The price of SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) is reasonable for my company, but it's actually per organizational infrastructure. We pay about 1.2 million rand in terms of South African rands per year. They always offer around a two-year contract, but we always take a one-year contract because it's expensive. There are no additional costs apart from the license cost. That's the whole cost of enterprise SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube).
Sr Software Engineering Supervisor at Mozarc Medical
Real User
Top 10
May 27, 2025
I would rate the pricing for SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) as an 8, where 1 is very cheap and 10 is very expensive, because Coverity is very expensive, and while SonarQube is not cheap, it is still less expensive than Coverity. Since there are not many players in this space with FDA regulation approvals, I find the pricing justifiable.
In terms of pricing, SonarQube is more comfortable for global licensing and cloud-based usage, while Coverity's licenses, particularly in India, may come with more restrictions and be less flexible.
SonarQube is a fairly affordable solution for a larger scale if you have a specific role or specific department for secure code. We didn't pay for SonarQube. We used a free version of the solution because we had a small amount of code.
Lead Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 28, 2022
We're using an older version because it is the open-source flavor of it and we can continue using it at no cost. We're not paying any licensing at all, which was another factor in choosing this route so that we can learn and grow with it and not be committed to licenses and other similar things. If we choose to get something else, we have to relearn, but we don't have to relicense. Basically, we're paying no license costs.
Independent Professional at Studio Dott. Ing. Angelo Quaglia
Real User
Top 10
Dec 21, 2021
SonarQube enterprise, I am not sure of the price but from what I understand they are charging a fee. It's is not clear if it is an annual fee or a one-off. I don't know the global figure but they are asking each director general approximately a lump sum of $5,000, which doesn't sound like a lot for what the solution does.
I'm not too aware of the pricing because a different team covers that, but SonarQube has been on the market for a very long time, so I would guess the pricing would be decent.
Development Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Dec 10, 2021
Compared to similar solutions, SonarQube was more accessible to us and had more benefits, with regards to size of the code base and supported languages. Apart from the Enterprise licensing fee, there are no additional costs.
Staff DevOps Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
MSP
Nov 11, 2021
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.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Nov 3, 2021
We purchased a SonarQube developer license. We do not have the enterprise version. We pay for licensing on a yearly basis. On the pricing side, it's 3,000 Euros for 1 million lines of code. Even if you look at the open-source, the open-source almost provide similar functions. Of course, some additional language support, among other things, however, the rest is available in open-source. If they can reduce the price, then I believe more people will join the licensed version rather than open-source. Pricing is a bit high based on the fact that they're already providing the open-source for free, and that also includes almost all the necessary items. People will not pay for the license if they can get most items for free. I would suggest if they reduce the price, that definitely it will boost the business.
We are using the community version of the solution and we plan on purchasing licenses for the upgraded version soon. There is a limitation on how many lines of code can be scanned and this is why we are going to purchase a license for an increased amount.
System Quality Assurance Manager at AIS - Advanced Info Services Plc.
Real User
Sep 7, 2021
The solution has a free version and a license version. The license is priced reasonably, the cost of hiring one programmer is more expensive than the solution. The licensing process could be improved. We need to contact purchasing to receive the key for the license but the process should be automatic, similar to a SAS purchase.
DevOps Lead at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Apr 29, 2021
What we are looking at in the future is a bit of a price reduction. The pricing that we have been quoted for the next version is a little expensive. The pricing could be also a bit reduced.
I do not know the price of the solution since I have not been involved in purchasing licenses. However, this solution requires a license and we have enterprise-level licenses for our organization and for our client. 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. The enterprise-level has only a few more options, such as better reporting and generating PDFs. If you have a small-scale project or if you do not have a high budget, I think open-source will do wonders.
We have partnered with B2B American to help with the purchasing of the license. We have just been approved to purchase SonarQube Developer Edition. We have a license with 125,000 lines of code. We did not purchase a lot of lines but it is specific to our code environment. It's an open-source solution.
Senior System Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Dec 7, 2020
It's a bit expensive for us. The currency rate of the dollar is a problem but it may be fine for other countries. This solution provides good features for users.
Senior/Lead Software Engineer at a government with 51-200 employees
Real User
Oct 26, 2020
Right now, we are not using the enterprise features of the solution. I don't know about the licensing as I was not the one who introduced SonarQube into the pipeline. I believe we are using the free community edition and therefore aren't actually paying any money for it.
Security consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sep 1, 2020
For the Community edition, there is no extra cost. It's totally free. The Enterprise edition, Data Center edition, and Developer edition are the paid versions.
Head of Software Delivery at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jul 6, 2020
SonarQube will incur hosting costs. There are SaaS options available at competitive prices too. Self-hosting SonarQube is subject to its open-source licenses documented on their website.
IT Infrastructure Head / Facilities Manager - ITIL V3 Certified ,Vmware Vsphere5 at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jun 11, 2019
The product is basically free, so implementation is the greater cost. It will cost in man-hours for deployment and resources, or in consultation. The licensing fee is negligible.
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The price of SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) is reasonable for my company, but it's actually per organizational infrastructure. We pay about 1.2 million rand in terms of South African rands per year. They always offer around a two-year contract, but we always take a one-year contract because it's expensive. There are no additional costs apart from the license cost. That's the whole cost of enterprise SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube).
I would rate the pricing for SonarQube Server (formerly SonarQube) as an 8, where 1 is very cheap and 10 is very expensive, because Coverity is very expensive, and while SonarQube is not cheap, it is still less expensive than Coverity. Since there are not many players in this space with FDA regulation approvals, I find the pricing justifiable.
