SonarQube Reviews

Our primary use case is to analyze source code for software bugs, technical debt, vulnerabilities, and test coverage. It provides an automated gated procedure to ensure that engineers are able to deliver great, secure code to production. 

We plug this process into our process right from the start enabling the IDE integrations so that engineers can scan their code before submission. Following on from that we run the scans on every change that has been submitted for review. 

This way we ensure that no core/fundamental issues are added to our codebases. 

It has helped many of the organizations that I have worked at to improve overall security, quality, and test confidence within the codebases. It also provides this in a speed efficient way. Engineers now feel much more proud of their solution as they gain confidence from these scans and their results. 

Engineers have also learned from the results and have improved themselves as engineers. This will help them with their careers. 

We are also able to get reports on our suite and generate a quality rating for ourselves utilizing this data and more. 

By far the quality gate controls. Without this, there would be no way to really utilize the power of this tool. We are able to automatically ensure that no code is delivered to production when it contains severe bugs or vulnerabilities. 

The tight integration to source control also helps us to keep the engineers in the loop with any follow-up actions for issues reported. 

Finally, the historical trend analysis gives us great insight into how we are improving based on our decisions, which are now driven by clear data.

It should keep up with newer technologies. As this is primarily open-source, it does require updates from the community. As such, there is sometimes a delay for new technologies to be covered by this too. 

Particularly around the languages that the webpages state they support. The big benefit of Sonar is that it handles so many different languages, problems, and static analysis in one place. 

When that one place has a low coverage for the most basic rules (OWASP top 10 for example) it starts to lose its value add. 

I have been using SonarQube for five years.

Good, I have not really had many issues with it. No major ones either. 

It all depends on where/how you are hosting it. The tool itself scales well. 

I have used Checkmarx and also tried a demo of Veracode. 

Checkmarx was far too heavy-handed and only handled security concerns for a VERY large price tag. 

Veracode is very good, however, the price vs a free solution was a deciding factor in many cases. 

It's very straightforward for a SaaS setup. 

For a self-hosted setup, it is documented well and fairly easy. 

We implemented in-house.

SonarQube will incur hosting costs. There are SaaS options available at competitive prices too. 

Self-hosting SonarQube is subject to its open-source licenses documented on their website. 

We also evaluated Checkmarx, Veracode and open source solutions specific to each programming language. 

Security analysis is a MUST. 

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 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. 

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.

I have used this solution for ten years. 

This is a stable solution. 

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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. We have also experienced duplications of rules within the system as well as code samples that are short of ten numbers. 

This is a stable solution.

This is a scalable solution. 

The initial setup was straightforward. 

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. 

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. 

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

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.

I have been using SonarQube for approximately three years.

SonarQube is a stable 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.

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

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

I have used Veracode previously.

The initial setup is straightforward for SonarQube.

We did the implementation in-house.

The DevOps team handles the maintenance of SonarQube.

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

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

I rate SonarQube an eight out of ten.