How to transfer Katalon Studio (free version) to KSE?

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We are currently in the process of establishing automation testing within our team. Our team has been using Katalon Studio to develop and maintain test cases. We have now purchased a Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE) license and are ready to migrate our existing projects from Katalon Studio to KSE.

Could you please advise on the recommended process for transferring our current projects and any best practices we should follow during the migration?

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Thank you for using Katalon,

In most cases there is no project conversion: KSE uses the same Katalon Studio project format. Install/upgrade to the KSE-supported Studio version, sign in with the licensed account (or configure the supplied offline license), then open the existing project from its Git/local folder.

Recommended rollout:

  1. Put every project and its Profiles/Test Data in source control; tag or back up the current working baseline.
  2. Pilot one representative project first—use a copy/branch, open it in KSE, let Studio apply any required project upgrade, and commit that change separately.
  3. Run the same small smoke suite on the old baseline and KSE; compare pass/fail results, browser/driver versions, reports, and any custom keywords/plugins.
  4. Standardize the team on one approved KSE/Studio version, JDK, browser/driver policy, execution profiles, and dependency/plugin versions. Avoid having different Studio versions write to the same project.
  5. Roll out project-by-project after the pilot is stable. Keep credentials out of the repository; use execution profiles plus secure CI/environment variables.

If you are also adopting Katalon TestOps, treat that as a separate setup: connect projects/CI agents, define project ownership and upload/reporting conventions, then validate one execution end-to-end before broad rollout.

Before starting, confirm the KSE entitlement is provisioned for each user/machine and check the target Studio version’s release notes for breaking changes. If you share your current Studio version, target KSE version, and whether TestOps/CI is involved, I can turn this into a more specific migration checklist.

Let me know if that helps

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Thre is no such migration you need to do , after upgrade , use the same project or open that project in KSE and thats it

you can clone from your existing repo
you can open that folder in your KSE from local machine

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There usually isn’t a “migration” step from the free version to KSE for the project itself. Your test projects, scripts, object repositories, profiles, and data are local files or in Git, so you just open the same project in the KSE-enabled Studio and activate the license

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There is actually no formal migration process required when moving from Katalon Studio Free to Katalon Studio Enterprise (KSE).

KSE uses the same project structure and format as the free edition, so your existing automation assets (Test Cases, Test Suites, Object Repository, Custom Keywords, Profiles, Data Files, Plugins, etc.) can be opened directly in KSE after activating your Enterprise license.

Simply install KSE, sign in with the account that has the KSE license, open your existing project, and continue working as usual. No project conversion or migration effort is typically required.

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One thing to watch for: if you’re jumping several versions at once, Studio may prompt to upgrade the project structure. Do that upgrade on a branch first, run a smoke suite, then commit so it’s a clean, separate change. Also make sure everyone on the team moves to the same Studio version together to avoid version conflicts in source control.

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your query resolved? @JP_FLT