We performed a comparison between Fortify Static Code Analyzer and PyCharm based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Static Code Analysis solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Integrating the Fortify Static Code Analyzer into our software development lifecycle was straightforward. It highlights important information beyond just syntax errors. It identifies issues like password credentials and access keys embedded in the code."
"It's helped us free up staff time."
"The most valuable features include its ability to detect vulnerabilities accurately and its integration with our CI/CD pipeline."
"We've found the documentation to be very good."
"You can really see what's happening after you've developed something."
"I like the Fortify taxonomy as it provides us with a list of all of the vulnerabilities found. Fortify release updated rule packs quarterly, with accompanying documentation, that lets us know what new features are being released."
"I like Fortify Software Security Center or Fortify SSC. This tool is installed on each developer's machine, but Fortify Software Security Center combines everything. We can meet there as security professionals and developers. The developers scan their code and publish the results there. We can then look at them from a security perspective and see whether they fixed the issues. We can agree on whether something is a false positive and make decisions."
"Its flexibility is most valuable. It is such a flexible tool. It can be implemented in a number of ways. It can do anything you want it to do. It can be fully automated within a DevOps pipeline. It can also be used in an ad hoc, special test case scenario and anywhere in between."
"Good syntax highlighting and very it's very customizable."
"The solution has a nice environment and extensions that make it easy to develop software."
"The recent AI-powered code completion is pretty cool."
"The product's IDE feature is quite user-friendly."
"The integrated code structure makes coding more organized and manageable compared to using Python alone."
"It is an excellent, fully integrated IDE with smart code analysis capability and a built-in debugger. It is a fantastic tool."
"The best feature of PyCharm is that it gives you hints whenever it detects any issues while you are coding. This is important because it helps us code faster and without any errors."
"The solution has a great debugging feature."
"Their licensing is expensive."
"Fortify Static Code Analyzer is a good solution, but sometimes we receive false positives. If they could reduce the number of false positives it would be good."
"It can be tricky if you want to exclude some files from scanning. For instance, if you do not want to scan and push testing files to Fortify Software Security Center, that is tricky with some IDEs, such as IntelliJ. We found that there is an Exclude feature that is not working. We reported that to them for future fixing. It needs some work on the plugins to make them consistent across IDEs and make them easier."
"Fortify's software security center needs a design refresh."
"It comes with a hefty licensing fee."
"Streamlining the upgrade process and enhancing compatibility would make it easier for us to keep our security tools up-to-date."
"The product shows false positives for Python applications."
"The price can be improved."
"Notebooks in PyCharm is not as intuitive as it could be."
"They should improve the product's interactiveness."
"PyCharm's use of system resources can get pretty heavy. Loading, in particular, takes longer than I would like and I think they should optimize it so that it's a bit lighter on the system."
"There should be support for the RUST plugin in the Community edition for debugging."
"There is room for improvement in memory usage. It uses too much memory. It can get a bit heavy, especially when you have too many open files and the system becomes very slow."
"The navigation can be better."
"The solution does not support some features of OpenCV even though it is part of a PyCharm package."
"The user interface and overall user experience could be more intuitive to make it easier for users to navigate and utilize the software effectively."
Fortify Static Code Analyzer is ranked 3rd in Static Code Analysis with 14 reviews while PyCharm is ranked 6th in Static Code Analysis with 8 reviews. Fortify Static Code Analyzer is rated 8.4, while PyCharm is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortify Static Code Analyzer writes "Seamless to integrate and identify vulnerabilities and frees up staff time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PyCharm writes "Convenient to use and surely increases the effectiveness of software development". Fortify Static Code Analyzer is most compared with Black Duck, Snyk, Veracode, Sonatype Lifecycle and GitLab, whereas PyCharm is most compared with . See our Fortify Static Code Analyzer vs. PyCharm report.
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