Katalon Studio vs Perfecto comparison

Katalon Studio and Perforce are both solutions in the Test Automation Tools category. Katalon Studio is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8, while Perforce is ranked #22. Katalon Studio holds a 9.2% mindshare in TAt, compared to Perforce’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Katalon Studio users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Perfecto and Katalon Studio both compete in the software testing category, offering robust automation solutions. Based on the data comparison, Perfecto has an upper hand in scalability and device coverage, while Katalon Studio stands out for its ease of use and cost-effectiveness.

Features: Perfecto offers cloud-based testing with extensive device and OS support, detailed reporting including video recording, and seamless integration with Appium and Selenium, enhancing its cross-platform testing capabilities. Katalon Studio is known for its user-friendly, codeless interface, comprehensive support for web, mobile, and API testing, and strong reporting features, making it accessible for non-technical users.

Room for Improvement: Perfecto could improve in cloud device interaction speed, analytics, and user experience. There is a need for better accessibility and integration with other software management tools. Katalon Studio should focus on enhancing object detection, supporting technologies like React Native, and improving operational speed. Users have also expressed concerns regarding integration limitations and programming language restrictions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Perfecto supports public, private, and hybrid cloud deployments with a flexible model, and users praise its customer support for responsiveness and expertise. Katalon Studio offers on-premises and hybrid deployment options, with a support team noted for their efficiency in resolving issues.

Pricing and ROI: Perfecto is considered a high-end solution with its costs justified by its extensive features and support, with potential savings in infrastructure and testing coverage. Katalon Studio is cost-effective, offering a free version with significant features, appealing to budget-conscious teams. Despite the limited availability of advanced features, Katalon Studio's ROI is enhanced by its lower costs and ease of use.

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Katalon Studio vs. Perfecto

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Categories and Ranking

Katalon Studio

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Regression Testing Tools (3rd), API Testing Tools (4th)

Perfecto

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

22nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (17th), Functional Testing Tools (16th), Mobile App Testing Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Test Automation Tools category, the mindshare of Katalon Studio is 9.2%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Perfecto is 2.4%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Appu Ashok

Senior Consultant at Yethi Consulting

Expansive integrations boost automation potential across devices

I am in the field of product research and am familiar with Katalon Studio for product comparisons and test automation. Even though I am not an active tester, I have created a few tests using Katalon Studio Some of our customers use Katalon Studio, however, our own product, Tangene, is a…

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Glenford John

Product Manager, Device Integration at Bell

Saves us $2.6 million per year, provides more efficient testing, and helps us strengthen relationships with vendors

The automation piece is the most valuable feature. Every time we had a new version of either OS or an application, we found that being able to automate the testing across different devices is very valuable. Perfecto is great at executing cross-platform testing. From a carrier perspective, it's all mobile, but we also have web applications. We used to be able to test on Symbian, Windows OS, Android, and iOS. Today, we can go on a big screen and test on Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, and other browsers. My team leverages Perfecto's reporting and analytics. When we start stress testing an application, we can look at all the reporting that comes from that, and we can tell at what part of the day the app is performing better. Our analytics are very important to us. Presentations are important, so it's good to have reports with graphs that show the time of day or how the app was performing for months at a time. We use those reports to screen capture, go with the data, and to show to upper management. We can do a comparison of one version performance to another version of the application or device performance. We utilize Perfecto's cloud-based lab to test across devices, browsers, and OSs. We are a carrier, so we have our devices with different OS versions of devices. Right now, it's mostly just Apple and Androids. Back in the day, they had many different versions of the OS, but the only other thing on top of that is web-based browsers. We don't test Linux, which is an operating system of Windows. We don't use Perfecto's cloud. We use our own devices because we test on only our organization's devices. Unless we do some kind of competitive analysis, it's not really a test; it's just a comparison to see how other solutions compare to ours. The range of open-source technologies that Perfecto supports is great. I have a team of contractors that report to me and do all the testing for our organization, and that team turns over every couple of years. We mostly utilize the in-house automation that is available for anyone who isn't a great programmer. They have support for all these other drivers, and they have something for non-programmers who want to automate their work, which is amazing.

