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NowSecure vs SonarQube comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

NowSecure
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
35th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mobile App Testing Tools (20th)
SonarQube
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (1st), Software Development Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of NowSecure is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube is 18.8%, down from 26.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SonarQube18.8%
NowSecure0.5%
Other80.7%
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

AN
Quality Assurance and Analyst Intern at a university with 201-500 employees
Scalable and reliable, but dynamic analysis needs improvement
I would advise others when testing using NowSecure to do secondary tests with other tools. For example, set it up in the local environment and recheck what the results of the reports are. Since the dynamic results are less accurate, I would suggest using static analysis. I rate NowSecure a seven out of ten.
KH
Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical
Gains control over rule customization and achieves reliable vulnerability assessment
The deployment process took me about 2 or 3 hours to deploy SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube), although I do not remember exactly since it was done about 2 years back. Currently, about 10 of my developers are using SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) in my company. I do not have plans to increase the usage of SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) in the future as there will not be any requirement to increase. I am a senior software engineer and supervisor at Mozark Medical. My corporate email address is karthik.k.a.r.t.h.i.k.h.a.r.p.a.n.h.a.l.l.i@mozarkmedical.com. Overall, I would rate SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) as a 9 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ability to download an application without actually putting in the APK. It gives us an option to put the APK in if we want to but we can download it from the App Store and Play Store."
"The solution can be installed locally."
"The solution's user interface is very user-friendly."
"The product has a friendly UI that is easy to use and understand."
"The fact that the solution does security scanning is valuable."
"I find SonarQube Cloud to be very user-friendly with an easy-to-use interface."
"We can create a Quality Gate in order to fail Jenkins jobs where the code coverage is lower than the set percentage."
"The overall quality of the indicator is good."
"I find SonarQube Cloud to be very user-friendly with an easy-to-use interface."
 

Cons

"In this solution, there are two kinds of testing, static analysis, and dynamic analysis. There needs some improvement in testing with dynamic analysis because I have found it is not accurate"
"The tool needs to be more compatible with C/C++ language"
"I think SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) should improve by integrating a new feature that includes AI. As soon as I see that they've got a new feature that integrates AI that is not as generative as other GenAI platforms that actually generate the code and help developers develop faster, I believe that capability is lacking."
"We called support and complained but have not received any information as we use the free version. We had to fix it on our own and could not escalate it to the tool's developer."
"The solution could improve by providing more advanced technologies."
"SonarQube Cloud could improve its vulnerability detection compared to Veracode."
"A better design of the interface and add some new rules."
"When we have a thousand products published over it, we expect it to be more efficient in terms of serving requests from the browser."
"We had some issues with the scanner."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's an open-source solution, with no additional costs."
"It is very expensive. Its price should be improved."
"I am satisfied with the pricing."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"I am using the free version of the solution."
"There is both a free and licensed version. The free version has limitations on development languages and support."
"I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"The costs for this application, for the kind of job it does, are pretty decent."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Retailer
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise79
 

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Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

Vaporstream, FIS, MEA Financial, Silent Circle, Capital One, Citi, EY, EMC, Emerson, Kaiser Permanente, The Home Depot, Humana, Shell, Kellogg's, TD Bank, VMware
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