Klocwork vs PVS-Studio

Klocwork8.5Visit PVS-Studio8.2Visit

Higher score Klocwork #6 in SAST Tools 8.5/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Klocwork

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PVS-Studio #9 in SAST Tools 8.2/10 Pricing on request · 7-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit PVS-Studio

• Klocwork fits best

  Embedded and enterprise engineering teams

• PVS-Studio fits best

  C/C++ and multi-language quality teams

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Side by side

Feature	Klocwork 8.5/10 Visit ↗	PVS-Studio 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	8.2
Ranking	#6 in SAST Tools	#9 in SAST Tools
Best for	Embedded and enterprise engineering teams	C/C++ and multi-language quality teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Self-hosted, Cloud	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs	Email, Docs
Integrations	10 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Klocwork 5/5 · PVS-Studio 4/5
Pull request scans	✓	✓
IDE support	✓	✓
CI/CD integration	✓	✓
Custom security rules	✓	✓
Automated fixes	✓ (best)	—
Specs
Analysis targets	source code	source code
Languages supported	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Incremental analysis focuses checks on changed files. Wide IDE coverage includes Visual Studio Code and Android Studio. Custom checkers, quality gates, triage, and Smart Rank support governance.	Supports seven languages across Windows, macOS, and Linux Combines security, safety, and coding-standard diagnostics Integrates with major IDEs, build systems, and CI/CD tools
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales. It is not open source. Its analysis targets source code rather than runtime behavior.	No free plan is offered Pricing requires contacting the vendor Users cannot create their own analyzer rules
Our verdict	Klocwork is Perforce Software’s static application security testing and code-analysis product for mission-critical and embedded software teams. It analyzes C, C++, C#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin for security… Read the review →	PVS-Studio is a static analyzer for development teams that want source-code checks for defects, potential vulnerabilities, coding-standard violations, and optimization issues. It supports C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Go on… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Klocwork — where it wins

  • Incremental analysis focuses checks on changed files.
  • Wide IDE coverage includes Visual Studio Code and Android Studio.
  • Custom checkers, quality gates, triage, and Smart Rank support governance.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • It is not open source.
  • Its analysis targets source code rather than runtime behavior.

• PVS-Studio — where it wins

  • Supports seven languages across Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Combines security, safety, and coding-standard diagnostics
  • Integrates with major IDEs, build systems, and CI/CD tools

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is offered
  • Pricing requires contacting the vendor
  • Users cannot create their own analyzer rules

• Klocwork8.5/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad SAST and code-analysis platform for embedded and enterprise engineering teams.

  Visit KlocworkFull verdict →
• PVS-Studio8.2/10 · Pricing on request · 7-day trial

  A broad SAST platform for C/C++ teams that also supports five other languages.

  Visit PVS-StudioFull verdict →