PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs SonarQube comparison

PortSwigger and SonarSource Sàrl are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. PortSwigger is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.0, while SonarSource Sàrl is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2. PortSwigger holds a 2.5% mindshare in AS, compared to SonarSource Sàrl’s 16.9% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of PortSwigger users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of SonarSource Sàrl users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and SonarQube are robust tools competing in the domain of web application security, quality, and code analysis. PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional appears to have an edge in penetration testing due to its suite of manual tools and vulnerability detection capabilities, while SonarQube is more focused on maintaining code quality across various languages.

Features: Burp Suite Professional provides a suite of tools like Proxy, Repeater, Intruder, Extender API, and an array of community-driven plugins that enhance penetration testing capabilities. The solution's automatic vulnerability detection feature is also notable. SonarQube stands out with its support for multiple programming languages, its ability to integrate with CI/CD tools, and comprehensive dashboard reporting, emphasizing continuous analysis and code quality.

Room for Improvement: PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional users have indicated a need for improved reporting features, reduction of false positives, and better scalability and integration, especially concerning REST API automation. SonarQube lacks dynamic code analysis and could improve in detecting false positives, adding robust security features, and providing better integration with external platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Burp Suite Professional is predominantly deployed on-premises and is praised for its responsive technical support and extensive documentation backed by a strong community. SonarQube offers flexibility in deployment, with options for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, though some users find cloud integration challenging. Both offer commendable technical support, enhancing user experience.

Pricing and ROI: PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is considered cost-effective, aligning well with small to medium organizations seeking extensive security testing at a competitive price. SonarQube's community edition is free, appealing to organizations prioritizing cost savings, while its paid enterprise editions, priced at a higher range, justify the expenditure with additional features and are well-suited for larger enterprises.

To learn more, read our detailed PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. SonarQube Report (Updated: February 2026).

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PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional vs. SonarQube

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

1.0

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers significant ROI, enhancing client engagement and securing contracts for application security testing globally.

Sentiment score

7.1

SonarQube improves code quality and developer productivity, enhancing long-term efficiency and stability by integrating with CI/CD pipelines.

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It is easily integrable with the CI/CD pipeline and supports multiple projects with its extensive plugin options.

Archana Verma

Security Analyst at Dover Corporation

I have seen a return on the investment from SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) because the value it adds relates to static code analysis and vulnerability assessments needed for our FDA approval process.

KarthikHarpanhalli

Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical

We see productivity increasing based on the fact that the code review is mostly automated, allowing the developer to fix the code themselves before assigning it to someone else to review, thus receiving that ROI.

Sthembiso Zondi

Head of Software Engineering at ronaldmariah@gmail.com

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

3.7

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers praised customer service, responsive technical support, and comprehensive resources for user assistance.

Sentiment score

6.2

SonarQube support receives mixed reviews, with valuable community resources but limited direct support interaction noted by users.

The technical support from PortSwigger is excellent.

Gintaras-Navickas

Cyber security manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The technical support for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is pretty good, and I would give it a nine.

Srinivas Walikar

Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World

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The community support is quite effective.

Damyan Bogoev

Distinguish Engineer at Gtmhub

The customer service and support for SonarQube Cloud are responsive and helpful.

Archana Verma

Security Analyst at Dover Corporation

Integrating it into different solutions is straightforward.

René Gamom

Architect at sigpsc inc

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

5.4

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is scalable but faces licensing challenges, with some preferring the Enterprise version for extensive use.

Sentiment score

7.0

SonarQube effectively scales across environments, handling multiple repositories, though performance may lag with large codebases, proving its versatility.

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There are limitations, and it seems to have fewer capabilities than Veracode.

reviewer2356089

CEO at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

It has been used in multiple projects and performs well.

reviewer933816

consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate the scalability of SonarQube Server as a 10 because we can configure the server to scan multiple projects based on the number of lines.

KarthikHarpanhalli

Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.4

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is stable and reliable, with minor memory and update issues, rated highly for stability.

