We performed a comparison between Coverity and Synopsys Code Dx based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)."It's pretty stable. I rate the stability of Coverity nine out of ten."
"The interface of Coverity is quite good, and it is also easy to use."
"Coverity gives advisory and deviation features, which are some of the parts I liked."
"The product has deeper scanning capabilities."
"Coverity is scalable."
"The solution effectively identifies bugs in code."
"It's very stable."
"The app analysis is the most valuable feature as I know other solutions don't have that."
"The customers were looking for something around static security and dynamic security, and in all those areas, they were looking for an industry leader with a proven solution. Synopsys is a Gartner leader, so I position this particular technology for the technical pre-sales part of it."
"They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier."
"The solution's user interface and quality gate could be improved."
"It would be great if we could customize the rules to focus on critical issues."
"Sometimes it's a bit hard to figure out how to use the product’s UI."
"Coverity is not stable."
"The solution could use more rules."
"Coverity is far from perfection, and I'm not 100 percent sure it's helping me find what I need to find in my role. We need exactly what we are looking for, i.e. security errors and vulnerabilities. It doesn't seem to be reporting while we are changing our code."
"The setup takes very long."
"The initial setup is a bit challenging because things are not easy. It needs a lot of technology adaptability plus the customer's environment-specific use cases."
Coverity is ranked 4th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 34 reviews while Synopsys Code Dx is ranked 31st in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 1 review. Coverity is rated 7.8, while Synopsys Code Dx is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys Code Dx writes "Facilitates continuous assessment of applications, covering both static and dynamic security aspects". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode, whereas Synopsys Code Dx is most compared with Veracode, Checkmarx One, SonarQube and Acunetix.
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