Coverity vs Klocwork comparison

Black Duck and Perforce are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. Black Duck is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while Perforce is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.3. Black Duck holds a 7.8% mindshare in SAST, compared to Perforce’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Black Duck users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

Coverity

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88% willing to recommend

Klocwork

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Klocwork and Coverity are competing tools in static code analysis, each with distinct advantages. While Klocwork is favored for pricing and support, Coverity stands out due to its advanced features which justify its higher cost.

Features: Klocwork has robust integration capabilities, efficient analysis tools for security vulnerabilities, and powerful code defect identification. Coverity is recognized for comprehensive defect detection, wide language support, and an advanced static order analysis aiding software development.

Room for Improvement: Klocwork could benefit from enhanced deployment flexibility, more streamlined updates, and improved user interface design. Coverity could improve by reducing its setup time, providing more clear documentation, and decreasing complexity in integration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Coverity offers flexible deployment choices with both on-premises and cloud solutions, alongside responsive customer support. Klocwork provides a straightforward installation process and prompt customer service but lacks deployment flexibility.

Pricing and ROI: Klocwork presents a cost-effective setup with strong ROI, suitable for budget-focused teams. Coverity, though initially more expensive, offers substantial ROI due to reduced development time and enhanced code quality, appealing to teams focused on long-term functionality.

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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

Klocwork

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (23rd), Static Code Analysis (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Coverity is 7.8%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Klocwork is 1.8%, down from 1.9% 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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AnirbanSarkar

Head - Solution Management Group at Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.

Lets you find defects during the development phase, so you don't have to wait till the development is over to find and address flaws

What needs improvement in Klocwork, compared to other products in the market, is the dashboard or reporting mechanisms that need to be a bit more flexible. The Klocwork dashboard could be improved. Though it's good, it's not as good as some of the other products in the market, which is a problem. The reporting could be more detailed and easier to sort out because sorting in Klocwork could be a bit more time-consuming, mainly when sorting defects based on filters, compared to how it's done on other tools such as Coverity. What I'd like added in the next release of Klocwork is the peer code review Cahoots which used to be a part of Klocwork, and the architecture analysis and both have been taken out of Klocwork. I found the two critical for specific deployments, so if those can be brought back to Klocwork, that would be very good.

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

"The interface of Coverity is quite good, and it is also easy to use."

"Considering the analysis part and the benchmarking process involving the product that my company carried out, the solution is good for finding bugs and violations"

"It has the lowest false positives."

"The most valuable feature is that there were not a whole lot of false positives, at least on the codebases that I looked at."

"The product has been beneficial in logging functionality, allowing me to categorize vulnerabilities based on severity. This aids in providing updated reports on subsequent scans."

"The most valuable feature of Coverity is the wrapper. We use the wrapper to build the C++ component, then we use the other code analysis to analyze the code to the build object, and then send back the result to the SonarQube server. Additionally, it is a powerful capabilities solution."

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

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"One can increase the number of vendors, so the solution is scalable."

"There's a feature in Klocwork called 'on-the-fly analysis', which helps developers to find and fix the defects at the time of development itself."

"I like not having to dig through false positives. Chasing down a false positive can take anywhere from five minutes for a small easy one, then something that is complicated and goes through a whole bunch of different class cases, and it can take up to 45 minutes to an hour to find out if it is a false positive or not."

"Klocwork's most valuable feature is the static code analysis feature. It detects the potential problem earlier to allow the developer to receive feedback quickly and then address it before it becomes a problem."

"The reporting helps us understand the trend of our results and whether we improve over time. We can see the history within Klocwork's server architecture and know that we're making things better. It creates a great story for our management. We can demonstrate value and how our software is developing over time."

"There is a central Klocwork server at our headquarter in France so we connect the client directly to the server on-premises remotely."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is finding defects while you're doing the coding. For example, if you have an IDE plug-in of Klocwork on Visual Studio or Eclipse, you can find the faults; similar to using spell check on Word, you can find out defects during the development phase, which means that you don't have to wait till the development is over to find the flaws and address the deficiencies. I also find language support in Klocwork good because it used to support only C, C++, C#, and Java, but now, it also supports Java scripts and Python."

"Technical support is quite good."

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Cons

"The solution could use more rules."

"The quality of the code needs improvement."

"The reporting tool integration process is sometimes slow."

"I would like to see integration with popular IDEs, such as Eclipse."

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

"The setup takes very long."

