Invicti vs Klocwork comparison

Invicti and Perforce are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. Invicti is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4, while Perforce is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.8. Invicti holds a 2.0% mindshare in SAST, compared to Perforce’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Invicti users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

Invicti

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96% willing to recommend

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Invicti and Klocwork compete in software security and code analysis. Users lean towards Klocwork for its comprehensive feature set.

Features: Invicti is valued for its extensive scanning capabilities, ease of integration with various environments, and user-friendly interface. Klocwork is favored for deep static code analysis, support for multiple programming languages, and advanced analysis features.

Room for Improvement: Invicti needs to improve reporting functionalities, scan speeds, and user interface intuitiveness. Klocwork requires enhancements in documentation clarity, setup simplicity, and user interface design.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Invicti offers simple deployment and reliable customer service, ensuring a smooth user start. Klocwork, while supported by responsive customer service, faces complexity during deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Invicti is cost-effective for smaller teams, offering good ROI. Klocwork's features justify higher costs, with strong long-term ROI for larger enterprises.

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Categories and Ranking

Invicti

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Container Security (25th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (10th), API Security (10th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (4th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (9th)

Klocwork

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (21st), Static Code Analysis (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Invicti is 2.0%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Klocwork is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Invicti	2.0%
Klocwork	1.4%
Other	96.6%

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Featured Reviews

Valavan Sivgalingam

Senior Manager, Security Engineering at ESS

Dynamic testing regularly identifies web vulnerabilities and has strong false positive confirmations

It has good false positive confirmations, confirmed issues identification, and proof of exploit-related features as part of it. We use Invicti for these things in our portfolios. The solution includes Proof-Based Scanning technology. Invicti is part of our SSDLC portfolio, and DAST dynamic testing is very important for our web applications and portfolios. For both the API endpoints and web applications, we do regular testing on a monthly basis for all our releases. Invicti does a good job. The only concern is on the performance side, but other than that, we find it really helpful in identifying web vulnerabilities. A full scan takes more time based on your website and other factors, but for us, it takes more than two to three days. The scan performance can be improved upon. When we check with them, they discuss proof-based scanning and related aspects. However, there could be intermittent results that could help us.

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Krishna M Gopalakrishnan

Manager, Quality, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity Embedded Processing at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Experience with compliance improvements and efficiency boosts but static analysis engine shows a need for enhancement

One area for improvement is that when customers use different static analysis tools, they report more issues compared to Klocwork. The static analysis engine of Klocwork has areas that need improvement. Customers using different static analysis tools report more issues than with Klocwork, indicating that Klocwork's engine is not as superior. Klocwork should be able to analyze large codebases efficiently, supporting a desktop version for periodic small delta changes before pushing to the server.

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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

"Invicti has done a commendable job with respect to ROI, and with respect to being a cost-effective solution and one of the market leaders as an effective solution for SAST and DAST, Invicti has performed very well."

"Invicti's best feature is the ability to identify vulnerabilities and manually verify them."

"Netsparker offers some pretty features: Crawling feature: Netsparker has very detail crawling steps and mechanisms, this feature expands the attack surface, Attacking feature: Actually, attacking is not a solo feature, it contains many attack engines, Hawk, and many properties, but Netsparker's attacking mechanism is very flexible, this increases the vulnerability detection rate, also, Netsparker made the Hawk for real-time interactive command-line-based exploit testing, it's very valuable for a vulnerability scanner, and a very useful API for automating the scans."

"I am impressed with Invictus’ proof-based scanning. The solution has reduced the incidence of false positive vulnerabilities. It has helped us reduce our time and focus on vulnerabilities."

"The dashboard is really cool, and the features are really good. It tells you about the software version you're using in your web application. It gives you the entire technology stack, and that really helps. Both web and desktop apps are good in terms of application scanning. It has a lot of security checks that are easily customizable as per your requirements. It also has good customer support."

"It has very good integration with the CI/CD pipeline."

"Technical support is very professional, 10/10."

"High level of accuracy and quick scanning."

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"The most valuable feature is the Incremental analysis."

"The best advantage of Klocwork is the reduced setup time."

"Klocwork has reduced the manual analysis for a lot of scenarios like checking for internal standards and has saved a lot of time in developing code through the on the fly analysis mode."

"On-the-fly analysis and incremental analysis are the best parts of Klocwork, and currently we are using both of these features very effectively."

"The tool helps the team to think beforehand about corner cases or potential bugs that might arise in real-time."

