Rocq vs UPPAAL

Rocq9.3Visit UPPAAL8.6Visit

Higher score Rocq #3 in Formal Verification Tools 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Rocq

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UPPAAL #9 in Formal Verification Tools 8.6/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit UPPAAL

• Rocq fits best

  Certified theorem proving with strong tooling

• UPPAAL fits best

  Timed and real-time system verification

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Side by side

Feature	Rocq 9.3/10 Visit ↗	UPPAAL 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.6
Ranking	#3 in Formal Verification Tools	#9 in Formal Verification Tools
Best for	Certified theorem proving with strong tooling	Timed and real-time system verification
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted, Desktop	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Rocq 1/2 · UPPAAL 1/2
Counterexamples	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Proof artifacts	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Verification method	Deductive	Model-checking
Supported formalisms	Theorem-proving	Invariants
Input languages	Gallina and Rocq vernacular	UPPAAL timed-automata modeling language
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Our review
Pros	Kernel machine-checks proof terms through a small certification kernel Extracts certified programs to OCaml, Haskell, and Scheme Supports RocqIDE, major editors, Docker, and opam	Timed-automata modeling with clocks, channels, and shared variables Symbolic, statistical, and safety and liveness model checking Diagnostic traces, controller synthesis, and command-line verification
Cons	Focused on theorem proving rather than broader verification formalisms Self-hosted deployment requires managing the local environment No commercial pricing tiers or vendor-hosted plan options	Commercial licensing requires contacting the licensing site Self-hosted desktop deployment requires local installation Focused on timed-automata models rather than broad formal methods
Our verdict	Rocq is an open-source interactive theorem prover and dependently typed programming language for mathematical formalisation, education, research, and verified software development. It lets users define programs, predicates, mathematical… Read the review →	UPPAAL is a desktop tool for modeling, simulating, and verifying real-time systems represented as networks of timed automata. It is designed for researchers, students, and engineering teams working on timing-critical systems. Its modeling… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Rocq — where it wins

  • Kernel machine-checks proof terms through a small certification kernel
  • Extracts certified programs to OCaml, Haskell, and Scheme
  • Supports RocqIDE, major editors, Docker, and opam

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on theorem proving rather than broader verification formalisms
  • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the local environment
  • No commercial pricing tiers or vendor-hosted plan options

• UPPAAL — where it wins

  • Timed-automata modeling with clocks, channels, and shared variables
  • Symbolic, statistical, and safety and liveness model checking
  • Diagnostic traces, controller synthesis, and command-line verification

  Where it doesn't

  • Commercial licensing requires contacting the licensing site
  • Self-hosted desktop deployment requires local installation
  • Focused on timed-automata models rather than broad formal methods

• Rocq9.3/10 · Free plan

  A free, kernel-checked theorem prover with dependent types, automation, and certified extraction.

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• UPPAAL8.6/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A focused formal verification tool for timed and real-time system analysis.

  Visit UPPAALFull verdict →