We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and SmartBear TestComplete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Automation Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability of the product is good."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward and easy enough to complete."
"The most valuable feature is that the browser and the API testing is available in a single tool, and I don't have to look at other options."
"It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."
"It supports multiple easy-to-learn languages."
"One of the features that I like is Object Recognition. It worked very well, and it allowed me to create a dynamic expert based on my requirements."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"Katalon Studio's biggest advantage is its price. It's a good tool for the price, albeit with some limitations when you compare it with tools like Tricentis Tosca."
"The ease-of-use and quality of the overall product are above average."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to integrate with Azure DevOps for continuous integration and deployment."
"The reporting is ready to use and doesn't require any setup."
"Customer service and technical support responsiveness are high. Everyone is very professional."
"TestComplete fits almost perfectly with a large amount of stacks, such as Delphi, C#, Java and web applications."
"Complete works perfectly with CUTE. That includes all dialogues, right-click menus, or system dialogues, etc., which are handled well."
"It's cross platform automation capabilities specially ranging across web, UNIX (via putty), and other systems."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Azure DevOps."
"Now we are having difficulties in using it and had to limit our automation experts to the features that Katalon allows us to use for free. It was free access and they claimed that it would be free for all time."
"There could potentially be more reporting within the solution. We need more issue reports, for example."
"I can say that in my company, we struggle a lot with iOS automation."
"Currently, I'm the only one who can use it because I have a Mac. It is giving a hard time to my team members who are on Linux. My team members are using Linux, and Katalon doesn't support Linux very well. It keeps on crashing. It crashes and shuts down almost every time they save their work, so they are not able to use it. It should have good support for Linux. We don't know what the problem is. If the Katalon team can pick up this issue, it will be very helpful."
"The product is comparatively slow."
"Katalon lacks integration with other software, including integrating other languages like .NET and PHP."
"The price of Katalon Studio is an area of concern where improvement is required."
"The price of the solution is a bit high. It's one of the reasons we decided not to continue using the product."
"At times, identifying or locating an element can be somewhat challenging. However, in a recent test update, they introduced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capability. This introduction has reduced the challenges to some extent, as we can now utilize OCR if the normal method doesn't work. Nevertheless, there is still significant potential for improvement in TestComplete's ability to identify various object elements. I don't have any specific concerns to mention. I have observed significant improvements in TestComplete over the past few years, especially in its support for highly dynamic object elements used in products like Salesforce Dynamics 365. In earlier versions, there were numerous challenges, but the current version is far superior to its predecessors."
"During the distribution of our regression test cases, the control IDs are not always recognized correctly."
"In SmartBear TestComplete the integration with Jenkins could be easier. Additionally, some of the controls could have better customization options. For example, if a grid is used and it contains multiple controls within it, it can be a checkbox, radio button, or any kind of control, the way the Object Spy is operating currently there is a lot of room for improvement."
"The integration tools could be better."
"The licensing costs are a little bit high and should be reduced."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"Right now, when you buy the solution, you need to pay for one solution. You receive one set up and you install it and it's just in that one machine. It would be ideal if they could offer one subscription where you can connect to different machines with a group subscription."
"The initial setup of SmartBear TestComplete was complex."
Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Test Automation Tools with 42 reviews while SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 7th in Test Automation Tools with 72 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes " Functional automation features and the recording functionality saves time but the performance and script execution is slow ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Testim and Apache JMeter, whereas SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One, froglogic Squish and Eggplant Test. See our Katalon Studio vs. SmartBear TestComplete report.
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