Coverity Static vs Seeker Interactive comparison

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The compared Coverity Static and Seeker Interactive solutions aren't in the same category. Coverity Static is ranked #17 in SAST , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 2.6% mindshare in the category. Seeker Interactive is ranked #16 in IS , and holds a 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Coverity Static users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Seeker Interactive users who would recommend it.

Coverity Static

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89% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Coverity Static and Seeker Interactive based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Coverity Static

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (17th)

Seeker Interactive

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Internet Security (16th), Mobile Threat Defense (14th), API Security (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

Coverity Static and Seeker Interactive aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Coverity Static is designed for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and holds a mindshare of 2.6%, down 6.3% compared to last year.
Seeker Interactive, on the other hand, focuses on Internet Security, holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Coverity Static	2.6%
SonarQube	12.6%
Checkmarx One	8.1%
Other	76.7%

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Internet Security Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Seeker Interactive	0.9%
Zscaler Internet Access	27.9%
Cisco Umbrella	27.7%
Other	43.5%

Internet Security

Featured Reviews

Jaile Sebes

Senior Software Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Resolving critical software issues demands faster implementation and better integration

We use Coverity primarily to find issues such as software bugs and memory leaks, especially in C++ and C# projects. It helps us identify deadlocks, synchronization issues, and product crashes Coverity has been instrumental in resolving product crashes by detecting various issues like deadlocks.…

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San K

Senior Group Leader at Infosys

More effective than dynamic scanners, but is missing useful learning capabilities

One area that Seeker can improve is to make it more customizable. All security scanning tools have a defined set of rules that are based on certain criteria which they will use to detect issues. However, the criteria that you set initially is not something that all applications are going to need. The purposes for which applications are designed may differ in practice in the industry, and because of this, there will always be tools that sometimes report false positives. Thus, there should be some means with which I can customize the way that Seeker learns about our applications, possibly by using some kind of AI / ML capability within the tool that will automatically reduce the number of false positives that we get as we use the tool over time. Obviously, when we first start using the scanning tool there will be false positives, but as it keeps going and as I keep using the tool, there should be a period of time where either the application can learn how to ignore false positives, or I can customize it do so. Adding this type of functionality would definitely prevent future issues when it comes to reporting false positives, and this is a key area that we have already asked the vendor to improve on, in general. On a different note, there is one feature that isn't completely available right now where you can integrate Seeker with an open-source vulnerability scanner or composition analysis tool such as Black Duck. I would very much like this capability to be available to us out-of-the-box, so that we can easily integrate with tools like Black Duck in such a way that any open source components that are used in the front-end are easily identified. I think this would be a huge plus for Seeker. Another feature within Seeker which could benefit from improvement is active verification, which lets you actively verify a vulnerability. This feature currently doesn't work in certain applications, particularly in scenarios where you have requested tokens. When we bought the tool, we didn't realize this and we were not told about it by the vendor, so initially it was a big challenge for us to overcome it and properly begin our deployment.

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

"Coverity is easy to set up and has a less lengthy process to find vulnerabilities."

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

"It is a scalable solution."

"The product is easy to use."

"Ease of development teams to adopt."

"One of the most valuable features is Contributing Events. That particular feature helps the developer understand the root cause of a defect. So you can locate the starting point of the defect and figure out exactly how it is being exploited."

"If they have a cluster structure, then definitely they should use Coverity."

More Coverity Static pros

"A significant advantage of Seeker is that it is an interactive scanner, and we have found it to be much more effective in reducing the amount of false positives than dynamic scanners such as AppScan, Micro Focus Fortify, etc., and furthermore, with Seeker, we are finding more and more valid (i.e. "true") positives over time compared with the dynamic scanners."

Cons

"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."

"Their technical support isn't so good. That needs improvement. They don't address the problems I bring up. It's not a priority for them."

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

"The solution's user interface and quality gate could be improved."

"Reporting engine needs to be more robust. Custom reporting is a must have."

"The solution needs to improve its false positives."

"Some features are not performing well, like duplicate detection and switch case situations."

"We'd like it to be faster."

More Coverity Static cons

"One area that Seeker can improve is to make it more customizable. All security scanning tools have a defined set of rules that are based on certain criteria which they will use to detect issues. However, the criteria that you set initially is not something that all applications are going to need."

"All in all, the enterprise server installation is very easy and straightforward, but with the agent installation you might face problems up to 50% of the time for a variety of reasons, depending on what type of application is involved, the type of deployment used, and so on."

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 pricing is very reasonable compared to other platforms. It is based on a three year license."

"The tool was fairly priced."

"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is low, and ten is high price."

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

"Coverity is quite expensive."

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

"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."

More Coverity Static pricing and cost advice

"The licensing for Seeker is user-based and for 50 users I believe it costs about $70,000 per year."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

26%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

13%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	31

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coverity?

I do not know about the pricing.

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What needs improvement with Coverity?

The price is a concern, and there are a lot of false positives coming through. Support with Coverity is adequate, but they take a longer time to respond. The core support is not straightforward, an...

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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

Seeker®, interactive application security testing (IAST) solution, gives you unparalleled visibility into your modern web, cloud based and microservices based app security posture. It automatically verifies, prioritizes and reports on critical vulnerabilities in real time. It identifies vulnerability trends against compliance standards (e.g., OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, GDPR, CAPEC, and CWE/SANS Top 25). Seeker enables security teams to identify and track sensitive data to ensure that it is handled securely and not stored in log files or databases with weak or no encryption. Seeker’s seamless integration into CI/CD workflows enables fast interactive application security testing at DevOps speed.

Black Duck

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