
Katalon is beginner friendly for desktop testing but has a complex setup for mobile Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The setup process is a bit lengthy and it was complex at times (particularly the mobile testing part).
To sum it up:
-You need to download large software packages like Android Studio (multiple GBs) and XCode for iOS (which alone takes around 12GB just for the simulator pack)
- The platform requires at least version 18 of Node to be compatible, and Katalon doesn’t manage/notify about this automatically. Without the correct version, even after installing everything, I ran into issues where tests simply don’t run.
- One of Katalon's biggest limitations is the lack of native real device testing support. It doesn’t offer real-device testing on its own unless you integrate it with a third-party service, and the only direct integration available is with BrowserStack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.