"We actually specified several checkers, but we found some checkers had a higher false positive rate. I think this is a problem. Because we have to waste some time is really the issue because the issue is not an issue. I mean, the tool pauses or an issue, but the same issue is the filter now.Some check checkers cannot find some issues, but sometimes they find issues that are not relevant, right, that are not really issues. Some customisation mechanism can be added in the next release so that we can define our Checker. The Modelling feature provided by Coverity helps in finding more information for potential issues but it is not mature enough, it should be mature. The fast testing feature for security testing campaign can be added as well. So if you correctly integrate it with the training team, maybe you can help us to find more potential issues."

"The product could be enhanced by providing video troubleshooting guides, making issue resolution more accessible. Troubleshooting without visual guides can be time-consuming."

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"Modern languages, such as Angular and .NET, should be included as a part of Klocwork. They have recently added Kotlin as a part of their project, but we would like to see more languages in Klocwork. That's the reason we are using Coverity as a backup for some of the other languages."

"The way to define the rules is too complex. The definition/rules for static analysis could be automated according to various SILs, so as to avoid confusion."

"Now the only issue we have is that whenever we need to get the code we have to build it first. Then we can get the report."

"The main problem is that since it only parses the code, the warnings or the problems that are given as a result of the report can sometimes require a lot of effort to analyze."

"This solution could be improved if they offered support of more languages including Ada and Golang. They currently only support seven languages."

"We'd like to see integration with Agile DevOps and Agile methodologies."

"Every update that we receive requires of us a lengthy and involved process."

"I hope that in each new release they add new features relating to the addition of checkers, improving their analysis engines etc."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Depending on the usage types, one has to opt for different types of licenses from Coverity, especially to be able to use areas like report viewing or report generation."

"The solution's pricing is comparable to other products."

"The tool was fairly priced."

"It is expensive."

"The price is competitive with other solutions."

"Coverity is quite expensive."

"I would rate the tool's pricing a one out of ten."

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

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"This solution offers competitive pricing."

"Klocwork should not to be quite so heavy handed on the licensing for very specific programs."

"Klocwork is still tight on their licensing. If Klocwork would loosen up on the licensing, and where the license could be used, and how many different programs could be run on it, then we have several development programs that I would love to be able to use it for going forward."

"The pricing for Klocwork is very competitive if you compare it from apple to apple. It has competitive pricing regarding the licensing model and the per-license cost. Klocwork isn't a high-end investment for anyone deploying it; even SMBs can afford it. The Klocwork cost per user would depend on the license type, so I'm unable to mention a ballpark figure because it would depend on the type of installation and how the deployment will be, and the nodes to give an accurate calculation or figure. The total price depends on the package, so my company could never publish pricing for Klocwork on the website. My team first collects information from potential clients on the deployment scenario, project environment, etc., before suggesting a package for Klocwork. My rating for Klocwork in terms of pricing is a five because of its flexible license models. There's a license model for every type of organization, whether small, midsize, or enterprise, so it's a five out of five for me."

"When it comes to licensing, the solution has two packages, one for a fixed and the other for a floating server, with the former being more cost effective than the latter."

"The limitation that we have is that Klocwork is licensed to certain programs, and if you want to license them to other programs, you have to pay more money."

"There are other solutions on the market such as Microsoft Visual Studio. They have been adding more static code analysis features that come for free. It is getting better all the time. That is one of the possibilities is that we've been considering that we may stop using the Klocwork because it doesn't give us any added value."

"Licensing fees are paid annually, but they also have a perpetual license."

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Manufacturing Company

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Educational Organization

42%

Manufacturing Company

19%

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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 Klocwork?

It's integrated into our CI, continuous integration.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Klocwork?

Our purchasing department is responsible for tracking costs. It's one of the most widely used tools in our organization. It likely does not have a high price point. I don't have insights into licen...

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What needs improvement with Klocwork?

The main problem is that since it only parses the code, the warnings or the problems that are given as a result of the report can sometimes require a lot of effort to analyze. It will show all poss...

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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

Klocwork detects security, safety, and reliability issues in real-time by using this static code analysis toolkit that works alongside developers, finding issues as early as possible, and integrates with teams, supporting continuous integration and actionable reporting.

Perforce

Sample Customers

SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space

ACCESS Co Ltd, Risk-AI, Winbond Electronics, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, University of Southern California, Alebra Technologies, SIMULIA, Risk Management Solutions, Brigham Young University, SRD, HRL

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