Veracode Reviews

We use Veracode to scan server applications, and we also use it for SCA functionality and to scan pipelines of our other projects.

The quality of our code is much better now with structured utils meant for improving various topics related to security. Those are being applied consistently to various modules of the application. It enforces a type of structure and code changes to support future transformation.

False positives are a problem. Sometimes the flow paths are not accurate and don't represent real attack vectors, but this happens with every application that performs static analysis of the code. But it's under control. The number of false positives is not so high that it is unmanageable on our side. Once they are identified, you can mark them as false positives, and they can be accepted by the security project lead. After that, life goes on, and those will no longer be reported.

The problem is the time that you spend analyzing a flow to be sure that it is a false positive. Every problem that is reported as a security vulnerability has to be treated with maximum care by the developers. It is good, in the end, when it's a false positive instead of having a real vulnerability.

Because we are working on a huge application with lots of dependent sub-projects, there are 9 to 20 data paths. We have to check all of the vectors from all of these paths. If we decide that an attack vector might be susceptible to that attack, we start fixing it. But for the others, the attack vector is not relevant.

There is always room for improvement in any product; it's not something related specifically to Veracode. But in the case of Veracode, maybe they could improve the scanner to reduce the number of false positive events so that they remain only with the valid data paths that represent real attack vectors. We understand that this is quite hard to determine by just scanning the code.

Also, the UI of Veracode could be improved to permit better visualization of the issues and the grouping of the issues, with better filtering.

We have been using Veracode for four years.

We have seen delays in results on the order of hours, but there haven't been any crashes of their scanner. The solution is quite reliable, and all of the results from the scanning can be easily tracked in terms of time frame. You can see how your scanning has evolved, and there are no deviations due to a bug in the scanner.

For small and medium-sized projects, it's quite scalable. You can use the sandbox scanner they provide, and it is fine. But for large applications, it is not scalable. We do manual uploads, and this is not scalable.

We haven't called their support because we know how to interpret the results provided by their platform and how to mitigate the vulnerabilities that they have reported.

However, we have exchanged several emails to discuss some technical details of the solution that we applied it to, and everything was straightforward. There are no complaints from my side regarding what they said. Everything went smoothly and quickly.

Positive

We have used certain plugins from Teamscale, which is also a static code analyzer, and it integrates with various plugins in Sonar. We have also used OWASP for static composition analysis, and we are still using the third-party application scanning from OWASP as a Maven plugin. We have also evaluated Black Duck.

Veracode was the first choice for doing static application security testing. It was ranked first a couple of times in the last few years, so it was a natural choice to go with the top product. Also, SAP has a partnership with Veracode for the application that they are selling. It was a win for us, SAP, and for Veracode.

It took us one day to get ready to use the solution. We built the image and copied it during the night to several machines. The following day, we were ready to put it into the container registry in Azure, and then it could be used. We had a huge procedure and scripting. It was not simple.

The team that did it had about six engineers involved.

It is an expensive solution, but it's the best solution available on the market. If you want something at the top, you have to pay a bit more than the average.

Regarding extra expenses, it depends on what you want to buy. They have certain bundles that provide support via a hotline system with customer service. They can provide you access to certain security laboratories. You can opt for several licenses to educate more developers to be responsible for the security of your applications. All of these change the initial cost.

Of course, if you add more things, you can benefit from a better price. It depends on your negotiation skills and the number of licenses you want to buy.

The price can vary from year to year, and prices usually go up. Maintenance for the servers that do the scanning takes money, as do CPU, power, and memory. And there are the reports that are kept in the history for checking and for ISO certification. Those costs build up during a year.

For example, we have to manually upload the application that we are scanning because it's quite big, and it takes one day to be scanned. That means their scanner runs for a day on this application, and then we get the results back. That means our application is heavily consuming resources of that cloud server. Those resources are no longer paid for directly by us. We delegate this job to Veracode to do it for us, and we pay for it. But we free up our servers locally and can do other jobs with them.

We aren't trying to reduce our costs. We are trying to improve the security and quality to be sure that we and our customers don't have security issues. At the end of the day, security is the most important part. With every new release and with every new year, we allocate more and more to these operations, to improve our overall security.

Not every such application is able to prevent everything from going to production, but several issues can be spotted via the scanning of the code and resolved, and they are valid. There are many others that can be detected with additional tooling from OWASP, Sonar, et cetera.

We are not using the SBOM functionality from Veracode. We use another tool to create the software bill of materials. That solution is also able to scan Docker images, and it also provides details about what is inside the layers of the Docker image file.

