Checkmarx One vs PyCharm comparison

Checkmarx and JetBrains are both solutions in the Static Code Analysis category. Checkmarx is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while JetBrains is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4. Checkmarx holds a 10.1% mindshare in SCAS, compared to JetBrains’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Checkmarx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of JetBrains users who would recommend it.

Checkmarx One

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88% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

Checkmarx One

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Checkmarx One and PyCharm compete in the software development tools category, with Checkmarx focusing on security and PyCharm serving as an IDE. PyCharm may have the upper hand due to its versatility as an IDE with various coding efficiency features.

Features: Checkmarx One offers comprehensive code scanning capabilities, identifies security vulnerabilities without code compilation, and supports numerous programming languages. PyCharm features smart code analysis, built-in debugging capabilities, and seamless GitHub integration, enhancing coding efficiency.

Room for Improvement: Checkmarx One could improve by reducing false positives, expanding language integration, and offering more flexible licensing models. PyCharm could enhance memory efficiency, further extend language support, and simplify its Python Notebook integration interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Checkmarx One supports private, public, and hybrid cloud deployments alongside on-premises setups, with customer service rated 8/10. PyCharm offers on-premises and public cloud deployment options, also enjoying a reputation for efficient customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Checkmarx One’s pricing is perceived as high but justified by its effective security capabilities, though its licensing models are seen as complex. PyCharm offers a free Community edition and a reasonably priced Professional version, highlighting its cost-effectiveness with a free tier and flexible paid options.

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Categories and Ranking

Checkmarx One

Ranking in Static Code Analysis

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (2nd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Vulnerability Management (17th), Container Security (15th), API Security (3rd), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (2nd), DevSecOps (3rd), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (8th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (3rd), AI Security (2nd)

PyCharm

Ranking in Static Code Analysis

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Static Code Analysis category, the mindshare of Checkmarx One is 10.1%, down from 21.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PyCharm is 2.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Code Analysis Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Checkmarx One	10.1%
PyCharm	2.2%
Other	87.7%

Static Code Analysis

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Shahzad Shahzad

Senior Solution Architect | L3+ Systems & Cloud Engineer | SRE Specialist at Canada Cloud Solution

Enable secure development workflows while identifying opportunities for faster scans and improved AI guidance

Checkmarx One is a very strong platform, but there are several areas where it can improve to support modern DevSecOps workflows even better. For example, better real-time developer guidance is needed. The IDE plugin should offer richer AI-powered auto-fixes similar to SNYK Code or GitHub Copilot Security, as current guidance is good but not deeply contextual for large-scale enterprise codebases. This matters because it reduces developer friction and accelerates shift-left adoption. More transparency control over the correlation engines is another need. The correlation engine is powerful but not fully transparent. Users want to understand why vulnerabilities were correlated or de-prioritized, which helps AppSec teams trust the prioritization logic. Faster SAST scan and more language coverage is needed since SAST scan can still be slow for very large mono-repos and there is limited deep support for new language frameworks like Rust and Go, along with advanced coverage for serverless-specific frameworks. This matters because large organizations want sub-minute scans in CI/CD as cloud-native ecosystems evolve fast. A strong API security module is another area for enhancement. API security scanning could be improved with active testing, API discovery, full Swagger, OpenAPI, drift detection, and schema-based fuzzing. This is important as API attacks are one of the biggest AppSec risks in 2025. Checkmarx One is strong, but I see a few areas for improvement including faster SAST scanning for large mono-repos, deeper language framework support, more transparent correlation logic, and stronger API security that includes discovery and runtime context. The IDE plugin could offer more AI-assisted fixes, and the SBOM lifecycle tracking can evolve further. Enhancing integration with SIEM and SOAR would also make enterprise adoption smoother, and these improvements would help developers and AppSec teams move faster with more accuracy.

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Sahil Sanskar Jha

Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Advanced machine learning workflows have become faster but still need better memory efficiency

In PyCharm, I find several components and libraries to be the most valuable. The support that Jupyter Notebook offers is essential, as we work through Jupyter regularly. Scientific libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and Plotly are integral to our work. Machine learning libraries including scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow are used extensively. Hugging Face integration is particularly valuable because it is easily findable, the documentation is comprehensive, and it can be directly integrated with the IDEs we work with. The intelligent code editor in PyCharm definitely helps me manage code quality and efficiency in my projects. When using these libraries, it makes parallelization of data very efficient, allowing me to use multi-thread programming architecture. The code can work for multiple datasets rather than one at a time. With native Python code, a machine learning deployment taking 45 to 50 minutes to calculate can be efficiently reduced to a minute or half a second using these libraries.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I have seen a return on investment from Checkmarx One."

"The most valuable features of Checkmarx are the SCA module and the code-checking module. Additionally, the solutions are explanatory and helpful."

"The solution has good performance, it is able to compute in 10 to 15 minutes."

"The most valuable features are the easy to understand interface, and it 's very user-friendly."

"The solution improved the efficiency of our code security reviews. It helps tremendously because it finds hundreds of potential problems sometimes."

"Overall, the ability to find vulnerabilities in the code is better than the tool that we were using before."

"Checkmarx One has positively impacted our organization as we tend to find vulnerabilities very early in the development cycle."

"It is a stable product."

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"PyCharm has an excellent user experience, and I appreciate its cross-platform capabilities."

"The solution has a great debugging feature."

"The automated package installation is helpful. I like the code highlighting features. A huge library of plugins is available, including AI coding tools, though I don't use those myself. The debugging tools are good, showing errors and problem lines."

"Good syntax highlighting and very it's very customizable."

