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    BlazeMeter

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe BlazeMeter Continuous Testing Platform is a unified, end-to-end, next-generation software test automation platform built for both Agile and COE teams, from Perforce. BlazeMeter includes complete continuous testing capabilities deeply integrated into a single, intuitive workflow.

    $199

    per month

    Katalon

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AKatalon 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
    BlazeMeterKatalon
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $149.00
    per month
    Pro
    $649.00
    per month
    Node Locked License
    $69.00
    per month
    Floating License
    $1,529.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlazeMeterKatalon
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Katalon 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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    Perforce Software
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    BlazeMeterKatalon
    Automation Testing
    Comparison of Automation Testing features of BlazeMeter and Katalon
    Feature
    BlazeMeter
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Katalon
    -
    Ratings
    CI/CD Tool Integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Version Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data-Driven Testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing Collaboration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing Reports & Analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Tricentis Tosca
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BlazeMeterKatalon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BlazeMeterKatalon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Perforce Software
    It is well suited for applications that are mission-critical or applications that can receive high traffic/transactions at unscheduled time periods. Using the load testing feature of BlazeMeter, we can test and ascertain the capacity of the application without the drawbacks of the usual Apache JMeter load testing which depends heavily on the host system from where the load testing is performed.
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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
    Perforce Software
    • BlazeMeter takes the .jmx script that teams had written for JMeter. The transition from JMeter to BlazeMeter was seamless.
    • BlazeMeter offers its own cloud and hence we did not have to set it up on-premise.
    • BlazeMeter hits our application from various geographic locations that simulates real life users.
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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
    Perforce Software
    • Blazemeter reporting is very basic and shallow. There is no way to drill down or correlate. I can get better reports by using JMeter for free.
    • Blazemeter is very costly. Testing with volumes of more than 1K cu is expensive, and can be done for much cheaper if a company/team is willing to invest a bit of time to figure out how to use cloud instances and jmeter slaves, and to write a basic script to collect resulting xml output.
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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
    Perforce Software
    Easy to setup to do API Performance Testing. Dashboard to showcase results Capability to showcase runtime results
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    Katalon Inc
    Due to the slowness, there is an intermediate timeout. There is no other problem.
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    Support Rating
    Perforce Software
    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
    Perforce Software
    In comparison with Blazemeter the closes competitor is JMeter but it has disadvantages like it is not a tool that can be use as a collaborative tool and works locally in a computer, Blazemeter is in the web so different people can access and run tests or collaborate do add, edit or delete the existent scripts.
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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
    Perforce Software
    • It helped positively by helping to identify the maximum capacity needed for high traffic periods
    • Saved revenue by eliminating unwanted duplication of systems
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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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    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