Katalon vs. UiPath Automation Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Katalon
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Katalon Studio is provided by the vendor as a free and robust automation solution for API, Web and Mobile testing. It is designed to eliminate the complexities of building an automation framework by integrating all necessary test components with built-in keywords and project templates. Katalon Studio includes a full feature set for a complete test automation process covering multiple platforms and testing types. New users can get started with test automation using its easy-to-use…
$69
per month
UiPath Automation Platform
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
UiPath's hyperautomation platform combines a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution with capabilities to enable organizations to scale digital business operations at speed, automating millions of repetitive, mind-numbing tasks for businesses and government organizations all over the world.
$420
per month
Pricing
KatalonUiPath Automation Platform
Editions & Modules
Node Locked License
$69.00
per month
Floating License
$1,529.00
per year
Automation Developer
$420
per month
Unattended Automation
$1380
per month
Automation Team
$1930
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KatalonUiPath Automation Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsKatalon Studio was originated from KMS Technology R&D. It has been a successful solution for numerous automation projects ranging from small team to enterprise client. Katalon Studio is free for use, product development is funded by the testing services provided by KMS Technology. To support future releases, please consider subscribing to our business support services.A 60-day trial is available. Buyers can also configure any of these plans to fit the business needs.
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Community Pulse
KatalonUiPath Automation Platform
Considered Both Products
Katalon
Chose Katalon
The decision to use Katalon was made by my organization before i joined it.
Chose Katalon
Initially, our oragnization had to integrate Katalon tests with the Jenkins to schedule the test runs. The reports were stored in company local database. To identify test flakiness or product issue one had to dig deep into the reports. This issue was all solved by Katalon …
Chose Katalon
Ready API is one of the most popular and widely used tool for API automation. Data driven testing and reporting are some of the features which makes this tool very useful. but if we compare this tool with Katalon Studio, this is only useful for API automation where as Katalon …
Chose Katalon
Katalon Studio License cost is reasonable and it suits the budget where as other tools are expensive and its difficult to get right ROI.
Capabilities are user friendly while using the Katalon Studio for api, mobile , web and desktop application automation where as expensive …
Chose Katalon
My company was using selenium until we shifted to Katalon Studio. The transition was pretty easy as this tool is built on top of selenium frameworks. Since the companies application grew from web to mobile, glad to have a single automation tool for all different testings. The …
Chose Katalon
I've used the Selenium IDE before. According to Katalon Studio, it is very slow and has little functionality.
Chose Katalon
Katalon has no License fee, a nice user-friendly UI to use, easy setup and quick automation, easy integration with other tools like JIRA, Jenkins, ALM, etc., and Katalon analytics tools.
Chose Katalon
Katalon Studio is above both the tools is due to its codeless test automation feature and having API, desktop, web, and mobile automation in one place but obviously there is room for improvement when desktop automation is of primary importance in the automation.
UiPath Automation Platform
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
The only one reason why I chose you automation on top of other automation tools because of its seamless support with.net, which actually makes it very development friendly from the point of the developer who is coming with the .net background.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
We use UiPath along many other systems for event detection and orchestration or automation of business processes.

