Katalon Recorder vs Selenium IDE

The 60-Second Elevator Pitch

• Katalon Recorder provides faster time-to-value than Selenium IDE. You can start automating instantly, without having to create a project, or specifying a URL. Overtime, this small difference compounds to be a huge time-saver.
• Katalon Recorder runs directly on your current tab. This allows you to seamlessly combine manual and automated steps in your workflow. In comparison, Selenium IDE requires a brand new tab for every execution.
• Katalon Recorder enables you to keep track of execution results. You can view your execution results and share them with other people through TestOps free TestOps integrationintegration.
• Katalon Recorder has consistent development efforts, dedicated community and support. We have a team professionally motivated to improve the product, listen and help fix to your problems.

Comparison

Below are the comparison between Katalon Recorder and Selenium IDE:

Items	Katalon Recorder	Selenium IDE	Notes
Time To First Value			KR: users are able to start recording tests on the current tab immediately S.IDE: users must create/open a project, specify a URL and then start recording
Test structures			KR: supports test suites and test cases S.IDE: There is a little bit hard to manage test suites/test cases
Drag and Drop			KR: Drag and drop to arrange test suites, test cases, and test steps S.IDE: Drag and drop to arrange test steps
Record actions
Dashboard			KR enables dashboard view with TestOps
Data-Driven Testing			KR supports CSV, JSON as data sources
Extension Scripts			KR allows developers to add custom locators and actions
User Guides
Manual add a test step
Playback			Both support pause and resume
Pause/Resume
Skip a step
Run in parallel
Run in CI			S.IDE supports Command-line runner
Control flow
Support multiple browsers
Export test scripts