SonarQube Reviews

We are using SonarQube for many different reasons, but I was interested more in the security metrics based on the new updates for more particular rules.

The depth features I have found most valuable. You receive a quick comprehensive comparison overview regarding the current release and the last release and what type of depths dependency or duplication should be used. This is going to help you to make a more readable code and have more flexibility for the engineers to understand how things should work when they do not know.

I was more focused on the security aspects and not on quality. SonarQube focuses a lot on security and is going to provide some visibility around that area, but if there could be more focus on team management. For example, what type of remediation is going to be provided when the types of scans are being applied based on different rule sets at the SonarQube level, from the security point of view, this would be helpful.

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.

In an upcoming release of the solution, I would like to see more types of programming languages added and improvement in their SaaS offering to compete better with other enterprise solutions, such as Fortify.

I have been using this SonarQube for approximately four years.

We are not relying on this solution as a go-to application security scanning tool. We use it for some minor enhancement regarding security, but we are using it actively in other departments for the code quality scanning. I have not had any problems using the solution, it has been stable.

We have approximately 15,000 engineers in my company and many of them are using this solution.

I have evaluated Fortify.

I rate SonarQube a six out of ten.

We're using the enterprise edition of SonarQube. I'm the head of DevOps engineering and we are customers of SonarQube. 

The most important feature is the software quality gate. When that's implemented we're able to streamline the product's quality. The other good features are SonarQube's code quality scanning and code coverage. If we use it effectively, we can capture the software code bugs early in the software development. It also helps us to identify the test coverage for the code that we're writing. It's a very, very important feature for the software developers and testers. 

There is room for improvement in the code security space which is not as extensive as it could be. There are other products on the market which are much better in terms of code security scanning. I'd also like to see improvement in support which is quite expensive. 

I've been using this solution for six years. 

The product is stable although maintenance is a little cumbersome. 

The product is scalable but there are some concerns. You need to regularly do a cleanup of the lines of codes that are being scanned, otherwise the license will run out. We were not initially aware of having to do that. We have around 700 users in the company and we have three or four people involved with maintenance. 

There's a problem with the technical support because it's offered as a separate paid package and doesn't come by default with the license. Most other products in the market include  technical support with the software. There are various other products in the market, which are much better and offer support without any additional costs.

Licensing costs could be lower. We paid around 60,000 Singapore Dollars for our 20 million lines of code.

SonarQube is a very good tool for code quality.

I rate this solution a seven out of 10.  

It prevents some vulnerabilities in the production environment.

I like that it covers most programming languages for source code review.

I also like the procedures that are already built-in that cover most of the items that already exist.

SonarQube does not cover BPM programming language. It only covers the Java layer from BPM WebMethods. When we were faced with this issue with one of your applications, we found that we were not able to scan the BPM code for configurations generated from the WebMethod.

The BPM language is important and should be considered in SonarQube.

It utilizes a lot of resources from the servers. I think this issue should be resolved because it takes approx 20% of the CPU utilization.

Reporting related to SonarQube only exists in the enterprise edition, and not in the Community Edition.

There are no limitations in the lines of code with the Community Edition, but with the Enterprise Version, there are limitations related to the lines of code.

I don't understand why you can use an infinite line code amount with the Community Edition and the Enterprise Edition is limited.

We have been dealing with SonarQube for more than one year.

It is stable in the system environment processes.

We haven't used it with the microservices or containers to check the scalability. We have used it on a Windows Server or Linux Server.

We contacted technical support about the BPM and WebMethod programming language. They supported us with a fast response and provided us with a solution that was not covered on SonarQube.

We only use SonarQube with SonarScanner.

The initial setup is simple and straightforward.

I am a consultant and my team completed the system server.

I requested this license for one million lines of code and they accepted this.

I don't know what was already paid.

We evaluated Micro Focus Fortify. From a cost perspective, we selected SonarQube. Now we are using the enterprise license as well. 

We are telecommunication customers, who have purchased a license. We are the largest telecommunications company in Saudi Arabia.

I would rate SonarQube an eight out of ten.

We are using the solution for code quality and security.