Among them are: Splunk, Celonis, Bizagi, Tableau.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
The tool' interface is simple and clean, so with some exploration within the tool, it will provide the usability that was intended. Other tools can also do the same, but the interface that is clear, simple, and easy to use is the main key to why I chose this tool, and it has …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Ease of use: UiPath Automation Platform has a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy to create and manage automation workflows. It also has a large community of developers who have created pre-built automation components that can be easily integrated into workflows. …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Robocorp is also a robotic process automation tool but employees need to know python language to work in Robocorp. Where as in UiPath the user need not to know any coding languages deeply, only needs some basic logical knowledge. Also UiPath's drag and drop functionality make …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Easier to use and easier to develop the processes. Cost-effective solution. Less downtime as compared with others.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
UiPath was chosen by [my] organization because of its cost effectiveness, security, trading market feature, and services. UiPath is truly market leader. It's like, happy customer and happy service. Anyone [that] wants [to] start learning UiPath [should] first go for the academy …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform is a more enterprise-level tool that can be used to automate heavy and complex processes.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Had a pre-existing relationship with UiPath so they were the obvious 1st choice
Reviews on internal/ operational efficiencies also were greater in the case of UiPath
AI/ ML, NLP were the final reasons why we went ahead with UiPath
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
It has community version to help us get familiar with the function before we can decide to go the the enterprise version
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
UiPath has become a right and solid choice for automation in our organization because of being feature-rich and it provides the workflow of automation and improved productivity. It can extract texts from documents, process images, excel automation, web automation, etc is easily …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Due to [easy] availability of UiPath developer training and tool availability
Also development cost is less as compared to other tool such as Bp , AA
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
As compared to other RPA Tool or solutions, UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform is very easy to use. As it has all the redefined activities like click, double click, open browser etc. which will help us to quickly automate the process and also move the process to the next level for …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
In today's competitive era, which thrives on having more innovative RPA platforms, there is no shortage of options when trying to choose an RPA tool. When compared with automation anywhere, UiPath Studio has the upper hand, as it has more pre-built AI and ML capabilities and …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
I have worked in many companies as an RPA developer and always with UiPath. At first, UiPath was not the leader, it competed mainly with BluePrism or others such as Automation Anywhere. Many of the companies which worked with BluePrism already has migrated to UiPath. It is the …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
It has an easy to use interface that allows business users to create their own flows and run their own flows. Managing the flow is easier. Maintaining the flow has become easier after the recent release with cloud. The licensing has been simplified after the cloud option of …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Easy to use because it is drag and drop platform. If you have only a basic understanding of any programming language then it is very simple to use. UiPath works on back end and front end both. No need of a technical background. Recording is most important thing in UiPath.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
We performed extensive research prior to the selection of UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform. We compared several leading tools according to pre-selected criteria such as ease of use, ROI, cost to implement, Infrastructure requirements, etc. UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform has …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
Uipath is better at PDF reading and string manipulation over Blue Prism. However, debugging of codes and implementation is easier in Blue Prism. Both have the same academy to study the tool. But UiPath offers a wide variety of search results when you need help. UiPath is also …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
UiPath supports low code/ No code that is useful in easily making process automation. UiPath robots are also quite more robust and reliable in terms of performance and provide better output in less time as compared to others. Not only this, UiPath has a widespread community …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
In my opinion, UiPath is leading the market in RPAs by making it a fairly easy and simple to use platform. Workfusion, on the other hand, is more complex; Blue Prism is not up to date with the market. Also, getting trained in UiPath is fairly easy when compared to other tools.
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
I chose to use Uipath Enterprise RPA Paltform primarily because it is the current market leader in the RPA field. I also like UiPath because of the level of development speed, flexibility and scalability it provides that is unrivalled by other RPA tools, which are only now …
Chose UiPath Automation Platform
UiPath has a flow-diagram-based code editor, which makes it easier for a developer to debug the code. The Drag and Drop Feature of UiPath helps in reducing dependency to memorize the code syntax. Citrix Automation Capabilities in UiPath is much better compared to other tools …
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User Ratings
KatalonUiPath Automation Platform
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Usability
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Availability
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Performance
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Online Training
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Configurability
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User Testimonials
KatalonUiPath Automation Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Free trial version is fine but you don't get the adequate support and VFM for the licensed version. Customer service needs to be improved a lot and any QA's with less technical background or less time to troubleshoot issues in the software on their own would find it difficult to use.
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UiPath Enterprise RPA is one of the most advanced robotic automation solution in the market and has capabilities lot more than a regular AI tool as it also take care of your unattended data and workflows equally efficient. This can be a very appropriate and useful tool for the organizations who have to go through management of set workflows and data in their routine business needs.
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Pros
  • Easy to setup and quick to get started: As Katalon comes with built-in features a new automation tester can automate easily. Script creation time is quick.
  • Test Analytics: Katalon also provides analytics which tells you the pattern of your automated tests at a different instance of time.
  • Third Party Integration: Katalon provides amazing integration with 3rd party tools like JIRA, ALM, GIT, JENKINS, etc.
  • Image-based testing: Katalon also provides inbuilt image based test automation.
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  • UiPath is actually easy to learn, the training material is effective and to the point. UiPath certainly has the capabilities to automate manual repetitive tasks that involve any platform, with a stronger preference for websites.