In terms of visibility into application status at every phase of development, it depends on how able you are to scan your application. For large applications, you have to do manual uploads, which is the case for us. We don't do manual uploads on every build, but we trigger it at certain times when we want to create releases for customers. That helps with our accuracy, but it doesn't represent the exact moment when there is a problem in the application. We still have to analyze the commits and history, track things, and match them with the new flaws that have been found in the latest report.

Veracode doesn't save us time. We have to spend a lot of time fixing security issues, especially those that impact lots of dependencies, dependent code, and sub-projects. But in the end, we can sleep well at night knowing that we have closed a possible security leak within the code, which is better for everybody. Even if there is no real problem at that moment and you don't see any probability of that vulnerability appearing in production, it is better to take some time to fix it, and then you feel better.

It has provided what we were looking for in such an application, meaning static application security testing functionality. That was what we were interested in.

It is a broad and integrated platform. It provides multiple test scenarios and has the ability to do CI/CD pipeline integration. It is used for application security and vulnerability assessment.

Veracode provides guidance to develop secure software. It is one of the valuable features.

On-premise implementation is not available.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

It is stable.

The tool is scalable.

The technical support is good.

Neutral

The product is deployed on the cloud. We have a multi-cloud environment.

The solution is expensive.

Veracode’s policy reporting for ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations is good. The product's false-positive rate is low. If the tool is used effectively, vulnerable codes do not go into protection.

The SBOM feature helps identify risks in all third-party software. It is quite easy to create a report using the SBOM feature. It is an important feature. The solution provides visibility into application status at every phase of development. We have not integrated it.

Veracode has a good effect on our organization’s ability to fix flaws. Veracode has helped our developers save time. Veracode has a good impact on our organization’s overall security posture. The solution is probably not worth the money. The developers are more confident while fixing vulnerabilities due to the solution’s low false-positive rate.

Overall, I rate the tool a six out of ten.

We used it for static and dynamic testing to check if there were any vulnerabilities in the code. If there were any vulnerabilities, we would check the report downloaded from the Veracode portal and try to fix the code before deploying it.

Veracode helped me remove errors, and it didn't take a long time to fix any issue because I had an answer regarding where the code needed to be fixed. That feature helped us test our cases and get them deployed. It helped me fix vulnerabilities and any other errors before deployment to the applications.

The SAST and DAST scans—we used it both before code was deployed and after it was deployed—helped us run through the issues and keep track of their status. It was deployed in the pipelines, through Jenkins, and checked the logs in Kubernetes.

The solution also saved us time. I really liked the automatic scanning because there was no way to know where an issue was. Human tendency is to make mistakes, but Veracode helped us find the exact spot where an error was and change it. The reporting helped us do that in a short amount of time.

For our team, it had a very good impact. My manager used to suggest that before taking code to the next level, it was a really good idea to scan it.

I liked that I could easily find out where my errors were. Instead of going through the whole code and the scripts, it showed me where the errors were and gave me an idea of how to fix them.

The reporting was detailed, but there were some things that were missing. It showed us on which line an error was found, but it could have been more detailed.

Also, with upgrades, we had quite a difficult time tracking the reports, so there was some maintenance around that.

I used Veracode for 13 months.

I had a situation that was due to a slow network, and I couldn't get results within a specific time. Because of that, there was a lag in production; we couldn't deploy the code on time. There was a crash, and because of that, we couldn't meet our production deadline.

The downtime happened two or three times. I thought it was due to a network issue when it happened once, but then I came to understand that it was a maintenance issue.

Veracode is really not difficult or complex to understand. The whole concept is simple. It takes some time to get used to the tool, but it is a very simple tool to work with.

It was quite fast. Scanning my code took 25 to 30 minutes, which was quite good.

The most important purpose of this platform is code security. We are able to scan our code and find security flaws.

Veracode has saved us a lot of time because we have been able to reduce manual processes. We are able to do most things automatically with the platform. It has saved us between 30 and 40 percent of our time.

The main feature, and one of the most important, is the static code analysis. We are able to complete an analysis of the security flaws with this platform. It's very good at helping us find and fix flaws.

The sandbox environment is also one of the features we are using as well as integration with our CICD pipeline, which is very useful. The product is pretty easy to understand, which is quite good.

The policy reporting for ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations also helps us a lot.

It gives us visibility into application status at every phase. We have definitely seen an improvement in that regard.

I'm pretty new to this platform. I'm going with a trial right now and have been using it for about a month. We have spent most of our time analyzing the code.

It's a stable product.

It is also very scalable.

The support team could be more responsive, and the dependency of users on the support team is too high and should be reduced.

