Comparison

searchcode vs Sourcegraph

No leader: the top candidate searchcode has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
searchcode54
Sourcegraph40
Score
Vioscale score
searchcode54 / 100low · 32%updating
Sourcegraph40 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Model
searchcodefreemium
Sourcegraphquote
Price level
searchcodefree
Sourcegraphunknown
Transparent
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Integrations
Count
searchcode21
Sourcegraph2
Security
Gdpr
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Iso27001
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Scorecard
searchcode4.8
Sourcegraph
Soc2
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Adoption
Dependent repos
searchcode12
Sourcegraph
Github stars
searchcode8,662
Sourcegraph
Activity
Commits last 30d
searchcode27
Sourcegraph
Release
Cadence days
searchcode89
Sourcegraph
History
searchcode20 items
Sourcegraph
License
Spdx
searchcodeMIT
Sourcegraph
Language
Primary
searchcodeGo
Sourcegraph
Market
Availability
searchcode

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Search scope
searchcode-
SourcegraphMulti repo org
Index architecture
searchcode-
SourcegraphTrigram index
Code intelligence
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Semantic AI search
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Self hostable
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Cloud saas
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Editor ide integration
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
CLI tool
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Monorepo scale proven
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Public code index
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Open source
searchcode-
Sourcegraph
Pricing model
searchcode-
SourcegraphPer seat saas

What each one is

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

searchcode

A system that analyzes GitHub repositories to extract complexity metrics, language composition, and technology stack information. Designed for integration with AI editors via MCP protocol to enable code understanding without cloning repositories.

Independently observed

Sourcegraph

Sourcegraph enables developers to search across all their repositories, understand code dependencies and relationships, and coordinate large-scale changes. It includes AI-powered code assistance to help teams write and fix code faster.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

searchcode

FreeFree tier

Free during beta. No signup or API key required.

as of verify ↗

Sourcegraph

Subscription
  • Enterprise StarterContact sales
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
searchcode
Sourcegraph
CLI
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
searchcode
Sourcegraph
Self-hosted
searchcode
Sourcegraph
On-premise
searchcode
Sourcegraph

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

searchcode

21 total - 20 not shared
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Copilot
  • Claude Desktop
  • OpenCode
  • Crush
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • Amp
  • LM Studio
  • Claude
  • GPT
  • Gemini
  • Grok
  • Kimi
  • DeepSeek
  • Mistral
  • Qwen
  • Llama
Independently observed

Sourcegraph

2 total - 1 not shared
  • Slack
Independently observed

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