# Socket vs SonarQube

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SonarQube

| Attribute | Socket | SonarQube |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.1 (73% (medium)) | 66.3 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 497 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 11,064 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A software composition analysis platform that detects malware, vulnerabilities, and license risks in open source dependencies, with automated prioritization to reduce false positives and streamline security workflows. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What is Socket?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $25 per developer per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Is Socket free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Socket support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Socket can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Can Socket be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Socket, including GitHub, npm, PyPI, Cargo, Go packages, VSCode, Slack and GitLab, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What does Socket integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Socket. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Socket not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://socket.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Socket have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Socket is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Where is Socket available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A code verification system that scans source code repositories for bugs, security flaws, and quality problems, supporting both human-written and AI-generated code. It integrates directly into development workflows and CI/CD pipelines to provide real-time feedback and automated fix suggestions. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What is SonarQube?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SonarQube offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $34 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Is SonarQube free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SonarQube supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What platforms does SonarQube support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SonarQube can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Can SonarQube be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for SonarQube, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, CodeCatalyst, CircleCI, TravisCI and Jenkins, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"What does SonarQube integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for SonarQube. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SonarQube not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/","question":"What security certifications does SonarQube have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. SonarQube is published under the LGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube","question":"Is SonarQube open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"SonarQube is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in Switzerland.","source":"https://www.sonarsource.com/jp/plans-and-pricing/","question":"Where is SonarQube available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Socket analyzes software dependencies in real-time to detect and block malicious packages, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues before they enter production. It integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines and development tools to flag risky dependencies automatically. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sca":true,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` | `{"sca":true,"dast":false,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"iac_scanning":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 22 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"Cargo"},{"name":"Go packages"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vanta","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS CodePipeline","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Drata","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"JetBrains","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Eclipse","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bundler","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Paket","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Swift Package Manager","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"vcpkg","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Linear","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Asana","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ClickUp","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"CodeCatalyst"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"TravisCI"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Codemagic"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"GitHub Advanced Security"},{"name":"Backstage"},{"name":"Compass"},{"name":"Cortex"},{"name":"Harness"},{"name":"Port"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"GitLab CI","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Bamboo","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Copilot","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Windsurf","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Gemini CLI","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | LGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Detect 70+ risk types (malware, vulnerabilities, license, etc.)","Block malicious dependencies automatically","AI analysis that flags hidden dependency behavior"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited developers and repositories with basic scanning capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"3","scans_per_month":"1,000","repository_labels":"1","api_quota_per_hour":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/developer/month (minimum 5), save 20% when billed annually","features":["All Free features","Precomputed reachability analysis (cuts 60% CVE false positives)","Priority scoring","Slack alerts for malware/vulnerabilities"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing teams with smart automation and reachability analysis","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","scans_per_month":"5,000","repository_labels":"3","api_quota_per_hour":"2,500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$50/developer/month (minimum 20)","features":["All Team features","Compliance integrations (e.g., Vanta)","SBOM import/export","SSO/SAML and webhook automation","GitHub Actions and AI model scanning"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise-grade automation, compliance integrations, and support without sales calls","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","repository_labels":"unlimited","api_quota_per_hour":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; request trial or buy on GCP Marketplace","features":["All Business features","Full application function-level reachability (eliminates up to 90% irrelevant CVEs)","GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, self-hosted repo integrations","SCIM provisioning, audit logs, IP restrictions","Private Slack channel, migration help, named account manager","Uptime SLA"],"description":"Full application function-level reachability for large organizations","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free to $50/developer/month. Save 20% on annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://socket.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T11:08:23.060Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["45+ languages","basic code analysis"],"description":"Up to 50k lines of code for private projects, no credit card required, never expires","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"lines_of_code":"50k"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"From $34/month for up to 100k LOC","features":["45+ languages","SSO and SCIM","portfolios","OWASP and MISRA reporting","advanced SAST and SCA","CVE detection","license policy","SBOM generation","zero data retention","BYOK with LLMs"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":34,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams requiring advanced security, governance, and compliance capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"lines_of_code":"100k"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"For large organizations requiring mission-critical deployments with advanced integrations and support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier up to 50k LOC. Team plan from $34/month. Enterprise pricing available upon request.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:12:52.853Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":34,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":34,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 30 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.10.0.133078","date":"2026-10-12T10:01:25Z","type":"stable","version":"26.10.0.133078"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.9.0.129388","date":"2026-09-02T10:29:07Z","type":"stable","version":"26.9.0.129388"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.8.0.126808","date":"2026-08-05T07:17:56Z","type":"stable","version":"26.8.0.126808"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.7.0.124771","date":"2026-07-08T13:48:56Z","type":"stable","version":"26.7.0.124771"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.6.0.123539","date":"2026-06-03T09:56:25Z","type":"stable","version":"26.6.0.123539"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.5.0.122743b","date":"2026-05-19T12:59:25Z","type":"stable","version":"26.5.0.122743b"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.4.0.121862","date":"2026-04-10T13:17:33Z","type":"stable","version":"26.4.0.121862"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.3.0.120487","date":"2026-03-03T09:53:50Z","type":"stable","version":"26.3.0.120487"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.2.0.119303","date":"2026-02-04T10:07:42Z","type":"stable","version":"26.2.0.119303"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/26.1.0.118079","date":"2026-01-06T14:46:07Z","type":"stable","version":"26.1.0.118079"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.12.0.117093","date":"2025-12-23T15:00:10Z","type":"stable","version":"25.12.0.117093"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.11.0.114957","date":"2025-11-05T10:26:59Z","type":"stable","version":"25.11.0.114957"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.10.0.114319","date":"2025-10-03T13:33:44Z","type":"stable","version":"25.10.0.114319"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.9.0.112764","date":"2025-09-01T15:33:36Z","type":"stable","version":"25.9.0.112764"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.8.0.112029","date":"2025-08-06T13:33:07Z","type":"stable","version":"25.8.0.112029"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.7.0.110598","date":"2025-07-07T09:39:23Z","type":"stable","version":"25.7.0.110598"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.6.0.109173","date":"2025-06-02T14:19:56Z","type":"stable","version":"25.6.0.109173"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.5.0.107428","date":"2025-05-06T08:12:43Z","type":"stable","version":"25.5.0.107428"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.4.0.105899","date":"2025-04-07T13:22:08Z","type":"stable","version":"25.4.0.105899"},{"url":"https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/releases/tag/25.3.0.104237","date":"2025-03-04T14:08:50Z","type":"stable","version":"25.3.0.104237"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://socket.dev/security | https://www.sonarsource.com/solutions/compliance-and-reporting/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (DevSecOps Tools)

| Capability | Socket | 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 | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| First-class CI / pipeline integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-editor / IDE scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| OSS engine available | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:15:10.882Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*