"Unlike other static code analysis tools, Klocwork integrates seamlessly into desktop IDEs, build systems, continuous integration tools, and any team's natural workflow."

"There's a feature in Klocwork called 'on-the-fly analysis', which helps developers to find and fix the defects at the time of development itself."

"I like not having to dig through false positives. Chasing down a false positive can take anywhere from five minutes for a small easy one, then something that is complicated and goes through a whole bunch of different class cases, and it can take up to 45 minutes to an hour to find out if it is a false positive or not."

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Cons

"The scanner itself should be improved because it is a little bit slow."

"Reporting should be improved. The reporting options should be made better for end-users. Currently, it is possible, but it's not the best. Being able to choose what I want to see in my reports rather than being given prefixed information would make my life easier. I had to depend on the API for getting the content that I wanted. If they could fix the reporting feature to make it more comprehensive and user-friendly, it would help a lot of end-users. Everything else was good about this product."

"They need to improve their support in the documentation. Their support mechanism is missing. Their responsiveness, technical staff, and these types of things need to be improved, and comprehensive documentation is required. They should have good self-service portal enhancement"

"Netsparker doesn't provide the source code of the static application security testing."

"Asset scanning could be better. Once, it couldn't scan assets, and the issue was strange. The price doesn't fit the budget of small and medium-sized businesses."

"Invicti's reporting capabilities need enhancement. We need enterprise-level information instead of repo-level details. Unlike Appiro, Invicti does not provide portfolio-level insights into vulnerability remediation over time."

"They could enhance the support for data swap testing for the platform."

"They don't really provide the proof of concept up to the level that we need in our organization."

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"The way to define the rules is too complex."

"This solution could be improved if they offered support of more languages including Ada and Golang. They currently only support seven languages."

"Every update that we receive requires of us a lengthy and involved process."

"Support for AUTOSAR C++14 by adding a new taxonomy that you can use to ensure compliance with the AUTOSAR C++14 Standard, release 18-03."

"Klocwork does have a problem with true positives. It only found 30% of true positives in the Juliet test case."

"For an improved product, we'd like to see integration with Agile DevOps and Agile methodologies."

"Now the only issue we have is that whenever we need to get the code we have to build it first. Then we can get the report."

"I hope that in each new release they add new features relating to the addition of checkers, improving their analysis engines etc."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price should be 20% lower"

"I think that price it too high, like other Security applications such as Acunetix, WebInspect, and so on."

"OWASP Zap is free and it has live updates, so that's a big plus."

"It is competitive in the security market."

"We are using an NFR license and I do not know the exact price of the NFR license. I think 20 FQDN for three years would cost around 35,000 US Dollars."

"We never had any issues with the licensing; the price was within our assigned limits."

"Invicti is best suited for large enterprises. I don't think small and medium-sized businesses can afford it. Maintenance costs aren't that great."

"Netsparker is one of the costliest products in the market. It would help if they could allow us to scan multiple URLs on the same license."

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"The pricing for Klocwork is very competitive if you compare it from apple to apple. It has competitive pricing regarding the licensing model and the per-license cost. Klocwork isn't a high-end investment for anyone deploying it; even SMBs can afford it. The Klocwork cost per user would depend on the license type, so I'm unable to mention a ballpark figure because it would depend on the type of installation and how the deployment will be, and the nodes to give an accurate calculation or figure. The total price depends on the package, so my company could never publish pricing for Klocwork on the website. My team first collects information from potential clients on the deployment scenario, project environment, etc., before suggesting a package for Klocwork. My rating for Klocwork in terms of pricing is a five because of its flexible license models. There's a license model for every type of organization, whether small, midsize, or enterprise, so it's a five out of five for me."

"Licensing fees are paid annually, but they also have a perpetual license."

"The limitation that we have is that Klocwork is licensed to certain programs, and if you want to license them to other programs, you have to pay more money."

"This solution offers competitive pricing."

"Klocwork is still tight on their licensing. If Klocwork would loosen up on the licensing, and where the license could be used, and how many different programs could be run on it, then we have several development programs that I would love to be able to use it for going forward."

"When it comes to licensing, the solution has two packages, one for a fixed and the other for a floating server, with the former being more cost effective than the latter."

"There are other solutions on the market such as Microsoft Visual Studio. They have been adding more static code analysis features that come for free. It is getting better all the time. That is one of the possibilities is that we've been considering that we may stop using the Klocwork because it doesn't give us any added value."

"Klocwork should not to be quite so heavy handed on the licensing for very specific programs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

21%

Construction Company

Transportation Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner?

