Applitools vs. Katalon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Applitools
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Applitools helps Test Automation, DevOps and Development teams release and monitor mobile, web, and native apps. It is a commercial-grade, visual cloud engine that validates the visual aspects of any Web, Mobile and Native app in an automated way. It supports Continuous Deployment in multi-device, multi-browser environments. Founded in 2015, Applitools states they have hundreds of customers from a range of verticals, including Fortune 100 companies in Banking, Software, Online Retail,…N/A
Katalon
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Katalon Studio is provided by the vendor as a free and robust automation solution for API, Web and Mobile testing. It is designed to eliminate the complexities of building an automation framework by integrating all necessary test components with built-in keywords and project templates. Katalon Studio includes a full feature set for a complete test automation process covering multiple platforms and testing types. New users can get started with test automation using its easy-to-use…
$69
per month
Pricing
ApplitoolsKatalon
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Node Locked License
$69.00
per month
Floating License
$1,529.00
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ApplitoolsKatalon
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsKatalon Studio was originated from KMS Technology R&D. It has been a successful solution for numerous automation projects ranging from small team to enterprise client. Katalon Studio is free for use, product development is funded by the testing services provided by KMS Technology. To support future releases, please consider subscribing to our business support services.
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Community Pulse
ApplitoolsKatalon
Features
ApplitoolsKatalon
Automation Testing
Comparison of Automation Testing features of Product A and Product B
Applitools
7.6
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Katalon
-
Ratings
Record and Automate8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Browser Testing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Testing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Test Scheduling7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Test Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
CI/CD Tool Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrated Version Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data-Driven Testing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing Collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Real Device Testing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing Reports & Analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ApplitoolsKatalon
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ApplitoolsKatalon
Likelihood to Recommend
Applitools
Scenarios where Applitools is well suited: Cross-browser and Cross-device Testing: Applitools shines in scenarios where applications need to be tested across multiple browsers (chrome,ie,firefox) UI Component Libraries: When working with UI component libraries or design systems, Applitools allows to capture and maintain a visual baseline for each component, Applitools may not work with highly animated sites and in non visual testing purpose
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Katalon Inc
Katalon TestOps is well suited for an oraganization who want to organize their automation collections and have everything in one place. It provides good insight on test runs, failures and also helps in defect tracking. It is extremely easy to schedule and run test suites automatically. With the help of test history, it becomes easier to triage the report and identify if it is a product issue or a test flakiness. Also with the automation run scheduling features with custom options, user do not have to manually trigger the runs and just run the scheduler to do the job.
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Pros
Applitools
  • visual testing
  • cross browser testing
  • easy integration with testing frameworks
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Katalon Inc
  • Easy to setup and quick to get started: As Katalon comes with built-in features a new automation tester can automate easily. Script creation time is quick.
  • Test Analytics: Katalon also provides analytics which tells you the pattern of your automated tests at a different instance of time.
  • Third Party Integration: Katalon provides amazing integration with 3rd party tools like JIRA, ALM, GIT, JENKINS, etc.
  • Image-based testing: Katalon also provides inbuilt image based test automation.
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Cons
Applitools
  • Test Maintenance- no built-in mechanism to automatically handle dynamic or volatile elements,
  • Test Configuration Flexibility- ability to specify different tolerances or thresholds for specific test elements or regions within a single test
  • Test Execution Performance- larger test suites or complex visual validations can sometimes lead to longer execution times.
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Katalon Inc
  • Integration with Azure is painstakingly slow as it takes too much time to upload reports to Azure. When raised with the support team i was advised to contact Microsoft who promptly and correctly replied that its an issue with the katalon plugin.
  • Non Responsive Customer Support. Several mails were replied late.
  • The Desktop app uses too much memory when booting up and running tests even on a 16gb RAM.
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Usability
Applitools
No answers on this topic
Katalon Inc
Due to the slowness, there is an intermediate timeout. There is no other problem.
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Support Rating
Applitools
No answers on this topic
Katalon Inc
I love the support. They have provided answers and solutions for most of our questions or doubts that could come up. They also have provided basic tutorials on how to get familiarized with the program.
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Alternatives Considered
Applitools
Applitools is better than browser stack & LambdaTest as it offers AI-Powered Testing: Applitools leverages AI and machine learning algorithms to enhance its visual testing capabilities. The AI algorithms help in automatically identifying and classifying visual differences. Applitools introduces the concept of "Smart Locators," which are dynamic identifiers used to locate and identify elements in a more efficient manner.
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Katalon Inc
Katalon Studio is above both the tools is due to its codeless test automation feature and having API, desktop, web, and mobile automation in one place but obviously there is room for improvement when desktop automation is of primary importance in the automation.
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Return on Investment
Applitools
  • cost effective
  • faster delivery of product
  • less error prone testing
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Katalon Inc
  • Support can be better: As mentioned before, katlon community is still growing but is currently a small community. If you are stuck, its hard to find help in the community and one has to reach out to the support for help. This takes a while before you can get solution to your problem.
  • Result upload takes little longer time: It is been observed that uploading tests results takes little longer.
  • Sometimes it gets hard to integrate: Since this is fairly a new tool, requires lot of learning curve to get the job done effectively.
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ScreenShots

Katalon Screenshots

Screenshot of Project setup - fast start with pre-built templates and scriptsScreenshot of Run Single Tests or Suites on multiple configurations and data sets
Multiple Platform Support so you can run your automation tests on Windows, OSX, Android, and iOSScreenshot of Maintain TestsScreenshot of View Reports