Neutral

This is the first such tool we are using.

The initial deployment was not very complex. It took us around 15 days because we were trying to understand the policies and many other things. Our team has 15 people and everyone was involved in making some decisions regarding the solution.

We have only needed help with the product itself. That's what we have reached out to their team for. But there hasn't been any maintenance of the product for us.

The pricing is a bit high. Although we are in a trial phase, if we are going to make the decision to purchase the software, the pricing is going to be high for us.

We are able to justify the false positives because security flaws are one of the biggest things that Veracode's features help us with.

Overall, the product is good. It has made a very good impression. There are some flaws, as I have mentioned, but overall it looks very good, with the features I've mentioned. The impact on our security has been good. The main challenge for us will be the pricing, but if we ignore that factor, the impact has been very good and we would definitely implement Veracode.

I would suggest having a look at Veracode. Go for a trial of the system to see if Veracode is something that can help solve your problems. Pricing should be ignored because there are definitely some very specific features that help a lot. 

We are developers who utilize Veracode for the static and dynamic scanning of our applications.

Veracode provides both us and our customers with confidence that our applications do not have any issues by helping to prevent any vulnerable code from being deployed in production.

Veracode has helped us improve the way we conduct static and dynamic code testing in our organization. Based on the reports we receive, we can quickly identify what needs to be fixed immediately after the scan. For minor issues, we are given time to address them after moving into production, but for major issues, the application is unable to enter the production phase.

We utilize Veracode for static and dynamic code scanning in our software configuration and lifecycle management. It is integrated as part of our pipeline, allowing the code to be automatically scanned in the background. This enables us to review the reports promptly.

The information provided by Veracode enables us to easily rectify vulnerabilities in the workflow.

Veracode can help our developers save time, depending on the issue and the age of the application.

Veracode saves time by automating the basic tasks that were previously performed manually.

Veracode has had a positive impact on our security stance and has empowered our customers to confidently migrate their applications to the cloud.

The static scan and the detailed reports, which include issue information and permissions, are the most valuable features.

Veracode does not support scans for .NET Blazor server applications. We encounter errors whenever attempting a scan. I would appreciate it if Veracode could incorporate support for these applications.

I would like Veracode to offer code support for the latest releases of .NET whenever they are released by Microsoft.

I have been using Veracode for over one year.

Veracode is stable.

The technical support is helpful, but they operate on their own schedule, so in certain instances, we have to endure a considerable wait for a resolution.

Neutral

I give Veracode an eight out of ten.

Our customer provides us with a Veracode profile account for uploading and testing code. We do not manage the solution or have any insight into how it is deployed.

I highly recommend Veracode for assisting in identifying vulnerabilities in code.

I have learned that Veracode can confidently scan and detect vulnerabilities in code. However, for older or unsupported applications, we need to seek an alternative solution.

We use Veracode to scan our codes for vulnerabilities and risks.

Veracodes' ability to prevent vulnerable code from entering production works very well and it can detect the type of script used.

The software bill of materials helps us understand the industry that we are in and ensures we have a stable solution.

We can easily create a report using a software bill of materials because it has good templates that we can use.

Veracode has improved our organization by allowing us to fix the flows quickly for our clients by making data coding easy.

Veracode provides visibility into all phases of development.

The visibility into our development provides confidence to our DevSecOps that they will be able to deploy on time with no errors.

The false positive rate is good but we require a lot of skills to utilize it properly.

The false positive helps our DevOps troubleshoot every stage of development and increase their efficiency which boosts their confidence.

Veracode has helped our developers save around 20 percent of their time.

It has increased our organization's ability to fix flaws. We can scan code in a video which reduces costs and risk.

Veracode has increased security in our overall security posture because it detects flaws during scans.

We have saved around $500 a month in DevOps with Veracode.

Code scanning is the most valuable feature. 

The templates allow us to create wonderful reports.

The software bill of materials feature helps our supply chain security.

The backend support team of Veracode requires improvement as they are difficult to reach when we encounter issues.

The UI is not user-friendly and can be improved.

The speed of our internet connection affects the scanning process, which may take a considerable amount of time to finish. As a result, this can lead to challenges in planning and reporting, causing confusion.

I have been using the solution for three years.

It is stable.

Veracode is scalable.

The support is slow to respond.

Neutral

The initial setup was straightforward. I deployed the solution myself within three days.

The implementation was completed in-house.

We have seen a 32 percent return on investment with Veracode.

The licensing cost for Veracode is fair.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

Veracode is user-friendly depending on how we use it. 

We have seven people using the solution.

Veracode does not require any maintenance on our end.