The solution has a wide variety of features and an open-source community that you are able to learn Java, JavaScript, or any other programing language. The quality profile rules that it provides based on the architect are set across the board, this provides continuity. Being able to fix all the application vulnerabilities before it reaches production is a huge benefit.

There are times that we have the database crash. However, this might be an issue with how we have configured it and not a software issue. Apart from this, I do not see any issues with the solution.

I have been using the solution for approximately eight years.

The scalability depends on the use case. You cannot install it with minimal resources and expect it to run thousands of jobs. It is scalable based on your environment. How big is your project? How many APIs do you want to scan? How many APIs per minute, etc. Based on that information you need to first decide upfront how much memory or how much storage you want to give to it. You need to have clear data with you and then use the resources to design accordingly. I think it is highly scalable and can operate seamlessly if you give it the environment that is sufficient. You cannot expect magic from it.

We have some projects that have 150 users with ten teams using the solution.

We had to contact technical support back several years ago because we had an issue with one of the new SQL plugins which ended up being resolved. The support is not required anymore because they have very good documentation that meets our needs.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I do not know the price of the solution since I have not been involved in purchasing licenses. However, this solution requires a license and we have enterprise-level licenses for our organization and for our client.

The beauty of this solution is the free open-source version is capable enough in doing pretty much what an enterprise-level version can do. The enterprise-level has only a few more options, such as better reporting and generating PDFs. If you have a small-scale project or if you do not have a high budget, I think open-source will do wonders.

For those wanting to implement this solution, I would suggest it is the best tool. It has a big open-source community where you learn any language. There are many extra plugins you can apply to scan in your code. It has support for Android, iOS, COBOL, Java, JavaScript databases, and more. It has everything you need.

I rate SonarQube a nine out of ten.

There is a large support system in the community. When we have issues we can get answers quickly and easily.

It provides you with many features, as it does with the premium model, but there are still extra features that can be purchased if needed.

It's very flexible.

I am from the application development team and for me, it is very good because it offers a lot of features in terms of code review, quality check, and more.

In discussions with the security team, there are many other products that are available that perform better. The security in SonarQube could be better.

SonarQube is more about the quality checks of the source code. It allows us to do a code review but it lacks security. It could perform better.

I would like to have better support for CI/CD as DevOps appliances, in terms of reporting on the issue and to be integrated with the pipeline. 

It integrates well but there is always room in this area to improve and to provide reports on the results. 

The user experience for the on-premises installation, creating a new project, defining the quality gate, and the user interface could be improved. It wasn't a simple experience.

I have been using SonarQube for six months. We implemented it in September of last year.

It is very stable. We are still new to this product and learning, but there are times where SonarQube disconnects from the server with no alert or notification, and we have to run it again.

It can be managed by running different scripts. From time to time we have claims that SonarQube is not running on the server and discovered that the server was restarted but SonarQube did not restart.

I don't know if it is a flaw in the product itself or if we can manage it from our infrastructure.

It's stable but could be improved.

I believe that it is scalable, but this is an area that we have not yet explored.

I know that there is an option to add a new rule. For example, if we are creating an application using Java, there is a list of predefined rules to check the quality against.

It's expandable at least in terms of code quality checks.

For now, I am the only user of this solution.

The initial setup wasn't straightforward, but still, it was manageable.

This is an area that can also be improved to make it easier to install and setup. There are many other products that are easy to set up and install.

I called an expert or a technical person who could work on it and manage it.

SonarQube is a free, open-source product.

There are many different packages with different pricing options available. We are able to try what we have and if we need extra features we can upgrade the license.

We will be using this solution for the next year, but we are considering migrating to the cloud.

From my experience, I would rate SonarQube a seven out of ten.

The tool helps us to monitor and manage violations. It manages the bugs and security violations. 

SonarQube needs to improve its ease of use, integration with third-party platforms, and scalability. 

I have been using the product for five years. 

I rate the tool's stability a six out of ten. 

My company has 150 users for SonarQube. 

The tool's deployment is complex. 

The tool's pricing is reasonable. 

