# SonarQube vs TruffleHog

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SonarQube

| Attribute | SonarQube | TruffleHog |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 66.3 (76% (high)) | 61.1 (41% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 79 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 497 | 519 |
| adoption.github_stars | 11,064 | 28,528 |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A security tool that scans code repositories, chat systems, artifact storage, and other SDLC platforms for leaked credentials. It verifies which secrets remain active and provides continuous monitoring and remediation guidance. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What is TruffleHog?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"TruffleHog is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Is TruffleHog free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"TruffleHog supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does TruffleHog support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. TruffleHog can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Can TruffleHog be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 22 integrations for TruffleHog, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Docker, Artifactory, Jenkins and Buildkite, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What does TruffleHog integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for TruffleHog. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as TruffleHog not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/security","question":"What security certifications does TruffleHog have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. TruffleHog is published under the AGPL-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/trufflesecurity/trufflehog","question":"Is TruffleHog open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"TruffleHog is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Where is TruffleHog available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A secret scanning platform that identifies leaked API keys, passwords, and tokens across version control systems, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and CI/CD pipelines, providing automated remediation and verification to reduce exposure risk. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"sca":false,"sast":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Gerrit"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Artifactory"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Buildkite"},{"name":"Azure Repos"},{"name":"Travis CI"},{"name":"Circle CI"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Vector"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"SharePoint"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Discord","category":"chat","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Elasticsearch","category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS S3","category":"cloud_storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","category":"cloud_storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager","category":"secrets_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GitHub App","native":true,"category":"authentication"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | Go |
| license.spdx | LGPL-3.0 | AGPL-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","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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, Docker scanning","800+ secret detectors","GitHub Actions integration","Pre-commit hooks","Pre-receive hooks","Custom regex","Automatic updates"],"description":"Free secret scanning with GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, and Docker support","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"secret_detectors":"800+"}},{"free":false,"name":"TruffleHog Analyze for SaaS","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"TruffleHog Analyze for Cloud","features":["20+ integrations","Choice of on-premises and cloud scanning","Continuous monitoring","Dashboard for secrets management","Alerting and detailed analytics","Forager for monitoring public datasets","Single sign-on (SAML 2.0 or OAuth 2.0)","Role-based access control","Deployment and onboarding support","Priority technical support"],"description":"Cloud or on-premises scanning with enterprise features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source tier available. Commercial SaaS and Cloud plans available via contact.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T21:02:55.201Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":34,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | 30 | 3 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 4.9 | 7.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.sonarsource.com/solutions/compliance-and-reporting/ | https://trufflesecurity.com/security |
| 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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=actions&package_name=trufflesecurity%2Ftrufflehog&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (DevSecOps Tools)

| Capability | SonarQube | TruffleHog |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T18:32:01.807Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*