Sentiment score

7.7

SonarQube is highly stable, with minor issues largely related to configuration, achieving user stability ratings between seven and ten.

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is very stable.

Abdullah Ozkan

Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is a very stable tool, and I would rate its stability as eight out of ten.

Srinivas Walikar

Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World

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I think SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) is stable, and we did not face any problems unless there was a power outage or if the LAN cable was plugged out.

KarthikHarpanhalli

Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical

From my team's feedback, it is almost an eight out of ten.

reviewer2356089

CEO at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

It is a quite stable solution.

Archana Verma

Security Analyst at Dover Corporation

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Room For Improvement

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could improve interface, integration, and usability, while reducing false positives and enhancing reporting.

SonarQube struggles with slow analysis, complex setup, inadequate security, language rule issues, and needs better DevOps integration.

Perhaps they could add some automation to things, to see what we do manually, which it has the tools to do manually, and perhaps enable with a click of a button to do things automatically.

Moti Huberman

Penetration Tester & Information Security Expert at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Some AI features might be added.

Abdullah Ozkan

Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem

The dashboard of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional could be made more user-friendly.

Srinivas Walikar

Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World

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I would like to see SonarQube Cloud provide more detailed solutions for fixing code issues, especially solutions related to CVEs.

Archana Verma

Security Analyst at Dover Corporation

I need a solution that can bring together three key areas: vulnerabilities, static scanning, and misarchitecture.

René Gamom

Architect at sigpsc inc

Static code analysis is good, but the product lacks dynamic code scanning capabilities, an area where Veracode excels.

reviewer933816

consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Burp Suite Professional is a budget-friendly, comprehensive web security tool with flexible licensing options suitable for various business sizes.

SonarQube provides free and paid versions, with licensing based on code lines; costs vary by features and support.

The pricing for PortSwigger is very cheap, and there are benefits in terms of time and cost savings.

Abdullah Ozkan

Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem

I find the price of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional to be very cost-efficient.

Srinivas Walikar

Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World

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I would rate the pricing for SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) as an 8, where 1 is very cheap and 10 is very expensive, because Coverity is very expensive, and while SonarQube is not cheap, it is still less expensive than Coverity.

KarthikHarpanhalli

Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical

They always offer around a two-year contract, but we always take a one-year contract because it's expensive.

Sthembiso Zondi

Head of Software Engineering at ronaldmariah@gmail.com

The freemium version of SonarQube Server offers excellent value, especially compared to the high costs of Snyk.

Damyan Bogoev

Distinguish Engineer at Gtmhub

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Valuable Features

PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional offers customizable testing tools, community plugins, a user-friendly interface, and efficient automation for affordable security assessment.

SonarQube excels with comprehensive language support, customization, integration, and security features, offering user-friendly dashboards and community-driven enhancements.

The most valuable feature of Burp Suite Professional is its ability to schedule tasks for scanning websites.

Gintaras-Navickas

Cyber security manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I especially value the features for penetration testing.

Abdullah Ozkan

Information Security Engineer at Tübitak Bilgem

The most valuable features of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional are its ease of use and its cost efficiency.

Srinivas Walikar

Senior Business Development Manager at Intouch World

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Some of the static code analysis capabilities are the most beneficial.

Damyan Bogoev

Distinguish Engineer at Gtmhub

I find SonarQube Cloud very easy to use and simple to integrate initially.

reviewer2356089

CEO at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

It gives precise reports compared to Coverity and has a slightly lower number of false positives.

Archana Verma

Security Analyst at Dover Corporation

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Categories and Ranking

PortSwigger Burp Suite Prof...

