Online vs. Offline Licenses

This section provides information on all the differences between Online and Offline licenses for Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE) and/or Katalon Runtime Engine (KRE).

Based on your work requirements or internet access levels, you can choose between Online or Offline licenses for Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE) or Katalon Runtime Engine (KRE). You could also have a mix of both -- a hybrid license.

Note that you can purchase an Online license directly from the Katalon site or purchase an offline license by contacting our sales team at business@katalon.com.

Refer to the following table for the differences between an Online license and an Offline license:

	Online license	Offline license
Description	Requires internet access.	Can be used with limited or no internet access.
Billing Cycle	Monthly or annual subscription cycles.	Multi-year subscription tailored to your needs.
License Subscription	Purchase online via the Katalon website or the TestOps website. Learn how here: Purchase Katalon subscription.	Purchase by contacting our sales team at business@katalon.com.
Renewal	Automatically renews on the expiry date.	Renew by contacting our sales team at business@katalon.com.
License Management	The Administrator/Owner of the Organization is in charge of managing licenses. Refer to Manage Katalon Licenses to learn how. Note that an Organization member is limited to only activating or using licenses.
License Transfer	You can transfer a license from one user to another as needed. Learn how here: License overview.
License Activation	Learn how you can activate your license here: Activate licenses. Note that for Online licenses, you will be logged out of your current machine if you use the same license on another machine at the same time.
License Execution	You can perform multiple execution sessions on one machine at a time in parallel.

For detailed information on the KSE per-user license, see: Katalon Studio Enterprise per-user license.

For detailed information on the KRE floating license, see: Katalon Runtime Engine floating license.

License overview

The following section provides information about Katalon license types.

Based on your work requirements, you can choose between Online or Hybrid options for your KSE per-user licenses and KRE floating licenses.

For detailed information on KSE per-user license, see: Katalon Studio Enterprise per-User license.

For detailed information on KRE floating license, see: Katalon Runtime Engine floating license.

Here is an overview of both the Online and Hybrid options for KSE/KRE licenses:

	Online license	Hybrid license
Description	Online license only.	The Hybrid license is comprised of online and offline licenses based on your needs. To learn more about offline licenses, refer to About offline licenses.
Billing cycle	Monthly or annual subscription.Upgrade Billing Plan	Multi-year subscription depending on your needs.
License subscription	You can purchase an Online license either on the Katalon website or the TestOps website.	You can purchase a Hybrid license by contacting our sales team at business@katalon.com.
Renewal	Automatically renew on the expiry date.	To renew your Hybrid license, contact our sales team at business@katalon.com.
License management	The Admin/Owner of the Organization is in charge of managing licenses. Refer to Manage Katalon Licenses for further information. An Organization member can only activate and use licenses.
License transfer	You can transfer a license from one user to another. For more information on how to transfer licenses, refer to Transfer a license.
License activation	To learn how to activate your license, refer to Activate licenses. For Online licenses, you will be logged out of the current machine if you use the same license on another machine at the same time.
License execution	You can perform multiple execution sessions on one machine at a time with the parallel mode of test suite collections.