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Kiuwan vs Mend.io comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

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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
34th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (29th)
Mend.io
Ranking in Application Security Tools
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Static Code Analysis (4th), Software Supply Chain Security (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Kiuwan is 1.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mend.io is 2.4%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mend.io2.4%
Kiuwan1.1%
Other96.5%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Mustufa Bhavnagarwala - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
meetharoon - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized security monitoring has reduced false positives and improves dependency governance
The only area for improvement I would say is that the false positives are nearly zero; everything is mostly like 99 to 99.99% or we can say 100% accurate. There were a few areas for improvement just from the last time I saw; I think the user experience had a little problem. We wanted to have certain reports based on our kind of scenario, but the tool did not allow us to create custom reports. We had asked for some facility and some ability for us to create some custom reports. That would be awesome if they allow us to create custom reports the way we wanted. There is one small area which I don't know whether we should call a tool limitation or a wish list; if I use a library and I don't use all the capabilities of the library but only a portion of it and that portion is not vulnerable, but there is a component which is outdated, that is a problem, even though I don't use that component. Mend.io will discover there is a problem in the whole library; that is correct. That's a valid discovery, but in my case, for example, if I don't use that particular portion, then it actually is not making sense for me, but that's not a limitation of Mend.io; I think that's a general problem with any tool in the market because no tool in the market will actually know what portion of the code I'm actually using from that particular library if it is vulnerable or not.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides value by offering options to enhance both code quality and the security of the company."
"The technical support is very good, and we have received valid answers to our questions."
"I personally like the way it breaks down security vulnerabilities with LoC at first glance."
"From the tool itself, the developer can run an analysis with the same quality, and with this tool, every developer has the opportunity to do an unlimited analysis."
"The solution offers very good technical support."
"Customer service is excellent."
"For the moment, this is a solution that I could recommend."
"Saving time and money by automatically identifying problems is unbelievable."
"Our primary goal was to get the license reports, but now we have a full end-to-end process that automates all license management, open-source license approval, rejection, ticket assignment, and more."
"The main value is that it showed us what we needed to fix, and with the dashboard security trends feature, we can see over time if we made progress."
"The most valuable features are the reporting, customizing libraries "In-house, White list, license selection", comparing the products/projects, and License & Copyright resolution."
"The tool is now a mandatory part of our organization to use as a benchmark, giving us a technical advantage."
"We use this solution for scanning NodeJS and Maven projects during the CI/CD processes, running hundreds of scans per day on any project that passes the release build, so every release build runs the WhiteSource scan before deployment to production clusters, which ensures that we are covered in terms of licenses for open source dependencies."
"The features I find most valuable in Mend.io are the ease of use; it is very easy to access and integrate."
"The reporting capability gives us the option to generate an open-source license report in a single click, which gets all copyright and license information, including dependencies."
"I recommend using WhiteSource to other companies if they are in a similar situation that we are."
 

Cons

"I would like to see additional languages supported."
"The QA developer and security could be improved."
"The rate of false positives, where it reports issues that are not really issues, can be improved."
"The next release should include more flexibility in the reporting."
"More languages and frameworks would enhance this tool."
"Perhaps more languages supported."
"Improvement could be made with the integration of the programming tools."
"I would like to see better integration with the Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs."
"The tools need to bring down the pricing because software in SaaS or on-prem is becoming a more expensive affair."
"The agent usage was not as smooth as the online experience."
"On the reporting side, they could make some improvements. They are making the reports better and better, but sometimes it takes a lot of time to generate a report for our entire organization."
"The solution lacks the code snippet part."
"It would be nice to have a better way to realize its full potential and translate it within the UI or during onboarding."
"The pricing model needs some changes."
"It should support multiple SBOM formats to be able to integrate with old industry standards."
"Up until now, we were convinced that the return of investment was not really the case."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Kiuwan is an open-source solution and free to use."
"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."
"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."
"Nothing special. It's a very fair model."
"We are paying a lot of money to use WhiteSource. In our company, it is not easy to argue that it is worth the price. ​"
"This is an expensive solution."
"As we were using an SaaS-based service, the solution must be scalable, although my understanding is that this is based on the licensing model one is using."
"The version that we are using, WhiteSource Bolt, is a free integration with Azure DevOps."
"It is fairly priced."
"Over the last two years, they have tried to add more and more features to their license packages, but the price is a little bit high, comparatively."
"WhiteSource is much more affordable than Veracode."
"We always negotiate for the best price possible, and as far as I know, Mend has done an excellent job with their pricing. Our management is happy with the pricing, which has led to renewals."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise22
 

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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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WhiteSource, Mend SCA, Mend.io Supply Chain Defender, Mend SAST
 

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Sample Customers

DHL, BNP Paribas, Zurich, AXA, Ernst & Young, KFC, Santander, Latam, Ferrovial
Microsoft, Autodesk, NCR, Target, IBM, vodafone, Siemens, GE digital, KPMG, LivePerson, Jack Henry and Associates
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