Ranking in Application Security Tools

9th

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Fuzz Testing Tools (1st)

SonarQube

Ranking in Application Security Tools

1st

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

134

Ranking in other categories

Software Development Analytics (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is 2.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube is 16.9%, down from 26.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SonarQube	16.9%
PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional	2.5%
Other	80.6%

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Moti Huberman

Penetration Tester & Information Security Expert at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Dedicated browser and repeater have improved my proxy testing and manual vulnerability checks

I'm hoping perhaps for something to make it easier, such as to define things where if a message or a response is such and such, automatically make a request that is such and such. Perhaps something like this because otherwise, nowadays we have to do it manually. Perhaps they can automate it a bit more. Perhaps they could add some automation to things, to see what we do manually, which it has the tools to do manually, and perhaps enable with a click of a button to do things automatically. I'm not too sure which, but I'm sure they can from a product management point of view, do things that we need to do two, three, or four steps manually regarding specific testing. For instance, we want to check something specific if it's this or if it's that. Perhaps to define it once and have it more automatic, perhaps.

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KarthikHarpanhalli

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.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	35

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	79

Questions from the Community

Is OWASP Zap better than PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro?

OWASP Zap and PortSwigger Burp Suite Pro have many similar features. OWASP Zap has web application scanning available with basic security vulnerabilities while Burp Suite Pro has it available with ...

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What do you like most about PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?

The solution helped us discover vulnerabilities in our applications.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional?

The cost of PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional is reasonable at approximately $500 per year per user.

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Is SonarQube the best tool for static analysis?

I am not very familiar with SonarQube and their solutions, so I can not answer. But if you are asking me about which tools that are the best for for Static Code Analysis, I suggest you have a look...

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Which gives you more for your money - SonarQube or Veracode?

SonarQube is easy to deploy and configure, and also integrates well with other tools to do quality code analysis. SonarQube has a great community edition, which is open-source and free. Easy to use...

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How would you decide between Coverity and Sonarqube?

We researched Coverity, but in the end, we chose SonarQube. SonarQube is a tool for reviewing code quality and security. It helps to guide our development teams during code reviews by providing rem...

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Also Known As

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Sonar, SonarQube Cloud

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Overview

Burp Suite Professional, by PortSwigger, is the world’s leading toolkit for web security testing. Over 52,000 users worldwide, across all industries and organization sizes, trust Burp Suite Professional to find more vulnerabilities, faster. With expertly-engineered manual and automated tooling, you're able to test smarter - not harder.

PortSwigger is the web security company that is enabling the world to secure the web. Over 50,000 security engineers rely on our software and expertise to secure their world.

PortSwigger

SonarQube leads automated code review, enhancing code quality and security in AI-driven SDLCs. It analyzes pull requests, providing developers with actionable feedback and AI-driven fixes before code merges. Trusted by top enterprises, it supports SaaS and self-managed deployments.

SonarQube supports a wide range of programming languages and integrates seamlessly with CI/CD tools like Jenkins. It is renowned for its static code analysis, code coverage, and security vulnerability detection. While its open-source foundation and scalability are praised, users seek enhanced integration across multiple languages, better security features, and improved documentation. Despite challenges, its ability to automate code inspections and ensure compliance with coding standards makes it essential in software development processes, facilitating continuous improvement.

What are the most important features?

Language Support: Extensive support for multiple programming languages.
Custom Coding Rules: Allows defining project-specific rules.
Integration: Seamlessly works with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
Quality Gates: Simplifies monitoring code quality.
Dashboards: Facilitates easy monitoring and management.
Static Code Analysis: Detects issues early in development.
Security Detection: Identifies vulnerabilities automatically.

What benefits should users look for?

Improved Code Quality: Enhances reliability and maintainability.
Security Assurance: Strengthens code against vulnerabilities.
Technical Debt Reduction: Ensures cleaner, maintainable code.
Efficient Feedback: Speeds up development cycles.
Standards Compliance: Aids in adhering to best practices.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and automotive, SonarQube is leveraged for static code analysis, automating code inspections, and ensuring compliance with stringent standards. Teams integrate it into their CI/CD pipelines to maintain high-quality code, identify security vulnerabilities, and enhance code maintainability.

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Sample Customers

Google, Amazon, NASA, FedEx, P&G, Salesforce

Snowflake, Booking.com, Deutsche Bank, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company.

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