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Software Risk Manager ASPM vs SonarQube comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Software Risk Manager ASPM
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
28th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (24th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (15th)
SonarQube
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
135
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (1st), Software Development Analytics (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of Software Risk Manager ASPM is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube is 14.5%, down from 24.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SonarQube14.5%
Software Risk Manager ASPM1.3%
Other84.2%
Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
 

Featured Reviews

Saravanan_Radhakrishnan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Happiest Minds Technologies
Facilitates continuous assessment of applications, covering both static and dynamic security aspects
Code Dx lacks one aspect, the dynamic security part, known as DAST. It's not an on-premise solution; it's in the cloud now. There are compliance standards and data standards where the customer might need to have the data on-premises for dynamic security testing. So that is one shortfall. An area of improvement could be developing an on-premise DAST solution. The current one is a complete cloud-based solution, and that can be one of the areas of improvement.
Sathyamurthi Natarajan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Officer (Solution Architect) at World Bank
We maintain high code standards with effective static code analysis and integration
SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) could be improved on the reporting front. Instead of grouping, I would prefer to scan the code as part of development and then generate a report on a daily basis among different units or projects, which is currently complicated. We need to change it to more of a portfolio report, where configuring or setting up things on the portfolio requires tagging at the ADO level.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The customers were looking for something around static security and dynamic security, and in all those areas, they were looking for an industry leader with a proven solution. Synopsys is a Gartner leader, so I position this particular technology for the technical pre-sales part of it."
"The software quality gate streamlines the product's quality."
"The product itself has a friendly UI, it's easy to use and we understand how to manage the admin control panel, it's really quick, and it's really easy to perform admin jobs using the control panel."
"We can create a Quality Gate in order to fail Jenkins jobs where the code coverage is lower than the set percentage."
"I am only interested in the security features in SonarQube."
"The static code analysis is very good."
"It is quality software, even if the plugins are often weaker than would be necessary to have a team centralize around it."
"The solution's user interface is very user-friendly."
"It easily ties into our continuous integration pipeline."
 

Cons

"The initial setup is a bit challenging because things are not easy. It needs a lot of technology adaptability plus the customer's environment-specific use cases."
"However, time and time again, some issues become annoying, since they are actually not issues."
"This is a well-rounded solution, however, some features could be made available on the free version. The price of the solution could be reduced."
"From a reporting perspective, we sometimes have problems interpreting the vulnerability scan reports."
"It requires advanced heuristics to recognize more complex constructs that could be disregarded as issues."
"I am not very pleased with the technical debt computation, it's a bit arbitrary."
"SonarQube can improve by scanning the internal library which currently it does not do. We are looking for a solution for this."
"The only pain area for us is due to the fact that we purchased the 1 million lines of code license for now."
"I have found this solution creates more noise than competitors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is more of an enterprise solution for budget-conscious customers. So, it's moderately priced. It's not for everybody."
"SonarQube price is a little bit higher than Kiuwan's. Kiuwan also gives a little bit of flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The price of SonarCloud is not expensive, it goes by the lines of code. 1 million lines per code are approximately 4,000 USD per year. If you need 2 million lines of code you would double the annual cost."
"We are using the open-source version, which is available free of cost."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"It's an open-source solution, with no additional costs."
"My guess is that we have a yearly subscription. We use it quite extensively, so a monthly license wouldn't make sense. Yearly subscriptions are usually cheaper. In addition to the standard licensing fee, there is just the cost of running the hardware where it is hosted."
"Get the paid version which allows the customized dashboard and provides technical support."
"It's an open-source product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
University
10%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise79
 

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Is SonarQube the best tool for static analysis?
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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?
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Also Known As

Code Dx
Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
 

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