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Katalon pricing
Katalon publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Katalon pricing is on request across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per seat per month, plus separate per-session cloud execution charges
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Katalon plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katalon Studio | $84/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| True Automation | $167/month | 3 | +$83/month, 3 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Katalon Studio
$84/monthThe entry tier. It covers annual billing, first three seats at 84 us dollars a seat a month, fourth seat and beyond at 150 us dollars a seat a month, low-code recording, object repository, selenium and appium engine underneath.
True Automation
$167/monthOver Katalon Studio, this tier adds:
- Annual billing, per seat
- Includes Studio features plus test management and AI agents
- True Platform TestOps and TestCloud sold as a further add-on at 700 US dollars a seat a year
Enterprise
On requestOver True Automation, this tier adds:
- Custom quote for private SaaS and hybrid licensing
- Dedicated support
- Negotiated cloud session volume
What the product covers
The full Katalon feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Low-code test recording
- Built on Selenium and Appium
- Object repository
- AI-assisted test generation
- TestCloud execution
- TestOps management
People bring Katalon in for a qa team wanting a lower-code authoring layer over selenium and appium for testers without deep coding backgrounds, an organisation wanting test management and ai-assisted test maintenance bundled with automation authoring in one commercial product, a team needing occasional cross-browser or device cloud sessions without maintaining its own device lab or selenium grid, an enterprise wanting a single vendor and support contract for test authoring, management and cloud execution together. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Katalon are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katalon (this page) | On request | Per seat per month, plus separate per-session cloud execution charges | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Katalon |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Katalon |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs Katalon |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Katalon |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Katalon |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs Katalon |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Katalon badges page.
Before you pay for Katalon
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $84/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Katalon against the tools that do have one before committing.
Katalon runs on web, windows, macos, and is published by Katalon Inc of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The full record is on the Katalon review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
Katalon pricing questions
- How much does Katalon cost?
- Katalon publishes 3 tiers, from $84/month for Katalon Studio up to On request for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $84/month.
- Does Katalon have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Katalon is listed as Per seat per month, plus separate per-session cloud execution charges. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Katalon Studio and True Automation on Katalon?
- True Automation costs $167/month against $84/month, and adds annual billing, per seat, includes studio features plus test management and ai agents, true platform testops and testcloud sold as a further add-on at 700 us dollars a seat a year.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Katalon worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom quote for private saas and hybrid licensing, dedicated support, negotiated cloud session volume. It costs On request against $84/month for Katalon Studio. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside Katalon have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with Katalon?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a qa team wanting a lower-code authoring layer over selenium and appium for testers without deep coding backgrounds, an organisation wanting test management and ai-assisted test maintenance bundled with automation authoring in one commercial product, a team needing occasional cross-browser or device cloud sessions without maintaining its own device lab or selenium grid.
- Does Katalon charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Katalon prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Katalon against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Katalon covering price, platforms and features.