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CodeSonar mindshare

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As of June 2025, the mindshare of CodeSonar in the Application Security Tools category stands at 1.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Review data by company size

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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
24%
Computer Software Company
13%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Government
5%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
4%
Educational Organization
4%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Healthcare Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Transportation Company
4%
Media Company
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Non Profit
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Insurance Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Construction Company
1%
 

CodeSonar reviews

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Mathieu ALBRESPY - PeerSpot user
Intigration Developer at ez-Wheel
Verified user of CodeSonar
Nov 12, 2022
Nice interface, quick to deploy, and easy to expand

Pros

"It has been able to scale. "

Cons

"It was expensive."
RR
Engineer at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Jul 26, 2022
Good error detection, speedy, shows precise logs and results, and has a user-friendly GUI

Pros

"What I like best about CodeSonar is that it has fantastic speed, analysis and configuration times. Its detection of all runtime errors is also very good, though there were times it missed a few. The configuration of logs by CodeSonar is also very fantastic which I've not seen anywhere else. I also like the GUI interface of CodeSonar because it's very user friendly and the tool also shows very precise logs and results."

Cons

"In terms of areas for improvement, the use case for CodeSonar was good, but compared to other tools, it seems CodeSonar isn't a sound static analysis tool, and this is a major con I've seen from it. Right now, in the market, people prefer sound static analysis tools, so I would have preferred if CodeSonar was developed into a sound static analysis tool formally, in terms of its algorithms, so then you can see it extensively used in the market because at the moment, here in India, only fifty to sixty customers use CodeSonar. If the product is developed into a sound static analysis tool, it could compete with Polyspace, and from its current fifty customers, that number could go up to a hundred."
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Manjunath Nada - PeerSpot user
Team Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Dec 1, 2022
Useful buffering and beneficial categorized classes

Pros

"The most valuable features of CodeSonar were all the categorized classes provided, and reports of future bugs which might occur in the production code. Additionally, I found the buffer overflow and underflow useful. "

Cons

"In a future release, the solution should upgrade itself to the current trends and differentiate between the languages. If there are any classifications that can be set for these programming languages that would be helpful rather than having everything in the generic category."
PeerSpot user
Senior Security Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Nov 13, 2022
Effectively identifies issues, defects, and vulnerabilities to ensure robust code

Pros

"There is nice functionality for code surfing and browsing. "

Cons

"It would be beneficial for the solution to include code standards and additional functionality for security."
Ben Mbarek - PeerSpot user
Embedded Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Nov 21, 2022
Straightforward setup, useful dead code catching, but better coding rules needed

Pros

"The most valuable feature of CodeSonar is the catching of dead code. It is helpful."

Cons

"CodeSonar could improve by having better coding rules so we did not have to use another solution, such as MISRA C."
PeerSpot user
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Jun 16, 2019
Product version discussed: 5.1
Catches critical code defects at the source code level

Pros

"The tool is very good for detecting memory leaks."

Cons

"The scanning tool for core architecture could be improved. "
PeerSpot user
Team Leader in software dept at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Verified user of CodeSonar
Jul 30, 2023
Provides good integration capabilities, but the licensing model needs improvement

Pros

"CodeSonar’s most valuable feature is finding security threats. "

Cons

"There could be a shared licensing model for the users."