Veracode Reviews

We're required to make sure we have no high or very high security issues in our code. Veracode is a code reviewer to prevent hacking and other bad things from happening.

The way it helps our company is that the code is secure. It also helps with our customers because I believe they can request a copy of the report. It lets them know that we're doing the best we can to provide secure software.

The solution has helped build my security skills as a developer. Now, as I proceed forward, I know what to look for when coding items. I'll be coding a little bit more defensively from what I've learned, from all the errors that it has found. Some of the stuff I wasn't even aware of. I also became aware of things that Veracode verified, but I really couldn't fix.

The policy reporting for ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations is excellent. It identified most of the issues that our penetration testers look for and gave me a way to look at the line numbers of the code that needed fixing, and that was a huge help. It also gave me samples of code for what was going wrong and it enabled my supervisors and me to go through the whole project and fix 99 percent of the issues we had.

It provides visibility into application status across all testing types in a centralized view. The report is very good at showing that. We are not allowed to install anything until it passes the Veracode test. We have to fix all errors before we can install our software. It absolutely helps reduce risk exposure for our software.

I haven't come across any false positives.

The reporting being highly accurate is pretty cool. I use another product and I was always looking for answers as to what line, which part of the code, was wrong, and what to do about it. Veracode seems to have a solid database to look things up and a website to look things up. We've had very few issues that we have actually had to contact Veracode about.

It does give some guidance, up to a point, for fixing vulnerabilities. It does a pretty good job of that. We went from a bunch of errors to a handful that I needed help with, and that was mostly because they provided some good information for us to look at. If I had been using this product a long time ago, I would have been able to anticipate a lot of things that Veracode discovered. The product I'm working on is about 12 years old and this was the first time we ran scans on it using Veracode. It identified quite a few issues. If you're starting a new project, it would be a good place to start. Once you get used to what people like penetration testers are looking for, this is a good tool to prevent having a pen test come back bad.

The Static Analysis Pipeline Scan is very good. It found everything that we needed to fix.

The triage indicator was kind of hard to find. It's a very small arrow and I had no idea it was there.

We have been using Veracode for about three months.

The stability seems pretty good. There was only one instance where the site was down.

I don't think Veracode has any problems with scalability. My company is very big. There are about 1,000 of us, all developers, using the solution. It's being used throughout the company for all our products.

I would give their technical support five stars out of five. They were on point and they helped us identify resolutions for some of our issues that we couldn't figure out.

We used Fortify. I was not involved in the decision to switch.

I don't really know about the pricing, but I'd say it's worth whatever Veracode is charging, because the solution is that good. It's just a good product, overall.

The biggest lesson I have learned from using Veracode is that there isn't an answer for everything. But when an area needs to be mitigated the mitigation process is fairly easy.

It's pretty efficient, but in my case it took a long time to upload my information. It was a very big project, so I was not surprised that it took a long time, but it was mostly because of the internet around here. It would take a long time to upload the DLL and run the static analysis. It would take about two hours, but again, it's a large project.

Overall, it does a very good job of preventing vulnerable code from going into production. It identified issues that were not detected in penetration tests and allowed us to lock them down.

We are using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), and Static Component Analysis (SCA). We use different types of scanning across numerous applications. We also use Greenlight IDE integration. We are scanning external web applications, internal web applications, and mobile applications with various types/combinations of scanning. We use this both to improve our application security as well as achieve compliance with various compliance bodies that require code scanning.

Veracode's cloud-based approach, coupled with the appliance that lets us use Veracode to scan internal-only web applications, has provided a seamless, always-up-to-date application security scanning solution.  

Our Veracode license includes a "people component" that allows developers to request an in-person session to be scheduled to review a defect. This has helped our application security personnel pool to free up time for other pursuits. I'm not sure if this is included in all licenses or is an add-on.

Being cloud-based is a huge plus. All of our scans are always using up-to-date scan signatures and rules, and there is nothing for us to maintain.  Veracode has been spot-on with notifying about planned downtimes for maintenance and upgrades.  In my years of using the product, unplanned downtimes have been minimal (in fact I can't remember one.)

The API integration that allows integration with other tools, such as defect trackers and automated build tools, is also a benefit. We also like the integrated, available "in-person" support sessions to review and ask questions on discovered defects.

We've had one occasion where a sub-product upgrade required action on our part faster than we initially understood it needed to happen.  This ended up being relatively minor.  

One feature I would like would be more selectivity in email alerts. While I like getting these, I would like to be able to be more granular in which ones I receive. 

