CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs Kiuwan comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CAST Application Intelligence Platform and Kiuwan based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs. SonarQube

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CAST Application Intelligen...

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Development Analytics (3rd)

Kiuwan

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (22nd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (16th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Software Development Analytics category, the mindshare of CAST Application Intelligence Platform is 22.2%, down from 25.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kiuwan is 38.9%, down from 53.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Application Security Tools

0.9%

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

0.6%

Featured Reviews

Vishal-Goyal

Chief Architect at Peristent Systems

Aug 11, 2022

Has a security dashboard that's helpful because it gives compliance checks based on some of the leading frameworks in the industry

The overall coverage of rules could be improved in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform because it does not cater to or cover all. For example, 2022 CWE coverage is still not available in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. The solution also covers some NIST rules, but it does not cater to all rules. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next update of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is for it to provide source code developer and contributor details, especially information on which areas of code were touched. This would be a good insight as the CAST Application Intelligence Platform looks into the source code.

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Francisco Parada López

Security consultant at Entelgy Innotec Security

Nov 8, 2023

Detects security vulnerabilities in source code, enforces coding guidelines, and manages open-source components

Integration with development frameworks like IntelliJ, NetBeans, and Visual Studio Code can be improved as a part of Kiuwan's capabilities. There are plugins available for these systems, facilitating smoother integration and usage within these popular development environments. In our scenario, with approximately fifty applications and ten users, conducting around five hundred analyses per day, we've noticed that updating Kiuwan rules is time-consuming. Analyzing new rules also takes a significant amount of time. It might be partly due to how we develop the rules; it seems that our approach to creating rules might contribute to this issue. This impacts the time it takes to conduct analyses using Kiuwan.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is its security dashboard which is a dedicated dashboard that's pretty helpful because it gives compliance checks based on some of the leading frameworks in the industry, such as ISO 5055, OWASP, CWE Top 25, and NIST security guidelines. I find the security dashboard of the solution and the information it provides pretty useful. The security dashboard of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is a feature that stands out."

"CAST's risk and security flow detection capabilities are highly effective, particularly in identifying security vulnerabilities. It is one of the most important and valuable features of the platform."

"It supports most programming languages."

"Our clients use CAST Highlight for cloud migration. This allows them to remove or remediate the blockers which are highlighted. This part of the solution shows improvement in quality and captures feedback for our clients."

"Used for controlling the technical debt and code quality."

"I've tried many open source applications and the remediation or correction actions that were provided by Kiuwan were very good in comparison."

"The solution has a continuous integration process."

"The most valuable feature is the time to resolution, where it tells you how long it is going to take to get to a zero-base or a five-star security rating."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable in Kiuwan is the speed of scanning. Compared to other SaaS tools I have used, Kiuwan is much quicker in performing scans. I have not yet used it on a large code base, but from what I have experienced, it is efficient and accurate. Additionally, I have used it both manually and in an automated pipeline, and both methods have been effective. The speed of scanning is what makes it valuable to me."

"It provides value by offering options to enhance both code quality and the security of the company."

"We are using this solution to increase the quality of our software and to test the vulnerabilities in our tools before the customers find them."

"I find it immensely helpful because it's not just about generating code; it's about ensuring efficiency in the execution."

"The solution offers very good technical support."

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Cons

"Implementation could be made more simpler as it is complex."

"The integration of this solution could be improved."

"It has very few plugins to access different code repositories, so source code has to be fed."

"Areas for improvement in CAST AIP include enhancing support for implementation in complex environments and improving technical support to address organizational challenges alongside engineering issues."

"The overall coverage of rules could be improved in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform because it does not cater to or cover all. For example, 2022 CWE coverage is still not available in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. The solution also covers some NIST rules, but it does not cater to all rules. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next update of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is for it to provide source code developer and contributor details, especially information on which areas of code were touched. This would be a good insight as the CAST Application Intelligence Platform looks into the source code."

"The integration process could be improved. It'll also help if it could generate reports automatically. But I'm not sure about the effectiveness of the reports. This is because, in our last project, we still found some key issues that weren't captured by the Kiuwan report."

"Perhaps more languages supported."

"The development-to-delivery phase."

"I would like to see better integration with Azure DevOps in the next release of this solution."

"The QA developer and security could be improved."

"I would like to see better integration with the Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs."

"I would like to see additional languages supported."

"The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do know how the CAST Application Intelligence Platform is licensed, but I'm not able to give the cost because the price is not listed. My company works with individual vendors, so pricing is on a case-to-case basis, but the vendors give specialized pricing because of the enterprise deployment, though my team is aware of product pricing based on lines of code, based on the number of applications, etc., I'm unable to give the exact licensing costs of the CAST Application Intelligence Platform. My company doesn't have to pay extra for some features or services because all are included as part of the enterprise license. On a scale of one to five, with five being very cheap and one being very expensive, I would rate the CAST Application Intelligence Platform as three out of five."

"This solution is cheaper than other tools."

"It follows a subscription model. I think the price is somewhere in the middle."

"I recommend contacting a sales person who will create the best plan payment plan for you, as we did."

"Kiuwan is an open-source solution and free to use."

"The price of Kiuwan is lower than that of other tools on the market."

"Check with your account manager."

"Nothing special. It's a very fair model."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CAST Application Intelligence Platform?

CAST's risk and security flow detection capabilities are highly effective, particularly in identifying security vulnerabilities. It is one of the most important and valuable features of the platfor...

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What needs improvement with CAST Application Intelligence Platform?

Areas for improvement in CAST AIP include enhancing support for implementation in complex environments and improving technical support to address organizational challenges alongside engineering iss...

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What is your primary use case for CAST Application Intelligence Platform?

CAST AIP is a valuable solution for quality metrics and application security. It is beneficial for software architecture detection.

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What do you like most about Kiuwan?

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is quick when processing and giving an output or generating a report.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kiuwan?

I'm not entirely sure about the price and business aspects, but I assume Checkmarx might be less expensive. I think Checkmarx might offer more affordable options, especially in its smaller business...

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What needs improvement with Kiuwan?

Kiuwan can improve its UI a little more. The user experience can be made better. Kiuwan offers a user interface that is similar to the one offered by Windows 7 or Windows 98, which I saw when I ran...

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Overview

CAST Application Intelligence Platform (AIP), a result of over $130M in R&D investment over two decades, is an enterprise-grade software measurement and quality analysis solution designed to analyze multi-tiered, multi-technology applications for technical vulnerabilities and adherence to architectural and coding standards and then provide business relevant information to the IT organization through various dashboards and products built with end users in mind.

Application Analytics Dashboard (CAST AAD): Provides IT executives with accurate business relevant analytics to drive their organization
Application Engineering Dashboard (CAST AED): Provides engineering and QA teams with powerful code and system level structural flaw insight and remediation guidance
Enlighten: Delivers to developers a powerful deep understanding of their application’s structure
Architecture Checker: Gives architects a reliable, automated solution to enforce architectures that deliver stability and performance of their critical applications

CAST’s underlying system-level analysis technology assesses both the health of an application, as measured through numerous health factors, as well as specific structural and system-level defects that drive performance and stability issues providing true system level analysis.

Software analytics technology with a breadth of third party integrations that takes into account the wealth of applications your teams are currently using.

We facilitate and encourage work between unlocalized teams. We understand the complexity of working on multi technology environments, constantly striving to increase the number of programming languages and technologies we support.

Sample Customers

Steria, T-Systems MMS, Atos Origin, Accenture, Capgemini

DHL, BNP Paribas, Zurich, AXA, Ernst & Young, KFC, Santander, Latam, Ferrovial

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