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Prices checked 26 Oct 2026

Katalon pricing in 2026

Katalon has a free plan for authoring and running tests on your own machine. Its Professional plan lists at $2,199 per seat a year, billed annually (about $183 per seat a month), and Enterprise is a custom annual contract. Running tests headless or in CI/CD needs a Katalon Runtime Engine add-on, and cloud runs need TestCloud add-ons; neither is priced on Katalon's pricing page.

Katalon plans and prices

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Author and run tests locally, with record and playback. No parallel runs, CI/CD or cloud execution, AI self-healing or integrations.
Professional$2,199 per seat a year (~$183/seat/mo)AI agents, an MCP server and unlimited AI sessions; web, mobile, API and desktop testing; data-driven tests; parallel runs; Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Slack and Azure DevOps integrations. Billed annually.
EnterpriseCustom quoteEverything in Professional, plus SSO/SAML, SCIM, role-based access, audit logs, private cloud or on-premises deployment, hybrid and offline licensing, and support with an SLA.
Runtime Engine and TestCloud (add-ons)Not publishedRuntime Engine is required for headless and CI/CD runs, TestCloud for cloud runs. Katalon's pricing page lists them as add-ons without a price.

What drives the Katalon bill

Katalon charges per seat, billed annually, with the plan setting which features you get. Where tests run is priced separately: local runs are included, while headless and CI/CD runs need Runtime Engine add-ons and cloud runs need TestCloud add-ons.

  • Seats. Professional is priced per seat, so the bill grows with the team.
  • Running tests in CI/CD or headless, which needs Runtime Engine add-ons.
  • Running tests in Katalon's cloud, which needs TestCloud add-ons.
  • Enterprise needs such as SSO, SCIM, on-premises deployment or an SLA, which move you to a custom contract.

Does Katalon have a free plan or trial?

Katalon has a free plan for authoring and running tests on your own machine, without CI/CD, cloud runs, parallel runs or AI self-healing. It also offers a 30-day free trial, and its Runtime Engine page says the engine is free for 30 days with that trial.

Katalon vs TestOptim AI pricing

Katalon

Free plan; Professional $2,199/seat/yr plus execution add-ons

  • Free$0Author and run tests locally
  • Professional$2,199/seat/yr (~$183/seat/mo)AI agents, parallel runs, web, mobile, API and desktop testing, integrations
  • EnterpriseCustom quoteSSO, SCIM, audit logs, private cloud or on-premises

Professional is billed annually. Runtime Engine (CI/CD) and TestCloud (cloud runs) are separate add-ons, not priced on Katalon's pricing page.

TestOptim AI

3-day Solo trial, then $19–$149/mo self-serve

  • Solo$19/mo
  • Startup$49/mo
  • Growth$149/mo
  • EnterpriseCustom

You add a card to start, and Razorpay makes a small card check that it refunds. The first charge happens when the trial ends. Cancel from Billing before then and you pay nothing.

Solo, Startup and Growth are self-serve at published prices. Billing yearly saves 20%. See what each plan includes.

Katalon pricing FAQ

How much does Katalon cost?

Katalon Professional lists at $2,199 per seat a year, billed annually, or about $183 per seat a month. Enterprise is a custom annual contract. The Runtime Engine add-on for CI/CD runs and TestCloud add-ons for cloud runs cost extra, and Katalon's pricing page doesn't price them.

Is Katalon free?

Partly. Katalon's free plan lets you author tests and run them on your own machine. Parallel runs, CI/CD and cloud execution, AI self-healing and integrations need a paid plan and add-ons.

Do I need the Katalon Runtime Engine to run tests in CI?

Yes. Katalon's pricing page says headless and CI/CD execution require the Katalon Runtime Engine add-on, on top of your seats. It's free for 30 days with a trial.

Can I pay for Katalon monthly?

Katalon's pricing page lists Professional as billed annually only, at $2,199 per seat a year. It shows no monthly billing option.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Katalon?

TestOptim AI publishes its prices: Solo $19/mo for 100 test executions, Startup $49/mo for 260 test executions, Growth $149/mo for 800 test executions and Enterprise custom pricing. Solo, Startup and Growth are self-serve, with no sales call, and billing yearly saves 20%. Its agent explores your web app, writes the end-to-end tests and reports bugs with screenshots and repro steps, so you don't author or maintain the suite yourself.

Sources

Katalon sets its own prices and can change them at any time. These figures come from the sources below, checked 26 Oct 2026. Where Katalon quotes through sales, we show what the source reports, not a quote.

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