We performed a comparison between Coverity and GitHub Code Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sonar, Veracode, Checkmarx and others in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)."The product has deeper scanning capabilities."
"Coverity gives advisory and deviation features, which are some of the parts I liked."
"The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It provides reports about a lot of potential defects."
"The most valuable feature of Coverity is the wrapper. We use the wrapper to build the C++ component, then we use the other code analysis to analyze the code to the build object, and then send back the result to the SonarQube server. Additionally, it is a powerful capabilities solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime."
"The most valuable feature of Coverity is that it shows examples of what is actually wrong with the code."
"We use GitHub Code Scanning mostly for source code management."
"The quality of the code needs improvement."
"Some features are not performing well, like duplicate detection and switch case situations."
"The setup takes very long."
"Coverity takes a lot of time to dereference null pointers."
"The level of vulnerability that this solution covers could be improved compared to other open source tools."
"The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming."
"The solution could use more rules."
"The product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube."
"GitHub Code Scanning should add more templates."
Coverity is ranked 4th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 33 reviews while GitHub Code Scanning is ranked 20th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 1 review. Coverity is rated 7.8, while GitHub Code Scanning is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitHub Code Scanning writes "A highly stable solution that can be used for source code management". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode, whereas GitHub Code Scanning is most compared with SonarCloud, SonarQube, Polaris Software Integrity Platform and Veracode.
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