"With native Python code, a machine learning deployment taking 45 to 50 minutes to calculate can be efficiently reduced to a minute or half a second using these libraries."

"The solution has a nice environment and extensions that make it easy to develop software."

"The best feature of PyCharm is that it gives you hints whenever it detects any issues while you are coding. This is important because it helps us code faster and without any errors."

"The latest AI features and tab completion features are good."

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Cons

"In terms of dashboarding, the solution could provide a little more flexibility in terms of creating more dashboards. It has some of its own dashboards that come out of the box. However, if I have to implement my own dashboards that are aligned to my organization's requirements, that dashboarding feature has limited capability right now."

"Checkmarx being Windows only is a hindrance. Another problem is: why can't I choose PostgreSQL?"

"Creating and editing custom rules in Checkmarx is difficult because the license for the editor comes at an additional cost, and there is a steep learning curve."

"Checkmarx One is often down when the cloud provider experiences issues. A more fail-tolerant solution needs to be created."

"I would like to see the DAST solution in the future."

"C, C++, VB and T-SQL are not supported by this product. Although, C and C++ were advertised as being supported."

"The resolutions should also be provided. For example, if the user faces any problem regarding an installation due to the internal security policies of their company, there should be a resolution offered."

"You can't use it in the continuous delivery pipeline because the scanning takes too much time."

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"They should improve the product's interactiveness."

"The navigation can be better."

"The user interface and overall user experience could be more intuitive to make it easier for users to navigate and utilize the software effectively."

"There is room for improvement in memory usage. It uses too much memory. It can get a bit heavy, especially when you have too many open files and the system becomes very slow."

"The refactor facility in PyCharm is not on par with the refactor facility in IntelliJ. It could be improved since IntelliJ offers many more options for refactoring."

"One issue with JetBrains tools, including PyCharm, is their heavy resource usage. They can be slow to start, especially when beginning a new project, as it takes some time to index."

"The solution does not support some features of OpenCV even though it is part of a PyCharm package."

"The solution is heavy because running it on laptops consumes a lot of memory and power. Typically, a laptop battery might last about eight to nine hours, but with the tool running, it reduces to two hours or one and a half hours at most. It is designed to handle large projects and heavy tasks, making it resource-intensive. For smaller projects, use IDEs like Visual Studio Code."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s pricing is higher than others and it is for the license alone."

"It is an expensive solution."

"Most of my customers opted for a perpetual license. They prefer to pay the highest amount up front for the perpetual license and then pay for additional support annually."

"Before implementing the product I would evaluate if it is really necessary to scan so many different languages and frameworks. If not, I think there must be a cheaper solution for scanning Java-only applications (which are 90% of our applications)."

"The tool's pricing is fine."

"The solution is costly."

"We got a special offer for a 30% reduction for three years, after our first year. I think for a real source-code scanning tool, you have to add a lot of money for Open Source Analysis, and AppSec Coach (160 Euro per user per year)."

"Be cautious of the one-year subscription date. Once it expires, your price will go up."

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"I use the free community version, so I'm saving money there."

"The price is reasonable."

"The community edition is free and the professional edition has a licensing fee."

"They have a free Community edition, and they also have a licensed version. They definitely have an annual license. They probably also have a monthly license. Its pricing is good and reasonable. It is a little bit more expensive than the others, but it is well worth it. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."

"I don't have much info on the pricing, but I would say it is somewhat competitive."

"The community edition is free, which is good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Performing Arts

15%

Marketing Services Firm

13%

University

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	46

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What alternatives are there for Fortify WebInspect and Fortify SCA?

I would like to recommend Checkmarx. With Checkmarx, you are able to have an all in one solution for SAST and SCA as well. Veracode is only a cloud solution. Hope this helps.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Checkmarx?

Checkmarx One is a premium solution, so budget accordingly. Make sure you understand how licensing scales with additional applications and users. I advise negotiating multi-year contracts or bundle...

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What needs improvement with Checkmarx?

One way Checkmarx One could be improved is if it could automatically run scans every month after implementation. If it is possible to set it in the SAST portal to scan the repositories automaticall...

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What do you like most about PyCharm?

The integrated code structure makes coding more organized and manageable compared to using Python alone.

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What needs improvement with PyCharm?

A potential area of improvement in PyCharm at this point would be memory efficiency. PyCharm is based on its IntelliJ platform, which is Java-based, meaning it can be very memory-intensive, especia...

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What is your primary use case for PyCharm?

My main use case for PyCharm is for machine learning operations.

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Overview

Checkmarx One is an enterprise cloud-native application security platform focused on providing cross-tool, correlated results to help AppSec and developer teams prioritize where to focus time and resources.

Checkmarx One offers comprehensive application scanning across the SDLC:

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
API security
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Container security
IaC security
Correlation, prioritization, and risk management
Codebashing secure code training
AI security
Tech partnerships extending AppSec into runtime analysis
Developer tool integrations including: CI/CD tools, development frameworks, feedback tools, IDEs, programming languages and SCMs

Checkmarx One provides everything you need to secure application development from the first line of code through deployment and runtime in the cloud. With an ever-evolving set of AppSec engines, correlation and prioritization features, and AI capabilities, Checkmarx One helps consolidate expanding lists of AppSec tools and make better sense of results. Its capabilities are designed to provide an improved developer experience to build trust with development teams and ensure the success of your AppSec program investment.

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Be More Productive
Save time while PyCharm takes care of the routine. Focus on the bigger things and embrace the keyboard-centric approach to get the most of PyCharm's many productivity features.

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Sample Customers

YIT, Salesforce, Coca-Cola, SAP, U.S. Army, Liveperson, Playtech Case Study: Liveperson Implements Innovative Secure SDLC

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