Acunetix vs Kiuwan comparison

Invicti and Kiuwan are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Invicti is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.5, while Kiuwan is ranked #29. Invicti holds a 2.1% mindshare in AS, compared to Kiuwan’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Invicti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Kiuwan users who would recommend it.

Acunetix

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88% willing to recommend

Kiuwan

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Acunetix and Kiuwan are prominent in web application security and code analysis, respectively. While Acunetix is recognized for its extensive scanning abilities, Kiuwan offers superior code insight, making it an all-around choice for diverse needs.

Features: Acunetix is noted for automatic scanning, vulnerability detection, and integration capabilities. Kiuwan stands out with in-depth code analysis, audit tools, and support for multiple coding languages.

Room for Improvement: Acunetix could enhance reporting features, scalability, and reporting detail. Kiuwan should focus on improving tool integration, enhancing integration flexibility, and broadening supported tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acunetix offers a straightforward deployment process with supportive customer service. Conversely, Kiuwan ensures an easy deployment process backed by a proactive, responsive support team.

Pricing and ROI: Acunetix involves higher upfront costs but offers strong ROI through continuous security enhancements. Kiuwan is cost-effective, providing substantial ROI via code quality improvements and lowered bug remediation costs.

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Categories and Ranking

Acunetix

Ranking in Application Security Tools

11th

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

8th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (19th), DevSecOps (6th)

Kiuwan

Ranking in Application Security Tools

29th

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

26th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Acunetix is 2.1%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kiuwan is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Acunetix	2.1%
Kiuwan	1.2%
Other	96.7%

Application Security Tools

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Rahul Kumar

Senior Engineer - Penetration Tester at a government with 10,001+ employees

Identifies vulnerabilities across bulk web applications but needs better support and cleaner reports

The best feature Acunetix offers is the centralized dashboard and the quality of reports it generates, which includes various options for selecting reports and developer options for directly sharing the reports with developers. The centralized dashboard of Acunetix gives visibility into the security aspects of mass applications; for instance, with more than 200 applications, it provides a valuable overview of findings and necessary fixes, along with a high-level summary that helps us achieve compliance through monthly and sometimes weekly scanning. In terms of reporting, Acunetix is excellent because it can generate different types of reports, such as an executive summary report, detailed reports, and developer reports that can be shared directly with developers. Acunetix positively impacts my organization by helping identify outdated libraries and applications, including legacy applications vulnerable to old attacks based on OWASP Top 10, thus aiding in compliance checks for PCI DSS and OWASP. Acunetix provides a centralized report with compliance-related aspects and a vulnerability timeline, effectively helping reduce vulnerabilities and save time.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There is a lot of documentation on their website which makes setting it up and using it quite simple."

"Our developers can run the attacks directly from their environments, desktops."

"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."

"It can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated with other applications, which makes it a very versatile solution to have."

"It generates automated reports."

"For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature."

"Acunetix has an awesome crawler. It gives a referral site map of near targets and also goes really deep to find all the inputs without issues. This was valuable because it helped me find some files or directories, like web admin panels without authentication, which were hidden."

"The most important feature is that it's a web-based graphical user interface. That is a great addition. Also, the ability to schedule scans is great."

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"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."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable in Kiuwan is the speed of scanning. Compared to other SaaS tools I have used, Kiuwan is much quicker in performing scans. I have not yet used it on a large code base, but from what I have experienced, it is efficient and accurate. Additionally, I have used it both manually and in an automated pipeline, and both methods have been effective. The speed of scanning is what makes it valuable to me."

"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."

"The most valuable feature is the time to resolution, where it tells you how long it is going to take to get to a zero-base or a five-star security rating."

"I find it immensely helpful because it's not just about generating code; it's about ensuring efficiency in the execution."

"Software analytics for a lot of different languages including ABAP."

"It provides value by offering options to enhance both code quality and the security of the company."

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

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Cons

"The solution can be improved by adding the ability to scan subdomains automatically, and by providing reports that can be exported to external databases to share with other solutions."

"Improving the handling of false positives would be beneficial because it can be challenging to trust the findings flagged by Acunetix, and those findings must be manually validated."

"Acunetix should improve by further reducing false positives and providing more customized reports, plus better integration with newer tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps."

"I believe Acunetix can improve customer support, as the dedicated support staff are often unfamiliar with problems and troubleshooting, leading to communication gaps that delay issue resolution."

"The solution's pricing could be better."

"We have had issues during upgrades where their scans worked on some apps better with previous versions. Then, we had to work with their tech support, who were great, to get it fixed for the next version."

"It is difficult to create a proxy connection."

"It should be easier to recreate something manually, with the manual tool, because Acunetix is an automatic tool. If it finds something, it should be easier to manually replicate it. Sometimes you don't get the raw data from the input and output, so that could be improved."

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"I would like to see better integration with Azure DevOps in the next release of this solution."

"The development-to-delivery phase."

"In Kiuwan there are sometimes duplicates found in the dependency scan under the "insights" tab. It's unclear to me why these duplicates are appearing, and it would be helpful if the application teams could investigate further."

"Perhaps more languages supported."

"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. They should have a support number or chat."

"The product's UI has certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Acunetix was around the same price as all the other vendors we looked at, nothing special."

"The pricing is a little high, and moreover, it's kind of domain-based."

"The costs aren't very expensive. It costs around $3000 or $4000."

"The price is exceptionally high."

"When compared with other products, the pricing is a little bit high. But it gives value for the price. It serves the purpose and is worthwhile for the price we pay."

"Implementing Acunetix needs a medium or larger business agency, because you need some money to get Acunetix. It is costly, but if you care about your agency's security, then maybe it's a cost that might help you in the future."

"When we looked at all other vendors and what they were asking for, to provide a third of what Acunetix was capable of doing, it was an easy decision... But now that it's coming to a cost where it's line with market value, it becomes more of a competition... Acunetix is raising the cost of licensing. It's 3.5 times what we were initially quoted."

"I would say that Acunetix is expensive because there are products on the market with similar features that are equally or better-priced."

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

"Check with your account manager."

"This solution is cheaper than other tools."

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

11%

University

10%

Financial Services Firm

Consumer Goods Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	17

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

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

The tool's most valuable feature is scan configurations. We use it for external physical applications. The scanning time depends on the application's code.

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What is your primary use case for Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

I'm using Acunetix to automate security checks. Acunetix helped me catch common vulnerability issues early and improved the overall security posture of the application before development, specifica...

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What advice do you have for others considering Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner?

I would advise anyone or any startup looking to engage in the security part to directly use Acunetix, as this will help in most aspects. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.

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Overview

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is an automated web application security testing tool that audits your web applications by checking for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, Cross site scripting, and other exploitable vulnerabilities.

Invicti

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

Joomla!, Digicure, Team Random, Credit Suisse, Samsung, Air New Zealand

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

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