SonarQube vs Synopsys API Security Testing comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

SonarQube
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (1st), Software Development Analytics (1st)
Synopsys API Security Testing
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
36th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of SonarQube is 31.4%, up from 28.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Synopsys API Security Testing is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Unique Categories:
Application Security Tools
28.0%
Software Development Analytics
50.0%
No other categories found
 

Featured Reviews

Wang Dayong - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2023
Easy to integrate and has a plug-in that supports both C and C++ languages
We use the product to review our software codes. We have integrated the product to review our new delivery code When we deliver a code, the solution scans the code and reports whether the code has bugs or any other vulnerability issues. Thus the solution helps us identify issues and improve the…
UmarQureshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 28, 2022
Useful threat vectors, beneficial results, but implementation needed support
We are using Synopsys API Security Testing for scanning APIs for risks and vulnerabilities and to understand our posture before deployment within our business The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares. I have been…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution offers a very good community edition."
"The stability is good."
"It has very good scalability and stability."
"It is very good at identifying technical debt."
"There is a free version."
"Using SonarQube benefits us because we are able to avoid the inclusion of malware in our applications."
"SonarQube is scalable. My company has 50 users."
"The depth features I have found most valuable. You receive a quick comprehensive comparison overview regarding the current release and the last release and what type of depths dependency or duplication should be used. This is going to help you to make a more readable code and have more flexibility for the engineers to understand how things should work when they do not know."
"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."
 

Cons

"It requires advanced heuristics to recognize more complex constructs that could be disregarded as issues."
"It should be user-friendly."
"SonarQube can improve by scanning the internal library which currently it does not do. We are looking for a solution for this."
"This solution finds issues that are similar to what is found by Checkmarx, and it would be nice if the overlap could be eliminated."
"I am not very pleased with the technical debt computation."
"The product must improve security analysis."
"In the next release, I would like to have notifications because now, it is a bit difficult. I think that's a feature which we could add there and it would benefit the users as well. For every full request, they should be able to see their bugs or vulnerability directly on the surface."
"This is a well-rounded solution, however, some features could be made available on the free version. The price of the solution could be reduced."
"The solution required us to use our team and we spoke to Synopsys API Security Testing's support to do the implementation. We use two people from our team for the implementation. and one person for maintenance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On the pricing side, it's 3,000 Euros for 1 million lines of code."
"We did not purchase a license (required for C++ support), but this option was considered."
"People can try the free licenses and later can seek buying plugins/support, etc. once they started liking it."
"We're using the Community Edition, and we don't pay for anything."
"The development license cost is reasonable, and we've had no concerns about SonarQube when it comes to cost."
"The free version of SonarQube does everything that we need it to."
"It's a bit expensive for us. The currency rate of the dollar is a problem but it may be fine for other countries."
"We are using the open-source community version, but there are enterprise licenses available."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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