  • There is room from improvement when dealing with Excel automation, but the solution is to create Excel macros and have the robot to call it, making it a great team solution.
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Cons
  • Katalon Studio supports only grovvy language for now. It will be nice to see support for other scripting languages.
  • Performance issues; sudden crash of the tool.
  • Debug button is provided only to licensed owner since Katalon 7+ version.
  • New tool, few resources available to learn. So there is a mild learning curve here.
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  • Sometimes it is difficult to find the objects locators using UiPath especially on Legacy Platforms.
  • The licencing cost per user is higher when compared to other RPA tools available in market.
  • Non availability of maximize option in Property edit box, argument value edit box is another flaw.
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Likelihood to Renew
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This platform has so much potential and have been garnering a lot of attention by proving benefits in terms of saving operational and manpower costs. I am sure with minute efforts we were able to achieve our ROI and the same is the case with many of our customers whom we have been working around Digital Automation initiatives.
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Usability
Due to the slowness, there is an intermediate timeout. There is no other problem.
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There are two main reasons with this rating 1. UiPath Automation Platform requires the old school type of Change Weather management, Which actually eats a lot of time to manage and roll out the recent changes. There is not something kind of CI/CD when you are developing the things With UiPath Automation Platform. 2. Very high development and maintenance cost, which actually decrease its usability.
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Reliability and Availability
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Its a cloud based platform which is easily available and used
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Performance
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It has proved and provided good performance across platforms and technologies.
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Support Rating
I love the support. They have provided answers and solutions for most of our questions or doubts that could come up. They also have provided basic tutorials on how to get familiarized with the program.
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UiPath RPA has an exceptional studio interface. It has been a year and so since I am using UiPath RPA. Whether it is some my personal task to scrape information & links from the Journal or find a specific character string from multiple PDF collection using OCR, UiPath RPA has made its roots to our technological ecosystem
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Online Training
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Video material supported by text. The training has evolved a lot in the past 3 years to become more attractive. Specific training tracks exist for the different roles in RPA development, where everyone is expected to learn basic development.
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Implementation Rating
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The implementation was quick and practical
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Alternatives Considered
Initially, our oragnization had to integrate Katalon tests with the Jenkins to schedule the test runs. The reports were stored in company local database. To identify test flakiness or product issue one had to dig deep into the reports. This issue was all solved by Katalon TestOps. Katalon TestOps provides report history in one place and also helps in easy triage of the report by pointing out script flakiness
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Ease of use: UiPath Automation Platform has a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy to create and manage automation workflows. It also has a large community of developers who have created pre-built automation components that can be easily integrated into workflows. EdgeVerve AssistEdge, on the other hand, has a more complex interface that may require additional training. Scalability: UiPath Automation Platform is highly scalable, which means it can handle large volumes of data and processes. EdgeVerve AssistEdge is also scalable, but may not be as robust as UiPath Automation Platform.
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Scalability
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It can be widely used across various departments regardless of platform the product,processes, use cases are build on.
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Return on Investment
  • Support can be better: As mentioned before, katlon community is still growing but is currently a small community. If you are stuck, its hard to find help in the community and one has to reach out to the support for help. This takes a while before you can get solution to your problem.
  • Result upload takes little longer time: It is been observed that uploading tests results takes little longer.
  • Sometimes it gets hard to integrate: Since this is fairly a new tool, requires lot of learning curve to get the job done effectively.
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  • One of the fully automated processes required 10 minutes of work by a consultant for each ticket. This means that after 8 hours of uninterrupted work (but no one can work continuously for 8 hours) the consultant would have closed 48 tickets. The robot for the same process takes 30 seconds, so in 8 hours it works 960 tickets.
  • A robot can work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
  • The UiPath platform is composed of a server part called Orchestrator that provides all the tools to efficiently schedule the robots.
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ScreenShots

Katalon Screenshots

Screenshot of Project setup - fast start with pre-built templates and scriptsScreenshot of Run Single Tests or Suites on multiple configurations and data sets
Multiple Platform Support so you can run your automation tests on Windows, OSX, Android, and iOSScreenshot of Maintain TestsScreenshot of View Reports