We performed a comparison between Katalon Studio and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Regression Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Katalon Studio is that everything can be managed from one platform."
"The best feature is the split up between test cases and the test object. This allows us to easily change an error."
"Whenever I speak to the support team of Katalon Studio, I learn that some new features will be included in the product. It is a scalable product."
"The best thing about the solution is that there is a record and playback functionality."
"The automation is very fast and you don't need to be overly proficient in coding."
"The most valuable feature is its automation security capabilities."
"This is a product that is well ahead of its immediate competition in features and functionality."
"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."
"It is a very common and strong product. A lot of support is available for this product."
"We are satisfied with technical support. Communicating with them is very simple. We also have a lot of online resources to check and to study and to train our team with. The documentation is very clear and readily available."
"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."
"One of the best documentation in the world."
"The solution is easy to use and they have also integrated with Microsoft."
"The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."
"Visual Studio is an exemplary integrated development environment that stands out due to its exceptional features. It allows for the seamless selection of the appropriate programming language for the specific development tasks at hand. This facilitates a swift and effortless transition between languages, providing a highly efficient development experience."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built support for C# and .NET projects."
"Katalon Studio could improve having visual testing, but I think they're launching that feature very soon. We would like to see an increase in the usage of AI."
"Object Spy is brittle. When I try to capture objects, I have to proceed multiple times before it works."
"Katalon doesn't support testing of hybrid applications. It's a limitation."
"It would be helpful to have an automatic save feature."
"During parallel execution, some reports are randomly switched."
"We have had some issues when it comes to stability, which is something that needs to be improved."
"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."
"My recently-updated Katalon studio version hangs a lot and is not a stable version."
"Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases."
"The solution should be cheaper."
"The tool crashes and has high memory consumption."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."
"I would like to see more integration in the solution."
"The product must provide more automation."
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Katalon Studio is ranked 3rd in Regression Testing Tools with 41 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. Katalon Studio is rated 7.8, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Katalon Studio writes "Useful multiple technology platform, scalable, but usability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". Katalon Studio is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Postman, OpenText UFT One, Appium and Testim, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis qTest. See our Katalon Studio vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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