BrowserStack Automate vs Katalon TestCloud
BrowserStack Automate
browserstack.com
Katalon TestCloud
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| Figure | BrowserStack Automate | Katalon TestCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $59/mo | $83.33/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Mobile Device Testing Software | 8.6 (#2) | 8.4 (#6) |
| Spec score · Cross-Browser Testing Software | 8.5 (#7) | 8.4 (#11) |
| Browser coverage | Automate supports testing across 3,500+ real desktop and mobile browser combinations. | Cloud cross-browser execution covers Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge on Windows and macOS. |
| Compliance | SOC 2, GDPR | Katalon's Trust Center lists ISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, DORA and WCAG. |
| Frameworks | The features page lists Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, and Cypress support. | The page says teams can bring tests built with Katalon Studio, Playwright, Selenium, Appium and more. |
| Integrations | The integrations page lists Cypress, Jenkins, Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Puppeteer, and other automation frameworks and tools. | The page lists Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jira and Slack as workflow triggers. |
| Purpose | Automate provides a fully managed automation grid for testing across physical desktop, iOS, and Android devices. | TestCloud runs web, mobile and API tests in parallel on cloud browsers and real devices, or through Runtime Engine on the customer's own infrastructure. |
| Security | BrowserStack says it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and that its compliance covers its data centers and platform. | The product page states customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with a current SOC 2 Type II attestation, quarterly vulnerability scanning and annual penetration testing. |
Plans
BrowserStack Automate
- Chrome$59 a month
- Desktop & Mobile$175 a month
- Desktop & Mobile$175 a month
- Desktop & Mobile Pro$225 a month
Katalon TestCloud
- FreeFree
- Professional$1,000 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
BrowserStack Automate
BrowserStack Automate provides a managed automation grid for testing websites and apps across physical desktop, iOS and Android devices. It supports more than 3,500 real desktop and mobile browser combinations and lists Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, Cypress and JavaScript framework support. Tests can run in parallel across hundreds or thousands of browsers, although the listed plans show one parallel test by default. BrowserStack Local securely connects internal staging environments to BrowserStack Cloud. Reports can include video, screenshots, framework logs, CI console logs, network logs and AI-driven failure analysis. Other listed capabilities include microphone audio injection, network simulation, Apple Pay workflows, localization settings, physical SIM testing and camera image injection. Integrations include Jenkins, Jira, Slack, Appium and multiple CI/CD tools. Deployment options are cloud and self-hosted. There is a free trial but no free plan; the Chrome plan costs $59 a month, billed annually. BrowserStack says its platform is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and its privacy policy complies with GDPR.
Katalon TestCloud
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