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Product Manager | Senior Software Developer at RedShift II - Solutions
Real User
Feb 26, 2022
Coding quality assurance tool that comes with good DevOps implementation
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution has the capability to analyze source code in almost all the languages in the market."
  • "This is a well-rounded solution, however, some features could be made available on the free version. The price of the solution could be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

This solution has the capability to analyze source code in almost all the languages in the market.

What needs improvement?

This is a well-rounded solution, however, some features could be made available on the free version. The price of the solution could be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for ten years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. We have been using it for all of our critical projects. 

What was our ROI?

I have never made the calculations to understand the real value of this solution but I know that the return of investment is very good. If not, we wouldn't have continued to use it for the past 10 years.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

As a user and a consumer of this solution, it can be pricey for my company to support and use, even though there are many benefits. For this reason, we use the free version. In the future, as our product cycles develop and evolve at a more steady pace, we hope to invest in the licensing for this tool. 

What other advice do I have?

This solution has evolved a lot in the last ten years. 

It comes with good DevOps implementation and security, which is a big problem today. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Team Lead at CNSI
Real User
Feb 22, 2022
Reliable and secure solution used for qualitative coding, including the SonarLint plugin
Pros and Cons
  • "We use this solution for qualitative coding. We make use of the SonarLint plugin as well as the dashboard."
  • "We previously experienced issues with security but a segregated security violation has been implemented and the issues we experienced are being fixed."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for qualitative coding. We make use of the SonarLint plugin as well as the dashboard.

What needs improvement?

We previously experienced issues with security but a segregated security violation has been implemented and the issues we experienced are being fixed. We have also experienced duplications of rules within the system as well as code samples that are short of ten numbers. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

Most of the deployment was done by me. Once a certain level of complexity was involved, a team was used to validate and deploy those parts of the solution. 

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend SonarQube to other users as it is a good solution and the security issues we experienced are being fixed. 
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Senior Technical Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Feb 20, 2022
Effective vulnerability scanning, good support, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
  • "SonarQube has a lot of value, it reviews the basic coding standards and security vulnerabilities of code that help to reduce issues."
  • "SonarQube can improve by scanning the internal library which currently it does not do. We are looking for a solution for this."

What is our primary use case?

We are using SonarQube for scanning our services for issues as part of our IT department.

What is most valuable?

SonarQube has a lot of value, it reviews the basic coding standards and security vulnerabilities of code that help to reduce issues. 

What needs improvement?

SonarQube can improve by scanning the internal library which currently it does not do. We are looking for a solution for this.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SonarQube for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SonarQube is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have found SonarQube to be stable. However, we have not tested it with more than one million lines of code.

We have a server that SonarQube is running on and we have approximately 50 people using it.

How are customer service and support?

We have used technical support in the past but not recently.

I would rate the support from SonarQube a four out of five.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Veracode previously.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward for SonarQube.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation in-house.

The DevOps team handles the maintenance of SonarQube.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are using the Developer Edition and the cost is based on the amount of code that is being processed.

What other advice do I have?

If SonarQube meets the needs of your use case then I use it.

I rate SonarQube an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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reviewer1250178 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Information Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 30, 2022
Reliable with a nice web interface but needs better reporting
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution offers a very good community edition."
  • "There isn't a very good enterprise report."

What is most valuable?

We find it very similar to Fortify and has the same advantages. 

The web interface is very good. 

We have found the solution to be stable. 

The solution offers a very good community edition.

What needs improvement?

There isn't a very good enterprise report. They also do not have an application report. We'd like for them to work on this aspect.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for three years. I've used it for a while now. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of stability, the solution is reliable and the performance is good. There are no bugs. It's not glitchy. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never used technical support. I can't talk about how helpful they are, never spoken with them personally.

If I do need to troubleshoot, I tend to rely on the community and search for answers there. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We've also used Fortify.

How was the initial setup?

I didn't participate in the installation process. I can't speak to how easy or difficult the process was. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I use the community version of the product.

What other advice do I have?

We are a customer and an end-user.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's mostly reliable. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head of Quality Engineers/Automation Architect at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Jan 17, 2022
Quick deployment, scales well, and accurate reports
Pros and Cons
  • "The reports from SonarCloud are very good."
  • "We had some issues with the scanner."

