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 #13 with an average rating of 8.4. Black Duck holds a 8.0% mindshare in SAST, compared to Perforce’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Black Duck users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

Coverity

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88% willing to recommend

Klocwork

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92% 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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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

Klocwork

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (16th), Static Code Analysis (5th)

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 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

"Coverity is quite stable and we haven’t had any issues or any downtime."

"The solution effectively identifies bugs in code."

"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."

"This solution is easy to use."

"We were very comfortable with the initial setup."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with Jenkins."

"The product is easy to use."

"Coverity gives advisory and deviation features, which are some of the parts I liked."

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"The ability to create custom checkers is a plus."

"Technical support is quite good."

"We like using the static analysis and code refactoring, which are very valuable because of our requirements to meet safety critical levels and reliability."

"It's integrated into our CI, continuous integration."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of Klocwork is its reduced setup time."

"The customer support team is very responsive, proactive, and engages in conversations to ensure our needs are met."

"The best advantage of Klocwork is the reduced setup time."

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Cons

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

"Right now, the Coverity executable is around 1.2GB to download. If they can reduce it to approximately 600 or 700MB, that would be great. If they decrease the executable, it will be much easier to work in an environment like Docker."

"Coverity is far from perfection, and I'm not 100 percent sure it's helping me find what I need to find in my role. We need exactly what we are looking for, i.e. security errors and vulnerabilities. It doesn't seem to be reporting while we are changing our code."

"We'd like it to be faster."

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

"Zero-day vulnerability identification can be an add-on feature that Coverity can provide."

"The setup takes very long."

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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."

"Klocwork sometimes provides too many additional warnings which require expertise to manage."

"Klocwork does have a problem with true positives. It only found 30% of true positives in the Juliet test case."

"I would like to see better codes between projects and a more user-friendly desktop in the next release."

"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."

"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."

"Under NIST cybersecurity standards, we must address vulnerabilities within a specified time after discovering them. When we try to propagate those updates and fixes through the system, it would be nice if the clients could reconnect to the existing server or have the server dynamically updated in some way. I know that isn't easy, but maybe processes could be enhanced to make that more streamlined from a DevOps perspective."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is competitive with other solutions."

"The tool was fairly priced."

"Coverity is very expensive."

"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."

"Coverity is quite expensive."

"Coverity’s price is on the higher side. It should be lower."

"The solution is affordable."

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

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"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."

"This solution offers competitive pricing."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

33%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Educational Organization

38%

Manufacturing Company

20%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

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Midsize Enterprise

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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?

Klocwork is not expensive, but neither is it very cheap. It is less expensive than Coverity.

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What needs improvement with Klocwork?

Every product has room for improvement. Klocwork sometimes provides too many additional warnings which require expertise to manage. Follow-ups are often needed. The support for plugins also needs t...

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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.

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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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