CodeSonar vs Coverity Static comparison

The compared CodeSecure and Black Duck solutions aren't in the same category. CodeSecure is ranked #27 in AS , and holds a 1.2% mindshare in the category. Black Duck is ranked #8 in SAST , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of CodeSecure users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Black Duck users who would recommend it.

CodeSonar

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87% willing to recommend

Coverity Static

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9,552 Views
7,833 Comparison Views

89% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

CodeSonar

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (27th), Static Code Analysis (10th)

Coverity Static

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

CodeSonar and Coverity Static aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. CodeSonar is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, down 1.3% compared to last year.
Coverity Static, on the other hand, focuses on Static Application Security Testing (SAST), holds 4.0% mindshare, down 8.0% since last year.

Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CodeSonar	1.2%
SonarQube	16.4%
Checkmarx One	9.9%
Other	72.5%

Application Security Tools

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Coverity Static	4.0%
SonarQube	17.8%
Checkmarx One	10.3%
Other	67.9%

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Featured Reviews

Mathieu ALBRESPY

Intigration Developer at ez-Wheel

Nice interface, quick to deploy, and easy to expand

This is the first time I've used this kind of software. It was the only one we could apply to analyze with MISRA rules. At my new company, I tried to use Klocwork. I tried to use it, just once so I cannot compare it exactly with CodeSonar. I also have a plugin for my Visual Studio and I try to make it work. It's not easy, however, I don't think that we have this kind of functionality with CodeSonar. It can do some incremental analysis. However, since this feature is also available on CodeSonar, it would be a good idea to have a plugin on Visual Studio just to have a quick analysis.

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Kasiraja Thangapandian

Software Engineering Manager at Visteon Corporation

Using tools for compliance is beneficial but cost concerns persist

We have been using Coverity for quite a long period. It has been fine for our needs. I would rate Coverity between eight to nine, though the cost is high. I would rate their support from Coverity as six. That is the main complaint, but we still appreciate having it.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

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

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

"It has been able to scale."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"Coverity provides excellent compliance and other features, which is a very good part."

"It provides reports about a lot of potential defects."

"The most valuable feature is that there were not a whole lot of false positives, at least on the codebases that I looked at."

"Considering the analysis part and the benchmarking process involving the product that my company carried out, the solution is good for finding bugs and violations"

"Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime."

"Coverity is easy to set up and has a less lengthy process to find vulnerabilities."

"I encountered a bug with Coverity, and I opened a ticket. Support provided me with a workaround. So it's working at the moment, or at least it seems to be."

"The interface of Coverity is quite good, and it is also easy to use."

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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."

"CodeSonar could improve by having better coding rules so we did not have to use another solution, such as MISRA C."

"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."

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

"It was expensive."

"It would be beneficial for the solution to include code standards and additional functionality for security."

"The scanning tool for core architecture could be improved."

"Sometimes, vulnerabilities remain unidentified even after setting up the rules."

"Coverity concerns its dashboards and reporting."

"They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier."

"Reporting engine needs to be more robust."

"We're currently facing a primary challenge with automation using Coverity. Each developer has a license and can perform manual checks, and we also have a nightly build that analyzes the entire software. The main issue is that the tool can't look behind submodules in our code base, so it doesn't see changes stored there."

"Zero-day vulnerability identification can be an add-on feature that Coverity can provide."

"Right now, the Coverity executable is around 1.2GB to download. If they can reduce it to approximately 600 or 700MB, that would be great. If they decrease the executable, it will be much easier to work in an environment like Docker."

"It should be easier to specify your own validation routines and sanitation routines."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's price depends on the number of licenses needed and the source code for the project."

"The application’s pricing is high compared to other tools."

"Pricing is a bit costly."

"Our organization purchased a license to use the solution."

"Offers varying prices for different companies"

"The solution is affordable."

"Coverity’s price is on the higher side. It should be lower."

"The licensing fees are based on the number of lines of code."

"The solution's pricing is comparable to other products."

"The pricing is very reasonable compared to other platforms. It is based on a three year license."

"The price is competitive with other solutions."

"I rate Coverity's price a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

24%

University

12%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

32%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	31

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How would you decide between Coverity and Sonarqube?

We researched Coverity, but in the end, we chose SonarQube. SonarQube is a tool for reviewing code quality and security. It helps to guide our development teams during code reviews by providing rem...

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What do you like most about Coverity?

The solution has improved our code quality and security very well.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coverity?

I do not know about the pricing.

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Comparisons

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Compared 27% of the time

Polyspace Code Prover vs CodeSonar

Compared 7% of the time

Helix QAC vs CodeSonar

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

OpenText Static Application Security Testing vs CodeSonar

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

OpenText Core Application Security vs Coverity Static

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

GrammaTech enables organizations to develop software applications more efficiently, on-budget, and on-schedule by helping to eliminate harmful defects that can cause system failures, enable data breaches, and ultimately increase corporate liabilities in today’s connected world. GrammaTech is the developer of CodeSonar, the most powerful source and binary code analysis solution available today. Extraordinarily precise, CodeSonar finds, on average, 2 times more serious defects in software than other static analysis solutions. Designed for organizations with zero tolerance for defects and vulnerabilities in their applications, CodeSonar provides static analysis for applications where reliability and security are paramount - widely used by software developers in avionics, medical, automotive, industrial control, and other mission-critical applications. Some of GrammaTech's customers include Toyota, GE, Hyundai, Kawasaki, LG, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Panasonic, and Samsung.

CodeSecure

Coverity gives you the speed, ease of use, accuracy, industry standards compliance, and scalability that you need to develop high-quality, secure applications. Coverity identifies critical software quality defects and security vulnerabilities in code as it’s written, early in the development process, when it’s least costly and easiest to fix. With the Code Sight integrated development environment (IDE) plugin, developers get accurate analysis in seconds in their IDE as they code. Precise actionable remediation advice and context-specific eLearning help your developers understand how to fix their prioritized issues quickly, without having to become security experts.

Coverity seamlessly integrates automated security testing into your CI/CD pipelines and supports your existing development tools and workflows. Choose where and how to do your development: on-premises or in the cloud with the Polaris Software Integrity Platform (SaaS), a highly scalable, cloud-based application security platform. Coverity supports more than 20 languages and 200 frameworks and templates.

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Sample Customers

Viveris, Micrel Medical Devices, Olympus, SOFTEQ, SONY

SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space

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