Kiuwan vs w3af comparison

Kiuwan and w3af are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Kiuwan is ranked #30, while w3af is ranked #37. Kiuwan holds a 1.2% mindshare in AS, compared to w3af’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Kiuwan users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of w3af users who would recommend it.

Kiuwan

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93% willing to recommend

w3af

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712 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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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

Kiuwan

Ranking in Application Security Tools

30th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (26th)

w3af

Ranking in Application Security Tools

37th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Kiuwan is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of w3af is 0.7%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Kiuwan	1.2%
w3af	0.7%
Other	98.1%

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Mustufa Bhavnagarwala

CyberRisk Solution Advisor at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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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Omar Sánchez (Mr.Tech)

Information Security Advisor, CISO & CIO, Docutek Services at Docutek Services

It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.

I tried to install this on numerous systems and eventually, with help, I got it running. It needs far too many dependencies installed and there's too much messing about to be of much use. Once running, it's buggy and begs the question can it be relied upon? Even within Kali it reports website time-outs, yet Zap or Burp are able to do a successful scan. I wanted this to work so much and be able to use it as an additional check of my results but have now binned 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

"We switched because Kiuwan covers the entire SDLC; provides direct information to act upon, for the developer, architects, QA, CIO and CISO, in a few seconds; automatically, fully integrated in any CI/CD setup."

"Lifecycle features, because they permit us to show non-technical people the risk and costs hidden into the code due to bad programming practices."

"The solution offers very good technical support."

"I've tried many open source applications and the remediation or correction actions that were provided by Kiuwan were very good in comparison."

"I personally like the way it breaks down security vulnerabilities with LoC at first glance."

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

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the continuous integration process, which enables us to make the best in terms of security of our solution and not introduce new mistakes, with problems solved step by step."

"I like that it provides a detailed report that lets you know the risk index and the vulnerability."

More Kiuwan pros

"The best free software for pen testing web applications."

Cons

"The QA developer and security could be improved."

"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."

"The development-to-delivery phase."

"We faced a lot of problems with the initial setup and support gave us difficulties around the installation."

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

"The QA developer and security could be improved."

"Improvement could be made with the integration of the programming tools."

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

More Kiuwan cons

"Unfortunately, once you get around the seemingly strict set of pre-requisites to install it, it is incredibly buggy."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"This solution is cheaper than other tools."

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

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

"Check with your account manager."

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

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

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Top Industries

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University

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	6

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Overview

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

w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework. The project's goal is to create a framework to help you secure your web applications by finding and exploiting all web application vulnerabilities. Our framework is proudly developed using Python to be easy to use and extend, and licensed under GPLv2.0.

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Sample Customers

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

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