Veracode is a secure, reliable, and sustainable tool that all organizations should use for scanning code.

I use Veracode to ensure the projects I deliver don't have vulnerabilities. 

Veracode provides insight into vulnerabilities at every stage, so your team can progress through the development cycle more efficiently. It improves developer confidence by showing us our capabilities and the potential of our code. 

Our developers improve and become more efficient using Veracode. Once we identify issues in our code, it's much easier to avoid the same mistakes in future projects. It teaches them how to overcome those vulnerabilities and errors while reducing costs.

Veracode saves a lot of time compared to traditional methods for identifying vulnerabilities. We save around $500 a month using Veracode because we don't need to hire experts. 

Veracode has improved our overall security posture. We feel assured that applications we deliver to clients or use internally are highly secure. It has helped us develop strategies to create stable, secure platforms.

I like the static scanning, and Veracode's interface is excellent. The dashboard is easy to navigate. I love the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) feature because it helps you explore various industries and understand what to do to minimize risks and maintain compliance. It's straightforward and ensures my applications are compliant. 

It's easy to create reports using the SBOM feature because it has templates that you can customize depending on the reporting requirements. It gives me a report of the compliance requirements for any industry. It helps us internally and improves the services we provide to our clients.

Veracode is great for preventing vulnerable code from going into production because it covers various programming languages like JavaScript and PHP. You can be confident that your code is secure no matter which language you use.

Static scanning takes a long time, so you need to patiently wait for the scan to achieve. I also think the software could be more accurate. It isn't 100 percent, so you shouldn't completely rely on Veracode. You need to manually verify its findings. 

I've used Veracode for three years.

Veracode is stable. I've been working with it for a long time. 

I rate Veracode support 10 out of 10. They're friendly and responsive. 

Positive

Deploying Veracode is straightforward. I did it with one other colleague. 

We can afford Veracode, but it's too expensive for small enterprises. If you're concerned about the price, you should weigh the benefits you can achieve. It has saved us a lot of money on DevOps. We save about $500 a month by not outsourcing this work to experts.  

I rate Veracode eight out of 10.

It's an excellent product for developing a secure platform that will benefit your company and its customers while helping you build a sustainable development team. Before implementing Veracode, you need to prepare and have at least one person who understands how to use the product. 

I have helped other companies implement Veracode Static Analysis in their IT environment. In our company, we need to scan many .NET applications using Veracode, and we could scan our software since it is a SaaS solution, after which we process the reports to improve the product.

The most valuable features of the solution are its extensive reporting capabilities and user-friendly interface.

There are certain shortcomings in Veracode's static analysis engine. I would improve Veracode's static analysis engine to make it capable of identifying vulnerabilities with low false positives.

The product is good, and if improvements are required, then such improvements should not be significant enough. There may be a slight scope to improve the product's integration capabilities. The product can also consider improving its support of different .NET versions and other programming languages, like Java.

I have been using Veracode Static Analysis for three or four months.

Our company faced some issues with the tool, but the support team solved these issues quite quickly. The stability of the tool is high. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

It is a scalable solution. We can implement the tool in different DevOps environments and projects, because of which we can create groups of applications and apply different policies to application groups, making it an enterprise-level tool. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

The solution's technical support helped us solve different problems related to Veracode, including some of its use cases. Veracode's support helped our company get around a problem and how to set up the scan rules correctly when we had some unexpected errors during the scanning process. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

I have experience with Snyk. I used Snyk a year ago. Snyk doesn't support the version of the .NET applications we use in our company, so we decided to move to Veracode.

The initial setup was easy since it is a SaaS solution and a well-documented product at the same time. In our company, we don't need to spin up a server to install something since we simply use the web interface and integrate the web interface with the DevOps environment.

On a scale of one to ten, where one is a hard setup and ten is an easy setup, I rate the initial setup phase an eight or nine.

The solution is deployed on the cloud. In our company, we use Microsoft Azure DevOps for our environment, but I don't know the environment in which Veracode gets used in our company. Veracode offers a web interface and API, so I don't know their cloud solutions.

The deployment is quite fast, but its overall quickness in terms of deployment depends on the number of applications you want to scan. If you want to scan one application, the deployment can be quickly done since we need to integrate Veracode into our DevOps environment.

The pricing of the product depends upon the number of codes or the number of applications.

I recommend those planning to use the solution check the system requirements and choose a solution that supports programming languages and .NET Framework versions that record scans.

I am not sure if it is one of the best solutions because I am not an expert in other solutions available in the market. Somehow, I personally feel it is one of the best tools in the market.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.