OpenText Fortify SAST vs Klocwork

OFOpenText Fortify SAST8.8Visit Klocwork8.5Visit

Higher score OF OpenText Fortify SAST #4 in SAST Tools 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit OpenText

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

• OpenText Fortify SAST fits best

  Large enterprises needing broad analysis

• Klocwork fits best

  Embedded and enterprise engineering teams

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Side by side

Feature	OFOpenText Fortify SAST 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Klocwork 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#4 in SAST Tools	#6 in SAST Tools
Best for	Large enterprises needing broad analysis	Embedded and enterprise engineering teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Windows, Linux
Support	Phone, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	PCI DSS, ISO 27001	SSO/SAML
Integrations	12 integrations	10 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenText Fortify SAST 5/5 · Klocwork 5/5
Pull request scans	✓	✓
IDE support	✓	✓
CI/CD integration	✓	✓
Custom security rules	✓	✓
Automated fixes	✓	✓
Specs
Analysis targets	source code, bytecode, binaries	source code
Languages supported	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Analyzes source code, bytecode, and binaries across 44+ languages and 350+ frameworks Connects pull requests, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, and issue tracking Adds IaC scanning, custom rules, dashboards, and AI remediation suggestions	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.
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales The breadth may exceed the needs of smaller or narrowly focused teams Deployment and governance options can require a structured security program	Pricing requires contacting sales. It is not open source. Its analysis targets source code rather than runtime behavior.
Our verdict	OpenText Fortify SAST is a static application security testing platform for development and security teams. It analyzes source code, bytecode, and binaries across web, mobile, desktop, cloud-native, API, container, and… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpenText Fortify SAST — where it wins

  • Analyzes source code, bytecode, and binaries across 44+ languages and 350+ frameworks
  • Connects pull requests, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, and issue tracking
  • Adds IaC scanning, custom rules, dashboards, and AI remediation suggestions

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • The breadth may exceed the needs of smaller or narrowly focused teams
  • Deployment and governance options can require a structured security program

• 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.

• OFOpenText Fortify SAST8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad SAST coverage for enterprises, with sales-led pricing and extensive workflow integrations.

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• Klocwork8.5/10 · Pricing on request

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

  Visit KlocworkFull verdict →