Kiuwan Insights vs Klocwork comparison

Kiuwan and Perforce are both solutions in the Static Code Analysis category. Kiuwan is ranked #24, while Perforce is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2. Kiuwan holds a 1.2% mindshare in SCAS, compared to Perforce’s 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Perforce users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Klocwork and Kiuwan Insights are competitive solutions in the software quality assurance sector, focusing on static code analysis. Kiuwan Insights holds an advantage in integration capabilities and flexibility, despite its higher cost, offering valuable features for dynamic environments.

Features: Klocwork offers deep code analysis, customization options, and a comprehensive approach to security audits. It is tailored for environments requiring thorough vulnerability identification. Kiuwan Insights features superior integration with third-party software, supports flexible continuous integration, and provides agile adaptation to diverse development teams.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Kiuwan Insights facilitates easy deployment with a cloud-based model, minimizing downtime and enhancing customer support responsiveness. Klocwork, with its on-premises focus, demands more setup time but provides increased control over the deployment environment.

Pricing and ROI: Klocwork incurs higher initial setup costs yet promises long-term ROI through its extensive vulnerability database, making it cost-effective over time. Kiuwan Insights, though more expensive upfront, offers robust features leading to efficient cost savings and delivering quick returns.

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Categories and Ranking

Kiuwan Insights

Ranking in Static Code Analysis

24th

Average Rating

4.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Klocwork

Ranking in Static Code Analysis

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (17th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Static Code Analysis category, the mindshare of Kiuwan Insights is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Klocwork is 5.6%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Code Analysis Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Klocwork	5.6%
Kiuwan Insights	1.2%
Other	93.2%

Static Code Analysis

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Felix Esteban

Head of Development and Consulting at Logalty

Protects problematic libraries; sorely lacking in customer services

Kiuwan lacks decent support, it's very bad. A couple of years ago an American company bought Kiuwan and support became non-existent. It's a big part of why we're looking to move to another product. We have questions regarding false positives and nobody responds to our tickets. They don't have any answers. If you're looking for a cheaper solution and don't require support, it might be okay, but a large end company that has a lot of questions about how the developers are programming will have trouble.

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Krishna M Gopalakrishnan

Manager, Quality, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity Embedded Processing at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Experience with compliance improvements and efficiency boosts but static analysis engine shows a need for enhancement

One area for improvement is that when customers use different static analysis tools, they report more issues compared to Klocwork. The static analysis engine of Klocwork has areas that need improvement. Customers using different static analysis tools report more issues than with Klocwork, indicating that Klocwork's engine is not as superior. Klocwork should be able to analyze large codebases efficiently, supporting a desktop version for periodic small delta changes before pushing to the server.

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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

"I have found the interface to be perfect."

"Insights is valuable at protecting a problematic library and enabling you to reduce the number of false positives."

"Can help in reducing the number of false positives."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is its reduced setup time."

"The customer support team is very responsive, proactive, and engages in conversations to ensure our needs are met."

"I really like Klocwork's server client build because it allows collaboration between the team members."

"We consider it a stable product."

"The most valuable feature is the Incremental analysis."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is finding defects while you're doing the coding, similar to using spell check on Word, so you can find out defects during the development phase and you don't have to wait until the development is over to find the flaws and address the deficiencies."

"Technical support is quite good."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is finding defects while you're doing the coding. For example, if you have an IDE plug-in of Klocwork on Visual Studio or Eclipse, you can find the faults; similar to using spell check on Word, you can find out defects during the development phase, which means that you don't have to wait till the development is over to find the flaws and address the deficiencies. I also find language support in Klocwork good because it used to support only C, C++, C#, and Java, but now, it also supports Java scripts and Python."

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Cons

"The solution is great, but improvement is needed in the number of lines of code allowed, that is the capacity. Pricing can be improved as well."

"The solution has issues detecting intrusive methods."

"The solution is great, but improvement is needed in the number of lines of code allowed, that is the capacity. Pricing can be improved as well."

