GitLab Premium vs Kiuwan comparison

GitLab and Kiuwan are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. GitLab is ranked #23 with an average rating of 8.5, while Kiuwan is ranked #29. Additionally, 100% of GitLab users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Kiuwan users who would recommend it.

GitLab Premium

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100% willing to recommend

Kiuwan

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93% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between GitLab Premium and Kiuwan based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

GitLab Premium

Ranking in Application Security Tools

23rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Kiuwan

Ranking in Application Security Tools

29th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (25th)

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Bharadwaj Deepak Mohapatra

DevOps Engineer at ENTERPRISE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Have managed internal projects efficiently but face challenges with user interface and navigation

When discussing improvements for GitLab Premium, the main area is the GUI. GitHub's GUI is very good, offering many collaboration options and the ability to customize dashboards. GitHub's look and feel is superior, but GitLab Premium's dashboard is very simple. Regarding capabilities lacking in GitLab Premium, the main concern is the GUI. For example, in GitHub, there is a right side profile where settings can be directly accessed, and there is a direct section for developer mode with clear segregation. In GitLab Premium, when accessing users, confusion sometimes arises between root user and main user. There is an option for groups, but it is not direct. When clicking on groups, it goes to another section where groups must be found. This hierarchy could be more straightforward and direct. The biggest drawbacks of GitLab Premium are GUI and configuration. GUI is the primary concern, but other aspects are good.

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Anshul Anshul

Sr. Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Efficient and accurate scanning, and detailed analysis

In Kiuwan there are sometimes duplicates found in the dependency scan under the "insights" tab. It's unclear to me why these duplicates are appearing, and it would be helpful if the application teams could investigate further. Another issue I've encountered is that Kiuwan only looks at the version of components and doesn't take into account any workaround fixes that have been implemented at the code level. This can result in false positives being reported. Additionally, these issues are in the "insights" tab and not in the code base security aspect. Lastly, when muting findings that are false positives, there should be an option to see the only available at the code level rather than at the organization level because it can lead to missing vulnerabilities if they are muted at the org level. An additional feature that would be helpful is the ability to easily download reports from Kiuwan. Specifically, in the "insights" tab, we have been encountering an error when trying to download the PDF report. We are able to download the code-based security report, but not the insights report. This has been an ongoing issue for the past couple of months and would be beneficial if it could be resolved. My main recommendation would be to address the issues with downloading reports that we have been experiencing. Additionally, it would be helpful if Kiuwan could support a wider range of programming languages, as there are currently some that are not compatible with the tool. If the code of a particular application falls under the category which is not compatible with Kiuwan, then it will not be able to scan it.

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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 biggest benefit from GitLab Premium is that both repository management systems are good, as both GitHub and GitLab are valuable, and the main advantage is that GitLab Premium has community support, making it good in all aspects for small organizations."

"The main benefits from advanced CI/CD capabilities in GitLab Premium include automation to pull and merge the codes together, and it's all done automatically."

"GitLab Premium is much more reliable, quicker, faster, and basically easier to operate compared to GitHub."

"The main benefits I received from GitLab Premium are that I save money and streamline my management process of applications."

"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."

"The solution offers very good technical support."

"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."

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

"I've found the reporting features the most helpful."

"Software analytics for a lot of different languages including ABAP."

"I have found the security and QA in the source code to be most valuable."

"We use Kiuwan to locate the source of application vulnerabilities."

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Cons

"The automation part could be improved. Nowadays AI is being actively used, and if we could integrate something like ChatGPT with GitLab Premium, it would be easier for us to check logs and debug faster."

"The biggest drawbacks of GitLab Premium are GUI and configuration. GUI is the primary concern, but other aspects are good."

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

"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."

"The solution seems to give us a lot of false positives. This could be improved quite a bit."

"The QA developer and security could be improved."

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

"The next release should include more flexibility in the reporting."

"Integration of the programming tools could be improved."

"I would like to see additional languages supported."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"Check with your account manager."

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

"This solution is cheaper than other tools."

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

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

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Computer Software Company

13%

University

10%

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Manufacturing Company

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Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with GitLab Premium?

GitLab Premium is quite solid now, though there is always room for improvement. They provide a feature for integrating it with provisioning tools such as Terraform and others, but if they could pro...

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What advice do you have for others considering GitLab Premium?

I require clarification on which feedback about the effectiveness of GitLab Premium for audit events you are asking about. Overall, I give GitLab Premium a final rating of nine out of ten for the p...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab Premium?

GitLab Premium is affordable in terms of pricing, while GitHub is a bit pricier. If working with a much more complex and vast organization at the enterprise level, GitHub would be the choice. If op...

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GitLab

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.

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

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