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."We write software, and therefore, the most valuable aspect for us is basically the code analysis part."
"You can really see what's happening after you've developed something."
"We've found the documentation to be very good."
"Automating the Jenkins plugins and the build title is a big plus."
"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."
"The integration Subset core integration, using Jenkins is one of the good features."
"The Software Security Center, which is often overlooked, stands out as the most effective feature."
"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."
"The solution has a nice environment and extensions that make it easy to develop software."
"Good syntax highlighting and very it's very customizable."
"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 product's IDE feature is quite user-friendly."
"The solution has a great debugging feature."
"The recent AI-powered code completion is pretty cool."
"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."
"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 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."
"The product shows false positives for Python applications."
"Fortify's software security center needs a design refresh."
"The pricing is a bit high."
"It comes with a hefty licensing fee."
"The troubleshooting capabilities of this solution could be improved. This would reduce the number of cases that users have to submit."
"Not all languages are supported in Fortify."
"The user interface and overall user experience could be more intuitive to make it easier for users to navigate and utilize the software effectively."
"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."
"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."
"Notebooks in PyCharm is not as intuitive as it could be."
"The navigation can be better."
"The solution does not support some features of OpenCV even though it is part of a PyCharm package."
"There should be support for the RUST plugin in the Community edition for debugging."
"They should improve the product's interactiveness."
Fortify Static Code Analyzer is ranked 2nd in Static Code Analysis with 13 reviews while PyCharm is ranked 7th 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 Kiuwan Insights, whereas PyCharm is most compared with . See our Fortify Static Code Analyzer vs. PyCharm report.
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