What is our primary use case?

We use SonarCloud tools for all our 20 repositories and we are connecting the SonarCloud, from the Bitbucket pipeline.

What is most valuable?

The reports from SonarCloud are very good.

What needs improvement?

We had some issues with the scanner.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SonarCloud for approximately three weeks.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SonarCloud is scalable.

We plan to increase our package to the enterprise edition and decrease the lines of code in the future.

How are customer service and support?

We have not needed the support at this time.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Codacy. We switch to SonarCloud because of their good reputation and we compared reports from both of them. SonarCloud seems to be more accurate. However, Codacy has a simpler installation. SonarCloud has more steps involved.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is straightforward to implement. Some of the implementations can be quick.

The installation of the framwork was a bit difficult, it could be improved.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of SonarCloud could be less expensive. We are using the community version and the price should be more reasonable.

We have purchased a license for 2 million lines of code. However, we have 10 million lines of code but it would be too costly for us to have a license for all the amount.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend SonarCloud to others.

I rate SonarCloud a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1023003 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Dec 10, 2021
IDE plugins are easy to use and integrate
Pros and Cons
  • "Some of the most valuable features have been the latest up-to-date of the OWASP, the monitoring, the reporting, and the ease of use with the IDE plugins, in terms of integration."
  • "SonarQube's detail in the security could be improved. It may be helpful to have additional details, with regards to Oracle PL/SQL. For example, it's neither as built nor as thorough as Java. For now, this is the only additional feature I would like to see."

What is our primary use case?

I use SonarQube for Google's web services, from a security perspective, as well as Oracle Forms, HTML Forms, and script. 

SonarQube is deployed on-premises. 

What is most valuable?

Some of the most valuable features have been the latest up-to-date of the OWASP, the monitoring, the reporting, and the ease of use with the IDE plugins, in terms of integration.

What needs improvement?

SonarQube's detail in the security could be improved. It may be helpful to have additional details, with regards to Oracle PL/SQL. For example, it's neither as built nor as thorough as Java. For now, this is the only additional feature I would like to see. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the Community Edition for at least ten years, and I have been working with the Enterprise version for about a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

So far, we are happy and haven't had any issues with stability.

The only maintenance this product needs, for now, is just updates and patches. 

SonarQube is an auditing requirement from our side and for our SDLC, so it is a gate in our SDLC. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SonarQube is easy to scale. As we've opted for the Docker builds, we haven't had issues yet. 

At this point, there are at least 300 people in my company who are working with SonarQube. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have minor experience with Q One. The main difference is in the licensing structure, with regards to lines of code. We have noticed that Q One has a bit more details, but support for various languages is lacking. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup process of SonarQube is straightforward. Deployment took about a week, but the integration of the multiple teams—introducing them and getting them on board—took about a month. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented this solution through an in-house team. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Compared to similar solutions, SonarQube was more accessible to us and had more benefits, with regards to size of the code base and supported languages. Apart from the Enterprise licensing fee, there are no additional costs. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate SonarQube an eight out of ten. 

To anyone who is looking into implementing SonarQube, I would recommend they look at what their requirements are, with regards to languages. If it's just Java, then the Community Edition is fine, but if there are any additional languages, then I would recommend Enterprise. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1078050 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff DevOps Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
MSP
Dec 4, 2021
Greatly improves the quality, straightforward to use, and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "My focus is mainly on the DevOps pipeline side of things, and from my perspective, the ease of use and configuration is valuable. It is pretty straightforward to take a deployment pipeline or CI/CD pipeline and integrate SonarQube into it."
  • "A little bit more emphasis on security and a bit more security scanning features would be nice."

What is our primary use case?

It is mainly used as part of the CI/CD pipeline through Azure DevOps and Jenkins to do static code analysis.

We have the enterprise version. In terms of deployment, on-premise is the best description because they have their own cloud, but it is not a real cloud. It is like VMware.

How has it helped my organization?

In some instances, the project stakeholders were able to implement quality gate control for code coverage, security alerts, and things like that. It greatly improved the quality of the product. If our test code coverage is 80% and a person commits a change that brings the code coverage to below 80%, that code cannot be merged. We've been able to improve the quality of the products that we produce by using SonarQube. We are using it as a gate.

