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We performed a comparison between GitHub and Polyspace Code Prover based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed GitHub vs. Polyspace Code Prover Report (Updated: May 2024).
769,662 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable features are GitHub are the standard features, they are very useful.""Any complex banking can be handled very easily in GitHub. It allows us to integrate with tools like Grid, where we can merge and resolve conflicts without any hassle.""The most valuable feature is the source code management. It's very helpful and it's a great product.""The flexibility of this solution has been most valuable. It operates on a pay per use basis where you can ramp up or decrease usage.""The most valuable feature of GitHub is version control and continuous integration.""The solution is scalable.""This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses.""The initial setup was straightforward."

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"The outputs are very reliable.""When we work on safety modules, it is mandatory to fulfill ISO 26262 compliance. Using Prover helps fulfill the standard on top of many other quality checks, like division by zero, data type casts, and null pointer dereferences.""Polyspace Code Prover has made me realize it differs from other static code analysis tools because it runs the code. So it's quite distinct in that aspect.""Polyspace Code Prover is a very user-friendly tool.""The product detects memory corruptions."

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Cons
"The user interface on GitLab is better.""There is a bit of a learning curve.""The GUI design is poor, so I exclusively use the CLI, which is much easier to use and understand. It would be great to see the GUI updated to be more user-friendly.""GitHub could add some more security features.""The ticketing system is not working.""We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface.""I would like to see more security where a plugin was available for us to update in relation to security.""Scalability is an area with a shortcoming, because of which it has room for improvement."

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"I'd like the data to be taken from any format.""Using Code Prover on large applications crashes sometimes.""The tool has some stability issues.""One of the main disadvantages is the time it takes to initiate the first run.""Automation could be a challenge."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The private repositories are free, which is very good."
  • "It is open-source. There is no license for GitHub."
  • "The price of this solution is reasonable."
  • "If there are only 10 people using a particular repository, then GitHub is free. But if we increase the number of users, we need to pay the normal charge for GitHub."
  • "We have an enterprise licensing agreement, and I am not part of the finance department so I can't say how much it costs."
  • "I haven't had to pay anything for GitHub, I use the free version."
  • "The licensing model for GitHub is user-based. Whenever the new developer joins we have to get a new license and register their ID. The overall price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "The licensing model from GitHub is very clear."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: The control is the most valuable feature as developers can work on a single code.
    Top Answer:You don't have to pay for a license if you are using the free version. It gives you all the possible features it has.
    Top Answer:The initial setup requires heavy documentation which can be challenging for new developers.
    Top Answer:When we work on safety modules, it is mandatory to fulfill ISO 26262 compliance. Using Prover helps fulfill the standard on top of many other quality checks, like division by zero, data type casts… more »
    Top Answer:There are two main areas of improvement. * False negatives and false positives. * The speed of the validation itself. Another area I see for improvement is scalability, particularly when dealing with… more »
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    Overview
    GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service. It offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

    Polyspace Code Prover is a sound static analysis tool that proves the absence of overflow, divide-by-zero, out-of-bounds array access, and certain other run-time errors in C and C++ source code. It produces results without requiring program execution, code instrumentation, or test cases. Polyspace Code Prover uses semantic analysis and abstract interpretation based on formal methods to verify software interprocedural, control, and data flow behavior. You can use it on handwritten code, generated code, or a combination of the two. Each operation is color-coded to indicate whether it is free of run-time errors, proven to fail, unreachable, or unproven.

    Sample Customers
    Dominion Enterprises, NASA, Braintree, SAP, CyberAgent
    Alenia Aermacchi, CSEE Transport, Delphi Diesel Systems, EADS, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, Korean Air, KOSTAL, Miracor, NASA Ames Research Center
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company33%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Transportation Company7%
    Retailer5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    GitHub vs. Polyspace Code Prover
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about GitHub vs. Polyspace Code Prover and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    769,662 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    GitHub is ranked 13th in Application Security Tools with 64 reviews while Polyspace Code Prover is ranked 23rd in Application Security Tools with 5 reviews. GitHub is rated 8.6, while Polyspace Code Prover is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of GitHub writes "Beneficial version control and continuous integration, but guides would be helpful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polyspace Code Prover writes "A stable solution for developing software components". GitHub is most compared with Snyk, AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, Atlassian SourceTree and Fortify on Demand, whereas Polyspace Code Prover is most compared with SonarQube, Coverity, Klocwork, CodeSonar and Parasoft SOAtest. See our GitHub vs. Polyspace Code Prover report.

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