Katalon Studio vs Katalon Studio Enterprise Features

Katalon Studio is available in two editions: Katalon Studio (KS) Free and Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE). This document compares the free and Enterprise-exclusive features in the latest version of Katalon Studio.

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Component	Features	Description	KS Free	KSE
Test Generation	Web: Record and Playback with debugging options	Quickly correct test failures on newly recorded test to make it reliable.		✅
	Web: Image-based Testing	Find and interact with image objects. This feature is particularly helpful when objects retain the same appearance even if the underlying structures have changed.		✅
	Web: Advanced Web Locator Settings	Define if XPath, Attributes, or CSS is the default web locator when using Recorder and Spy.		✅
	Web: Smart Locator	Expand upon the existing locator strategies to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of identifying web elements.		✅
	API:Import OpenAPI Specifications	Quickly create test objects by importing RESTful APIs with OpenAPI Specification version 3.0.		✅
	API: Customized Request Methods and Advanced Settings	Create and test requests with custom methods beside standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE..). Improve test performance by limiting connection timeout and response maximum size.		✅
	API: Schema compliance validation (JSON, XML, GraphQL)	Validate request objects against XML / JSON / GraphQL schemas.	✅	✅
	API: GraphQL	Create and test GraphQL requests.	✅	✅
	Web and API: SSL Client Certificate	Configure Katalon Studio to use client certificate for all requests.		✅
	Mobile: Image-based testing	Find and interact with image elements. This feature is particularly helpful for testing dynamic or canvas elements.		✅
	Windows Desktop: Native Windows Recorder	Seamlessly record tests for Windows desktop applications		✅
	Custom Keywords	Create, use, import and export custom keywords across projects.		✅
Data-driven testing	Excel, CSV, PostgreSQL, MySQL	Read input values for test scripts from Excel files, CSV files, internal test data, and database.	✅	✅
	Oracle SQL, SQL Server	Read input values for test scripts from Oracle SQL, and SQL Server.		✅
	Combine multiple Data Files	Read input values for test scripts from multiple data file combinations.		✅
	External Database having JDBC Drivers	Read input values for test scripts from other databases having JDBC drivers (e.g., MongoDB, SAP HANA DB).		✅
	Data-driven testing at the test case level	Conduct data binding in a test case.		✅
	Data-driven testing in a dynamic test suite	Conduct data binding in a dynamic test suite.		✅
	Checkpoints	Take snapshots of tests at a specific time. These snapshots are used to verify if the current state of the data source is different from its previously taken state.		✅
Test Execution	Katalon TestCloud	Execute tests on common desktop browsers, mobile browsers, and operating systems on the cloud.	✅	✅
	Parallel Execution	Run multiple test suites at the same time to reduce execution time.		✅
	Execution Scheduler	Schedule the next run of a test suite collection at a specific time.		✅
	Retry failed tests and consolidate reports	Rerun failed test cases several times to identify flaky tests.		✅
	Web: Smart Wait	Tackle Selenium waiting issues.	✅	✅
	Web: Self-healing	Reduce maintenance effort by trying other alternative locators to find an object automatically when the default locator is broken.		✅
	Dynamic Test Suite	Add test cases to a test suite dynamically by search queries.		✅
	Use Java Virtual Machine (JVM) arguments	Modify the behavior of each Java process in terms of changing heap size, or handling out of memory issue.		✅
Reporting	Basic Report in HTML, PDF, CSV, JUnit Screenshots Videos for browser with GUI Time Capsule (HTML snapshot) Send Test Suite report email	View and share test execution results in HTML, PDF, CSV, or JUnit format. Diagnose test failures with screenshots and videos. Capture object again with Time Capsule, an HTML snapshot that restores the state of application under test when the test fails. Notify multiple users of test suite reports by email.	✅	✅
	View advanced reports from Platform	View test case flakiness, latest run, average duration and test suite report summary fetched from Platform in test suite editor.	✅	✅
	Videos for headless browsers Report history and test suite collection reports Send test suite collection reports by email Customized execution log Hide hostname in test report and log viewer	Diagnose test failures with videos when test runs and fails on headless browser. View previous reports of test suite, and test suite collection executions in Katalon Studio. View and share test suite collection report in JUnit format. Notify you and your colleagues of Test Suite Collection report by email. Improve your efficiency and performance with shortened execution log.		✅
Test Maintenance and Management	Dual-mode Debugger In Manual view Run or Debug from here Debug: Enable or Disable test steps In Script view Debug mode Attach source code for debugging Decompile Class file for debugging	Quickly correct test failures with multiple debugging features to ensure test script quality.		✅
	Test suite creation per project	Create unlimited test suites for test case management.	up to 40 test suites	unlimited test suites
	Test Case Management with Tags	Append tags to test cases, then quickly search for or run test cases by tag.		✅
	Import/Export Test Artifacts	Quickly share test cases, test objects, execution profiles, and custom keywords across projects.		✅
	Import/Export Desired Capabilities	Reuse desired capabilities across projects. Desired capabilities are key/value pairs that tell the browser properties such as browser name, browser version, and the path of the browser driver in the system to determine the browser behaviors at runtime.		✅
	Test Objects Refactoring	Keep Object Repository neat and clean by checking, exporting, and removing unused test objects.		✅
Integration	Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools: JIRA, Katalon TestOps, Azure Test Plans, qTest, TestRail, TestLink, Rally, TestOps Private Instance	Integrate test projects with ALM tools to push and pull test artifacts, and test result information between Katalon Studio and the ALM tool.		✅
	Cloud Provider: Kobiton, Sauce Labs	Connect to cloud providers to test your applications on multiple devices and browsers.		✅
	Git-based source code management (SCM): GitHub, GitLab, Azure Repos, BitBucket, etc.	Collaborate, store, manage change, and control version in test project repository with popular Git hosting services.	via HTTPs	via SSH
AI	StudioAssist - the virtual AI assistant with 2 features: Generate test scripts from natural language inputs. Explain what a highlighted test script does. Access StudioAssist via the Chat window. [Beta] Generate API test cases from OpenAPI specification.			✅
CLI, CI, Docker Execution	Run your tests in the following environments: Command-Line Interface. CI Server: Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity. Cloud CI: CircleCI, Azure DevOps, BitBucket, GitLab, GitHub Action, WS CodeBuild, BuildKite, Circle CI, CodeShip, TravisCI. Katalon Docker Image. Cloud-based app testing infrastructure: Microsoft App Center Tests, AWS Device Farm.			With KRE
Plugins	Free plugins on Katalon Store: Katalon Store Free Plugins	Extend Katalon Studio's capabilities and integrate the software with your favorite tools.	✅	✅
	Enterprise-exclusive plugins on Katalon Store: Katalon Store Paid Plugins Use Katalon Store plugins in offline mode: Install Plugins Offline Create and use private plugins: Private Plugins	Extend Katalon Studio's capabilities further with exclusive integration plugins on Katalon Store and build your own plugins.		✅
Support Service	Forum support: Katalon Community	Ask questions and start discussions on software testing with Katalon products.	✅	✅
	Support Portal	Learn more about Katalon support policy here: Katalon Terms.		✅