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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

"It provides us daily feedback on the status (failing/working) of the core features of our websites."

"We are now performing automated testing in 15 minutes, which were previously taking a long time when doing it manually."

"The product provides ease of automation for the cloud."

"It supports multiple easy-to-learn languages."

"It is a good tool and provides all the essential features for our business requirements."

"The tool has a good record and playback feature for functionality, which saves time when creating automated tests."

"It is good for API testing. It is also good for continuous integration testing. You can connect it to Jenkins."

"Katalon Studio is user-friendly."

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"The reporting feature is really tough to find in some of the other products that are competitors. Having your CITB type dashboard, where we can see the test results and see recordings of each test that passed or failed, is probably one of the distinguishing aspects of Perfecto."

"Their team is really great to work with. They're very flexible, and they always show care. They prioritize our work, our company, and our working relationship. I appreciate the ad hoc sessions that they schedule to provide help with troubleshooting, provide the information that we're looking for, or do a demo of a new feature that they have. They're always willing and very quick to get that scheduled for us. I appreciate that a lot."

"The number one feature, which if we didn't have out-of-the-box would be missed, is the fact that we have video execution. That gives us the ability to view errors or defects in the progression, from beginning to the end of the video."

"It saves on the cost and effort of having to maintain our own virtual testing environment. Even our onshore team is not in the city that we work in, so that helps a lot. Even if we didn't invest a lot in getting multiple devices, having to share those devices would become a hassle."

"The most valuable aspect of the solution is that it covers all types of devices on the market allowing you to test different versions of an operating system."

"We are continuously doing testing on different environments, devices, and platforms. It executes seamlessly on multiple devices without having any connectivity issues. It has been really helpful for us to test on cloud devices."

"Mobile testing is the most valuable feature as it has reduced dependency on physical devices. We are located offshore and we don't have the physical devices, and shipping physical devices after every new release would be a difficult task. But with Perfecto, it is easy."

"I also like the reporting functions. We are constantly downloading these reports and sharing them with our final customers. They help us understand what kind of bugs are happening through the applications. The recording feature is handy because it lets us see a video of the process we run through the pipeline and discover the point at which the automation is breaking."

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Cons

"There is not much support offered for the free version, which is something that could be improved."

"It is difficult to identify elements on websites that use Angular or ReactJS because they don't have an option to view source code."

"It should be faster while executing, and there are some defects, like choosing the new device with the test case."

"Katalon Studio should improve its usability, it still needs some improvement where users can easily use it to build their automation suite. It requires some initial work to set it up. There should be more keywords in the library to limit the coding requirements, this will allow a non-technical person easily start using it, which would be better."

"The price of Katalon Studio is an area of concern where improvement is required."

"It would be helpful if they can integrate a feature for performance testing."

"It should be faster while executing, and there are some defects, like choosing the new device with the test case."

"One aspect that can be improved is testing for desktop applications. I would like to see them support more technologies in this area."

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"It does well for mobile testing, but when it comes to the web aspect, it is lagging a little bit in terms of execution."

"Its performance should be improved. Anything to speed up the user interface would be a great help. We've had a lot of pain with their migration from a product UI that was based on Adobe Flash to the new product that is based on HTML5. Migrations like that seemed to be very painful and not a real smooth process. We're still sort of recovering from that migration from old technology to new, and we haven't got all the functionality ported over that we used to have on the old UI."

"There was a discussion about having the capability to export the test results to a certain tool that we use in our project. If that were added it would be great not having to manually take screenshots, put them in a document, and share them on the different test management tools."

"When using devices on the cloud, it lags quite a bit at times. I know that these are real devices that are being projected on our laptop screens and monitors, but if the speed could be improved, that would be good."

"I'm hoping they can support on-premises instances. We have been working on a JIRA integration with Perfecto—and I'm extremely impressed that they have that—but at this time they're not supporting onsite JIRA instances, which is what we have."

