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Katalon Test Ops vs Zeenyx AscentialTest comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Katalon Test Ops
Ranking in Test Management Tools
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zeenyx AscentialTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
22nd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Katalon Test Ops is 1.7%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zeenyx AscentialTest is 2.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Katalon Test Ops1.7%
Zeenyx AscentialTest2.4%
Other95.9%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

GG
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.
Tobias Roth - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at Weiss GmbH Softwarelösungen
Robust automation with reusable steps and seamless integration
The concept of reusable steps in Zeenyx AscentialTest has significantly enhanced our test automation efficiency. Encapsulating common actions into modular steps reduces redundancy in test scripts and ensures consistency across scenarios. This approach streamlines maintenance efforts, allowing updates to be applied universally, making our test suite more agile and adaptable to evolving project requirements. The concept of reusable steps is a key factor in maximizing reusability and maintainability in our test automation strategy. AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows. This capability ensures precise interaction with various components of an application's interface, further enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of our automated tests.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's more user-friendly as a solution."
"Katalon Test Ops has AI features that speed up the process by automating tasks that would otherwise be done manually."
"I noticed that only the enterprise version has integration with GitHub."
"I have been working with different vendors in my role, I can say without hesitation that the Zeenyx Support Staff are the best group I've worked with."
"Zeenyx AscentialTest provides excellent support for PowerBuilder applications, with very powerful and flexible object recognition, a highly visual drag and drop environment for creating application objects from snapshots, and tests that are easy and quick to manage and maintain."
"As a platform corporation a primary strategic goal is to develop coherent tests across platforms, and this is where Ascential Test shines."
"If you use the PowerBuilder application, do choose AscentialTest without thinking twice."
"Productivity increased by almost 10 times after using AT for test automation as manually it was taking almost a day or three days (sometimes a week) effort to do data verification of expected and actual excel files with huge number of columns and rows (approximately 50 columns and thousands of rows)."
"It’s been really easy to automate the same application TestComplete struggled with, and I have been able to automate two of our key applications in just a few months, even without taking their training."
"I am a 30+ year IT professional and the level of support I have gotten has been unparalleled."
"Great support, powerful tool, easy enough for entry-level staff to use."
 

Cons

"There are stability troubles. My area does not have a good connection. That's why sometimes I face issues."
"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."
"Streamlining the retrieval of results from individual test set runs would be beneficial."
"It would be great if AscentialTest supported the license server being in the cloud."
"We did observe that aborting the test run of a test set in the middle of execution was taking a long time."
"Classes are not as object-oriented as I would like, but I am a programmer and not QA so I expect a lot."
"Limitations are found to be primarily in the ux of the tool; for example when in doubt one often right clicks in an unfamiliar product to get unstuck, and AscentialTest lacks some of these fineries."
"The product does have limitations on how certain project files are locked (checked-out)."
"The product can be improved a little bit with regards to the UI as the panels are too many."
"It would be better if the support for Web Tables and Siebel Tables are readily available and made more simpler as they are encountered quite often while automating the apps."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Once it starts generating ROI, which for us took between three and six months, one will not even think about the investment."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
12%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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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