Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs Katalon Test Ops comparison

Broadcom and Katalon Studio are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. Broadcom is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0, while Katalon Studio is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.5. Broadcom holds a 3.0% mindshare in TMT, compared to Katalon Studio’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Katalon Studio users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer and Katalon Test Ops based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. Katalon Test Ops

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Agile Requirements...

Ranking in Test Management Tools

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Requirements Management (7th), Test Design Automation (3rd)

Katalon Test Ops

Ranking in Test Management Tools

12th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.0%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Katalon Test Ops is 2.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hosney Osman

Senior Operation Engineer at Vodafone

Integration capabilities enhance testing and workflow automation

I rate Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer as 8 out of 10. It will be very nice if Broadcom has questions or comments related to my review and can reach me via email to clarify something. I want to be a reference for Broadcom. I don't have any information regarding the visual modeling function specifically. I'm not dealing with modeling requirements or generating optimized test cases in Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer. Broadcom takes a lot of information from us as end-users, and they provide fixes within two to five days maximum. My team has raised many enhancement requests and discussed them with Broadcom, and they are adding some of these features to the product itself. I look forward to receiving an email regarding these reviews, and I can add anything later if I forgot something, earning some points for this contribution on the website.

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Glyza Gildore

Query manager at Cloversense

AI features and automation save time and enhance test quality

Katalon Test Ops has AI features that speed up the process by automating tasks that would otherwise be done manually. It can integrate with different applications and is user-friendly. One notable AI feature is the self-healing capability, which automatically corrects failed scripts, solving problems in less than five minutes and improving the quality of code.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The optimization technique helps in giving us the minimum number of test cases with maximum coverage."

"It helped us to move from manual testing to automation testing."

"Defects can be traced in the solution."

"Technical support is excellent. They provide solutions quickly for issues encountered."

"Measuring test coverage helps in one of the most challenging tasks. It has logic that can help to select the right set of scenarios and know what coverage it will provide."

"It gives us an idea of creating the visual diagrams, which are quite easy to use. It is helpful in creating our business processes."

"I like the way Broadcom ARD inserts test cases in execution mode. Also, ARD can be used apart from Broadcom TDM. It's an add-on through which you supply data through ARD test cases when there is a need for extra data."

"It takes away all the time to construct test cases, so it is all automatic now, but it also levels the playing field."

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"Katalon Test Ops has AI features that speed up the process by automating tasks that would otherwise be done manually."

"It's more user-friendly as a solution."

"I noticed that only the enterprise version has integration with GitHub."

Cons

"It is not scalable anymore. It's not scalable because it doesn't support Kubernetes for making scalability, so I'm just going to increase memory and storage on the same machine."

"Integration with Agile management tools can be improved, i.e., mainly test case maintenance and linking test cases to the automation script."

"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."

"I think it's already coming, but it needs more automation aspects. There is a tab for Automation, but I think it's not robust. I think that it's going to be a crucial element of the tool."

"Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework."

"A template in App Test should be created in advance. This has proven to be time consuming. The process is not fully automated, because there is a lot of manual intervention is required."

"Needs improvement in aligning models so they look clear and readable without having to move boxes around."

"It would help if it would save different subsets of test cases, use cases, etc., of a given diagram, for different purposes and provide an easy way to name those subsets."

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"The execution module of Katalon Test Ops may need some improvement, especially when running a high volume of test scripts."

"The free version is limited."

"There are stability troubles. My area does not have a good connection. That's why sometimes I face issues."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."

"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."

"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."

"At present, Broadcom works through partners rather than dealing directly with the consumer. When there are discounts given, it's up to the partner as to whether they want to give that discount to the customer. Sometimes, the partners decide to take the discount themselves. Pricewise, I would give ARD's price a rating of three out of five."

"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."

"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."

"The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

It's not affordable; it's very expensive. It would be suitable only for large customers, and a large customer will think twice before making a deal with Broadcom.

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What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

Integration with AI is an area that needs to be improved quickly. To be clear, this relates to how to use AI to improve use cases, break down applications, and review designs, as this area needs to...

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What is your primary use case for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

This solution saves a lot of time in the software testing cycle because, with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer specifically, I am doing a flowchart, and I can extract test cases and use cases t...

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What needs improvement with Katalon Test Ops?

The execution module of Katalon Test Ops may need some improvement, especially when running a high volume of test scripts.

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What is your primary use case for Katalon Test Ops?

We are using Katalon Test Ops for script creation and execution.

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What advice do you have for others considering Katalon Test Ops?

I would rate Katalon Test Ops an eight out of ten.

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Also Known As

Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer

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Overview

CA Agile Requirements Designer is an end-to-end requirements gathering, test automation and test case design tool which drastically reduces manual testing effort and enables organizations to deliver quality software to market earlier and at less cost. The optimal set of manual or automated tests can be derived automatically from requirements modeled as unambiguous flowcharts and are linked to the right data and expected results. These tests are updated automatically when the requirements change, allowing organizations to deliver quality software which reflects changing user needs.

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Katalon TestOps is an enterprise-class platform for QA orchestration, test analytics, and advanced reports. Katalon TestOps provides dashboards and reports on the status of product quality.

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Williams, Rabobank

Care Logistics, Hive, Angler

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