Coverity Scan vs GitCop: What are the differences?

Developers describe Coverity Scan as "Find and fix defects in your Java, C/C++ or C# open source project for free". Coverity's implementation of static analysis can follow all the possible paths of execution through source code (including interprocedurally) and find defects and vulnerabilities caused by the conjunction of statements that are not errors independent of each other. On the other hand, GitCop is detailed as "Automated Commit Message Validation for GitHub Pull Requests". Free for open source projects;Any time a pull request is raised on your repository, each commit in the pull request is checked against the repository rules. If any commits do not follow the provided rules, a comment is left against the pull request.

Coverity Scan and GitCop can be categorized as "Code Review" tools.

Some of the features offered by Coverity Scan are:

• Test every line of code and potential execution path.
• The root cause of each defect is clearly explained, making it easy to fix bugs
• Integrates with GitHub and Travis CI

On the other hand, GitCop provides the following key features:

• Instant Pull Request Feedback
• Easy to Get Going
• Many Customization Options