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We performed a comparison between Coverity and Parasoft SOAtest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Security Testing (AST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Coverity vs. Parasoft SOAtest Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Coverity gives advisory and deviation features, which are some of the parts I liked.""I encountered a bug with Coverity, and I opened a ticket. Support provided me with a workaround. So it's working at the moment, or at least it seems to be.""The features I find most valuable is that our entire company can publish the analysis results into our central space.""The most valuable feature is the integration with Jenkins.""The solution has helped to increase staff productivity and improved our work significantly by approximately 20 percent.""Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime.""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 has the lowest false positives."

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"Generating new messages, based on the existing .EDN and .XML messages, is a crucial part or the testing project that I’m currently in.""Parasoft SOAtest has improved the quality of our automated web services, which can be easily implemented through service chaining and service virtualization.""The solution is scalable.""We have seen a return on investment.""They have a feature where they can record traffic and create tests on the report traffic.""We do a lot of web services testing and REST services testing. That is the focus of this product.""Technical support is helpful.""Good write and read files which save execution inputs and outputs and can be stored locally."

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Cons
"Its price can be improved. Price is always an issue with Synopsys.""The product lacks sufficient customization options.""Coverity takes a lot of time to dereference null pointers.""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.""The quality of the code needs improvement.""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 product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube.""We actually specified several checkers, but we found some checkers had a higher false positive rate. I think this is a problem. Because we have to waste some time is really the issue because the issue is not an issue. I mean, the tool pauses or an issue, but the same issue is the filter now.Some check checkers cannot find some issues, but sometimes they find issues that are not relevant, right, that are not really issues. Some customisation mechanism can be added in the next release so that we can define our Checker. The Modelling feature provided by Coverity helps in finding more information for potential issues but it is not mature enough, it should be mature. The fast testing feature for security testing campaign can be added as well. So if you correctly integrate it with the training team, maybe you can help us to find more potential issues."

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"Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings.""UI testing should be more in-depth.""From an automation point of view, it should have better clarity and be more user friendly.""Parasoft SOAtest has an internal refresh function where you can refresh the software to show the changes you’ve made in your projects. Unfortunately this function does not work properly, because it often does not show the changes after you’ve hit te refresh button a few times.""The performance could be a bit better.""The product is very slow to start up, and that is a bit of a problem, actually.""The feedback that we received from the DevOps of our organization was that the tool was a little heavy from the transformation perspective.""During the process of working with SOAtest and building test cases, the .TST files will grow. A negative side effect is that saving your changes takes more time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "From what I understand, Parasoft SOAtest isn't the cheapest option. But it has a lot to offer."
  • "The cost of Parasoft seems to have gotten higher with a projection that wasn't really stipulated for our company. They've done a tremendous job at negotiating those deals."
  • "I think it would be a great step to decrease the price of the licenses."
  • "It is an expensive product, so think carefully about whether it fits your purposes and is the right tool for you."
  • "We are completed satisfied with Parasoft SOAtest. The ROI is more than 95%."
  • "The license price is a little expensive, but it provides a better outcome in terms of the end-to-end automation process."
  • "They do have a confusing licensing structure."
  • "The price is around $5,000 USD."
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    Top Answer:We researched Coverity, but in the end, we chose SonarQube. SonarQube is a tool for reviewing code quality and security. It helps to guide our development teams during code reviews by providing… more »
    Top Answer:The solution has improved our code quality and security very well.
    Top Answer:Since the solution has both command line and automation options, it generates good reports.
    Top Answer:Tuning the tool takes time because it gives quite a long list of warnings. Going through that is a challenge. It only happens in the initial stage when we are setting up the tool, but it can be… more »
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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.

    Parasoft SOAtest delivers fully integrated API and web service testing capabilities that automate end-to-end functional API testing. Streamline automated testing with advanced codeless test creation for applications with multiple interfaces (REST & SOAP APIs, microservices, databases, and more).

    SOAtest reduces the risk of security breaches and performance outages by transforming functional testing artifacts into security and load equivalents. Such reuse, along with continuous monitoring of APIs for change, allows faster and more efficient testing.

    Sample Customers
    MStar Semiconductor, Alcatel-Lucent
    Charter Communications, Sabre, Caesars Entertainment, Charles Schwab, ING, Intel, Northbridge Financial, Capital Services, WoodmenLife
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company36%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Retailer9%
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    Manufacturing Company27%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government5%
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    Financial Services Firm43%
    Government14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm32%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    Coverity vs. Parasoft SOAtest
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Coverity vs. Parasoft SOAtest and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Coverity is ranked 4th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 33 reviews while Parasoft SOAtest is ranked 28th in Application Security Testing (AST) with 30 reviews. Coverity is rated 7.8, while Parasoft SOAtest is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Best SAST tool to check software quality issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parasoft SOAtest writes "Reliable with a good interface but uses too much memory". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Klocwork, Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx and Fortify Application Defender, whereas Parasoft SOAtest is most compared with Postman, SonarQube, Polyspace Code Prover, Tricentis Tosca and Klocwork. See our Coverity vs. Parasoft SOAtest report.

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