Separately, I find the results console somewhat confusing.  When you are running multiple scan types for the same application, I've sometimes found it difficult to sort out where issues came from when I need that information.

We have been using Veracode for over four years.

Our solution is highly stable with minimal downtimes.  (In fact I don't recall the last time there was an unplanned Veracode cloud outage that impacted us.)  We previously had occasional issues with the scan appliance model, but the relatively recent switch to the ISM model has been much more stable.

Given that is is cloud based, coupled with their newer app-based internal scan model, we are pleased with the scalability and have not experienced any issues with scale.

As mentioned in prior comments, Veracode is simply put our best vendor in terms of relationship, value-add, and customer service/technical support. We get responsive answers from support, and their support resources clearly understand the product, and issues are resolved quickly.

Yes. We used a legacy, heavyweight dynamic scanning product. It would produce hundreds of pages of (mostly) false positives that were nearly impossible to digest and tune. We also didn't have a static scanning product. Moving to Veracode gave us much higher quality dynamic scanning with very few false positives (in part due to their model of human-assisted tuning, provided by them) and a robust static scanning solution.

The setup was easy and straight forward. We had some issues with API calls from our build automation tools, but this was related to networking issues in reaching the Veracode servers on the Internet, not the Veracode product itself.

We implemented with all in-house resources.

We achieve greatly improved security, earlier detection of security defects in the lifecycle, and as well as neatly meeting compliance requirements.

For the value we get out of it, coupled with the live defect review sessions, we find it an effective value for the money. We are a larger organization.

Checkmarx and SonarQube.

Of all the tools vendors I have relationships with, Veracode is simply our best vendor in terms of partnership, value add, and support responsiveness. 

Veracode is a cornerstone of our Development Security Operations Program, particularly scanning automation and remediation tracking.

We've been able to monitor the release cycle and verify our Security Standards are met by setting policy and ensuring scans are taking place. If a scan fails to meet our standard the build breaks and the flaws are remediated before releasing to Stage and ultimately Production -  where the potential impact is much more costly. 

We have discovered opportunities to make our code even better thanks to Veracode!

Veracode has improved our Application Security program by providing numerous integrations and tools to take our AppSec/DevSecOps to the next level. 

Integrations into our developer's IDE (Greenlight) and the DevOps Pipeline SAST / SourceClear Integrations has particularly increased our time to market and confidence.

In many ways, Veracode has increased productivity, helped build and improve security and development departmental relationships as well as enabling developers to consider and care about application security. 

Greenlight - Developers can test their code before they commit. They are able to privately scan their code and correct any mistakes before it is committed into the build and scanned with the other components.

SAST - During a build process, we have integrated the Veracode Static Scanning (SAST) component which provides an excellent first glance at the code moving through environments.

SCA /SourceClear - Veracode SCA / Source Clear has given us excellent visibility into potential vulnerabilities found in third-party components, packages, frameworks, and libraries.

Improve Mobile Application Dynamic Scanning DAST - .ipa and .apk. Right now I have to jailbreak an iPhone and Root an Android to intercept and fuzz requests with a Burp Suite Proxy.

That is a very time-consuming process and there are lots of dependencies. It would be very helpful if we can upload and .ipa or .apk into a Veracode simulator, provide credentials and run a Dynamic scan accordingly. Fuzzing functionality on API resources, HTTP Methods, and Parameters would also be very useful in testing our Web and API Application Firewalls, response pages, and other WAAF actions.

I have been using Veracode for about two years now.

It seems to be very stable, no problems thus far.

It has lots of growth potential, lots of room for improvement.

Exceptional!

Previously used Burp Suite, OWASP Zed Attack Proxy, Python scripts / Powershell and Batch, Retire.JS, Vulners, and Wappalyzer browser plugins.

The initial setup very straightforward and integrations were up and running in a matter of days after purchase.

Implementation was in-house (Deployment, Automation Engineers, Myself)

Unknown - productivity and time are measurable, possibly as much as 20%. Improvement in cross departmental relations is priceless!

We also evaluated WhiteHat Security.

The primary use case for us was looking for web applications that might have vulnerabilities that could be compromised. Specifically, I was managing a team and we had built a lot of applications as well as having purchased applications from vendors. We were working with a security team to go through and scan those applications for vulnerability using Software Composition Analysis. We were trying to avoid situations where somebody could do something that they should not be able to do like get at data.  

