Klocwork vs Tenable.io Web Application Scanning comparison

Perforce and Tenable are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Perforce is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.2, while Tenable is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5. Perforce holds a 1.4% mindshare in AS, compared to Tenable’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Perforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

Klocwork

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Klocwork

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Klocwork and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are both in the software security category. Tenable.io seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive scanning capabilities, despite its higher price point.

Features: Klocwork is recognized for its efficient static code analysis, early defect detection, and integration simplicity. Tenable.io is valued for its comprehensive vulnerability scanning, continuous monitoring features, and enhanced web application security.

Room for Improvement: Klocwork users mention the need for a modern interface, improved reporting tools, and usability enhancements. Tenable.io users desire clearer documentation, smoother integration with other security tools, and better user support during setup and use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Klocwork is known for straightforward deployment and a responsive support team. Tenable.io offers more extensive capabilities, challenges during installation, and longer deployment times but provides more deployment support once integrated.

Pricing and ROI: Klocwork is viewed as budget-friendly with quicker ROI due to its focus on code quality improvement. Tenable.io requires a larger initial investment, delivering long-term ROI through enhanced security, making the extra cost justifiable for comprehensive security needs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Klocwork

Ranking in Application Security Tools

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (14th), Static Code Analysis (3rd)

Tenable.io Web Application ...

Ranking in Application Security Tools

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Klocwork is 1.4%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning	1.4%
Klocwork	1.4%
Other	97.2%

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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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Jonathan-Pereira

Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Centralized license management transforms asset manipulation based on functions and improves security posture

Now that the license is centralized, it's a significant feature to manipulate assets based on their functions. It provides a centralized view from end-to-end to its assets' identities and vulnerabilities. One of the greatest features is Kubernetes. The automated scanning capability is pretty standard in the market, and Tenable's prioritization engine helps improve the security posture.

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

"Klocwork's most valuable feature is the static code analysis feature. It detects the potential problem earlier to allow the developer to receive feedback quickly and then address it before it becomes a problem."

"There is a central Klocwork server at our headquarter in France so we connect the client directly to the server on-premises remotely."

"The best advantage of Klocwork is the reduced setup time."

"We like using the static analysis and code refactoring, which are very valuable because of our requirements to meet safety critical levels and reliability."

"One can increase the number of vendors, so the solution is scalable."

"The reporting helps us understand the trend of our results and whether we improve over time. We can see the history within Klocwork's server architecture and know that we're making things better. It creates a great story for our management. We can demonstrate value and how our software is developing over time."

"Klocwork is user-friendly, with a client-server architecture that provides all needed compliance."

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"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."

"The solution is stable."

"Now that the license is centralized, it's a significant feature to manipulate assets based on their functions."

"I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to others."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment."

"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."

"It has good unified web application scanning and exposure management."

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Cons

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

"Even though it does the job, there's room for feature enhancements, such as integrations with Git for better tracking and notifications."

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

"Klocwork sometimes provides too many additional warnings which require expertise to manage."

"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."

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

"This solution could be improved if they offered support of more languages including Ada and Golang. They currently only support seven languages."

"The main problem is that since it only parses the code, the warnings or the problems that are given as a result of the report can sometimes require a lot of effort to analyze."

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"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."

"The technical support needs improvement. Currently, it takes time, which might be due to the free version, but providing some level of support could encourage future purchase decisions."

"The solution's dashboards could be improved and made more user-friendly."

"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."

"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."

"We have encountered some problems with the technical support from Tenable; I would rate it a five out of ten. It is not efficacious, especially the first-level support."

"Sometimes it lags with different cloud environments."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

"This solution offers competitive pricing."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the competitors. The license cost is based on the number of users and the annual usage."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive for small businesses."

"The application is extremely affordable. There are no additional costs involved with licensing. We switched to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning from other solutions due to pricing."

"I rate the product's pricing a four out of ten."

"The pricing is okay."

"For Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it comes to around 6,50,000 Indian rupees, plus taxes."

"It follows the same licensing scheme as Tenable.io and Tenable. sc."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

23%

Computer Software Company

10%

Transportation Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?

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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What needs improvement with Klocwork?

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What is your primary use case for Klocwork?

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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What do you like most about Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

Improvements could include providing coverage reports in the free version and features related to security reports. Also, enhancing technical support would be beneficial as there is room for improv...

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What advice do you have for others considering Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning as it provides us with good reports, which help improve our code base, despite the lack of financial benefits. Overall, I would rate it seven o...

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Overview

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.

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Tenable.io Web Application Scanning safely, accurately and automatically scans your web applications, providing deep visibility into vulnerabilities and valuable context to prioritize remediation.

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Sample Customers

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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