It is a great tool in a situation where you have a dynamic team, and you sometimes hire staff or subcontractors from other companies. It provided us with the ability to implement quality gates in our project. We could look at the data and see which developers were producing quality code and which developers were not too worried about the quality. It helped us out with our junior devs. I know of a few cases where having this system helped our junior devs in taking their skills one level up because we had set up a hard quality gate.

What is most valuable?

My focus is mainly on the DevOps pipeline side of things, and from my perspective, the ease of use and configuration is valuable. It is pretty straightforward to take a deployment pipeline or CI/CD pipeline and integrate SonarQube into it.

What needs improvement?

A little bit more emphasis on security and a bit more security scanning features would be nice. 

It would also be nice if the discrepancy between the basic or free version and the enterprise version was less. In my opinion, some of the base functionality in the enterprise version should be in the basic version.

Currently, we have static code scanning, and we have the scanning of the Docker containers. It would be great if some sort of penetration testing could easily be implemented in SonarQube for deploying something and doing some basic security scans. Currently, we have to use third-party tools for that. If everything was all under one roof, it would be more comfortable, but I don't know if it is possible or feasible. It is a typical issue of centralization versus distribution. In our particular case, because we're using SonarQube for almost every other project, it would make sense, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is the same case with everybody else.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for four years in my current job.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I don't think I ever had a problem.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We haven't reached a point where it is anywhere near saturation. We haven't scaled it yet, and I don't know if it will ever happen. The way it is implemented right now is more than enough for what we need. 

We have used it in almost all projects of our client. It is a part of their process. It is used extensively, and it will be used for any future work that they might have where they develop any code that can be analyzed with SonarQube.

We probably have 30 or 40 users. Their roles are developer team leads, developers, and DevOps people. These are the three roles of people who use it on a daily basis and look at the reports and work with the system. At some point, the data might be shown to the actual client or somebody else.

How are customer service and support?

I've never been in a situation where I needed their support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I don't think that we used anything else previously. SonarQube was the first one.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. I wasn't technically involved in the deployment of SonarQube, but as far as I know, it was a matter of a few days.

What about the implementation team?

We probably just bought the license and did it ourselves. For its deployment and maintenance, we don't have a dedicated person. It is one of the many systems that our internal IT team manages.

What was our ROI?

I don't have that data. I don't think that we've ever calculated that. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My guess is that we have a yearly subscription. We use it quite extensively, so a monthly license wouldn't make sense. Yearly subscriptions are usually cheaper. 

In addition to the standard licensing fee, there is just the cost of running the hardware where it is hosted.

What other advice do I have?

It is pretty straightforward, but if you don't intend to use it as a gate, it would just be a waste of time. You should invest in implementing such tools only when you have a clear understanding of how their results are going to be a part of a business process.

I would rate it a 10 out of 10. I've never had any kind of problems with it. I have some products because of which I have had a bad day, but I never had a bad day because of it.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Software Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Oct 13, 2021
Beneficial testing tool, helps developer become sharper, and makes software more secure
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution can verify vulnerabilities, code smells, and hotspots. It makes the software more secure and it helps make a junior or novice developer sharper."
  • "The software testing tool capability could improve. It does not always integrate well. You have to use a specific plugin and the plugin does not always go in Apple's applications."

What is our primary use case?

I use SonarQube for testing software.

What is most valuable?

The solution can verify vulnerabilities, code smells, and hotspots. It makes the software more secure and it helps make a junior or novice developer sharper.

What needs improvement?

The software testing tool capability could improve. It does not always integrate well. You have to use a specific plugin and the plugin does not always go in Apple's applications.

In the next release, they should add the ability to analyze containers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SonarQube for approximately three years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have mostly software developers using this solution are there are approximately 50 using it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Snyk and it is more catered to a different audience than SolarQube.SolarQube is more for software developers.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is straightforward, especially with the new Docker implementation.

What about the implementation team?

I did the implementation of the solution myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The process of purchasing the solution could improve.

What other advice do I have?

This solution is a good static test tool for developers. It helps keep the maintainability and security of software.

I rate SonarQube an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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