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Jellyfish vs SonarQube comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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

Jellyfish
Ranking in Software Development Analytics
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
9.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SonarQube
Ranking in Software Development Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
136
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (1st), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Software Development Analytics category, the mindshare of Jellyfish is 3.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube is 36.1%, down from 45.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Development Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SonarQube36.1%
Jellyfish3.2%
Other60.699999999999996%
Software Development Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Denison Chimp - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Target
Data-driven metrics have boosted our scrum efficiency and improved cross-team visibility
In my opinion, the best features Jellyfish offers are data collection, its lightweight nature, and the wonderful Jellyfish team. When I mention data collection, Jellyfish stands out in that it can collect data from various development teams and provide analysis without intervention, helping us to make data-driven decisions easily. It is very lightweight, easy to configure, and provides accurate intelligent predictions. The Jellyfish team is wonderful, knowledgeable, and practical in resolving our queries on time. Jellyfish provides a very excellent and intuitive user interface that helps to understand where time is being spent across our organization and is integratable with other platforms and software we use daily.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In my opinion, the best features Jellyfish offers are data collection, its lightweight nature, and the wonderful Jellyfish team."
"SonarQube is a very good tool; it is lightweight and very cost effective as compared to IBM AppScan, and the dashboard is really neat and easy to operate, giving a lot of information that makes it very easy for the developers."
"SonarQube's unit test coverage and exhaustive information at the module, project, and overall code repo levels are quite good."
"The most valuable features are the analysis and detection of issues within the application code."
"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."
"We consider it a handy tool that helps to resolve our issues immediately."
"We have a big organization with a lot of applications and all of our critical applications are on this platform."
"SonarQube is a Code Quality Assurance tool that collects and analyzes source code and provides reports on the code quality of your project."
"We have worked with the support from SonarQube and we have had good experiences."
 

Cons

"Sometimes understanding the metrics is not simple."
"SonarQube could improve by adding automatic creation of tasks after scanning and more support for the Czech language."
"The documentation is not clear and it needs to be updated."
"SonarQube needs to improve its support model. They do not work 24/7, and they do not provide weekend support in case things go wrong. They only have a standard 8:00 am to 5:00 pm support model in which you have to raise a support ticket and wait. The support model is not effective for premium customers."
"Product is good, but the API documentation is poor, when it exists at all."
"Code security could be better. I can see a lot of false positives in terms of security, and they need to make the tests more accurate so that the false positives are not detected so frequently."
"SonarQube needs some improvement in its ability to find security-related issues."
"I would like to see more options for security, beyond the basics like SQL injection."
"Reporting features are missing in SonarCloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"I requested this license for one million lines of code and they accepted this."
"SonarQube is a fairly affordable solution for a larger scale if you have a specific role or specific department for secure code."
"SonarQube is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."
"This product is open source and very convenient."
"Get the paid version which allows the customized dashboard and provides technical support."
"This is open source."
"The solution has a free version and a license version. The license is priced reasonably, the cost of hiring one programmer is more expensive than the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise79
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Jellyfish?
To improve Jellyfish, I suggest adding the view on the return on investment, making it easy to identify waste within our processes. It is a great way to see engineering overall results and measure....
What is your primary use case for Jellyfish?
My main use case for Jellyfish is that it has helped us save several hours of work each month for leaders. It incorporates detailed metrics that give us an idea about how the scrums can be improved...
What advice do you have for others considering Jellyfish?
My advice to others looking into using Jellyfish is that I really recommend using it. If this is something your company is looking for, definitely give it a try. The Jellyfish team is also very res...
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...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
 

Interactive Demo

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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