Comparison

OWASP ZAP vs SonarQube

On the evidence we track, SonarQube leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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OWASP ZAP50

★SonarQube66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OWASP ZAP	SonarQubeLeader
vioscaleAI score	50 / 100low · 40%	66 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$34
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	7
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.8	4.9
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.sonarsource.com/solutions/compliance-and-reporting/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.zaproxy%3Azap&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.sonarsource.sonarqube%3Asonar-plugin-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	30	497
Github starsadoption.github_stars	15,930	11,064
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	29	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	30
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	LGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

OWASP ZAP50 / 100low · 40%

SonarQube66 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube✓

Model

OWASP ZAPopen_source

SonarQubefreemium

Price level

OWASP ZAPfree

SonarQubemid

Starting price

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube$34

Transparent

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✗

Integrations

Count

OWASP ZAP2

SonarQube7

Security

Certifications

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQubeSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube–

Gdpr

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

Iso27001

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

Scorecard

OWASP ZAP6.8

SonarQube4.9

Soc2

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

Trust center

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQubehttps://www.sonarsource.com/solutions/compliance-and-reporting/

Vulnerabilities

OWASP ZAPCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.zaproxy%3Azap&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

SonarQubeCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.sonarsource.sonarqube%3Asonar-plugin-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Reliability

Sla pct

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube99.9

Status page

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

OWASP ZAP30

SonarQube497

Github stars

OWASP ZAP15,930

SonarQube11,064

Activity

Commits last 30d

OWASP ZAP29

SonarQube100

Release

Cadence days

OWASP ZAP6

SonarQube30

History

OWASP ZAP20 items

SonarQube20 items

License

Spdx

OWASP ZAPApache-2.0

SonarQubeLGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

OWASP ZAPJava

SonarQubeJava

Market

Availability

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQubeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

OWASP ZAP4 items

SonarQube8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for DevSecOps Tools
Capability	OWASP ZAP	SonarQube
Scan types
SAST (static analysis)	-	✓
DAST (dynamic analysis)	✓	✗
SCA / dependency scanning	-	✓
Secret scanning	-	✓
Container / image scanning	-	✓
IaC misconfiguration scanning	-	✓
Governance
OSS licence compliance	-	✓
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)	-	✓
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs	-	✓
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration	✓	✓
In-editor / IDE scanning	-	✓
Licensing
OSS engine available	✓	✓

Scan types

SAST (static analysis)

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

DAST (dynamic analysis)

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube✗

SCA / dependency scanning

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Secret scanning

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Container / image scanning

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

IaC misconfiguration scanning

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Governance

OSS licence compliance

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Remediation

Automated fix / upgrade PRs

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Prioritisation

Reachability / exploitability prioritisation

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Deployment

Hosting

OWASP ZAPSelf-hosted only

SonarQubeCloud + self-hosted

Integration

First-class CI / pipeline integration

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube✓

In-editor / IDE scanning

OWASP ZAP-

SonarQube✓

Licensing

OSS engine available

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube✓

What each one is

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

OWASP ZAP

An open-source security scanner that performs dynamic analysis on web applications to detect potential vulnerabilities. It supports automation, extensibility through community add-ons, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines.

Independently observed

SonarQube

Leader

A code quality and security analysis platform that uses static analysis techniques to automatically detect and help fix bugs, vulnerabilities, code smells, and compliance issues across multiple programming languages, with support for both human-written and AI-generated code.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

OWASP ZAP

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

SonarQube

Leader

from $34/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

Free tier up to 50k LOC. Team plan from $34/month. Enterprise pricing available upon request.

FreeFree
- 45+ languages
- basic code analysis
TeamFrom $34/month for up to 100k LOC
- 45+ languages
- SSO and SCIM
- portfolios
- OWASP and MISRA reporting
- advanced SAST and SCA
- +5 more
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	OWASP ZAP	SonarQube
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

CLI

OWASP ZAP–

SonarQube✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OWASP ZAP✗

SonarQube✓

Self-hosted

OWASP ZAP✓

SonarQube✓

On-premise

OWASP ZAP✗

SonarQube✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

GitHub
GitHub Actions

OWASP ZAP

2 total - 0 not shared

GitHub
GitHub Actions

Independently observed

SonarQube

Leader

28 total - 26 not shared

GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
CodeCatalyst
CircleCI
TravisCI
Jenkins
Codemagic
Slack
Jira
Linear
GitHub Advanced Security
Backstage
Compass
Cortex
Harness
Port
Bitbucket Pipelines
GitLab CI
Bamboo
Claude Code
Cursor
Copilot
Windsurf
+2 more

Independently observed

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