Pick Codacy if
teams who want one hosted quality + security score without standing up SonarQube.
Read the Codacy pageCodacy vs SonarQube Cloud
Our take
Pick Codacy if you're on a team who want one hosted quality + security score without standing up SonarQube. Pick SonarQube Cloud if you're on a repo team who will stay on Free forever (private projects up to 50k LOC, or public OSI-licensed repos) while they open a first Overview, then buy Team at $34 / month for up to 100k LOC. Skip Codacy if you're repos that only need a coverage % (Coveralls / Codecov) or a
Best for
Codacy One quality dashboard across GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
SonarQube Cloud Quality-gate health you start at $0
Free plan
Codacy $0 · / dev / month. IDE plugin; scan-as-you-type; SAST / SCA / secrets in the editor
SonarQube Cloud $0 · sonarQube Team Plan free for private projects up to 50k LOC. No card, no expiry. Public OSI-licensed repos get SonarQube for OSS free forever
Lowest paid
Codacy Team $18/mo yearly
SonarQube Cloud Gitar $20/mo yearly
Runs where
Codacy
SonarQube Cloud Hosted
Watch out
Codacy Developer is the IDE plugin
SonarQube Cloud Free private analysis stops at 50k LOC
Last checked
Codacy 2026-10-28 · codacy.com/pricing
SonarQube Cloud 2026-10-23 · sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing
Which one, then?
Pick SonarQube Cloud if
repo teams who will stay on Free forever (private projects up to 50k LOC, or public OSI-licensed repos) while they open a first Overview, then buy Team at $34 / month for up to 100k LOC.
Read the SonarQube Cloud page