"We feel that Perfecto is a little slow. If they could improve on that slowness in accessing the app, when we want to click a button, that would be great because we feel the difference. An improvement in the connectivity speed is required."

"It would be nice if there were some kind of AI to compile a list of available devices. Currently, we have to look at the web interface to see the available devices, but the pipelines can't do it on their own there. We always need to do this manually, so it would be better if this feature were automated."

"It would be ideal if there was a complete integration with other test management tools and other applications like HPLM, Micro Focus, or Microsoft Azure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Katalon Studio is a free tool."

"The product is affordable. It has an average and competitive pricing compared to other vendors."

"The prices are very high."

"Price-wise, Katalon Studio is a costly product. Considering what the solution provides its users with, I can say that price-wise, Katalon Studio is an okay product."

"The price of Katalon Studio is reasonable. They recently had a price increase that might impact new subscribers. We are using a business license."

"I am using the free version."

"We are using the free version. We plan on getting a paid version because there is a limitation in terms of the number of users. We want to maximize it."

"The tool is free to use."

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"Perfecto is about 30-40% cheaper than Device Anywhere. That was a big reason why we switched. Perfecto also solves some of the issues that we had with Device Anywhere. We have grown by 100% since we started to use Perfecto, and now we have devices roaming. When we look at the competition, we would still stick with Perfecto."

"Perfecto's price is excellent compared to other products with similar features. It was the lowest of the three we evaluated. We also established a partnership with Perfecto, so they provide discounts when we sell Perfecto projects and licenses to our customers."

"Pricing-wise, it is fine. It is not as expensive as what we used to have in the past from HP, IBM, and others. It is decently priced."

"Although Perfecto is a good product for us to use, it is a bit expensive. It takes management a bit of work to find the appropriate funding for us to keep Perfecto. I imagine there could be some way to make it more accessible."

"I am not sure about its pricing, but from our perspective, licensing has been easy. Anytime I have new users or requests for users that want to get added, it's a very simple process. I just give the architectural owner of the product the name and email address, and they're able to easily add a new user. We don't have any issues in regards to getting licenses, but I don't have any insights into pricing."

"It's definitely on the higher end of prices for this type of service."

"Perfecto has definitely saved us on the costs and efforts of having to maintain our own virtual test environment. We lost about 20 devices in the past to maintenance and audit. That was a massive loss for us, as a company, because we were giving devices to someone, but don't know whether we would get it back or not. Having those virtual labs, we don't need to worry about these kinds of things. We are easily saving $5,000 to $10,000 a month on device costing."

"This is an expensive solution compared to others, by 30% to 40%."

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Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

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Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

16%

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Perfecto Mobile, Perfecto Web

Overview

Katalon Studio is a regression testing tool that enables you to go low-code, boost productivity, and ease scalability. It is suitable for all platforms and operating systems, regardless of application complexity. The software is built on top of the open-source automation frameworks Selenium and Appium, with a specialized IDE interface for web, API, mobile, and desktop application testing. As a robust automation tool, Katalon Studio lets you run automated tests of UI elements, including pop-ups, iFrames, and wait time. The solution is ideal for both large and small organizations.

Katalon Studio Features

Katalon Studio has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Object spying
Record and playback
Content assist utilities
Advanced debugger
Reusable test artifacts
Fast scripting with keyword-driven testing
BDD convention supported
Flexible test listener
Extensive data-driven testing
Self-healing
Test scheduling and parallel execution
Native CI/CD integrations

Katalon Studio Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Katalon Studio. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Versatile abilities: The solution enables you to identify, capture, and store all on-screen objects. Additionally, you can view every single property, method, field, and event in detail. You can create tests twice as fast with low-code options, recycle recorded artifacts, and also work from any steps on active browsers.

Built-in project templates: Katalon Studio’s ready-made test scenarios, keywords, and object repositories allow you to get started quickly.

One place for end-to-end testing: With the solution, you can combine all of your activities for web UI and API testing in one single project.

