Appknox vs NowSecure Platform

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.

NowSecure Platform gives organizations visibility into security, privacy, AI, compliance, and software supply-chain risks in mobile apps they build, use, or manage. It analyzes compiled Android and iOS binaries and runs apps on physical devices to observe runtime behavior such as network activity, storage, permissions, and data movement. Findings can include decompiled code, data-flow traces, runtime captures, and the technique used to produce them. The platform checks static flags against runtime behavior, raising corroborated findings and lowering the priority of those that runtime tests cannot reproduce. It produces a CycloneDX mobile software bill of materials based on components observed in the shipped binary, and maps findings to OWASP MASVS controls, MASWE weaknesses, and MASTG testing techniques. NowSecure describes the platform as cloud-deployed and lists CI/CD, issue-tracking, security-tool, and Slack integrations, along with REST and GraphQL APIs. Its integrations page reports more than 200 integrations. Pricing is available on request, with no public price stated.