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We performed a comparison between Coverity and Synopsys API Security Testing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The product has deeper scanning capabilities.""The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution.""The solution has helped to increase staff productivity and improved our work significantly by approximately 20 percent.""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.""The interface of Coverity is quite good, and it is also easy to use.""I like Coverity's capability to scan codes once we push it. We don't need more time to review our colleagues' codes. Its UI is pretty straightforward.""The product has been beneficial in logging functionality, allowing me to categorize vulnerabilities based on severity. This aids in providing updated reports on subsequent scans.""The features I find most valuable is that our entire company can publish the analysis results into our central space."

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"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."

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"We'd like it to be faster.""The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming.""Coverity is far from perfection, and I'm not 100 percent sure it's helping me find what I need to find in my role. We need exactly what we are looking for, i.e. security errors and vulnerabilities. It doesn't seem to be reporting while we are changing our code.""Right now, the Coverity executable is around 1.2GB to download. If they can reduce it to approximately 600 or 700MB, that would be great. If they decrease the executable, it will be much easier to work in an environment like Docker.""It should be easier to specify your own validation routines and sanitation routines.""Coverity is not stable.""The reporting tool integration process is sometimes slow.""Reporting engine needs to be more robust."

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"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."

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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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    Synopsys Static Analysis
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    Overview

    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.

    AppSec testing optimized for the needs of API developers
    APIs provide open, flexible interfaces that enable applications and services to talk to each other. But these characteristics can also make it difficult to build secure software—and even more difficult for traditional AppSec tools to test it.

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    MStar Semiconductor, Alcatel-Lucent
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    Manufacturing Company36%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Retailer8%
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    Manufacturing Company29%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government4%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Insurance Company10%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
    June 2024
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    Coverity is ranked 4th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 34 reviews while Synopsys API Security Testing is ranked 35th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Coverity is rated 7.8, while Synopsys API Security Testing is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys API Security Testing writes "Useful threat vectors, beneficial results, but implementation needed support". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode, whereas Synopsys API Security Testing is most compared with Seeker, Fortify WebInspect and OWASP Zap.

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