- Easy, intuitive UI loaded with information about the software quality
- Automated lifecycle management
- Application portfolio governance support
- Technology coverage from COBOL to JS through ABAP: ideal for large organizations with legacy core systems trying to leverage new digital capabilities
Managing Director at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Provides technology coverage from COBOL to JS through ABAP.
Pros and Cons
- "We switched because Kiuwan covers the entire SDLC; provides direct information to act upon, for the developer, architects, QA, CIO and CISO, in a few seconds; automatically, fully integrated in any CI/CD setup."
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
- Monitor outsourced development and maintenance to assert each € spent has adequate return in quality and security.
- Helped outsourcers to increase the capacity to deliver acceptable code.
What needs improvement?
- Identification of OSS usage and multiple versions in use throughout portfolio
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for one year.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not encountered any deployment issues whatsoever; pretty straightforward analysis both on-premises or in the cloud.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not encountered any scalability issues; applied it both for small portfolios and millions-of-lines portfolios.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is excellent; extremely helpful and knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Technical Support:Technical support is excellent; only needed to revert to customer support once, and I got immediate support and resolution on my request.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used several tools. We switched because Kiuwan covers the entire SDLC; provides direct information to act upon, for the developer, architects, QA, CIO and CISO, in a few seconds; automatically, fully integrated in any CI/CD setup.
How was the initial setup?
It is extremely simple to setup, either to run on-site or in the cloud; and plenty of hooks to integrate with any automation engine.
What about the implementation team?
It was implemented by an in-house team with direct support from Kiuwan.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
- Loads of bang for the buck.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing this product, we evaluated other options.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Provides the ability to create specific action plans that determine the effort required by our teams to correct defects and ensure better code.
Pros and Cons
- "We have had an improvement of 20% in our time to market and it significantly improved the quality of our code."
- "More languages and frameworks would enhance this tool."
What is most valuable?
By far, the best feature we have found is the possibility of creating specific action plans that automatically determine the effort required by our teams in order to correct defects and ensure better code.
How has it helped my organization?
Code reviews have significantly improved, and it allows our teams to work together in a collaborative cloud environment.
What needs improvement?
More languages and frameworks would enhance this tool.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for three years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not encountered any deployment issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not encountered any scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is excellent. They have a very solid documentation site, as well as in-app support.
Technical Support:Technical support is 9/10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used SonarQube. We have a portfolio of apps in different programming languages. With Sonar, our costs escalated too much, having to pay for plugins for each language.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup is very straightforward; plug and play.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it in-house with the aid of Kiuwan engineers.
What was our ROI?
We have had an improvement of 20% in our time to market and it significantly improved the quality of our code.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I believe pricing varies according to the size of your apps.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at Fortify and Checkmarx, but the costs were way too high
What other advice do I have?
We also use other features of the product. We scaled from security to the entire lifecycle and governance management of our stack, which has given us a full control over our application portfolio.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Technical Team Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Integration with Jenkins and JIRA, and the security support, are valuable.
Pros and Cons
- "Customer service is excellent."
What is most valuable?
- Very easy to use
- Integration with Jenkins and JIRA
- Security support
How has it helped my organization?
Code reviews are quicker and more reliable.
What needs improvement?
- Indicators regarding metrics
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for three years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not encountered any deployment issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not encountered any scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is excellent.
Technical Support:Technical support is very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used a different solution. I switched because of the quotes and security rules.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup is straightforward, no doubt.
What about the implementation team?
An in-house team implemented it.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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