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

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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
Browser engines
Chromium Firefox WebKit
Browsers
Chrome Firefox Safari Edge
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
Uses AI Supported Supported

Test generation, Self-healing, Failure analysis
AI test generation Supported Supported
AI executes the app Unknown Unknown
AI generates code only Unsupported Unsupported
Autonomous exploration Supported Supported
Vision-based interaction Unknown Unknown
Selector-free execution Unknown Unknown
Adapts to UI changes Supported Supported
Self-healing Supported Supported
AI failure analysis Supported Supported

Developer integrations

Capability Status Details
MCP server Supported Supported
VS Code extension Unknown Unknown
SDK Unknown Unknown

PR workflow

Capability Status Details
GitHub Supported Supported
CI execution Supported Supported
GitHub PR checks Unknown Unknown
PR-aware test selection Unknown Unknown
Autonomous PR validation Unknown Unknown
PR comments Unknown Unknown
Preview deployment testing Unknown Unknown
Merge gating Unknown Unknown
Scheduled execution Unknown Unknown

Creation and execution

Capability Status Details
Code authoring Supported Supported
Recorder Supported Supported
Natural language authoring Supported Supported
Test import Unknown Unknown
Reusable steps Unknown Unknown
Parameterized tests Supported Supported
Test data generation Unknown Unknown

What it tests

Capability Status Details
Native desktop testing Supported Supported
Native mobile testing Supported Supported
Browser extension testing Unknown Unknown
Cross-browser testing Supported Supported
Cross-platform testing Supported Supported
Real device testing Supported Supported
Multi-tab testing Unknown Unknown
iframe testing Unknown Unknown
Canvas testing Unknown Unknown
PDF validation Unknown Unknown
File upload testing Unknown Unknown
File download testing Unknown Unknown
OAuth testing Unknown Unknown
Email testing Unknown Unknown
Notification testing Unknown Unknown
Video content validation Unknown Unknown

Validation

Capability Status Details
Visual regression Supported Supported
Semantic visual assertions Unknown Unknown
Accessibility checks Unknown Unknown
API assertions Supported Supported
Database assertions Unknown Unknown
Spelling and grammar checks Unknown Unknown
Dark and light mode testing Unknown Unknown
Performance measurement Unknown Unknown

Running

Capability Status Details
Local execution Supported Supported
Headless execution Supported Supported
Headed execution Unknown Unknown
Parallel execution Supported Supported
Test sharding Unknown Unknown
Auto-waiting Unknown Unknown
Automatic retries Unknown Unknown
Network mocking Unknown Unknown
Secrets injection Unknown Unknown
Private network access Unknown Unknown

Diagnosis

Capability Status Details
Screenshots Supported Supported
Video recording Unknown Unknown
Execution traces Unknown Unknown
Console logs Supported Supported
Network logs Unknown Unknown
Replay Unknown Unknown
Interactive debugging Unknown Unknown
Failure grouping Unknown Unknown

Enterprise

Capability Status Details
SSO (SAML) Supported Supported
SSO (OIDC) Unknown Unknown
SCIM Supported Supported
RBAC Unknown Unknown
Audit logs Supported Supported
Secrets management Unknown Unknown
Configurable retention Unknown Unknown
Private runners Supported Supported
On-premises deployment Unknown Unknown
Data residency Unknown Unknown
Training opt-out Unknown Unknown

Integrations

Capability Status Details
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