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten and would recommend it to others. 

We used SonarQube for secure code review.

The solution's user interface is very user-friendly. The solution also provides good efficiency.

It would be a great add-on if SonarQube could update its database for vulnerabilities or plugging parts.

I rate the solution a seven out of ten for stability.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for scalability.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup an eight out of ten.

It takes around one hour to deploy SonarQube.

SonarQube is a fairly affordable solution for a larger scale if you have a specific role or specific department for secure code. We didn't pay for SonarQube. We used a free version of the solution because we had a small amount of code.

We used SonarQube for one project. To improve code quality, we do vulnerability assessment. We have an R&D department, and we collaborate with other teams to do any work related to secure code.

SonarQube simplified our code review process. Since we are new to secure code review, we mostly use freely available or impactful applications. That's why our R&D team suggested using SonarQube.

We use SonarQube to find vulnerabilities in the application code. The code is related to the application used by our client. We find vulnerabilities in their application, and we suggest solutions.

We have experienced challenges related to the client-side code. Sometimes, the server faces downtime, and our R&D team knows how to resolve such errors. It is easy to maintain the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

The solution provides continuous code analysis which has improved the quality of our code. It can raise alarms on vulnerabilities with immediate reports on the dashboard. Few things are false positives and we can customize the rules. 

The solution needs to improve its customization and flexibility. 

I have been using the solution for ten days. 

I would rate the product's stability an eight out of ten. 

We have received instant replies from the support but not actual answers. We contacted support regarding upgrading the edition.  

The tool's setup is not complex. Our engineers were not experienced and they took time to implement the product. 

The tool is simple and I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

We use the solution for the software scan and integrate the application, which is a dependency check for the scan. Our customers send us the already developed solution for functional tests and security scans.

Firstly, the integration with the pipeline is good. If you have the FICO pipeline integrated already, the depth of the pipeline will be good. Secondly, the solution is easy to understand. It took little time to learn and understand how to use data.

SonarQube has a community edition and an enterprise edition. The community edition is free, but the enterprise edition is not. In Thailand, we cannot use the enterprise edition because there are no resellers in Thailand. So we found many issues, like when you scan some source code, and if it's a problem, it appears the tool that we need to fix, but after our manual review, we found that we already did have something there. For example, it improves validation. But we did not get the input as it was already validated in another library. 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.

I have been using SonarQube for a year.

It is a stable product. I rate it seven out of ten.

I didn't have any scalability issues when we used the pipeline. But downloading the code and doing this again on a local laptop is quite slow, especially when somebody needs to try some code in a big and complex project. It takes about four to six hours. I don't know why it takes so long on a local laptop because it works fine in the integrated pipeline. For support in the integration pipeline, it could be nine or ten, but If it is on a local laptop, I think it would be only five.

As we are using the free version, there is no technical support available. But the documentation support is okay for us. We read it depending on the website, but we cannot escalate the issue to the SonarQube provider.

I used the Micro Focus Fortify, but the performance integration in the pipeline is faster in SonarQube. But in Fortify, the support is better as it is a commercial product, and we paid for it, so we can complain and get feedback in case of any issue. We complain if anything needs to be fixed, and they accept and fix it, but SonarQube does not have such a platform.

The initial setup is simple. It requires some security, but it's simple. It has some community to help with the technical information, and the technical team of the solution is also okay. It takes one or two hours to deploy. I was not involved in the integration in the pipeline, but I was involved in the solution installed on the local laptop.

I do not know about the pricing as I am using the community edition, which is free. But I compared the pricing with Sigma, and it is higher than SonarQube.

If you need the support of SonarQube, then use the enterprise version.

SonarQube should have a foundation in Thailand so that we can buy the enterprise version and get support. Secondly, SonarQube still does not support many languages, but I am still determining which ones. So if these two can be improved, it will be good.

I rate it seven out of ten.

We use the tool to check our code. It's used for static quality checks. 

The product is simple. 

The product's pricing could be lower. 

I have been using the product for two years. 

The tool is stable. 

The product is easy to deploy and update. 

We use the tool's community edition. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten.