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SonarQube vs Virsec Security Platform 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
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (1st), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (1st), Software Development Analytics (1st)
Virsec Security Platform
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (90th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SonarQube and Virsec Security Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SonarQube is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 17.9%, down 26.4% compared to last year.
Virsec Security Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 0.3% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SonarQube17.9%
Checkmarx One10.2%
Snyk5.7%
Other66.2%
Application Security Tools
Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Virsec Security Platform0.3%
Wiz7.5%
Tenable Nessus5.2%
Other87.0%
Vulnerability Management
 

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.
KevinMcCarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Manager at Klearnow
Helps with Zero-day protection
We use the solution for Zero-day protection.  The solution stops any kind of remote code execution.  The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load.  I have been using the product for a year.  I would rate the tool's stability a six out of ten.  I would…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable function is its usability."
"SonarQube is useful for controlling all of our Azure task tracking and scanning."
"We are using the Community edition. So, we don't have to incur any licensing costs. This is the best part."
"The reports from SonarCloud are very good."
"Improve the code coverage and evaluates the technical steps and percentage of code being resolved."
"Before you even compile, it can catch known vulnerability issues or patterns."
"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."
"We advise all of our developers to have this solution in place."
"We use the solution for Zero-day protection."
 

Cons

"SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) could be improved on the reporting front. Instead of grouping, I would prefer to scan the code as part of development and then generate a report on a daily basis among different units or projects, which is currently complicated."
"There is no automation. You need to put the code there and test. You then pull the results and put them back in the development environment. There is no integration with the development environment. We would like it to be integrated with our development environment, which is basically the CI/CD pipeline or the IDE that we have."
"SonarCloud can improve the false positives. Sometimes the gates sometimes act a little weird. We then need to manually go and mark the false positive."
"There needs to be a shareable reporting piece or something we can click and generate easily."
"We found a solution with dynamic testing, and are looking to find a solution that can be used for both types of testing."
"SonarQube is not development-centric like Snyk."
"A robust credential scanner would be a huge bonus as it would remove the need for yet another niche product."
"Ease of use/interface."
"The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free, unlicensed version."
"For the Community edition, there is no extra cost. It's totally free. The Enterprise edition, Data Center edition, and Developer edition are the paid versions."
"It's an open-source solution, with no additional costs."
"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."
"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."
"The free version of SonarQube does everything that we need it to."
"SonarQube is a fairly affordable solution for a larger scale if you have a specific role or specific department for secure code."
"The licence is standard open source licensing"
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Government
5%
Manufacturing Company
31%
Healthcare Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise79
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Is SonarQube the best tool for static analysis?
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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?
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Also Known As

Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
Virsec
 

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Sample Customers

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Broadcom, Allstate, Department of Homeland Security
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