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.

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