Katalon moves Professional to annual-only $1,000/seat, 55% off first 3 seats
What happened
Between the Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026 captures of Katalon's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Professional now shown as $1,000/seat/year (list $2,199, 55% off first 3 seats until Oct 31) vs $84/seat/month; Monthly/Annual toggle and Runtime Engine/cloud add-ons section removed; Enterprise card now lists role-based access control and audit logs, private cloud/on-prem deployment, centralized license management, security review and onboarding services. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, feature added) with an upward direction. The current page lists Professional at $84, Katalon Runtime Engine at $145, Cross Browser at $158 and Mobile Devices at $158.
It lands 14 days after Katalon's previous change, "Katalon adds free tier, renames Individual to Professional, refocuses Enterpr" (Sep 21, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Katalon: plan tiers consolidated to Individual/Small teams, True Platform moved to add-on" (Aug 31, 2026), "Katalon slashes Studio Enterprise price 44%, adds per-seat tiered pricing" (Aug 24, 2026) and "Katalon splits Studio Enterprise into standalone $229/seat plan" (Jul 20, 2026). Katalon has been tracked since 2026-04-15.
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- Professional · PackagingRemoved
BeforeMonthly/Annual toggle and Runtime Engine/cloud add-ons section
AfterNot listed
- Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afterrole-based access control and audit logs
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Packaging | Monthly/Annual toggle and Runtime Engine/cloud add-ons section | Not listed | Removed |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | role-based access control and audit logs | Added |
Values as written on Katalon's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Katalon's pricing page (katalon.com) from Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the Monthly/Annual toggle and Runtime Engine/cloud add-ons section no longer appears.
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Katalon, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 5, 2026packagingKatalon moves Professional to annual-only $1,000/seat, 55% off first 3 seats · this change
- Sep 21, 2026packagingKatalon adds free tier, renames Individual to Professional, refocuses Enterpr...
- Aug 31, 2026packagingKatalon: plan tiers consolidated to Individual/Small teams, True Platform moved to add-on
- Aug 24, 2026decreaseKatalon slashes Studio Enterprise price 44%, adds per-seat tiered pricing
- Jul 20, 2026packagingKatalon splits Studio Enterprise into standalone $229/seat plan
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changesQuestions about this change
Did Katalon raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, feature added.
What changed on Katalon's pricing page between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026?
Professional packaging: Monthly/Annual toggle and Runtime Engine/cloud add-ons section → Not listed, removed; Enterprise feature: Not listed → role-based access control and audit logs, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Katalon change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Katalon in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Katalon adds free tier, renames Individual to Professional, refocuses Enterpr..." on Sep 21, 2026; Katalon has been tracked since 2026-04-15.