Appknox vs Cacomi

Appknox is a mobile application security testing platform for Android and iOS apps. It combines automated vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, software bill of materials generation, and app store monitoring. Automated assessment includes static analysis, dynamic analysis, and API security testing; users can start by uploading an app binary without providing source code. It supports apps made with Flutter, React Native, Xamarin, and Ionic. Teams can run scans, retrieve reports, and manage security operations through a command-line tool and public APIs. Listed integrations include Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, CircleCI, App Center Build, Bitbucket Pipelines, Bitrise, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and ArmorCode. Findings can be mapped to frameworks including GDPR, PCI-DSS v4.0, HIPAA, NIST, SAMA, DORA, CWE, and OWASP standards. Appknox offers on-premise and private-cloud deployment for local data residency needs. It says scans of the same app are unlimited, with pricing based on the number of unique apps assessed. Pricing is on request, and a free trial is available.

Cacomi is a macOS, self-hosted static analysis tool for developers reviewing source code and application builds. It scans source and binaries for unused code, risky logs, hardcoded secrets, insecure URLs, weak cryptography, insecure storage, TLS problems, WebView misuse, injection and taint flows. It covers native iOS and Android, Flutter, and Python backends using Django, Flask or FastAPI. Binary checks accept IPA, APP and APK files, including permissions and privacy metadata. Cacomi also identifies AI service calls, possible data exposure to AI providers, prompt handling, and embedded AI or machine-learning models in an AI BOM. Analysis runs locally; the policy says code, binaries, results and reports are processed on-device and not intentionally uploaded. Reports export as PDF, SARIF and JSON for named CI systems, with findings mapped to OWASP mobile standards or ASVS. Plans include $2.99 a month for Security, $4.99 a month for Pro, $8.99, paid once Lifetime, $9.99 a year Security, and $39.99 a year Pro.