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Cequence Security vs Coverity comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Cequence Security
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (24th), Bot Management (5th), API Security (6th)
Coverity
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cequence Security and Coverity aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cequence Security is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.1%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
Coverity, on the other hand, focuses on Static Application Security Testing (SAST), holds 7.9% mindshare, up 7.0% since last year.
Application Security Tools
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2395431 - PeerSpot reviewer
Detect and mitigate attacks with API protection
Compliance with standards like those in Europe often requires ensuring that APIs adhere to OAuth and other security protocols. Many organizations need to verify that their APIs meet these compliance requirements. We can include information about where an API was first recorded and create a detailed chart. Some competitors already offer this feature. It is simple to integrate. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers impressive reporting features with user-friendliness and high scalability
The solution can be easily setup but requires heavy integration due to the multiple types of port and programming languages involved. Comparing the resource requirements of the solution I would say it can be installed effortlessly. I would rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. A professional needs some pre-acquired knowledge to manage Coverity's deployment process, but the local solution partners provide support well enough for trouble-free deployment. The overall deployment process of Coverity took around two and a half hours in our organization. The deployment duration depends upon the operating system and resources including high-end RAM and CPU processors.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It uses machine learning algorithms to detect attacks and manage API inventory."
"The interface of Coverity is quite good, and it is also easy to use."
"This solution is easy to use."
"It help us identify the latest security vulnerabilities."
"It's pretty stable. I rate the stability of Coverity nine out of ten."
"The solution has improved our code quality and security very well."
"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."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is that there were not a whole lot of false positives, at least on the codebases that I looked at."
 

Cons

"It is expensive."
"Some features are not performing well, like duplicate detection and switch case situations."
"Reporting engine needs to be more robust."
"Coverity is not a user-friendly product."
"Zero-day vulnerability identification can be an add-on feature that Coverity can provide."
"Ideally, it would have a user-based license that does not have a restriction in the number of lines of code."
"The reporting tool integration process is sometimes slow."
"We're currently facing a primary challenge with automation using Coverity. Each developer has a license and can perform manual checks, and we also have a nightly build that analyzes the entire software. The main issue is that the tool can't look behind submodules in our code base, so it doesn't see changes stored there."
"It should be easier to specify your own validation routines and sanitation routines."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is low, and ten is high price."
"I rate Coverity's price a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
"The solution is affordable."
"Coverity is quite expensive."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a one out of ten."
"The price is competitive with other solutions."
"The pricing is very reasonable compared to other platforms. It is based on a three year license."
"I would rate Coverity's pricing as a nine out of ten. It's already very expensive, and it's a problem for us to get more licenses due to the price. The pricing model has some good aspects - for example, a personal license gives access to all languages without code limitations, which is better than some competitors. However, it's still a lot of money for us to spend."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
33%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How does Cequence Security establish a baseline of normal application behavior and detect anomalies?
Cequence Security employs advanced machine learning and AI techniques to analyze the behavior of our applications in real-time. By continuously monitoring and processing data from user interactions...
What is Cequence Security's API Spartan and how can it help defend our company's infrastructure from bot attacks?
Cequence Security's behavior-based bot defense relies on the industry's largest threat database of bot behaviors, enabling users to track and block automated attacks with unparalleled efficacy rate...
What is API inventory and how does Cequence Security utilize it?
API inventory processes are essential, and Cequence Security recognizes their significance, both from a security and management perspective. The developers of the solution understand that you canno...
How would you decide between Coverity and Sonarqube?
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 rem...
What do you like most about Coverity?
The solution has improved our code quality and security very well.
 

Also Known As

Cequence ASP, Cequence Unified API Protection Platform
Synopsys Static Analysis
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

American Express, Lbrands, Ulta Beauty
SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space
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