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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Coverity and GitLab compete in code analysis and development. GitLab has an edge due to robust features and support, though Coverity's specific strengths attract some users.

Features: Coverity offers in-depth static analysis capabilities, accurate bug detection, and integration with development workflows. GitLab provides extensive CI/CD capabilities, version control, and a collaborative development environment that enhances productivity.

Room for Improvement: Coverity might improve its setup process and scanning speeds, while GitLab could enhance performance metrics and reduce resource consumption. Coverity could also work on its user experience, whereas GitLab needs performance optimization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Coverity's deployment is technically demanding, but the support team receives positive feedback. GitLab, with straightforward deployment and accessible support, eases the installation process and maintains reliable service.

Pricing and ROI: Coverity's higher pricing makes cost justification important, while GitLab's competitive pricing aligns with its feature set, driving positive ROI perceptions.

To learn more, read our detailed Coverity vs. GitLab Report (Updated: March 2025).

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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

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

GitLab

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (9th), Build Automation (1st), Release Automation (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (12th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (2nd), Fuzz Testing Tools (2nd), DevSecOps (3rd)

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 GitLab is 2.7%, up from 2.2% 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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Gaurav Chandel

AWS DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer at Tata Consultancy

Boosted productivity with automated pipelines and seamless collaboration

There are some challenges with repository file management as GitLab may struggle to manage larger files. Improvements could be made regarding size management and file partitioning. Also, the UI has remained the same for a couple of years and could benefit from an update with AI features and better customization.

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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

"The product has deeper scanning capabilities."

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

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

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

"The features I find most valuable is that our entire company can publish the analysis results into our central space."

"The tool as it is can be used for code quality improvement."

"The product is easy to use."

"The app analysis is the most valuable feature as I know other solutions don't have that."

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"As a developer, this solution is useful as a repository holder because most of the POC projects that we have are on GitLab."

"I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently."

"It's a great toolbox where the CI/CD pipeline is the fundamental component, but there are so many other features that you can pull from, which makes it a very powerful tool. My current client is using AWS, and they can, of course, use AWS CodePipeline, but GitLab is much more mature than that, and it also gives you the freedom to decide to go to another platform or have a multi-cloud strategy and things like that. That freedom for me is also very valuable."

"It is a speedy platform compared to the others I have used. I have also enjoyed using the platform as this solution offers a good user experience."

"CI/CD and GitLab scanning are the most valuable features."

"It speeds up our development, it's faster, safer, and more convenient."

"It streamlines our DevOps processes with automated CI/CD pipelines."

"For us, Gitlab's most valuable feature is the integration with Cypress. We're using Cypress as an automation tool, so we're using GitLab as a tool for running in parallel."

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Cons

"The quality of the code needs improvement."

"The solution could use more rules."

"When I put my code into Coverity for scanning, the code information of the product is in the system. The solution could be improved by providing a SBOM, a software bill of material."

"Coverity's implementation cycle is very slow when integrating changes, especially for problems related to event handling and memory leaks."

"I had tried integrating the tool with Azure DevOps, but the report I got stated that my team faced many challenges."

"The solution needs to improve its false positives."

"They could improve the usability. For example, how you set things up, even though it's straightforward, it could be still be easier."

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

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"The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics."

"We have only seen a couple of issues on Gitlab, which we use for building some of the applications."

"GitLab should work on improving their user interface for GitOps as it is lagging behind."

"We'd like to see better integration with the Atlassian ecosystem."

"As GitLab is not perfect, what needs improvement in the solution is the Wiki feature of the groups or the repertories because currently, it's not searchable by default. You'll need an indexing service such as Elasticsearch to make it searchable, and that requires too much work, so for me, it's the main feature that should be improved in GitLab. In the next version of the solution, from the top of my head, the documentation could be improved. Besides the Wiki, it would be good if there's documentation that would be automatically generated based on the code repository. In other words, there should be some tutorials from GitLab for developers in the next release."

"The price of GitLab could improve, it is high."

"It is a little complex to set up the pipelines within the solution."

"Some of the scripts that we encountered in GitLab were not fully functional and threw up errors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"Offers varying prices for different companies"

"The tool was fairly priced."

"It is expensive."

"The solution is affordable."

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

"Coverity is quite expensive."

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"GitLab's pricing is good compared to others on the market."

"GitLab is an open-source solution."

"The solution is free."

"The price is okay."

"We are using its free version, and we are evaluating its Premium version. Its Ultimate version is very expensive."

"My company uses the free version of GitLab, which is GitLab Community Edition. There is a licensed version also available for GitLab."

"In total, I believe we have more than 300 licenses spread over about 100 users, though I can't comment on the costs involved."

"Its price is fine. It is on the cheaper side and not expensive. You have to pay additionally for GitLab CI/CD minutes. Initially, we used the free version. When we ran out of GitLab minutes, we migrated to the paid version."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

33%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Educational Organization

26%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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...

What do you like most about Coverity?

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

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coverity?

I do not know about the pricing.

What do you like most about GitLab?

I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab?

The pricing of GitLab is reasonable, aligning with what I consider to be average compared to competitors.

What needs improvement with GitLab?

Certain features in Jira are not available in GitLab, such as the functionality to have weights at the milestone and epic levels. Hopefully, these features will be resolved with work items in GitLa...

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Also Known As

Synopsys Static Analysis

Fuzzit

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

GitLab is a complete DevOps platform that enables teams to collaborate and deliver software faster.

It provides a single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle, from planning and development to testing, deployment, and monitoring.

With GitLab, teams can streamline their workflows, automate processes, and improve productivity.

Sample Customers

SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space

1. NASA 2. IBM 3. Sony 4. Alibaba 5. CERN 6. Siemens 7. Volkswagen 8. ING 9. Ticketmaster 10. SpaceX 11. Adobe 12. Intuit 13. Autodesk 14. Rakuten 15. Unity Technologies 16. Pandora 17. Electronic Arts 18. Nordstrom 19. Verizon 20. Comcast 21. Philips 22. Deutsche Telekom 23. Orange 24. Fujitsu 25. Ericsson 26. Nokia 27. General Electric 28. Cisco 29. Accenture 30. Deloitte 31. PwC 32. KPMG

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