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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 solution has helped us mitigate problems in applications before they were a bigger issue."
"It is working fine. It provides a good value for money."
"It is very good at identifying technical debt."
"It helps our developers work more efficiently as we can identify things in a code prior to it being pushed to where it needs to go."
"Engineers now feel much more proud of their solution as they gain confidence from these scans and their results."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is free."
"Code Convention: Using the tool to implement some sort of coding convention is really useful and ensures that the code is consistent no matter how many contributors."
"If code coverage is a low number then that's of great value to me."
 

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."
"For improvement, this solution could be offered on Docker and the cloud and the support for this solution could be improved. Customizing rules could also be made simpler."
"The time it took for me to do the whole process was approximately two hours because I had to download, read the documentation, and do the configurations."
"There are a lot of features missing in the free version of SonarQube that I want to have that already exist in Checkmarx."
"Expression of common vulnerabilities and exposures is not always current."
"However, there could be an improvement in providing additional training resources."
"I am not very pleased with the technical debt computation, it's a bit arbitrary."
"There is room for improvement in the code security space which is not as extensive as it could be. There are other products on the market which are much better in terms of code security scanning."
"The solution needs to improve its customization and flexibility."
 

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."
"We use the tool's community edition."
"We are using the open-source community version, but there are enterprise licenses available."
"While not extremely cheap, it aligns well with market standards and offers good value."
"The beauty of this solution is the free open-source version is capable enough in doing pretty much what an enterprise-level version can do."
"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."
"We pay €10 per month for this solution, which is good. It provides a good value for money."
"We're using their free Community Edition version."
"This product is open source and very convenient."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
14%
University
11%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
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
 

Questions from the Community

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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

Code Dx
Sonar, SonarQube Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

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