We performed a comparison between Coverity and Synopsys API Security Testing 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 ability to scan code gives us details of existing and potential vulnerabilities. What really matters for us is to ensure that we are able to catch vulnerabilities ahead of time."
"The solution has improved our code quality and security very well."
"The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Provides software security, and helps to find potential security bugs or defects."
"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."
"Coverity gives advisory and deviation features, which are some of the parts I liked."
"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."
"It provides reports about a lot of potential defects."
"The most valuable features of Synopsys API Security Testing are the metrics, results, and threat vectors that it shares."
"The solution's user interface and quality gate could be improved."
"The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming."
"We use GitHub and Gitflow, and Coverity does not fit with Gitflow. I have to create a screen for our branches, and it's a pain for developers. It has been difficult to integrate Coverity with our system."
"The level of vulnerability that this solution covers could be improved compared to other open source tools."
"Coverity takes a lot of time to dereference null pointers."
"Some features are not performing well, like duplicate detection and switch case situations."
"The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming."
"They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier."
"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 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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