Parasoft SOAtest and Coverity Static are leaders in API testing and static code analysis, respectively. Parasoft has the edge in customer support, while Coverity excels in code vulnerability detection.
Features: Parasoft SOAtest is known for rapid functional test setup, extensive protocol support, and data-driven testing capabilities. It integrates smoothly with CI/CD tools, enhancing automation. Coverity Static is strong in security analysis with a lower false positive rate and comprehensive vulnerability detection. Its deep scanning abilities support efficient static code analysis.
Room for Improvement: Parasoft SOAtest could improve on its UI and report customization, facing performance issues and a steep learning curve. Coverity Static is critiqued for pricing, user interface, and occasional false positives, with users desiring better integration and more intuitive dashboards.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Parasoft SOAtest offers primarily on-premises deployment with commendable customer support that is responsive and problem-solving. Coverity Static offers hybrid cloud deployment options, though its interface could be more user-friendly for non-developers.
Pricing and ROI: Parasoft SOAtest is recognized for high ROI despite significant licensing costs, which can be daunting for smaller teams. Coverity's pricing is typically high, often based on user count or lines of code, affecting smaller budget allocations.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Coverity Static | 6.0% |
| Parasoft SOAtest | 0.5% |
| Other | 93.5% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 8 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 6 |
| Large Enterprise | 31 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 9 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 3 |
| Large Enterprise | 22 |
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.
Parasoft SOAtest delivers fully integrated API and web service testing capabilities that automate end-to-end functional API testing. Streamline automated testing with advanced codeless test creation for applications with multiple interfaces (REST & SOAP APIs, microservices, databases, and more).
SOAtest reduces the risk of security breaches and performance outages by transforming functional testing artifacts into security and load equivalents. Such reuse, along with continuous monitoring of APIs for change, allows faster and more efficient testing.
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