# SonarQube — AI Compare Ninja

> Widely used static code analysis and continuous code quality tool that detects bugs, security vulnerabilities and code smells across 30+ languages, with optional AI-assisted fixing (AI CodeFix).

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Code quality & documentation)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Active. SonarQube exists as a self-hosted SonarQube Server (with a free Community Build) and as SonarQube Cloud with the subscription tiers Free, Team, Enterprise plus a separate OSS plan for open-source projects. Per the official docs the Team plan includes, among other things, 'AI CodeFix'.
- **Paid from:** $34 / Month, 14-day free trial (SonarQube Cloud Team)
- **Free access:** Free plan
- **Website:** https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/sonarqube

## What it does
- Static analysis finds bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells
- Coverage across 30+ languages
- Quality profiles and quality gates in CI
- Branch and pull-request analysis
- AI CodeFix suggests repairs; Jira Cloud and webhooks
- Architecture visualisation on Team

## In brief
SonarQube continuously checks code for quality, security, and maintainability. Cloud Free analyses private projects up to a LOC limit (lines of code) and unlimited public repos, focused on the main branch. CI means continuous integration.

Team adds custom quality gates, branches, AI CodeFix, and Jira. Enterprise covers portfolios, security reports, and org hierarchy. Public Team prices are not listed.


## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SonarQube Cloud Free | free | Month | Up to 50,000 LOC for private projects, unlimited public projects; Maximum 5 organization members; Main-branch analysis and pull requests to the main branch only; no custom quality profiles/quality gates |
| SonarQube Cloud Team | $34 | Month, 14-day free trial | Selectable LOC allowance from 100k to 1.9M; Branch and pull-request analysis; Quality profiles and quality gates; AI CodeFix, Jira Cloud, and webhooks |
| SonarQube Cloud Enterprise | contact sales | Upon request | Freely selectable LOC allowance, per the docs 'ideal from 5M LOC'; All Team features plus enterprise hierarchy, portfolios, security reports, SSO/SCIM, audit logs, IP allowlisting |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/
- https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-subscription/subscription-plans
- https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/cloud/

---
*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/sonarqube*