Coverity vs Tenable.io Web Application Scanning comparison

The compared Black Duck and Tenable solutions aren't in the same category. Black Duck is ranked #4 in SAST , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 7.9% mindshare in the category. Tenable is ranked #20 in AS , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Black Duck users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Coverity and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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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

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th)

Tenable.io Web Application ...

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

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Application Security Tools (20th)

Mindshare comparison

Coverity and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Coverity is designed for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and holds a mindshare of 7.9%, up 7.0% compared to last year.
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 1.2% mindshare, down 1.6% since last year.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Application Security Tools

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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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Harshal Deshmukh

CEO and Managing Director at Digidata Infsystems Private Limited

Simple tool to use, good dashboard capabilities and offers asset criticality ratings

It has good dashboard capabilities and gives good results with priority ratings, asset criticality ratings, and exposure scores for vulnerabilities. It also provides automated web application scanning, which customers appreciate because it doesn't disturb the web application or hamper the business. While testing the web application, sometimes it happens that the website or application goes down. But with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it doesn't affect the business. It has good unified web application scanning and exposure management.

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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

"Provides software security, and helps to find potential security bugs or defects."

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

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

"The product has deeper scanning capabilities."

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

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

"Coverity is scalable."

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

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"The solution is stable."

"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."

"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."

"It is fully automated."

"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."

"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."

"Now that the license is centralized, it's a significant feature to manipulate assets based on their functions."

"I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to others."

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Cons

"The product lacks sufficient customization options."

"The level of vulnerability that this solution covers could be improved compared to other open source tools."

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

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

"The setup takes very long."

"The solution needs to improve its false positives."

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

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

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"The technical support needs improvement. Currently, it takes time, which might be due to the free version, but providing some level of support could encourage future purchase decisions."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."

"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning could improve by offering faster fuzzing."

"The solution's dashboards could be improved and made more user-friendly."

"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."

"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."

"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"Coverity is very expensive."

"The solution is affordable."

"The tool was fairly priced."

"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."

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

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

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"I rate the product's pricing a four out of ten."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the competitors. The license cost is based on the number of users and the annual usage."

"The application is extremely affordable. There are no additional costs involved with licensing. We switched to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning from other solutions due to pricing."

"It follows the same licensing scheme as Tenable.io and Tenable. sc."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive for small businesses."

"For Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it comes to around 6,50,000 Indian rupees, plus taxes."

"The pricing is okay."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

33%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

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...

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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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

The market is standard for vulnerability scanning, however, the posture can be improved through Tenable's prioritization engine. This is one key area for improvement.

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What advice do you have for others considering Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to others. I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.

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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

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning safely, accurately and automatically scans your web applications, providing deep visibility into vulnerabilities and valuable context to prioritize remediation.

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Sample Customers

SAP, Mega International, Thales Alenia Space

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