Klocwork vs Polyspace Code Prover comparison

Perforce and MathWorks are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Perforce is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.2, while MathWorks is ranked #23 with an average rating of 7.7. Perforce holds a 1.4% mindshare in AS, compared to MathWorks’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Perforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of MathWorks users who would recommend it.

Klocwork

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93% willing to recommend

Polyspace Code Prover

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83% willing to recommend

Klocwork

Polyspace Code Prover

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Klocwork and Polyspace Code Prover are leading tools in the static code analysis category. Polyspace seems to have the upper hand for its comprehensive analysis capabilities, despite a higher price point.

Features: Klocwork provides integration capabilities with existing development tools, handles large codebases with speed, and offers responsive customer support. Polyspace Code Prover offers deep formal verification, advanced analysis capabilities, and comprehensive code insights, appealing to those seeking detailed software reliability insights.

Room for Improvement: Klocwork could improve the accuracy of its vulnerability detection algorithms, enhance user interface intuitiveness, and provide more comprehensive reporting tools. Polyspace needs to offer a more accessible learning curve, improve integration flexibility with other tools, and streamline its deployment process to reduce setup complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Klocwork is noted for straightforward deployment with seamless integration into existing environments. Its responsive customer service aids in smoother adoption. Polyspace offers extensive documentation and support but may require a more rigorous setup process, preferred by users willing to invest the time for thorough reliability insights.

Pricing and ROI: Klocwork provides a cost-effective solution with favorable ROI for projects requiring rapid integration. Polyspace, with a higher initial investment, offers significant ROI through detailed code verification, appealing to those prioritizing thoroughness over cost.

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Categories and Ranking

Klocwork

Ranking in Application Security Tools

19th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (17th), Static Code Analysis (6th)

Polyspace Code Prover

Ranking in Application Security Tools

23rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, 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 Polyspace Code Prover is 1.4%, 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 (%)
Klocwork	1.4%
Polyspace Code Prover	1.4%
Other	97.2%

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AnirbanSarkar

Head - Solution Management Group at Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.

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.

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Pradeep Panchakarla

Functional Safety Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

A reliable solution that provides excellent features and detects memory corruption

The run time analysis process must be improved. If we do not run with the main loop, it generates its own main and doesn’t allow developers to modify the execution sequences. The solution must provide more flexibility to the developers to manipulate the runtime analysis tools. The developer must be allowed to modify the main sequence. It will be very easy for them to test their use cases. Otherwise, Polyspace generates a random main file and executes all the functions randomly.

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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

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

"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."

"The customer support team is very responsive, proactive, and engages in conversations to ensure our needs are met."

"The ability to create custom checkers is a plus."

"The reporting helps us understand the trend of our results and whether we improve over time. We can see the history within Klocwork's server architecture and know that we're making things better. It creates a great story for our management. We can demonstrate value and how our software is developing over time."

"The most valuable feature is the Incremental analysis."

"One can increase the number of vendors, so the solution is scalable."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is its reduced setup time."

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"Polyspace Code Prover has made me realize it differs from other static code analysis tools because it runs the code. So it's quite distinct in that aspect."

"The product detects memory corruptions."

"Polyspace Code Prover is a very user-friendly tool."

"The outputs are very reliable."

"When we work on safety modules, it is mandatory to fulfill ISO 26262 compliance. Using Prover helps fulfill the standard on top of many other quality checks, like division by zero, data type casts, and null pointer dereferences."

Cons

"Klocwork sometimes provides too many additional warnings which require expertise to manage."

"The way to define the rules is too complex. The definition/rules for static analysis could be automated according to various SILs, so as to avoid confusion."

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

"We'd like to see integration with Agile DevOps and Agile methodologies."

"Modern languages, such as Angular and .NET, should be included as a part of Klocwork. They have recently added Kotlin as a part of their project, but we would like to see more languages in Klocwork. That's the reason we are using Coverity as a backup for some of the other languages."

"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."

"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."

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

More Klocwork cons

"I'd like the data to be taken from any format."

"Automation could be a challenge."

"One of the main disadvantages is the time it takes to initiate the first run."

"The tool has some stability issues."

"Using Code Prover on large applications crashes sometimes."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

"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."

"This solution offers competitive pricing."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"We use the paid version."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

26%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Transportation Company

Manufacturing Company

39%

Computer Software Company

10%

Aerospace/Defense Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Questions from the Community

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?

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 improve...

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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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What do you like most about Polyspace Code Prover?

When we work on safety modules, it is mandatory to fulfill ISO 26262 compliance. Using Prover helps fulfill the standard on top of many other quality checks, like division by zero, data type casts,...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Polyspace Code Prover?

We use the paid version.

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What needs improvement with Polyspace Code Prover?

I'm still trying to use constraints with range propagation, but I can't get it to work properly, and I haven't found any documentation. It require support. There could be an issue with range propag...

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Overview

Klocwork detects security, safety, and reliability issues in real-time by using this static code analysis toolkit that works alongside developers, finding issues as early as possible, and integrates with teams, supporting continuous integration and actionable reporting.

Perforce

Polyspace Code Prover is a sound static analysis tool that proves the absence of overflow, divide-by-zero, out-of-bounds array access, and certain other run-time errors in C and C++ source code. It produces results without requiring program execution, code instrumentation, or test cases. Polyspace Code Prover uses semantic analysis and abstract interpretation based on formal methods to verify software interprocedural, control, and data flow behavior. You can use it on handwritten code, generated code, or a combination of the two. Each operation is color-coded to indicate whether it is free of run-time errors, proven to fail, unreachable, or unproven.

MathWorks

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

Alenia Aermacchi, CSEE Transport, Delphi Diesel Systems, EADS, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, Korean Air, KOSTAL, Miracor, NASA Ames Research Center

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