The setup cost is pretty competitive. For example, if you want to talk about the SAST license, it comes to about $150 or sometimes less than $100, depending on the conversion or the number of licen...

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What needs improvement with Invicti?

At this time, there is nothing that comes to mind. However, most of the products in the market are pretty much neck-to-neck competitors. Speaking about it, there are a couple of factors which they ...

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What is your primary use case for Invicti?

I have worked on a couple of products, specifically in web application security. I have worked on Invicti, and with respect to PAM, I have worked with BeyondTrust. I have not worked specifically fo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?

Klocwork's pricing seems attractive, as it uses a per-user license model that does not have a lot of overhead.

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What needs improvement with Klocwork?

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What is your primary use case for Klocwork?

I work on tools such as Klocwork, LDRA, as well as Jira and Confluence, focusing more on the software quality assurance aspect. We use Klocwork for coding and aggregate checks. We use it for static...

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Overview

Invicti offers advanced web application security testing focused on identifying vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting. Its Proof-Based Scanning minimizes false positives and integrates seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines, making it an effective tool for enterprise environments.

Invicti provides comprehensive scanning capabilities that include detecting and verifying critical vulnerabilities and security data consolidation. Its scalable scanning engine and robust API support allow for flexible testing across diverse environments, including web and API testing. Despite some drawbacks like limited single sign-on integration and slow scanning speeds for large applications, Invicti remains a popular choice for automating security assessments, ensuring compliance with standards like OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, and GDPR.

What are the key features of Invicti?

Comprehensive Vulnerability Scanning: Detects vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS.
Proof-Based Scanning: Confirms exploitability and reduces false positives.
CI/CD Integration: Seamlessly integrates with development pipelines.
Security Data Consolidation: Centralizes data for better insights.
User-Friendly Interface: Facilitates easy analysis and reporting.
Scalable Scanning Engine: Supports testing in enterprise environments.
Robust API Support: Enhances flexibility in testing.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in reviews?

Proactive Security: Actively identifies and verifies vulnerabilities to prevent breaches.
Regulatory Compliance: Helps maintain compliance with standards like PCI DSS and GDPR.
Efficient Vulnerability Management: Aids in prioritizing remediation efforts.
Integration Capabilities: Streamlines processes with CI/CD pipeline compatibility.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and e-commerce, Invicti is implemented to bolster security through automated vulnerability assessments. Its ability to provide insightful reports and remediation suggestions assists companies in efficiently managing security risks and achieving compliance with critical regulatory standards.

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Klocwork offers advanced static code analysis with integration capabilities for enhanced development efficiency, supporting various development environments and providing clear defect reports. It streamlines software development by reducing defects and improving code quality.

Klocwork integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, providing real-time and incremental analysis to identify and rectify code defects quickly. It supports multiple integrated development environments (IDEs) and minimizes false positives in its analysis. While primarily supporting C/C++, Java, and C#, there is a need to expand language support and enhance its static analysis engine. The tool assists in adhering to industry standards with features like automated code parsing and MISRA compliance checks. Ease of setup and collaboration capabilities further promotes efficiency, although the dashboard could benefit from user-friendly updates and better integration with Agile tools.

What are the primary features of Klocwork?

Static Code Analysis: Identifies vulnerabilities and defects in code with reduced false positives.
CI/CD Integration: Seamlessly embeds into continuous integration and delivery pipelines for efficient testing.
Customizable Checkers: Allows users to tailor checkers according to specific project needs.
On-the-fly Analysis: Provides incremental analysis to detect issues during coding, reducing development time.
IDE Support: Functions across multiple IDEs, enhancing developer workflow and productivity.

What benefits should users expect from Klocwork?

Reduced Development Time: By detecting issues early, faster development cycles are achieved.
Improved Code Quality: Helps in maintaining high code standards and adherence to compliance checks.
Efficient Collaboration: Streamlines team collaboration with easy integration and analysis reports.
Enhanced Maintainability: Through automation and efficient detection of memory-related and security issues.

Klocwork is extensively implemented in industries that prioritize software quality and security standards, particularly in environments focused on C/C++ development on Linux systems. Its capabilities in automated code parsing, traffic analysis, and support for DevOps integration make it invaluable for industries requiring strict MISRA compliance and internal standards adherence. By aiding refactoring and detecting memory-related vulnerabilities, Klocwork contributes to the maintainability and security standards in these sectors.

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Sample Customers

Samsung, The Walt Disney Company, T-Systems, ING Bank

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

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