Behave vs Karate
Behave
behave.readthedocs.io
Karate
karatelabs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Behave | Karate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $8.33/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 5 |
| Spec score · BDD Testing Tools | 7.8 (#9) | 9.0 (#1) |
| Integrations | The documentation includes integration guidance for Django and Flask and examples using Selenium for browser interaction. | The integrations directory lists more than 40 native integrations and more than 15 protocols or formats. |
| Purpose | Behave is a Python-style behavior-driven development tool that runs tests written in a natural-language style backed by Python code. | Karate combines API, UI, mock, and performance testing in one framework with readable syntax. |
| Security | The Behave GitHub repository has a Security tab, but the opened page did not state specific security or compliance claims. | Karate Labs says its products run locally or in customer infrastructure, store no customer test data, and ship with zero telemetry. |
Plans
Karate
- FreeFree
- IDE Plus$100 a year
- Xplorer Premium$200 a year
- Pro$640 a year
- Karate EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Behave
Behave has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Karate
Karate is a testing framework for API, UI, mock, and performance work. Its MIT-licensed core is free for commercial projects and supports REST, GraphQL, and SOAP testing, with JSON and XML assertions and schema validation. It can automate browsers and desktop apps, and combine UI and API steps in one test. Built-in Gatling integration lets teams reuse API tests for performance testing. The Free plan costs nothing and includes community support. Paid plans include IDE Plus at $100 a year, Xplorer Premium at $200 a year, and Pro at $640 a year; Pro adds IDE plugins, debugging, enhanced autocomplete, development async protocol testing, and priority email support. The platform lists integrations including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, Docker, IntelliJ, VS Code, and Gatling. Enterprise async protocol testing covers Kafka, gRPC, and WebSocket, but production CI/CD execution requires an Enterprise runtime license. Platforms include API, extension, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, and Windows.