Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Sonarqube
SonarQube clearly comes out ahead of Codacy on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Codacy's paid plans start at $18/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Codacy | Sonar |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | ai-coding | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | codacy | sonarqube |
|---|---|---|
| Ai Guardrails Across Teams And Projects | ||
| 24/7 White Glove Support Available | ||
| Ai Inventory | ||
| 34 Languages & Frameworks | ||
| Ai-Powered Pull Request Feedback | ||
| 40 Total Languages & Frameworks | ||
| Appsec From Code To Runtime | ||
| 50+ Community Plugins | ||
| Daily Sca And Malicious Package Re-Scans | ||
| Advanced Bug Detection | ||
| Dast | ||
| Ai Code Assurance | ||
| Enterprise-Ready Deployment | ||
| Ai Codefix | ||
| Everything In Developer | ||
| Autoscaling In Kubernetes Clusters | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Basic Secrets Detection | ||
| Guardrails For Ai-Generated Code | ||
| Branch Analysis | ||
| License Scanning | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Azure Devops) | ||
| One-Click Integration With Vscode, Cursor And Windsurf | ||
| Commercial Support Available | ||
| Sast, Secret And Dependency Scans | ||
| Component Redundancy | ||
| Scan Unlimited Lines Of Code In Up To 100 Private Repos | ||
| Data Resiliency | ||
| Security And Quality Scans Embedded In Your Ide | ||
| Detect Bugs & Basic Vulnerabilities |
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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 Codacy can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Codacy and SonarQube offer a free tier.
SonarQube scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
SonarQube is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
