Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Sonarqube
SonarQube clearly comes out ahead of Checkmarx on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. SonarQube has a free tier; Checkmarx does not.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Checkmarx | Sonar |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | security-tools | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Sonarqube
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| Feature | checkmarx | sonarqube |
|---|---|---|
| Api Security | ||
| 24/7 White Glove Support Available | ||
| Application Security Posture Management (Aspm) | ||
| 34 Languages & Frameworks | ||
| Codebashing Secure Code Training | ||
| 40 Total Languages & Frameworks | ||
| Container Security | ||
| 50+ Community Plugins | ||
| Dynamic Application Security Testing (Dast) | ||
| Advanced Bug Detection | ||
| Infrastructure As Code (Iac) Scanning | ||
| Ai Code Assurance | ||
| Software Composition Analysis (Sca) | ||
| Ai Codefix | ||
| Static Application Security Testing (Sast) | ||
| Autoscaling In Kubernetes Clusters | ||
| Basic Secrets Detection | ||
| Branch Analysis | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Azure Devops) | ||
| Commercial Support Available | ||
| Component Redundancy | ||
| Data Resiliency | ||
| Detect Bugs & Basic Vulnerabilities | ||
| Everything In Community Build | ||
| Everything In Developer Edition | ||
| Everything In Enterprise Edition | ||
| Executive Reporting | ||
| High Availability | ||
| Horizontal Scalability | ||
| Misra C++:2023 Compliance |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, SonarQube comes out ahead overall, though Checkmarx can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
SonarQube offers a free tier; Checkmarx does not currently list one.
SonarQube is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
