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We performed a comparison between Contrast Security Protect and Coverity 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 Contrast Security Protect vs. Coverity Report (Updated: September 2022).
772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.""The solution has excellent real-time capabilities.""Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."

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"The app analysis is the most valuable feature as I know other solutions don't have that.""I encountered a bug with Coverity, and I opened a ticket. Support provided me with a workaround. So it's working at the moment, or at least it seems to be.""One of the most valuable features is Contributing Events. That particular feature helps the developer understand the root cause of a defect. So you can locate the starting point of the defect and figure out exactly how it is being exploited.""Coverity is scalable.""The most valuable feature is the integration with Jenkins.""The most valuable feature of Coverity is that it shows examples of what is actually wrong with the code.""It has the lowest false positives.""The solution has helped to increase staff productivity and improved our work significantly by approximately 20 percent."

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Cons
"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports.""Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.""There's room for improvement in the initial setup."

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"SCM integration is very poor in Coverity.""The solution could use more rules.""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 level of vulnerability that this solution covers could be improved compared to other open source tools.""Reporting engine needs to be more robust.""The setup takes very long.""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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  • "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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.
    Top Answer:Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.
    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
    Contrast Protect
    Synopsys Static Analysis
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    Overview

    Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development, to operations, to production.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
    MStar Semiconductor, Alcatel-Lucent
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company36%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company29%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government4%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    Contrast Security Protect vs. Coverity
    September 2022
    Find out what your peers are saying about Contrast Security Protect vs. Coverity and other solutions. Updated: September 2022.
    772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Contrast Security Protect is ranked 33rd in Application Security Tools with 3 reviews while Coverity is ranked 4th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 34 reviews. Contrast Security Protect is rated 8.4, while Coverity is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Contrast Security Protect writes "It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". Contrast Security Protect is most compared with SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Snyk, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning and Sonatype Lifecycle, whereas Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode. See our Contrast Security Protect vs. Coverity report.

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