Pick Qodana if
teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI.
Read the Qodana pageQodana vs SonarQube Cloud
Our take
Pick Qodana if you're on a team already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI. 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 Qodana if you're on a team that want a coverage-only history (Coveralls) or a dependency
Best for
Qodana IDE inspections as a PR gate
SonarQube Cloud Quality-gate health you start at $0
Free plan
Qodana No free plan
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
Qodana Ultimate $5
SonarQube Cloud Gitar $20/mo yearly
Next step up
Qodana Ultimate Plus $15
SonarQube Cloud
Runs where
Qodana
SonarQube Cloud Hosted
Watch out
Qodana Community language pack is narrower
SonarQube Cloud Free private analysis stops at 50k LOC
Last checked
Qodana 2026-10-28 · jetbrains.com/qodana/buy
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