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SonarQube vs Xygeni comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SonarQube
Ranking in Application Security Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (1st), Software Development Analytics (1st)
Xygeni
Ranking in Application Security Tools
22nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (13th), Software Supply Chain Security (13th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of SonarQube is 17.9%, down from 26.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Xygeni is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SonarQube17.9%
Xygeni0.4%
Other81.7%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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.
AI
Business development manager at RSsecurity
Unified monitoring has reduced alert noise and provides accurate, proactive application security
Xygeni was highly effective for us, but there are areas where improvements could be made. More customization options for dashboards and reports would help teams tailor the platform to their specific metrics and workflows. I also occasionally encounter DevOps tools that are not yet supported natively. Expanded coverage for niche or emerging tools would make onboarding even smoother. These points, however, are minor compared to the overall value the platform delivers, especially given the strength of its AI-driven detection, remediation, and supply chain protection capabilities. It would also be an improvement for licensing with regard to on-premise variants. Perhaps we could have an on-premise option for standard subscription.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using SonarQube benefits us because we are able to avoid the inclusion of malware in our applications."
"It's enabled us to improve software quality and help us to disseminate best practices."
"SonarQube Cloud (formerly SonarCloud) has had a positive impact on my organization by giving the best impact for code checking and code structuring, making the code more usable and better."
"SonarQube is good for checking and maintaining code quality."
"When comparing other static code analysis tools, SonarQube has fewer false-positive issues being reported. They have a lot of support for different tech stacks. It covers the entire developer community which includes Salesforce or it could be the regular Java.net project. It has actually sufficed all the needs in one tool for static code analysis."
"I like the by-default policies that are they, as they seem to cover most of what I need."
"SonarQube is a fantastic tool which saves us precious time."
"The solution can be installed locally."
"Xygeni provides a comprehensive and developer-friendly approach to securing the entire software supply chain."
"Since using Xygeni, the time to review vulnerabilities has decreased."
"The visibility of our open-source supply chain dependencies and real-time detection of vulnerabilities have been invaluable."
 

Cons

"SonarQube could improve its static application security testing as per the industry standard."
"Currently requires multiple tools, lacking one overall tool."
"I don't believe you can have metrics of code quality based upon code analysis. I don't think it's possible for a computer to do it."
"Ease of use/interface."
"In the next release, I would like to have notifications because now, it is a bit difficult. I think that's a feature which we could add there and it would benefit the users as well. For every full request, they should be able to see their bugs or vulnerability directly on the surface."
"Having performance regression would be a helpful add on or ability to be able to do during the scan."
"If you don't have any experience with the configuration or how to configure the files, it can be complicated."
"If there was an official Docker image of SonarQube that could easily integrate into the pipeline would help the user to plug in and plug out and use it directly without any custom configuration. I am not sure if this is being offered already in an update but it would be very helpful."
"There should be more configuration options that make it easier to target the issues that are more important in your organization's context."
"Xygeni was highly effective for us, but there are areas where improvements could be made."
"Xygeni could be improved if on-premise options were available starting from the starter packages, not only the enterprise models."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We did not purchase a license (required for C++ support), but this option was considered."
"The solution is cheaper than other products."
"The price of this solution is more expensive than competitors. However, it works better than competitors."
"While not extremely cheap, it aligns well with market standards and offers good value."
"I am satisfied with the pricing."
"We're using an older version because it is the open-source flavor of it and we can continue using it at no cost. We're not paying any licensing at all, which was another factor in choosing this route so that we can learn and grow with it and not be committed to licenses and other similar things. If we choose to get something else, we have to relearn, but we don't have to relicense. Basically, we're paying no license costs."
"We are using the Developer Edition and the cost is based on the amount of code that is being processed."
"We're using their free Community Edition version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
5%
Comms Service Provider
32%
Security Firm
17%
Retailer
15%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise79
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Questions from the Community

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...
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...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Xygeni?
The setup is very easy. I highly recommend Xygeni to any organization looking to bolster its SDLC security.
What needs improvement with Xygeni?
There should be more configuration options that make it easier to target the issues that are more important in your organization's context. There are different kinds of scanners, each of them targe...
What is your primary use case for Xygeni?
We use Xygeni to harden our CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps. Our software is mainly in Python, but we also use Javascript and Csharp. Xygeni detects issues on our open-source third-party dependenci...
 

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Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
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