. 6. Easily learnt Mobile, Web and API automation within less time. 7. Automated 1200+ test cases within 6 months. 8. Can automate any Website. 9. Can integrate any tool such as AutoIT, Ashot library. Cons 1\. Any API related to Full screen capture of Web page is not introduced. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Professional Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Open Source Studio for QA" August 14, 2019 4.0 Our QA department use Katalon everyday for automation testing, so the tool is very powerful. Pros Open Source Nice GUI Easy to use Documentation Cons integrations Support unless you pay for it Reason for choosing Katalon Studio Open source, GUI and Documentation Review Source DL Diego L. Head of QA Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Simple to use yet powerful " April 18, 2019 5.0 I'm extremely happy using this software. Since I'm a beginner the tutorials and documentation online have been so good to help me learn. I can see all the options I can do in the future for my tests and how fast I can create my basic tests is quite helpful. Pros I liked that there are many nice tutorials available online that got me running with using the software. Not being a power user, it was very nice to be able to start with a recorder for my first tests and then have the ability to add code as needed. I also think that for being free to use, I can use the sources I need and once I become more advanced that support is available. Cons The one thing I found a bit frustrating was that when I updated to a new version of the software, some tests stopped running. I'm not sure what was the reason for this, but once I went back to the older version all was fine. So, in the world of automated testing, it was a bit hard to realize the issue was with the new version and not with my tests. Review Source WS Waqqas S. SQA Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Smart Automation tool" September 22, 2020 4.0 Good experience, time saving, and easy customization application Pros Ease of use and installation,best and power full recorder system,desktop recording is also free,very smart tool Cons Load testing result,xpath capturing,assert recording is manual.auto loop option and copy all is missing in extension Review Source VC Vineet C. Senior QA Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "User-friendly tool" September 16, 2021 5.0 It is very convenient to solve Salesforce testing issues with this tool Pros This made our job very convenient and it is very user friendly Cons Everything is fine. It is a superb tool as compared with other tool which requires a lot of coding Review Source ML Mark L. Director of Business Analysis and Quality Assurance Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Katalon Studio Brings a Wealth of Automated Testing Capability to the Business User and Developer" April 26, 2019 4.0 Pros Katalon Studio is a great way to introduce or advance automated testing in your organization. Tools and tutorials can get the business user up and running quickly with record and playback capability. For developers, Java/Groovy script can be used to quickly put together sophisticated tests. Katalon Studio can also be easily setup to work well with common devOps tools like Jenkins. This allows organizations focused on advancing their devOps or pursuing continuous automation to use the tool as part their devOps pipelines. Cons Object capturing can still be problematic. To efficiently use the tool, it helps to have solid grasp of how to target objects in the DOM with either via xpath or css attributes. This can present challenges for the business user occasionally. Review Source Enver N. Digital Marketing Manager Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A mixed bag" October 4, 2019 3.0 I was trying to solve the issue of manual data entry being too slow and I thought Studio would have allowed it to be fully automated. Pros I like how Katalon Studio has more features than Katalon Recorder, including being able to write data to a CSV file and the ability to test on different browser set-ups. Cons It didn't really suit my needs for an automation solution to do lots of data entry and gather the data that was given as an output. After I record on Studio and play it back, it often fails to fully play everything back. I tried to get it to work on Studio but ended up giving up after a few months. Review Source LS Laks S. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Game changer for Automation testing" April 18, 2019 5.0 It is an amazing platform for creating automated test scripts saving a lot of time and money Pros Switching between creating scripts or just design the test flow which then converts itself into scripts is an amazing feature. This also helps people in the team who are not familiar with creating scripts to understand scripting Cons Sometimes there is an inconsistency between different Operating Systems and browsers. Test cases do fail randomly. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer QA Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Robust Automation Tool for all Positions" April 18, 2019 4.0 Katalon has been a great introduction to automation testing that we haven't been able to achieve to this point. It is simple enough to learn for those with and without coding experience. We have been able to create a whole suite of API tests through the various functionality which has been really helpful Pros I love the recording feature of the software that allows me to quickly create object repositories or just do a step by step of the website I test. Cons The documentation of Katalon could be more robust and descriptive. There are a couple things I've tried to do that I had to figure out on my own because the documentation wasn't clear Review Source Atif S. Software Testing Consultant Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent Product for Test Automation (Web, Mobile & API)" December 5, 2018 4.0 Easy to start Automating Test Cases right away without much technical or programming skills. I was able to develop Web, Mobile and API tests