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Katalon is a commercial test automation platform covering web, mobile, API, and desktop testing with AI-assisted authoring features.

Katalon Last verified: Partial, 2026-09-26

Overview and fit

Audience

Editorial judgment, not a vendor fact.

Compatibility

Test languages
Natural language
Runner operating systems
Windows macOS Linux
Target operating systems
iOS Android Windows
Device modes
Real device

What it tests

Product kind
Testing platform
Testing types
Functional, API, End-to-end, Regression
Targets
Web app, Native mobile, API, Native desktop
Use cases
Test generation, Regression testing, Test maintenance

Classification lists positively established capabilities. Absence from a list does not mean lack of support.

Creation and execution

Authoring methods
Code, Recorder, Natural language, AI-generated workflow, Manual
Execution models
Real device, Browser protocol
Deployment
Local, SaaS
License
Proprietary

Capabilities

AI

Capability Status Details Source
Uses AI Supported Supported

Test generation, Self-healing, Failure analysis

Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
AI test generation Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
AI executes the app Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
AI generates code only Unsupported Unsupported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Autonomous exploration Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Vision-based interaction Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Selector-free execution Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Adapts to UI changes Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Self-healing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
AI failure analysis Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

Developer integrations

Capability Status Details Source
MCP server Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
VS Code extension Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
SDK Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

Creation and execution

Capability Status Details Source
Code authoring Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Recorder Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Natural language authoring Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Test import Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Reusable steps Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Parameterized tests Supported Supported Katalon Pricing 2026: Free, Professional & Enterprise Plans
Test data generation Unknown Unknown Katalon Pricing 2026: Free, Professional & Enterprise Plans

What it tests

Capability Status Details Source
Native desktop testing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Native mobile testing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Browser extension testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Cross-browser testing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Cross-platform testing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Real device testing Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Multi-tab testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
iframe testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Canvas testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
PDF validation Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
File upload testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
File download testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
OAuth testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Email testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Notification testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Video content validation Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

Validation

Capability Status Details Source
Visual regression Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Semantic visual assertions Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Accessibility checks Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
API assertions Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Database assertions Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Spelling and grammar checks Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Dark and light mode testing Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Performance measurement Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

Diagnosis

Capability Status Details Source
Screenshots Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Video recording Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Execution traces Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Console logs Supported Supported Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Network logs Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Replay Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Interactive debugging Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality
Failure grouping Unknown Unknown Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

Integrations

Capability Status Details Source
Jira (Issue tracking) Supported Supported No source recorded
Jenkins (CI/CD) Supported Supported No source recorded
GitLab (CI/CD) Supported Supported No source recorded
GitHub (CI/CD) Supported Supported No source recorded
Slack (Collaboration) Supported Supported No source recorded

Maintenance, reliability, and debugging

Setup difficulty
Medium
Maintenance approaches
Self-healing, Ai regeneration
Maximum concurrency
null
Debug artifacts
Screenshot, Console log
Reliability mechanisms
Flaky test detection
Interfaces
Web UI, MCP

Pricing

Free

Models: Free, Subscription, Per seat, CustomFree tier: AvailableTrial: Available

Not yet verified · Official pricing page

Security and deployment

Certifications
None recorded
Data regions
Unknown
Data retention
Unknown
Customer data used for training
Unknown

Support

Channels
Docs, Community forum, Email, Dedicated engineer
Support SLA
Unknown

Sources and verification

  1. 1Katalon | The AI platform for software quality · Official website · Katalon · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 78 claims · verified 2026-09-26

