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About Kiuwan is an end-to-end application security platform that integrates seamlessly into your development process. Our toolset includes Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), Software Governance and Code Quality, empowering your team to quickly identify and remediate vulnerabilities. Integrating into your CI/CD pipeline, Kiuwan enables early detection and remediation of security issues. Kiuwan supports strict compliance with industry standards including OWASP, CWE, MISRA, NIST, PCI DSS, and CERT, among others. ✅ Large language support: 30+ programming languages. ✅ Detailed action plans: Prioritize remediation with tailored action plans. ✅ Code Security: Seamless Static Application Security Testing (SAST) integration. ✅ Insights: On-demand or continuous scanning Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to help reduce third-party threats. ✅ One-click Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation Code Smarter. Secure Faster. Ship Sooner.	About eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Financial institutions, Insurance Companies, Healthcare, Cyber Security, Investment Platforms, Transaction Services, ECommerce	Audience IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Supported
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Pricing For both Code Security and Insights pricing is accessible on request, scans and continuous scanning is available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.5 / 5 ease 4.7 / 5 features 4.2 / 5 design 4.3 / 5 support 3.7 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros The number of languages supported. The white-labeled branding capability. The relatively good ease of use. Customer interface, access to run analysis and review reports. The product is very easy to use. I was asked to try this out with not much information and was able to get the first scan in with not much struggle at all. We find very valuable to allow Kiuwan integrate with our development lifecycle (CI/CD) and we don't have to google or find fixes since it recommends fixes and tells you exactly where to find the issue within the code. Very accurate analysis provided by Kiuwan on code risks. The best is that Kiuwan even provides the recommended fix which makes the remediation process easier and faster. I've tried some products (even free like Snyk) and Kiuwan provides a full picture of static code risks and vulnerabilities. It allows team to improve code security and development practices. Cons Confusing administration with challenging setup. No ability to export mute, notes, and comments. No way to export and remove an application and re-import the results, mutes, notes back into the portal. There should be a setup timing of allowing an application to be reviewed for 15 or 30 days before data is stale and should be removed. Need a comparison to the previous quarter, month, or year's results. This will show maturity and improvement over time. I think a bit more customization in how to select the source for scanning would be great (exclude/include pattern, different set of rules for different source types, etc). False positives take time to turn off since its a manual process and the tools somehow lacks intelligence to detect whether the issue is real or not (e.g. hardcoded passwords are the most likely under this). If they had to improve I'd suggest working on support. Sometimes support takes time to get back. Also, we've gone through platform upgrades and we weren't notified and broke our development cycles. Would be good to improve customer notifications somehow. It's not a CON being honest but would be nice if they could offer something to scan infrastructure like Tenable.sc does.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Kiuwan Founded: 2012 Spain www.kiuwan.com	Company Information PKS Software Founded: 1991 Germany www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain
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Categories Code Quality Supported Code Security Supported DevSecOps Supported IT Security Supported Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Supported Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Supported Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Supported Static Code Analysis Supported Vulnerability Scanners Supported	Categories Software Intelligence Platforms Supported Static Code Analysis Supported
Static Code Analysis Features Analytics / Reporting Supported Code Standardization / Validation Not Supported Multiple Programming Language Support Supported Provides Recommendations Supported Standard Security/Industry Libraries Not Supported Vulnerability Management Supported Show More Features IT Security Features Anti Spam Not Supported Anti Virus Not Supported Email Attachment Protection Not Supported Event Tracking Not Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Not Supported Intrusion Detection System Not Supported IP Protection Not Supported Spyware Removal Not Supported Two-Factor Authentication Not Supported Vulnerability Scanning Supported Web Threat Management Not Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Vulnerability Scanners Features Asset Discovery Not Supported Black Box Scanning Not Supported Compliance Monitoring Not Supported Continuous Monitoring Not Supported Defect Tracking Not Supported Interactive Scanning Not Supported Logging and Reporting Not Supported Network Mapping Not Supported Perimeter Scanning Not Supported Risk Analysis Supported Threat Intelligence Supported Web Inspection Not Supported
Integrations C Supported C++ Supported COBOL Supported HTML Supported IBM Z Supported IBM i Supported Java Supported SQL Supported Apache Groovy Supported Eclipse IDE Supported GitLab Supported Go Supported IBM Power Servers Not Supported Jira Work Management Supported Rexx Systems Not Supported SAP HANA Supported SENTRIO Supported Swift Supported TypeScript Supported Visual Studio Supported Show More Integrations View All 45 Integrations	Integrations C Supported C++ Supported COBOL Supported HTML Supported IBM Z Supported IBM i Supported Java Supported SQL Supported Apache Groovy Not Supported Eclipse IDE Not Supported GitLab Not Supported Go Not Supported IBM Power Servers Supported Jira Work Management Not Supported Rexx Systems Supported SAP HANA Not Supported SENTRIO Not Supported Swift Not Supported TypeScript Not Supported Visual Studio Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 12 Integrations
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