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SonarQube pricing
SonarQube publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, SonarQube pricing is free, then $34/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $34/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
SonarQube plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Team | $34/month | 8 | +$34/month, 8 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 6 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers supports up to 50000 lines of code in private projects, never expires, covers public projects.
Team
$34/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 30+ languages
- Code quality standards
- Bug and vulnerability detection
- Secrets detection
- AI-driven fixes
- PR analysis
- For teams under 50 developers
- 14-day free trial available
Enterprise
On requestOver Team, this tier adds:
- Advanced security reports
- OWASP/CWE/PCI DSS compliance
- Unlimited users and projects
- 40+ languages including ABAP, COBOL, Apex
- SSO and SCIM
- Enterprise hierarchy
Where SonarQube stops being free
Free, Free
- Supports up to 50000 lines of code in private projects
- Never expires
- Covers public projects
Team, $34/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 30+ languages
- Code quality standards
- Bug and vulnerability detection
- Secrets detection
- AI-driven fixes
- PR analysis
- For teams under 50 developers
- 14-day free trial available
How that compares in Developer Tools
Across the 5 developer tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $20/month. SonarQube starts at $34/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SonarQube (this page) | Free, then $34/month | subscription | - | |
| Deep Code | Free, then $5/month | freemium | - | vs SonarQube |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs SonarQube |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs SonarQube |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs SonarQube |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs SonarQube |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs SonarQube |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the SonarQube badges page.
Before you pay for SonarQube
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
SonarQube runs on not recorded. The full record is on the SonarQube review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
SonarQube pricing questions
- How much does SonarQube cost?
- SonarQube publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does SonarQube have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers supports up to 50000 lines of code in private projects, never expires, covers public projects. Paying starts at $34/month for Team.
- What is the difference between Free and Team on SonarQube?
- Team costs $34/month against Free, and adds 30+ languages, code quality standards, bug and vulnerability detection, secrets detection.
- Is the Enterprise plan on SonarQube worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is advanced security reports, owasp/cwe/pci dss compliance, unlimited users and projects, 40+ languages including abap, cobol, apex. It costs On request against $34/month for Team. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is SonarQube expensive for a developer tools tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 developer tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $20/month; SonarQube starts at $34/month.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside SonarQube have a free tier: Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod).
- What am I actually paying for with SonarQube?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The SonarQube review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does SonarQube charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these SonarQube prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare SonarQube against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SonarQube covering price, platforms and features.