The product helped improve our organization by helping us to identify potential problems in applications and fix them before they were used in a way that they should not be. In essence, it helped enhance our security. I think another thing is that it did is it did kind of helped us with the general education level of staff working on the projects. Developers or technical stakeholders specifically were presented with the opportunity to understand things that maybe they did not before.  

We were not doing the training piece of the process when we were onboarding the product, but just adopting the platform definitely increased their awareness and knowledge about potential issues in development and application vulnerabilities.  

One of the best things about the solution is that I think it is kind of easy to get started using it. The pain of adoption is low. Once you got the code scanned, there is a lot of information that you have to plan time to go through and work with other teams to get things resolved or disposition.  

I think that it was easy to get started, but there was also definitely a learning curve in terms of people needing to understand what the reports meant and what to do about the information that they were getting.  

There is a concept called false positives where things might come up as a potential issue but they really are not. In our case specifically, we might get a false positive when a potential vulnerability is discovered through Veracode analysis, but the way that the application is built makes it so what appears to be a vulnerability is not really an issue. Stated a different way, even though there might be something that prevents that particular event from ever happening, the product does not correctly detect the safeguards or the impossibility of the issue arising.  

When a false positive gets reported by the Composition Analysis, it results in more work for you to do than you should have to. There is a lot of information to go through and so some of it is due to those false positives. You either have to do work to eliminate the false positives being identified, or you have to look at the alert and determine that it is harmless.  

As far as what might be added in future releases, more artificial intelligence capabilities would be desirable. I do not know if they have it now. Maybe one example could be to make more focused suggestions or give more information in the reports to locate the cause of the issues. It should be something that improves results over time so that people do not have to do as much work to understand the details.  

I have been using Veracode Software Composition Analysis for probably around three years.  

I would say it is definitely stable. There were no problems with the platform itself. It has been reliable. We never had issues where we needed to call support.  

I think the opportunities for scalability are good because we did not come upon issues that caused us to wonder about its limitations. We have not really pressed to find scalability problems. So my impression is that scalability is good. We did not experience issues due to bottlenecks or anything like that.  

Our group of users contained a mix of roles. It was developers, project managers, testers, information security analysts, and engineers. It was probably a total of around 30 to 40 people.  

For deployment and maintenance, there were really just like a couple of people. There was not a full-time dedicated need for it.  

There were times when we had to deal with support when we ran scans and we were reviewing results. There were times when we needed to either open a ticket or talk to somebody who had some expertise in a specific area. That process was timely and they were responsive. So that was good.  

Veracode actually has a separate subscription that you can participate in that is something like a learning management catalog. I think that the training piece of support has definitely improved over the course of when we used it.  

We did have a different product, but it was a little bit for a different purpose. We were using a different product but complemented the Veracode product. 

The initial setup was pretty straight forward. That is part of it being an easy solution to get started with.  

The deployment started smaller in employing the product to analyze a subset of our applications. It initially was being employed to look at the vendor applications that we had. I would probably say that initial period was about three to six months. That effort was focused on one group and did not really include all of the technical people and developers.  

Once we saw what it could do, it got adopted and we rolled it out to more people. So we kind of employed it in stages. The first part, which was essentially a test period, was three to six months. Then pushing it out for broader adoption in the next part was another three to six months.  

We did not use integrators. We did have the training and we did have professional services in the form of customer support from Veracode.  

I do not remember the licensing costs off hand. I would probably estimate it to be between 50,000 to 75,000 in our case.  

The advice that I would have for people who are new to the product would be to start with a proof of concept. This will help you to see how the product works with your process and people.  

The biggest lesson I have learned from using this solution is that it definitely increased my education on how to prevent application vulnerabilities earlier on and how not to repeat them. It also helped me as a manager to better understand how to guide and coach people.  

On a scale from one to ten where one the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product probably as a  seven, if I am going back in time. I thought that there was room for improvement, but at the same time, it did what we needed it to do. We got what we expected. So I thought it was good, but I also think there were some additional manual steps or work involved that we should not have needed to do. That is really why I do not rate it with a higher number.  

The primary use case was scanning a single-digit number of applications. We scanned them about twice a year and that's about it. It was just to get the results. We used the results to gauge our security health.

The feature that was most valuable to us was the ability to point locally in a quorum.

The cost of the solution is a little bit expensive. Expensive in the sense that there was a hundred percent increase in cost from last year to this year, which is certainly not justified. 

The solution needs to be more flexible. It needs to work with clients more effectively. 

Right now, the licensing model is based on the number of applications as opposed to being flexible and based on the number of developers or based on some other parameters. This constrains our company in terms of defining what an application is and doing the scans. We have an application with multiple deposit rates, but Veracode has a hard time recognizing the different components sitting in different depositories as one application. 

