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CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs Kiuwan comparison

The compared CAST and Kiuwan solutions aren't in the same category. CAST is ranked #3 in SDA , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 11.7% mindshare in the category. Kiuwan is ranked #21 in AS , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of CAST users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Kiuwan users who would recommend it.
CAST Application Intelligen...
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83% willing to recommend
Kiuwan
Read 23 Kiuwan reviews
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93% willing to recommend

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CAST Application Intelligen...
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Software Development Analytics (3rd)
Kiuwan
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (21st), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. CAST Application Intelligence Platform is designed for Software Development Analytics and holds a mindshare of 11.7%, up 8.4% compared to last year.
Kiuwan, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.
Software Development Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
CAST Application Intelligence Platform11.7%
SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube)41.8%
Snyk26.5%
Other20.0%
Software Development Analytics
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Kiuwan1.1%
SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube)20.4%
Checkmarx One10.4%
Other68.1%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Jayanti Rode - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Intelligence Platform that offers useful insights into violations and improvements
There are different products of the CAST solution that we use for different reasons. For quality improvement, we use CAST AIP which is an Application Intelligence Platform. We have a health dashboard where we can view improvements and violations that have been fixed.  Our clients use CAST Highlight…
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Mustufa Bhavnagarwala - PeerSpot reviewer
Though a stable tool, the UI needs improvement
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 the tool and tried to scan the repository to find the security issues. The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required.
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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."
"It supports most programming languages."
"Used for controlling the technical debt and code quality."
"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."
"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."
"I like that it provides a detailed report that lets you know the risk index and the vulnerability."
"The solution has a continuous integration process."
"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."
"Software analytics for a lot of different languages including ABAP."
"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."
"​We use Kiuwan to locate the source of application vulnerabilities."
"Lifecycle features, because they permit us to show non-technical people the risk and costs hidden into the code due to bad programming practices."
"I've found the reporting features the most helpful."
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Cons

"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."
"Implementation could be made more simpler as it is complex."
"It has very few plugins to access different code repositories, so source code has to be fed."
"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 of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with the Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs."
"The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
"The solution seems to give us a lot of false positives. This could be improved quite a bit."
"I would like to see better integration with Azure DevOps in the next release of this solution."
"The development-to-delivery phase."
"Perhaps more languages supported."
"It would be beneficial to streamline calls and transitions seamlessly for improved functionality."
"The next release should include more flexibility in the reporting."
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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."
"Check with your account manager."
"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."
"Kiuwan is an open-source solution and free to use."
"This solution is cheaper than other tools."
"The price of Kiuwan is lower than that of other tools on the market."
"It follows a subscription model. I think the price is somewhere in the middle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

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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Comparisons

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Compared 9% of the time
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OpenText Core Application Security vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform
Compared 8% of the time
Checkmarx One vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform Logo
Checkmarx One vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform
Compared 7% of the time
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BlueOptima vs CAST Application Intelligence Platform
Compared 7% of the time
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SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) vs Kiuwan Logo
SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) vs Kiuwan
Compared 43% of the time
Checkmarx One vs Kiuwan Logo
Checkmarx One vs Kiuwan
Compared 11% of the time
Veracode vs Kiuwan Logo
Veracode vs Kiuwan
Compared 10% of the time
Snyk vs Kiuwan Logo
Snyk vs Kiuwan
Compared 9% of the time
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SonarQube Cloud (formerly SonarCloud) vs Kiuwan
Compared 9% of the time
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CAST Application Intelligence Platform vs. Snyk
September 2025
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Kiuwan
October 2025
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Also Known As

CAST AIP
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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.

CAST

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.

Kiuwan
 

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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