Comparison

DeepSource vs Psalm

No clear leader: Psalm (63.7) and DeepSource (59.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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DeepSource59
Psalm64
Score
vioscaleAI score
DeepSource59 / 100medium · 73%
Psalm64 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Model
DeepSourcefreemium
Price level
DeepSourcelow
Psalmfree
Starting price
DeepSource$8
Psalm–
Transparent
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Integrations
Count
DeepSource4
Psalm–
Security
Certifications
DeepSourceSOC 2 Type II
Psalm–
Gdpr
DeepSource✓
Psalm–
Scorecard
DeepSource–
Psalm4.7
Soc2
DeepSource✓
Psalm–
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
DeepSource✓
Psalm–
Adoption
Dependent repos
DeepSource–
Psalm15,920
Github stars
DeepSource–
Psalm5,896
Activity
Commits last 30d
DeepSource–
Psalm100
Release
Cadence days
DeepSource–
Psalm1
History
DeepSource–
License
Spdx
DeepSource–
PsalmMIT
Language
Primary
DeepSource–
PsalmPHP
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DeepSource7 items
Psalm5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code quality tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Function
DeepSourceQuality platform
PsalmStatic analyzer
Language scope
DeepSourceMulti-language
PsalmSingle-language
Implementation language
DeepSource-
PsalmPHP
Capability
Autofix
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Config
Config model
DeepSourceZero-config
PsalmConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
DeepSource-
Psalm✓
Deployment
Deployment
DeepSourceSaaS
PsalmCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
DeepSource-
Psalm✓
CI / VCS gating
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Insight
Code metrics
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
DeepSource✓
Psalm-
Licensing
Open-source
DeepSourceClosed
PsalmOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
DeepSourcePer-dev
PsalmFree

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

DeepSource

Continuous code analysis platform that uses rule-based pattern detection combined with AI-powered review to identify defects, security flaws, and code quality issues across pull requests and entire codebases.

Independently observed

Psalm

Psalm scans PHP codebases to discover potential problems and includes Psalter, a tool for automatically fixing identified issues with configurable safety measures and PHP version targeting.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

DeepSource

from $8/oss_target/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

Free tier with 1,000 PRs/month. Team: $24/user/month (annual). AI Review: $8–15 per 10K lines. Enterprise: custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • 1,000 pull requests reviewed per month
    • Pay-as-you-go AI Review
    • Automated code formatting
    • OSS vulnerability scanning
    • Secrets detection
  • Team$24/user/month billed annually with $100/year AI Review credit per user. Unlimited repositories and PRs.
    • Unlimited repositories
    • Unlimited pull request reviews
    • Unlimited code formatting
    • AI Review and Autofix (Standard $8/10K LOC or Advanced $15/10K LOC)
    • OSS Dependency Scanning (3 targets)
    • +7 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Team features
    • Custom pricing
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Enterprise Cloud access
    • Bring Your Own API Keys (BYOK) for AI Review
    • +7 more
as of verify ↗

Psalm

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source. Optional paid support contracts available.

  • Open SourceFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
DeepSource✓
Psalm✗
CLI
DeepSource✗
Psalm✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DeepSource✓
Psalm✗
Self-hosted
DeepSource✓
Psalm✓
Air-gapped
DeepSource✓
Psalm✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

DeepSource

5 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Vanta
Independently observed

Psalm

Not documented yet.

Still deciding?

DeepSource or Psalm: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.