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Contrast Security Protect vs Coverity comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Contrast Security Protect
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (32nd)
Coverity
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Contrast Security Protect and Coverity aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Contrast Security Protect is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
Coverity, on the other hand, focuses on Static Application Security Testing (SAST), holds 8.4% mindshare, up 7.2% since last year.
Application Security Tools
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

ToddMcAlister - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 1, 2022
It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks.
Our use case is normal support on top of the WAF for protecting our environment. We have it on the development side and the production side. We're not using it much anymore because we had some performance issues Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks.  Protect's…
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
May 3, 2024
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

"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."
"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."
"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."
"The solution has improved our code quality and security very well."
"This solution is easy to use."
"Coverity is scalable."
"Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime."
"Coverity is easy to set up and has a less lengthy process to find vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Jenkins."
"What I find most effective about Coverity is its low rate of false positives. I've seen other platforms with many false positives, but with Coverity, most vulnerabilities it identifies are genuine. This allows me to focus on real issues."
"The app analysis is the most valuable feature as I know other solutions don't have that."
 

Cons

"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."
"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."
"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."
"The product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube."
"Some features are not performing well, like duplicate detection and switch case situations."
"The solution needs to improve its false positives."
"It should be easier to specify your own validation routines and sanitation routines."
"They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier."
"The tool needs to improve its reporting."
"The setup takes very long."
"The solution is a bit complex to use in comparison to other products that have many plugins."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool's price is somewhere in the middle. It's neither cheap nor expensive. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"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."
"The price is competitive with other solutions."
"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is low, and ten is high price."
"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."
"It is expensive."
"The tool was fairly priced."
"Coverity is very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
32%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Contrast Security Protect?
The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.
What needs improvement with Contrast Security Protect?
Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.
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

Contrast Protect
Synopsys Static Analysis
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space
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