Flexible test design options: Katalon Studio is equipped with manual and scripting modes for both beginners and advanced users.

Broad data support: The solution supports multiple data sources (XLS, CSV) and databases with effective parameterization to maximize test coverage.

Smart runtime engine: Because of its smart runtime engine, Katalon Studio can streamline test execution and lower maintenance efforts.

Reviews from Real Users

Katalon Studio is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Some of its major advantages are that it has a valuable record and playback feature, is user friendly, and has fantastic integration capabilities.

Khurram K., Head of SQA, Project Manager at Vroozi, says, "The best thing about the solution is that there is a record and playback functionality. The solution allows for specific object files [and it] has great multi-parallel languages that work in the facilities here.”

Another PeerSpot user expresses the multiple benefits the solution provides for him exclaiming, “I'd describe it as extremely user-friendly. There's a lot of information that is readily available on the internet, and therefore it's easy to learn about the product itself. The scalability of the product is good. The solution was quite stable throughout the time I used it. We found the installation process to be quite simple. There is also very helpful online documentation that can help you if you ever get stuck during the implementation process itself,” comments a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at an educational organization.

Tinnaphan W., Professional Services Manager at a non-profit, talks about the Katalon Studio’s advantages. He mentions, “The solution has very good integration capabilities overall. The client has an extremely stable testing framework, and therefore they rely on Katalon to get the results. The reporting is very good.”

Katalon Studio

Perfecto is a cloud-based mobile app testing tool that is designed to help test applications on different operating systems and devices. The solution lets users automate processes related to advanced test scenarios and access browser versions and devices according to individual requirements. With Perfecto’s smart test execution capabilities, teams can manage testing across web and mobile platforms using a single script, conduct parallel testing for large test suites, and design advanced user-based test scenarios to accelerate app release cycles. The solution is also helpful for IT departments, providing insights into biometrics, device vitals, audio injection, network throttling, packet loss, and rotation data to meet desired end-user conditions that align with business priorities.

Perfecto Features

Perfecto has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Live Stream analysis
Reporting/analytics
Activity dashboard
Action-word testing
Bug tracking
Debugging
BDD & codeless automation
Model-based testing
Real-time monitoring
Role-based permissions
User management
Test failure analysis
Real user simulation

Perfecto Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Perfecto. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Streamlined test creation: When you use Perfecto, test creation is easy for your teams. Testing frameworks, like Appium, allows you to scale automated test scripts without any issues.

Scalable test execution: Perfecto enables you to accelerate your mobile app testing and is elastically-scaled with no single point of failure, so you can get the testing cadence you need. In addition, the solution makes it possible for you to execute tests from within IDEs as well as through CI servers like Jenkins.

Superior application quality for mobile: By using Perfecto, you can maximize continuous testing and shift quality by combining the solution with BlazeMeter. Together, these two solutions can help you measure mobile user experience, produce high-quality test data on demand, and create realistic mock services.

AI-driven test automation dashboards: The solution’s unique dashboards and heatmaps give you high-level visibility with timelines and trends.

Cloud-based lab: Perfecto’s Smart Testing Lab gives you the tools you need to quickly test your mobile app against thousands of permutations.

Reviews from Real Users

Perfecto is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Some of its major advantages are that it has fantastic testing, reporting, and automation capabilities.

Roland C., QA Lead at BMO Financial, says, “The most valuable would be their Live Stream analysis, where I can see the live analysis of all the executions on a single device or multiple devices as well as track them. The live analysis and reporting would be the single most valuable feature.”

Andy B., Systems Engineer at a financial services firm, writes, “I really love the interaction it has with mobile devices, the testing capabilities, as well as reporting capabilities that we get from the application. Perfecto is excellent when it comes to executing cross-platform testing.”

A Director, QE Automation & Analytics at a financial services firm, says, “The most valuable feature is cloud-based automation and testing.”

Another PeerSpot reviewer, Kristina B., Product Manager at a manufacturing company, states, “The solution allows us to do seamless cross-platform testing, saves time, and comes with excellent customer service.”

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