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Qwiet AI vs SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 9, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Qwiet AI
Ranking in Application Security Tools
21st
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
16th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (11th)
SonarQube Server (formerly ...
Ranking in Application Security Tools
1st
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Software Development Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Qwiet AI is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) is 25.1%, down from 26.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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Effectively in identify and fix bugs early in the development lifecycle
When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness. Previously, security professionals had to spend a lot of time and effort running around, asking people to fix issues in their products, architectures, code, and even networks. With ShiftLeft, everything becomes robust and secure from within. Instead of relying on external measures like Web Application Firewalls (WAF) that are applied from the outside in, ShiftLeft takes a proactive approach. It helps prevent issues from arising in the first place, making it much easier for both security teams and developers. It's also cost-effective because you don't have to constantly go back, make changes to the code, and then push it again. Writing secure code from the start ensures that there are no vulnerabilities when it goes live. So, I would say the main features of ShiftLeft are its cost-effectiveness and ease of adaptability or use.
Wang Dayong - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to integrate and has a plug-in that supports both C and C++ languages
The product provides false reports sometimes. It also fails to understand the context of the code. It reports that a line of code has issues without considering its relation with the previous line. The product should improve the report quality. While it asks us to improve the code quality, it would be good if it also suggests how to improve the quality.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness."
"SonarQube is good for checking and maintaining code quality."
"The solution offers a very good community edition."
"It is a very good tool for analysis despite its limitations."
"The solution's user interface is very user-friendly."
"When comparing other static code analysis tools, SonarQube has fewer false-positive issues being reported. They have a lot of support for different tech stacks. It covers the entire developer community which includes Salesforce or it could be the regular Java.net project. It has actually sufficed all the needs in one tool for static code analysis."
"We consider it a handy tool that helps to resolve our issues immediately."
"There's plenty of documentation available to users."
"If code coverage is a low number then that's of great value to me."
 

Cons

"Having support from senior management is crucial in making it mandatory for teams to collaborate with the security team throughout the development process."
"Dynamic scanning is missing and there are some issues with security scanning."
"In terms of what can be improved, the areas that need more attention in the solution are its architecture and development."
"We had some issues scanning the master branch but when we upgraded to version 7.9 we noticed it does scan the master branch but we had to do a workaround for it to happen. This process could be improved in a future release."
"We called support and complained but have not received any information as we use the free version. We had to fix it on our own and could not escalate it to the tool's developer."
"It does not provide deeper scanning of vulnerabilities in an application, on a live session. This is something we are not happy about. Maybe the reason for that is we are running the community edition currently, but other editions may improve on that aspect."
"The scanning part could be improved in SonarQube. We have used Coverity for scanning, and we have the critical issues reported by Coverity. When we used SonarQube for scanning and looked at the results, it seems that some of them have incorrect input. This part can be improved for C and C++ languages."
"SonarQube could improve its static application security testing as per the industry standard."
"In the next release, I would like to have notifications because now, it is a bit difficult. I think that's a feature which we could add there and it would benefit the users as well. For every full request, they should be able to see their bugs or vulnerability directly on the surface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I use the full trial version of SonarQube."
"This product is open source and very convenient."
"It's an open-source product."
"We're using their free Community Edition version."
"We're using the Community Edition, and we don't pay for anything."
"There are many different packages with different pricing options available. We are able to try what we have and if we need extra features we can upgrade the license."
"I requested this license for one million lines of code and they accepted this."
"SonarQube is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
14%
Retailer
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ShiftLeft?
When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness.
What needs improvement with ShiftLeft?
When it comes to areas of improvement for ShiftLeft, I believe it could benefit from greater support from senior management. It's important to have their involvement when it comes to architectural ...
What advice do you have for others considering ShiftLeft?
I would highly recommend ShiftLeft. It greatly simplifies the job for both security professionals and developers. By identifying and fixing bugs earlier in the development lifecycle, it significant...
Is SonarQube the best tool for static analysis?
I am not very familiar with SonarQube and their solutions, so I can not answer. But if you are asking me about which tools that are the best for for Static Code Analysis, I suggest you have a look...
Which gives you more for your money - SonarQube or Veracode?
SonarQube is easy to deploy and configure, and also integrates well with other tools to do quality code analysis. SonarQube has a great community edition, which is open-source and free. Easy to use...
How would you decide between Coverity and Sonarqube?
We researched Coverity, but in the end, we chose SonarQube. SonarQube is a tool for reviewing code quality and security. It helps to guide our development teams during code reviews by providing rem...
 

Also Known As

ShiftLeft
Sonar
 

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