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VISUAL ASSIST vs. CodeSonar

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricVISUAL ASSIST

by Idera, Inc.

CodeSonar

by CodeSecure

Overall rating4.44.3
Review count2913
Ease of use9.18.6
Ease of setup8.67.5
Quality of support8.98.9
Meets requirements9.38.6
NPS58.6206953.846154
Small Business65.5%30.8%
Mid-Market24.1%38.5%
Enterprise10.3%30.8%
Total page views223122
Total LLM citations673305

VISUAL ASSIST

Visual Assist (VA) is a productivity plugin for Microsoft's Visual Studio developed by Whole Tomato Software. VA has been enhancing the overall IDE experience for thousands of C/C++ and C# developers for over fifteen years. Things You Can Do with Visual Assist • Navigate your code effortlessly • Inspect code and syntax automatically • Restructure code without affecting external behavior • Modernize legacy code • Improve readability • Access to a variety of accessibility features • Tailored support for Unreal Engine The plugin lets programmers code

Pros

    CodeSonar

    As a leading provider of static application security testing (SAST) solutions, CodeSecure helps software developers solve challenging issues throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC) to protect mission-critical software and devices from failure and cyberattack. By enabling developers to shift security testing left, CodeSecure CodeSonar seamlessly integrates into CI/CD and DevSecOps tools to assist developers in designing, developing, and deploying trusted software applications – meeting standards, minimizing risk and accelerating projects to gain a competitive advantage.

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