The freemium version of SonarQube Server offers excellent value, especially compared to the high costs of Snyk.
SonarQube is a cost-effective solution.
Our company previously paid around $15000 for the solution which later on got increased by $1500 the next year.
We use the solution free of cost. SonarQube is a cost-efficient solution.
The tool's pricing is reasonable.
The solution is expensive.
In terms of pricing, SonarQube is more comfortable for global licensing and cloud-based usage, while Coverity's licenses, particularly in India, may come with more restrictions and be less flexible.
SonarQube is a fairly affordable solution for a larger scale if you have a specific role or specific department for secure code. We didn't pay for SonarQube. We used a free version of the solution because we had a small amount of code.
The product’s price is lower than Veracode’s price.
We use the tool's community edition.
We are using the Community edition of SonarQube.
We are using the Developer Edition and the cost is based on the amount of code that is being processed.
We're using an older version because it is the open-source flavor of it and we can continue using it at no cost. We're not paying any licensing at all, which was another factor in choosing this route so that we can learn and grow with it and not be committed to licenses and other similar things. If we choose to get something else, we have to relearn, but we don't have to relicense. Basically, we're paying no license costs.
I use the community version of the product.
SonarQube enterprise, I am not sure of the price but from what I understand they are charging a fee. It's is not clear if it is an annual fee or a one-off. I don't know the global figure but they are asking each director general approximately a lump sum of $5,000, which doesn't sound like a lot for what the solution does.
I'm not too aware of the pricing because a different team covers that, but SonarQube has been on the market for a very long time, so I would guess the pricing would be decent.
Compared to similar solutions, SonarQube was more accessible to us and had more benefits, with regards to size of the code base and supported languages. Apart from the Enterprise licensing fee, there are 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.
We purchased a SonarQube developer license. We do not have the enterprise version. We pay for licensing on a yearly basis. On the pricing side, it's 3,000 Euros for 1 million lines of code. Even if you look at the open-source, the open-source almost provide similar functions. Of course, some additional language support, among other things, however, the rest is available in open-source. If they can reduce the price, then I believe more people will join the licensed version rather than open-source. Pricing is a bit high based on the fact that they're already providing the open-source for free, and that also includes almost all the necessary items. People will not pay for the license if they can get most items for free. I would suggest if they reduce the price, that definitely it will boost the business.
The process of purchasing the solution could improve.
We are using the community version of the solution and we plan on purchasing licenses for the upgraded version soon. There is a limitation on how many lines of code can be scanned and this is why we are going to purchase a license for an increased amount.
The solution has a free version and a license version. The license is priced reasonably, the cost of hiring one programmer is more expensive than the solution. The licensing process could be improved. We need to contact purchasing to receive the key for the license but the process should be automatic, similar to a SAS purchase.
We pay €10 per month for this solution, which is good. It provides good value for money.
The solution is open-source. It's free to use.
The price of this solution is more expensive than competitors. However, it works better than competitors.
The price of the solution could be reduced.
Licensing costs could be lower. We paid around 60,000 Singapore Dollars for our 20 million lines of code.
SonarQube price is a little bit higher than Kiuwan's. Kiuwan also gives a little bit of flexibility in terms of pricing.
What we are looking at in the future is a bit of a price reduction. The pricing that we have been quoted for the next version is a little expensive. The pricing could be also a bit reduced.
I do not know the price of the solution since I have not been involved in purchasing licenses. However, this solution requires a license and we have enterprise-level licenses for our organization and for our client. 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. The enterprise-level has only a few more options, such as better reporting and generating PDFs. If you have a small-scale project or if you do not have a high budget, I think open-source will do wonders.
We have partnered with B2B American to help with the purchasing of the license. We have just been approved to purchase SonarQube Developer Edition. We have a license with 125,000 lines of code. We did not purchase a lot of lines but it is specific to our code environment. It's an open-source solution.
Unless you use a tech stack that is not supported, use the community version; there are no hidden costs or licensing required.
The development license cost is reasonable, and we've had no concerns about SonarQube when it comes to cost.
I think comparing the product to competitors it should be less expensive.
It's a bit expensive for us. The currency rate of the dollar is a problem but it may be fine for other countries. This solution provides good features for users.
SonarQube is an open-source product that can be used free of charge. It is a cost-effective solution.
Right now, we are not using the enterprise features of the solution. I don't know about the licensing as I was not the one who introduced SonarQube into the pipeline. I believe we are using the free community edition and therefore aren't actually paying any money for it.
We are using the open-source community version, but there are enterprise licenses available.
There is a licensing fee, but I don't know the exact cost because I use this solution in partnership with other companies.
For the Community edition, there is no extra cost. It's totally free. The Enterprise edition, Data Center edition, and Developer edition are the paid versions.
We are using the open-source version, which is available free of cost.
The developer edition is based on cost per lines of code.
Everything is included in the standard licensing.
I was using the Community Edition, which is available free of charge.
SonarQube will incur hosting costs. There are SaaS options available at competitive prices too. Self-hosting SonarQube is subject to its open-source licenses documented on their website.
I am satisfied with the pricing.
The product is basically free, so implementation is the greater cost. It will cost in man-hours for deployment and resources, or in consultation. The licensing fee is negligible.
We are using the free, unlicensed version.
The costs for this application, for the kind of job it does, are pretty decent.
Some of the plugins that were previously free are not free now.
A self-hosted SonarQube on a Kubernetes cluster is very cost efficient if you already have the infrastructure and don’t need the premium features.
We purchased the solution; it's not on a monthly or annual contract.
The price point on SonarQube is good.