using the same tool which is hard to do these days. Pros Not much Technical and Programming Knowledge is Required. Ability to Automate Not Only Web but Also Mobile and API Tests. Easy to Organize and Manage Test Cases for Different Applications and Platforms. Cons Support for only One Scripting Language: Java/Groovy. More Languages should be supported, at least Common Programming Languages such as C# and Python should be Supported. Review Source pA prabhat A. System Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "best tool for software automation testing" August 19, 2019 4.0 the recording feature is awsome and the test suite is also good keywords are easy to remember overall working is easy Pros the recording feature is awsome and the test suite is also good keywords are easy to remember overall working is easy Cons least i like the creation of new keywords Review Source Dylan D. Quality Assurance Intern Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Katalon Studio Review" August 14, 2019 4.0 I really enjoy Katalon. Its features and functionality have seriously impressed me thus far, and they continue to do so. I have not don eautomation testing before, but Katalon does make it easy to do so. Pros I love how different languages can all be used in the same script without anything getting messy or crashing out of confusion. I generally have good luck with different language implementation and I appreciate Katalon's ease of use Cons Occasional freezing/crashing issues. I also believe the software has a small memory leak, but that is not the end of the world. Review Source AC Alan C. Automation Tester Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review of Katalon Studio" April 24, 2019 4.0 Suites for middle range business for running test in web based Pros Ease to use for scripting automation in web based GUI and API testing. Cons \-API respond code does not supports unicode -Heavy load when run test in more than thousands records -Does not have a summary report send out as email after finish running a test suite collection -Mobile framework does not mature enough to script automation for mobile app testing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Associate Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katalon Studio : Time saviour in Automation" April 22, 2019 4.0 Overrall experience is really good. I hope new features will be added in the future that will make this tool the best for automation. Pros 1\. UI is user-friendly. One can easily learn how to use this tool . 2. Manual testers can easily use this tool as user is able to record through this tool. 3. In the reports perspective, it is very useful. Like in eclipse with selenium user need to add testng but here no need to add anything. 4. Test reports are easily available in different formats easily. 5. User can get Screenshot of failed test cases very easily. 6. Easily integrate with jira and git. Cons 1\. reports should also be available for test case level. it is only available at test suits level. 2. To make it more friendly for the users more scripting languages can be added. 3.can add distributive testing approach also. 4. Till now to test on Linux only beta version is available which is not soo good. Need improvement on that Review Source SS Saravanamuthu S. Quality Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Katalon Studio the tool for Automation testing" April 18, 2019 5.0 Awesome tool for automation testers, All in one for all your automation needs .Intuitive analytics dashboard and reports. Pros Katalon studio has the best user interface, easy to automate API, UI and Mobile devices. Inbuilt custom keywords,Custom keywords, plugins, Katalon Analytics, cross browser testing. Its Freeware. Cons Desktop applications cannot be automated. Need more features for API testing like SOAP UI. Small community. Review Source SG Sweta G. Senior QA Engg. Capital Markets Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katalon as User Friendly Tool for Automation Testing" August 14, 2019 4.0 Pros \- Very much user friendly. - Easier to identify the web elements with suitable locators. - Built-in environment provided with writing Keywords, Listeners etc. for ease of work. - Easy to use for the beginners (with its features of record & play) who have just been introduced to Automation. - Veru much friendly reports after execution of Test Case, Test Suites or Test Suite Collection. Cons \- In some of the scenarios, unable to use selenium feature of Fluent Wait which was urgently required. - Less usage of scripting language. Review Source SM Simon M. Quality Assurance Specialist Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best Test Automation Product in the Market" April 18, 2019 4.0 I use Katalon to write test script for Salesforce.com platform such as creation of Leads, Plans, Accounts, Signup Process that has a shopping cart and a billing process, Opportunities, e.t.c. The experience with the tool so far has been pleasant. Easy to use and I love how the team is keeping up with new update and the improvements they make to the tool. I highly recommend this tool. Pros I have been using Katalon Studio for almost 6 months now. I have been evaluating the product to see how it can help us in out Test Automation. I love the simplicity of Katalon Studio but at the same time it is a very powerful tool. I love how the project is organized into different meaningful folders. Also, I love how you can switch from manual mode to script mode to further expand the test scripts. I'm pleased that Katalon has incorporated BDD Testing functionality of using Cucumber to create feature file that runs the scripts, it is a huge plus to the tool. I also love the just introduced Plugin Store, it will help us testers minimize the amount of time we could use to write more code for a certain function in our scripts. Cons One thing that I don't like about Katalon Studio is its restrictiveness to writing scripts using Groovy and Java. I wish the team could expand further and allow other languages such as Python and C#. Review Source Similar Products Featured