Compare Coverity vs. Veracode
Coverity is ranked 12th in Application Security with 5 reviews while Veracode is ranked 2nd in Application Security with 14 reviews. Coverity is rated 6.8, while Veracode is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Coverity writes "Improves security by detecting vulnerabilities in code, but it needs integration with popular development environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veracode writes "Offers everything for both static code analysis and dynamic code analysis". Coverity is most compared with SonarQube, Micro Focus Fortify on Demand, Checkmarx, Klocwork and Polyspace Code Prover, whereas Veracode is most compared with SonarQube, Checkmarx, Micro Focus Fortify on Demand, Klocwork and WebInspect. See our Coverity vs. Veracode report.
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The scalability is good. The scalability is more than good because it can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated as part of applications. So that really makes it a very, very versatile solution to have. For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature. It can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated with other applications, which makes it a very versatile solution to have. Our developers can run the attacks directly from their environments, desktops. The vulnerability scanning option for analyzing the security loopholes on the websites is the most valuable feature of this solution. The automated approach to these repetitive discovery attempts would take days to do manually and therefore it helps reduce the time needed to do an assessment. Their technical support has been very active. If I have an issue, I can reach out to them and get an answer pretty quick. We are able to create a report which shows the PCI DSS scoring and share it with the application teams. Then, they can correlate and see exactly what they need to fix, and why. | Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime. The features I find most valuable is that our entire company can publish the analysis results into our central space. 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. | Veracode's cloud-based approach, coupled with the appliance that lets us use Veracode to scan internal-only web applications, has provided a seamless, always-up-to-date application security scanning solution. The source composition analysis component is great because it gives our developers some comfort in using new libraries. Integrations into our developer's IDE (Greenlight) and the DevOps Pipeline SAST / SourceClear Integrations has particularly increased our time to market and confidence. Veracode is a valuable tool in our secure SDLC process. We used it for performing security checks. We have many Java applications and Android applications. Essentially it was used for checking the security validations for compliance purposes. I have used this solution in multiple projects for vulnerability testing and finding security leaks within the code. The most valuable feature comes from the fact that it is cloud-based, and I can scale up without having to worry about any other infrastructure needs. We are using the Veracode tools to expose the engineers to the security vulnerabilities that were introduced with the new features, i.e. a lot faster or sooner in the development life cycle. |
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We want to see how much bandwidth usage it consumes. When we monitor traffic we have issues with the consumption and throttling of the traffic. The solution limits the number of scans. It would be much better if we could have unlimited scans. When monitoring the traffic we always have issues with the bandwidth consumption and the throttling of traffic. Tools that would allow us to work more efficiently with the mobile environment, with Android and iOS. In terms of what needs improvement, the way the licensing model is currently is not very convenient for us because initially, when we bought it, the licensing model was very flexible, but now it restricts us. It would be nice to have a feature to "retest" only a single vulnerability that the customer reports as patched, and delete it from the next scans since it has already been patched. You can't actually change your password after you've set it unless you go back into the administration account and you change it there. Thus, if you're locked out and don't remember your password, that's a thing. We have had issues during upgrades where their scans worked on some apps better with previous versions. Then, we had to work with their tech support, who were great, to get it fixed for the next version. | I would like to see integration with popular IDEs, such as Eclipse. The setup takes very long. The quality of the code needs improvement. They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier. | One feature I would like would be more selectivity in email alerts. While I like getting these, I would like to be able to be more granular in which ones I receive. I think for us the biggest improvement would be to have an indicator when there's something wrong with a scan. Improve Mobile Application Dynamic Scanning DAST - .ipa and .apk It needs better controls to include/exclude specific sections when creating a report that can be shared externally with customers and prospects. One of the things that we have from a reporting point of view, is that we would love to see a graphical report. If you look through a report for something that has come back from Veracode, it takes a whole lot of time to just go through all the pages of the code to figure out exactly what it says. We know certain areas don’t have the greatest security features but those are usually minor and we don’t want to see those types of notifications. Ideally, I would like better reporting that gives me a more concise and accurate description of what my pain points are, and how to get to them. I would like to see expanded coverage for supporting more platforms, frameworks, and languages. Veracode should make it easier to navigate between the solutions that they offer, i.e. between dynamic, static, and the source code analysis. |
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The costs aren't very expensive. It costs around $3000 or $4000. All things considered, I think it has a good price/value ratio. The pricing and licensing are reasonable to a point. In order to run multiple scans at a time, we are going to have to purchase a 100 count license, which is an overkill. Though, compared to what we were paying for, the cost seems reasonable. When we looked at all other vendors and what they were asking for, to provide a third of what Acunetix was capable of doing, it was an easy decision... But now that it's coming to a cost where it's line with market value, it becomes more of a competition... Acunetix is raising the cost of licensing. It's 3.5 times what we were initially quoted. Acunetix was around the same price as all the other vendors we looked at, nothing special. More Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner Pricing and Cost Advice » | Coverity is quite expensive. | For the value we get out of it, coupled with the live defect review sessions, we find it an effective value for the money. We are a larger organization. They have just streamlined the licensing and they have a number of flexible options available, so overall it is quite good, albeit pricey. They just changed their pricing model two weeks ago. They went from a per-app license to a per-megabyte license. I know that the dynamic scan was $500 per app. Static analysis was about $4500 yearly. The license is only for the number of users, it doesn't matter what data you put in there. That was the old model. I do not know how the new model works. Veracode has been fair. We use their SaaS solution and it's just an annual subscription. No issues, the pricing seems reasonable. |
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| AcuSensor | Synopsys Static Analysis | |
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| Acunetix | Synopsys | Veracode |
Overview  | ||
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is an automated web application security testing tool that audits your web applications by checking for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, Cross site scripting, and other exploitable vulnerabilities. | Synopsys Static Analysis helps reduce risk and lower overall project cost by identifying critical quality defects and potential security vulnerabilities during development, with accurate and actionable remediation guidance, based on patented techniques and a decade of research and development and analysis of over 10 billion lines of proprietary and open source code. | Veracode covers all your Application Security needs in one solution through a combination of five analysis types; static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, interactive application security testing, and penetration testing. Unlike on-premise solutions that are hard to scale and focused on finding rather than fixing, Veracode comprises a unique combination of SaaS technology and on-demand expertise that enables DevSecOps through integration with your pipeline, and empowers developers to find and fix security defects. |
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Learn more about Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner | Learn more about Coverity | Learn more about Veracode |
Sample Customers | ||
| Joomla!, Digicure, Team Random, Credit Suisse, Samsung, Air New Zealand | MStar Semiconductor, Alcatel-Lucent | State of Missouri, Rekner |
Top Industries | ||
Financial Services Firm38% Comms Service Provider13% Energy/Utilities Company13% Insurance Company13% Computer Software Company45% Comms Service Provider12% Government7% Media Company6% | Computer Software Company38% Comms Service Provider17% Manufacturing Company8% Retailer7% | Financial Services Firm34% Insurance Company14% Consumer Goods Company7% Healthcare Company7% Computer Software Company44% Comms Service Provider12% Media Company6% Insurance Company5% |
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