Static application security testing · RankedBlack Duck Coverity
Black Duck Coverity is a static application security testing (SAST) product from Black Duck · blackduck.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Mostly C/C++ or complex systems code: include Coverity.”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid for mid-market: ... high-end ones like Coverity (better for C/C++ in large enterprises)”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Mindshare has been declining (from 6.3% to 2.6% year-over-year); limited appeal outside safety-critical domains.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · warning
“Premium tools (older versions of Fortify, Checkmarx, Coverity) aren't inherently bad but cause failure when”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Black Duck Coverity, over the 32 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | View → | |
| 30 | 13 | View → | |
| 28 | 4 | View → | |
| 26 | 10 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Black Duck Coverity's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers and security teams
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 30 of the 32 answers that named Black Duck Coverity and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
120 of the 120 domain citations in answers naming Black Duck Coverity came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 843 | 11 | 2026-09-23 | SCA, SAST | |
| Report or ebook | 204 | 2 | 2026-08-07 | SCA, SAST | |
| Glossary or explainer | 69 | 0 | 2026-05-08 | IaC, SAST | |
| Case study | 32 | 2 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Comparison | 12 | 0 | 2026-03-03 | SCA, SAST | |
| Podcast or video | 6 | 0 | 2024-02-21 | ||
| Template or tool | 4 | 0 | 2020-04-21 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | 2 | 2026-09-22 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25Securing ai generated code static analysis case study
- 2026-09-23Top 10 free hacking tools for penetration testers blog
- 2026-09-23Polaris september 2026 update blog
- 2026-09-22Are you ready cra reporting webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-22Thankyou webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-21Hidden costs ai security programs blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page blackduck.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name SCA (18); 14 name the category the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.