We performed a comparison between Coverity and Synopsys Code Dx 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)."Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime."
"The solution has helped to increase staff productivity and improved our work significantly by approximately 20 percent."
"The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"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."
"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."
"It has the lowest false positives."
"It provides reports about a lot of potential defects."
"The solution effectively identifies bugs in code."
"The customers were looking for something around static security and dynamic security, and in all those areas, they were looking for an industry leader with a proven solution. Synopsys is a Gartner leader, so I position this particular technology for the technical pre-sales part of it."
"Reporting engine needs to be more robust."
"Coverity could improve the ease of use. Sometimes things become difficult and you need to follow the guides from the website but the guides could be better."
"Coverity is not stable."
"The solution is a bit complex to use in comparison to other products that have many plugins."
"It would be great if we could customize the rules to focus on critical issues."
"There should be additional IDE support."
"The product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube."
"The quality of the code needs improvement."
"The initial setup is a bit challenging because things are not easy. It needs a lot of technology adaptability plus the customer's environment-specific use cases."
Coverity is ranked 4th in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 34 reviews while Synopsys Code Dx is ranked 32nd in Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with 1 review. Coverity is rated 7.8, while Synopsys Code Dx is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Synopsys Code Dx writes "Facilitates continuous assessment of applications, covering both static and dynamic security aspects". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx One and Veracode, whereas Synopsys Code Dx is most compared with Veracode, Checkmarx One and SonarQube.
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