    • Accessibility checks
    • Adapts to UI changes
    • AI executes the app
    • AI failure analysis
    • AI generates code only
    • AI test generation
    • API assertions
    • Audience
    • Audit logs
    • Authoring method
    • Autonomous exploration
    • Browser engines
    • Browser extension testing
    • Browsers
    • Canvas testing
    • Code authoring
    • Company size
    • Configurable retention
    • Console logs
    • Cross-browser testing
    • Cross-platform testing
    • Dark and light mode testing
    • Database assertions
    • Debug artifacts
    • Device modes
    • Email testing
    • Execution model
    • Execution traces
    • Failure grouping
    • File download testing
    • File upload testing
    • GitHub
    • iframe testing
    • Integrations
    • Interactive debugging
    • Interfaces
    • Languages
    • Maintenance approach
    • MCP server
    • Multi-tab testing
    • Native desktop testing
    • Native mobile testing
    • Natural language authoring
    • Network logs
    • Notification testing
    • OAuth testing
    • PDF validation
    • Performance measurement
    • Product kind
    • Product status
    • Real device testing
    • Recorder
    • Reliability mechanisms
    • Replay
    • Reusable steps
    • Runner OS
    • Screenshots
    • SDK
    • Secrets management
    • Selector-free execution
    • Self-healing
    • Semantic visual assertions
    • Setup difficulty
    • Spelling and grammar checks
    • Summary
    • Target OS
    • Targets
    • Test import
    • Testing types
    • Tool
    • Use cases
    • Uses AI
    • Vendor
    • Video content validation
    • Video recording
    • Vision-based interaction
    • Visual regression
    • VS Code extension

    Join testers that prioritize quality: Senior QA Manager · Mid-Market

    Automate fast, at any skill level: Author web, mobile, API and desktop tests with no-code, low-code or full code.

    Run Playwright at scale, in the cloud: chromium · 24 specsrunningpassed firefox · 24 specsrunningpassed webkit · 24 specsrunningpassed

    Next-generation manual testingand complete system of record: Screenshot and console log Attached

    Next-generation manual testingand complete system of record: real iOS and Android devices

    Katalon MCP support: Plug into the trackers, pipelines and channels your team already runs on. Jira, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, Slack

    Bring your own AI service: Drive Katalon from the MCP-enabled tools your team already uses.

    Automate fast, at any skill level: Katalon AI agent creates and explains tests in plain language

    AI self-healing: Self-healing keeps tests running, and failure analysis pinpoints the root cause. Katalon AI fixes the test and you review it.

    Title: Katalon | The AI platform for software quality

    Next-generation manual testingand complete system of record: Flakiness48/107

    Next-generation manual testingand complete system of record: Desktop and mobile browsers plus real iOS and Android devices

    Automate fast, at any skill level: One agentic test automation environment for a whole mixed-skill team, across web, mobile, API and desktop apps.

    Agentic test generation: Generate test cases from ticket #0456

  2. 2Katalon Pricing 2026: Free, Professional & Enterprise Plans · Official pricing · Katalon · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 41 claims · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Auto-waiting
    • Automatic retries
    • Autonomous PR validation
    • Certifications
    • CI execution
    • Customer data used for training
    • Data regions
    • Data residency
    • Deployment
    • Free tier
    • GitHub PR checks
    • Headed execution
    • Headless execution
    • License
    • License identifiers
    • Local execution
    • Max concurrency
    • Merge gating
    • Network mocking
    • On-premises deployment
    • Parallel execution
    • Parameterized tests
    • PR comments
    • PR-aware test selection
    • Preview deployment testing
    • Pricing
    • Pricing models
    • Private network access
    • Private runners
    • RBAC
    • Scheduled execution
    • SCIM
    • Secrets injection
    • SSO (OIDC)
    • SSO (SAML)
    • Support channels
    • Support SLA
    • Test data generation
    • Test sharding
    • Training opt-out
    • Trial

    Add-ons: Execution environment Private Devices Custom - Dedicated for your organization

    Free: Author and run tests locally

    Free: Free For students and personal projects $0

    Professional: Professional Studio From $84 / seat / month

    Professional: Parallel execution

    Plans and pricing: Professional Studio From $84 / seat / month, billed annually

    Compare all features: Katalon Academy - Community - Docs ... Email ... Service Level & Support Agreement

    Compare all features: Service Level & Support Agreement

    Free: Start 30-day free trial

Hands-on tested: no (documentation research only) · Content updated 2026-09-26