Katalon Studio Pro 55% starter offer ends; price back to $1,800/seat/year
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Katalon's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: The limited-time 55%-off starter offer on Katalon Studio Professional ($1,000/seat/year, until October 31) ended. The shown price returns to $1,800/seat/year (about $150/seat/month), 20% off the unchanged $2,199 list price. In detail: Katalon Studio Professional limited-time 55%-off starter offer ($1,000/seat/year, ran until October 31) ended; shown price returns to $1,800/seat/year (about $150/seat/month), the standard 20% annual saving off the unchanged $2,199 list price. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount removed) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Professional at $84, Katalon Runtime Engine at $145, Cross Browser at $158 and Mobile Devices at $158.
It lands 28 days after Katalon's previous change, "Katalon moves Professional to annual-only $1,000/seat, 55% off first 3 seats" (Oct 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Katalon adds free tier, renames Individual to Professional, refocuses…" (Sep 21, 2026), "Katalon: plan tiers consolidated to Individual/Small teams, True Platform moved to add-on" (Aug 31, 2026) and "Katalon slashes Studio Enterprise price 44%, adds per-seat tiered pricing" (Aug 24, 2026). Katalon has been tracked since 2026-04-15.
In the same window BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Cypress.io and Lambdatest also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Professional · DiscountRemovedDiscountNo discount
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Discount | Discount | No discount | Removed |
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 Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the discount no longer appears.
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Katalon, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingKatalon Studio Pro 55% starter offer ends; price back to $1,800/seat/year · this change
- Oct 5, 2026packagingKatalon moves Professional to annual-only $1,000/seat, 55% off first 3 seats
- Sep 21, 2026packagingKatalon adds free tier, renames Individual to Professional, refocuses…
- 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
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- BrowserStackNov 2BrowserStack App cuts advertised real device count from 35,000+ to 30,000+
- Sauce LabsOct 19Sauce Labs cuts parallel test sessions from 24 to 5 on device clouds
- Cypress.ioOct 19Cypress.io adds Re-run optimization to Business plan and comparison table
- LambdatestOct 5Lambdatest Agent Testing cuts mobile concurrency from $99 KaneAI Pro plan
Questions about this change
Did Katalon raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount removed.
What changed on Katalon's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
Professional discount: Discount → No discount, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 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 moves Professional to annual-only $1,000/seat, 55% off first 3 seats" on Oct 5, 2026; Katalon has been tracked since 2026-04-15.