The solution is pretty similar to others. There wasn't anything that was so startlingly different it would make us want to stay.

I had been using the solution for a while, but I am currently in the process of moving off of it.

The solution is stable. we've never had any issues surrounding its stability.

There's nothing to scale. Asking if the solution is scalable or not isn't applicable in this case. It's not an active load balancer. It's just a static scan. If it was dynamic, there may be a question around scalability, but it is not.

Technical support team is quite good. However, if we're talking in terms of how Veracode recognizes clients and deals with them, I'd rate them as bad.

We did not previously use a different solution. We've only used Veracode.

The initial setup has a moderate level of difficulty. It's neither simple or complex.

We handled the implementation ourselves.

The solution recently doubled in price over the past year, which is why I've decided to move away from it. The price jump doesn't make sense. It's not like there was a sudden influx in new features or advancements.

Without getting too specific, I'd say the average yearly cost is around $50,000. The costs include licensing and maintenance support.

I handle software composition analysis. Currently, I'm moving away from Veracode.

I don't know which version of the solution I am using currently. It's not quite the most up-to-date version.

If a company is looking for a long-term partner, and not just a transactional solution, I'd suggest a different company.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Our development team use this solution for static code analysis and pen testing.

The runtime code analysis could be improved so that we can see every element in one place.

I have used this solution for two years. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

I'm working on security reviews for our in-house products. We are trying to solve problems. The use case for Veracode is to discover flaws in design before our application reaches end customers. We are using Veracode as one of the tools to ensure that our products are following secure design guidelines.

We have some applications where Veracode found a potential XSS due improper input controls. Based on Veracode recommendations, I work with dev team and remediate the flaw. That's something that I would probably missed if I did only the manual code review.

We recently started working with pipeline scanner, which is quite useful. In Veracode, you need to import zip files for the source code. With the pipeline scanner, it's easier for developers to scan their products, as they can do everything via command line. When a scanner detects a flaw, it also generates a good explanation about that flaw and good references for mitigation. That's also very useful for us.

In terms of improvement, I don't have any valuable input. The application works fine and I don't have any negative feedback. Maybe pipeline scanner can be improved to support some additional language packages.

I've used the solution for two years now. It hasn't been that long. 

The solution is stable. I haven't experienced any hiccups in my work in any way. 

I haven't worked with Vercode's support and therefore cannot comment on how helpful or responsive they are. 

I don't have experience with other SAST products.

This solution was already deployed when I was hired. I can't speak to what the deployment process was like. 

The maintenance is minimal. I just need to create accounts for people who want to scan by themselves and that's it. It's easily maintainable.

I don't have any insights on pricing. I don't handle any aspects of the licensing process so I can't speak to the overall costs or terms.

We are accessing via a web browser to Veracode. I'm guessing it's some type of cloud deployment, hosted by Veracode.

We have a lot of applications that are scanned with Veracode. We did scans for some of our core products, as well as on-demand products, and web applications. I'm mostly working with web applications for now. 

Based on my experience, new users should check as many features as they can, and also read the reports carefully. That way, they can get a full picture of how this product works.

I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We are using this solution for static analysis.

The main feature that I have found valuable is the solution's ability to find issues in static analysis. Additionally, there are plenty of useful tools.

The solution could improve the Dynamic Analysis Security Testing(DAST).

There could be better support for different languages. It is very difficult in some languages to prepare the solution for the static analysis and this procedure is really hard for a pipeline, such as GitHub. They should make it easy to scan projects for any language like they do in other vendors, such as Checkmarx.

We have found there are a lot of false positives and the severity rating we have been receiving has been different compared to other vendor's solutions. For example, in Veracode, we receive a rating of low but in others solutions, we receive a rating of high when doing the glitch analysis.

We have been using this solution for approximately six years.

We have not had much free expert support from the vendor. We have had to have a team of highly skilled individuals to make the solution work.

The initial setup is difficult. For example, in Android, if I need to scan an ordinary APK Android application, we need to generate the APK and when you are working in GitHub, you need to do a lot of work to make these combinations able to be scanned by Veracode.

We did the implementation ourselves.

I have previously evaluated Checkmarx.

The solution is good at finding issues and provide some very useful tools. I would advise those wanting to implement this solution to purchase professional support from the vendor. If you do not, you run the risk of having many problems such as the ones we have faced.

The DAST tool is very useful and is used in preproduction.  

I rate Veracode a six out of ten.