We performed a comparison between HCL AppScan 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."For me, as a manager, it was the ease of use. Inserting security into the development process is not normally an easy project to do. The ability for the developer to actually use it and get results and focuses, that's what counted."
"It is easy it is to use. It is quick to find things, because of the code scanning tools. It's quite simple to use and it is very good the way it reports the findings."
"I like the recording feature."
"This solution saves us time due to the low number of false positives detected."
"The static scans are good, and the SaaS as well."
"The reporting part is the most valuable feature."
"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."
"There's extensive functionality with custom rules and a custom knowledge base."
"The solution offers very good technical support."
"Software analytics for a lot of different languages including ABAP."
"I like that it provides a detailed report that lets you know the risk index and the vulnerability."
"Lifecycle features, because they permit us to show non-technical people the risk and costs hidden into the code due to bad programming practices."
"We use Kiuwan to locate the source of application vulnerabilities."
"The solution has a continuous integration process."
"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 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."
"There are so many lines of code with so many different categories that I am likely to get lost. "
"I would like to see the roadmap for this product. We are still waiting to see it as we have only so many resources."
"I would love to see more containers. Many of the tools are great, they require an amount of configuration, setup and infrastructure. If most the applications were in a container, I think everything would be a little bit faster, because all our clients are now using containers."
"Sometimes it doesn't work so well."
"Many silly false positives are produced."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"A desktop version should be added."
"We would like to see a check in the specific vulnerabilities in mobile applications or rooted devices, such as jailbreaking devices."
"DIfferent languages, such Spanish, Portuguese, and so on."
"Kiuwan's support has room for improvement. You can only open a ticket is through email, and the support team is outside of our country. They should have a support number or chat."
"I would like to see additional languages supported."
"I would like to see better integration with Azure DevOps in the next release of this solution."
"The development-to-delivery phase."
"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."
"Integration of the programming tools could be improved."
"The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 39 reviews while Kiuwan is ranked 21st in Application Security Tools with 23 reviews. HCL AppScan is rated 7.6, while Kiuwan is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kiuwan writes "Though a stable tool, the UI needs improvement". HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Acunetix, Checkmarx One and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, whereas Kiuwan is most compared with SonarQube, Checkmarx One, Veracode, Snyk and Fortify on Demand. See our HCL AppScan vs. Kiuwan report.
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