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SonarQube

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

33 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

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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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

Respectful
Altruistic
Transparent
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 82

SDLC Integration

Vulnerability Scanning

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Risk Scoring

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

False Positive Remediation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

SonarQube Reviews

Lindator K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Sufficient Application Safety Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SonarQube from other similar products?

SonarQube ensures anything that is malicious or suspicious is thoroughly scanned and reports or notifications given to the IT department. SonarQube has automated features and work flow, where actions or activities runs systematically without anyone's supervision.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The inappropriate and false remediation that some people issues are identified by SonarQube. After a comprehensive security analysis, there is the risk score that SonarQube issues to the company.

What do you dislike most about this product?

SonarQube vendor ignored the feature for system or software hardening, which is vital in trying to identify the efficiency of the program. The challenge of instability in a software leads to operations failure.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

That the safety of every software should be measured, and SonarQube is a program with incomparable powers. After the vulnerability scan, reports in terms of risk score is shared.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Caring
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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SonarQube Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

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

SDLC Integration Integration with source code repository, pipeline, etc.

Vulnerability Scanning Identify security vulnerabilities in applications and middleware.

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

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

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

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

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

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) Analyzes applications while in runtime to identify potential security vulnerabilities, using automated or human interactions.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SonarQube Reviews

Lindator K.

Sufficient Application Safety Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

SDLC Integration

Vulnerability Scanning

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Risk Scoring

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Mobile Application Security Testing

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)

Container Security Testing

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

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Ease of Implementation

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