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Karate DSL Pricing

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At a glance

Open-source test automation framework under the MIT License ($0 for unlimited self-hosted API, mock server, UI, and Gatling performance testing in local and CI/CD environments). Commercial Karate Labs IDE extensions for VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA are available in Plus (~$100/user/yr), Pro (~$640/user/yr with visual step-through debugging), and Ultimate (~$1,400/user/yr) tiers. Karate Enterprise offers custom pricing for the Async Protocol Pack (Kafka, gRPC, WebSockets), self-hosted Karate Agent AI, centralized license server management, and dedicated SLA support.

Self-hosting cost

Karate DSL is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Testing & QA

same category, free plan or open-source license

MCP Inspectoropen sourceFree and 100% open source under the MIT license ($0 software cost). mcp-inspector is the official Model Context Protocol developer testing suite, running entirely locally via npx/Node.js with no subscription tiers, cloud fees, or telemetry.Playwrightopen sourcePlaywright is a free and open-source end-to-end testing framework created by Microsoft under the Apache 2.0 license. It provides cross-browser automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit without any licensing fees.DeepEvalopen sourceOpen-source core (Apache-2.0) with $0 local Pytest evaluations. Confident AI Cloud Free includes 2 seats, 5 test runs/wk, and 5 GB-mo trace data. Starter is $99-$200/mo for automated CI/CD testing ($1/GB-mo trace overage). Pro/Team is $499-$2,000/mo with 75 GB trace data, Git prompt versioning, RBAC, and SOC 2 Type II. Enterprise offers custom pricing for VPC/on-premise deployment, DeepTeam AI Red Teaming, production Guardrails, HIPAA compliance, and 24/7 SLA.reviewdogopen sourceReviewdog is a free and open-source automated code review tool licensed under MIT that integrates linter results into pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, and other CI platforms without commercial subscription costs.
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FAQ

How much does Karate DSL cost?

Open-source test automation framework under the MIT License ($0 for unlimited self-hosted API, mock server, UI, and Gatling performance testing in local and CI/CD environments). Commercial Karate Labs IDE extensions for VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA are available in Plus (~$100/user/yr), Pro (~$640/user/yr with visual step-through debugging), and Ultimate (~$1,400/user/yr) tiers. Karate Enterprise offers custom pricing for the Async Protocol Pack (Kafka, gRPC, WebSockets), self-hosted Karate Agent AI, centralized license server management, and dedicated SLA support. Paid pricing starts at ~$100/user/yr.

Does Karate DSL have a free plan?

Yes — Karate DSL is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Karate DSL for free?

Karate DSL is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper Karate DSL alternatives?

MCP Inspector, Playwright, DeepEval are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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