Pick Qlty if
teams leaving CodeClimate Quality who still want a $0 cloud floor.
Read the Qlty pageQlty vs SonarQube Cloud
Our take
Pick Qlty if you're on a team leaving CodeClimate Quality who still want a $0 cloud floor. 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 Qlty if you're orgs that need a Code Health bubble map (CodeScene) or JetBrains inspections in CI
Best for
Qlty PR checks plus a maintainability letter grade
SonarQube Cloud Quality-gate health you start at $0
Free plan
Qlty $0 · / month. Unlimited private/public contributors; lint, coverage, maintainability; 1,000 analysis minutes; 100 AI autofixes
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
Qlty FAQ: annual billing is two months free. Extra Enterprise minutes are $0.01 each. $0.01
SonarQube Cloud Gitar $20/mo yearly
Next step up
Qlty Pro $20
SonarQube Cloud
Runs where
Qlty Hosted
SonarQube Cloud Hosted
Watch out
Qlty Free is 1,000 analysis minutes
SonarQube Cloud Free private analysis stops at 50k LOC
Last checked
Qlty 2026-10-28 · qlty.sh/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