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SonarQube

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

20 Reviews Write a Review

What is SonarQube?

SonarQube is the leading tool for continuously inspecting the Code Quality & Security of your codebases and guiding development teams during Code Reviews. Covering 27 programming languages, while pairing-up with your existing software pipeline, SonarQube provides clear remediation guidance for developers to understand and fix issues and ultimately deliver better and safer software. With over 170k deployments helping small development teams as well as global organizations, SonarQube provides the means for all teams and companies around the world to own and impact their Code Quality.

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SonarQube Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SonarQube?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Altruistic
Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Automated Workflow

Vulnerability Scanning

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

False Positive Remediation

Risk Scoring

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

SonarQube Reviews

Amit C.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

SonarQube is amazing and Swift!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SonarQube from other similar products?

We can integrate SonarQube seamlessly with build tools, such as Gradle and ant

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SonarQube reports duplicate code, code coverage, unit testing, code complexity historical.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It lacks advanced code security features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's a open source and supports various languages such as C# and Java.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rajat S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Open-source with a free community edition

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates SonarQube from other similar products?

SonarQube promotes a philosophy of "Clean Code," guiding development towards well-structured, maintainable, and secure code. SonarQube goes beyond basic code analysis, offering robust security vulnerability detection capabilities.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Catching issues early in development saves time and resources compared to fixing them later in the cycle. By identifying code smells and complexities, SonarQube encourages developers to write code that's easier to understand and modify in the future.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up and configuring SonarQube can be challenging for those unfamiliar with static code analysis tools. SonarQube can generate a large number of warnings, requiring developers to filter and prioritize effectively.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider the size and complexity of your codebase, as well as your team's experience with static analysis tools. Begin with a pilot project using the free community edition to get comfortable with SonarQube's functionalities.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

DANIEL A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SonarQube from other similar products?

Quality customer service Open source and community

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Early detection of issues

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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SonarQube Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SonarQube?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Automated Workflow Workflow based on events.

Vulnerability Scanning Identify security vulnerabilities in applications and middleware.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Analyzes application source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Mobile Application Security Testing Analyzes mobile apps and/or APIs to identify security vulnerabilities.

Policy Engine and Enforcements Includes standard and/or customizable security policies, and the ability to enforce policies.

Container Security Testing Analyzes application containers to identify security vulnerabilities.

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Analyzes libraries and other components of an application to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Analyzes applications while in runtime to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

False Positive Remediation Resolves false positives using either human curators and/or machine-enabled algorithms.

Risk Scoring Provides an overall risk score that consolidates and normalizes assessment results and allows for comparisons against other third parties.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in Provides plug-ins or other means to integrate directly into popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

SonarQube Reviews

Amit C.

SonarQube is amazing and Swift!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rajat S.

Open-source with a free community edition

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

DANIEL A.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Title

Feature Ratings

Automated Workflow

Vulnerability Scanning

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

False Positive Remediation

Risk Scoring

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement