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Klocwork vs Virsec Security Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.0
Klocwork offers highly rated, proactive technical support with quick issue resolution, available in over thirty countries.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.9
Klocwork faces performance, language support, and usability issues, causing false warnings, slow updates, and limited Agile tool integration.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Klocwork demonstrates excellent scalability and adaptability for teams of all sizes, integrating well with various infrastructures and tools.
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Setup Cost

Sentiment score
8.5
Klocwork provides flexible licensing and competitive pricing, justified by its capabilities, suitable for both small and large organizations.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Klocwork is praised for stability and reliability, despite performance updates and network-related connectivity issues some users experience.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Klocwork enhances software quality with static code analysis, integrating smoothly with CI and IDEs for efficient defect detection.
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Categories and Ranking

Klocwork
Ranking in Application Security Tools
23rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (16th), Static Code Analysis (7th)
Virsec Security Platform
Ranking in Application Security Tools
36th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (56th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (27th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Klocwork is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Virsec Security Platform is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AnirbanSarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lets you find defects during the development phase, so you don't have to wait till the development is over to find and address flaws
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. The Klocwork dashboard could be improved. Though it's good, it's not as good as some of the other products in the market, which is a problem. The reporting could be more detailed and easier to sort out because sorting in Klocwork could be a bit more time-consuming, mainly when sorting defects based on filters, compared to how it's done on other tools such as Coverity. What I'd like added in the next release of Klocwork is the peer code review Cahoots which used to be a part of Klocwork, and the architecture analysis and both have been taken out of Klocwork. I found the two critical for specific deployments, so if those can be brought back to Klocwork, that would be very good.
KevinMcCarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with Zero-day protection
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.  The solution stops any kind of remote code execution.  The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.  I have been using the product for a year.  I would rate the tool's stability a six out of ten.  I would…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
40%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Healthcare Company
34%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Klocwork?
It's integrated into our CI, continuous integration.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?
Our purchasing department is responsible for tracking costs. It's one of the most widely used tools in our organization. It likely does not have a high price point. I don't have insights into licen...
What needs improvement with Klocwork?
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. It will show all poss...
Contrast Security Assess vs Virsec Security Platform: What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Hi Julia - I've been with Virsec as the Sr. Director, Product Marketing for the last three quarters and I have never seen a competitive opportunity arise versus Contrast. Perhaps the confusion lies...
What do you like most about Virsec Security Platform?
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.
 

Also Known As

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Virsec
 

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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
Broadcom, Allstate, Department of Homeland Security
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