Coverity vs GitHub Code Scanning comparison

Black Duck and GitHub are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. Black Duck is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while GitHub is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.3. Black Duck holds a 8.0% mindshare in SAST, compared to GitHub’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Black Duck users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of GitHub users who would recommend it.

Coverity

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88% willing to recommend

GitHub Code Scanning

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585 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Coverity and GitHub Code Scanning are competitors in the code quality analysis category. GitHub Code Scanning holds an upper hand due to its seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines, which users favor for complex project setups.

Features: Coverity offers comprehensive code analysis, static analysis capabilities, and detailed reporting features. GitHub Code Scanning provides strong CI/CD integration, seamless usability within GitHub, and ease of integration with existing projects.

Room for Improvement: Coverity could enhance integration with modern CI/CD platforms, streamline its complex deployment process, and update its integration capabilities. GitHub Code Scanning could improve the depth of analysis, offer more extensive customer support, and bolster its analytic strength further.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Coverity deployment is complex, but customer service is highly rated. GitHub Code Scanning provides a smoother deployment process within GitHub projects and a more user-friendly environment despite less extensive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Coverity pricing is high but justified by in-depth analysis and effective support, offering solid ROI. GitHub Code Scanning is more cost-effective with moderate long-term ROI due to seamless integration with GitHub workflows, attracting budget-conscious users despite Coverity's higher initial costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Coverity

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

GitHub Code Scanning

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

17th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Coverity is 8.0%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub Code Scanning is 1.0%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

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Md. Shahriar Hussain

Information Security Analyst at Banglalink

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.

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VishalSingh

Consulting & Solutions, BA/BD in Enterprise IT on Open Source, Red Hat & EDB at KEEN AND ABLE COMPUTERS PVT LTD

Traverses the entire network, scanning every system to determine which ports are open

You can use the tool locally on your system or in the cloud. I rate it a nine out of ten. It's a very good tool for people who want to start using GitHubCode Scanning, especially for software development or team collaboration. GitHubCode Scanning allows teams to collaborate by uploading files to repositories. For example, if someone is developing an application, they can host the code on GitHub Code Scanning. Other developers can then download the code for testing purposes. If bugs are found, fixes can be applied using the GitHub Code Scanningrepository, and everyone on the team can see the changes. Software developers often use GitHub Code Scanning for version control, and it's essential for CI/CD pipelines to work.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Coverity is scalable."

"The security analysis features are the most valuable features of this solution."

"It's very stable."

"It's pretty stable. I rate the stability of Coverity nine out of ten."

"The solution effectively identifies bugs in code."

"This solution is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature of Coverity is its software security feature called the Checker. If you share some vulnerability or weakness then the software can find any potential security bug or defect. The code integration tool enables some secure coding standards and implements some Checkers for Live Duo. So we can enable secure coding and Azure in this tool. So in our software, we can make sure our software combines some industry supervised data."

"The most valuable feature of Coverity is that it shows examples of what is actually wrong with the code."

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"GitHub Code Spaces brings significant value with its simplicity and ease of use."

"The solution helps identify vulnerabilities by understanding how ports communicate with applications running on a system. Ports are like house numbers; to visit someone's house, you must know their number. Similarly, ports are used to communicate with applications. For example, if you want to use an HTTP web server, you must use port 80. It is the port on which the web application or your server listens for incoming requests."

"We use GitHub Code Scanning mostly for source code management."

Cons

"Coverity concerns its dashboards and reporting."

"The solution is a bit complex to use in comparison to other products that have many plugins."

"Sometimes, vulnerabilities remain unidentified even after setting up the rules."

"The setup takes very long."

"The product should include more customization options. The analytics is not as deep as compared to SonarQube."

"Sometimes it's a bit hard to figure out how to use the product’s UI."

"It would be great if we could customize the rules to focus on critical issues."

"There should be additional IDE support."

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"GitHub Code Scanning should add more templates."

"One area for improvement could be the ability to have an AI system digest the reports generated from code scanning and provide a summary. Currently, the reports can be extensive, and users may overlook details, such as outdated libraries, which could be highlighted for attention."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate Coverity's price a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"Coverity is quite expensive."

"The licensing fees are based on the number of lines of code."

"The price is competitive with other solutions."

"Coverity is very expensive."

"It is expensive."

"The pricing is on the expensive side, and we are paying for a couple of items."

"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."

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"GitHub Code Scanning is a moderately priced solution."

"The minimum pricing for the tool is five dollars a month."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

33%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

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...

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What do you like most about Coverity?

The solution has improved our code quality and security very well.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coverity?

I do not know about the pricing.

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What do you like most about GitHub Code Scanning?

We use GitHub Code Scanning mostly for source code management.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub Code Scanning?

The minimum pricing for the tool is five dollars a month.

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What needs improvement with GitHub Code Scanning?

One area for improvement could be the ability to have an AI system digest the reports generated from code scanning and provide a summary. Currently, the reports can be extensive, and users may over...

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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 more than 20 languages and 200 frameworks and templates.

Black Duck

Code scanning is a feature that you use to analyze the code in a GitHub repository to find security vulnerabilities and coding errors. Any problems identified by the analysis are shown in GitHub.

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Sample Customers

SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space

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