"Kiuwan lacks decent support, it's very bad. A couple of years ago an American company bought Kiuwan and support became non-existent."

"We bought Klocwork, but it was limited to one little program, but the program is now sort of failing. So, we have a license for usage on a program that is sort of failing, and we really can't use the license on anything else."

"What needs improvement in Klocwork, compared to other products in the market, is the dashboard or reporting mechanisms that need to be a bit more flexible."

"I believe it should support more languages, such as Python and JavaScript."

"Under NIST cybersecurity standards, we must address vulnerabilities within a specified time after discovering them. When we try to propagate those updates and fixes through the system, it would be nice if the clients could reconnect to the existing server or have the server dynamically updated in some way. I know that isn't easy, but maybe processes could be enhanced to make that more streamlined from a DevOps perspective."

"Every update that we receive requires of us a lengthy and involved process."

"There are too many warnings, and it requires expertise to determine the correct category for them."

"I hope that in each new release they add new features relating to the addition of checkers, improving their analysis engines etc."

"The way to define the rules is too complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing can be improved as well."

"Licensing fees are paid annually, but they also have a perpetual license."

"When it comes to licensing, the solution has two packages, one for a fixed and the other for a floating server, with the former being more cost effective than the latter."

"Klocwork should not to be quite so heavy handed on the licensing for very specific programs."

"The pricing for Klocwork is very competitive if you compare it from apple to apple. It has competitive pricing regarding the licensing model and the per-license cost. Klocwork isn't a high-end investment for anyone deploying it; even SMBs can afford it. The Klocwork cost per user would depend on the license type, so I'm unable to mention a ballpark figure because it would depend on the type of installation and how the deployment will be, and the nodes to give an accurate calculation or figure. The total price depends on the package, so my company could never publish pricing for Klocwork on the website. My team first collects information from potential clients on the deployment scenario, project environment, etc., before suggesting a package for Klocwork. My rating for Klocwork in terms of pricing is a five because of its flexible license models. There's a license model for every type of organization, whether small, midsize, or enterprise, so it's a five out of five for me."

"Klocwork is still tight on their licensing. If Klocwork would loosen up on the licensing, and where the license could be used, and how many different programs could be run on it, then we have several development programs that I would love to be able to use it for going forward."

"There are other solutions on the market such as Microsoft Visual Studio. They have been adding more static code analysis features that come for free. It is getting better all the time. That is one of the possibilities is that we've been considering that we may stop using the Klocwork because it doesn't give us any added value."

"This solution offers competitive pricing."

"The limitation that we have is that Klocwork is licensed to certain programs, and if you want to license them to other programs, you have to pay more money."

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Manufacturing Company

22%

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Transportation Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	12

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Klocwork's pricing seems attractive, as it uses a per-user license model that does not have a lot of overhead.

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I work on tools such as Klocwork, LDRA, as well as Jira and Confluence, focusing more on the software quality assurance aspect. We use Klocwork for coding and aggregate checks. We use it for static...

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Overview

Kiuwan Insights supports the continuity and integrity of open source management with a complete multi-technology solution that seamlessly integrates with key SDLC tools.

With Kiuwan Insights, you can identify and manage:

vulnerabilities,

compliance, and

operational risk

that may arise from using open source components.

Open source components are a significant and important part of commercial software today. Yet the use of these components introduces the risk of security vulnerabilities, as well as a need to ensure proper licensing and adherence to policies.

Automation is an essential strategy for detection of open source components and security vulnerabilities, compliance analysis, and policy enforcement.

Kiuwan

Klocwork detects security, safety, and reliability issues in real-time by using this static code analysis toolkit that works alongside developers, finding issues as early as possible, and integrates with teams, supporting continuous integration and actionable reporting.

Perforce

Sample Customers

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ACCESS Co Ltd, Risk-AI, Winbond Electronics, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, University of Southern California, Alebra Technologies, SIMULIA, Risk Management Solutions, Brigham Young University, SRD, HRL

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