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"The product has deeper scanning capabilities.""It has the lowest false positives.""Coverity is easy to set up and has a less lengthy process to find vulnerabilities.""The most valuable feature is the integration with Jenkins.""Provides software security, and helps to find potential security bugs or defects.""The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution.""The solution effectively identifies bugs in code.""It's very stable."

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"We have found multiple issues in our embedded system network protocols, related to buffer overflow. We have reduced some of these issues.""Whatever the test suit they give, it is intelligent. It will understand the protocol and it will generate the test cases based on the protocol: protocol, message sequence, protocol, message structure... Because of that, we can eliminate a lot of unwanted test cases, so we can execute the tests and complete them very quickly.""The product is related to US usage with TLS contact fees, i.e. how more data center connections will help lower networking costs."

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"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.""I would like to see integration with popular IDEs, such as Eclipse.""The product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube.""The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming.""We actually specified several checkers, but we found some checkers had a higher false positive rate. I think this is a problem. Because we have to waste some time is really the issue because the issue is not an issue. I mean, the tool pauses or an issue, but the same issue is the filter now.Some check checkers cannot find some issues, but sometimes they find issues that are not relevant, right, that are not really issues. Some customisation mechanism can be added in the next release so that we can define our Checker. The Modelling feature provided by Coverity helps in finding more information for potential issues but it is not mature enough, it should be mature. The fast testing feature for security testing campaign can be added as well. So if you correctly integrate it with the training team, maybe you can help us to find more potential issues.""The tool needs to improve its reporting.""There should be additional IDE support.""The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming."

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"Codenomicon Defensics should be more advanced for the testing sector. It should be somewhat easy and flexible to install.""Sometimes, when we are testing embedded devices, when we trigger the test cases, the target will crash immediately. It is very difficult for us to identify the root cause of the crash because they do not provide sophisticated tools on the target side. They cover only the client-side application... They do not have diagnostic tools for the target side. Rather, they have them but they are very minimal and not very helpful.""It does not support the complete protocol stack. There are some IoT protocols that are not supported and new protocols that are not supported."

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  • "Coverity is quite expensive."
  • "The licensing fees are based on the number of lines of code."
  • "The price is competitive with other solutions."
  • "It is expensive."
  • "Coverity is very expensive."
  • "This is a pretty expensive solution. The overall value of the solution could be improved if the price was reduced. Licensing is done on an annual basis."
  • "The pricing is very reasonable compared to other platforms. It is based on a three year license."
  • "The pricing is on the expensive side, and we are paying for a couple of items."
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    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The solution has improved our code quality and security very well.
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    Also Known As
    Synopsys Static Analysis
    Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
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    Overview

    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 22 languages and over 70 frameworks and templates.

    Defensics® fuzz testing is a comprehensive, powerful, and automated black box solution that enables organizations to effectively and efficiently discover and remediate security weaknesses in software. By taking a systematic and intelligent approach to negative testing, Defensics allows organizations to ensure software security without compromising on product innovation, increasing time to market, or inflating operational costs.

    Sample Customers
    MStar Semiconductor, Alcatel-Lucent
    Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company39%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Retailer9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company28%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Government4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    University6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
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    March 2024
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    Coverity is ranked 4th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 33 reviews while Synopsys Defensics is ranked 5th in Fuzz Testing Tools. Coverity is rated 7.8, while Synopsys Defensics is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys Defensics writes "Technical support provided protocol-specific documentation to prove that some positives were not false". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode, whereas Synopsys Defensics is most compared with Snyk, SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Invicti and HCL AppScan.

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