Qodana
Qodana is JetBrains inspections in CI: it runs the same linters as IntelliJ-family IDEs, then opens a report with a sunburst, problem list, and coverage.
OUR TAKE
Pick Qodana for teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI. Community language pack is narrower.
Good fit
Teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI.
Poor fit
Teams that want a coverage-only history (Coveralls) or a dependency CVE inbox (Snyk).
Ultimate $5 · Ultimate Plus $15
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · jetbrains.com/qodana/buy
OUR TAKE
Pick Qodana for teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI. Community language pack is narrower. than Ultimate.
Good fit
Teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI.
Poor fit
Teams that want a coverage-only history (Coveralls) or a dependency CVE inbox (Snyk).
Ultimate $5 · Ultimate Plus $15
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · jetbrains.com/qodana/buy
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · jetbrains.com/qodana/buy
Community
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Ultimate
/ contributor / month (). Minimum 3 active contributors. Adds PHP, Web, Go
Lowest paid
$5
Ultimate Plus
/ contributor / month (). Minimum 3 contributors. Adds MISRA (EAP) and extra security checks
$15
On
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-28·jetbrains.com/qodana/buy
Before you pay
Good fit
Teams already living in JetBrains IDEs who want the same inspections in CI.
Poor fit
Teams that want a coverage-only history (Coveralls) or a dependency CVE inbox (Snyk).
Watch out
Community language pack is narrower. than Ultimate.
Instead, try
SonarCloud if hosted quality gate when you are not standardized on JetBrains inspections; Snyk if dependency CVEs when the job is packages, not IDE inspections
Compare Qodana with
Limits, in full
- 01
Community language pack is narrower. than Ultimate.
- 02
Paid floors at 3 contributors. a two-person repo still pays for three.
- 03
Inspections, not a hotspot map. Use CodeScene for file-level health bubbles.
If Qodana isn't it
Why: hosted quality gate when you are not standardized on JetBrains inspections.
Free· paid from$20/mo yearly
Free private analysis stops at 50k LOCChecked 2026-10-23·sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing
vs Qodana
Why: multi-language quality + SAST without a JetBrains license.
Free· paid from$18/mo yearly
Developer is the IDE pluginChecked 2026-10-28·codacy.com/pricing
vs QodanaLimits & alternatives3 limits · SonarCloud, Snyk, Codacy instead
Limits, in full
- 01
Community language pack is narrower. than Ultimate.
- 02
Paid floors at 3 contributors. a two-person repo still pays for three.
- 03
Inspections, not a hotspot map. Use CodeScene for file-level health bubbles.
If Qodana isn't it
Why: hosted quality gate when you are not standardized on JetBrains inspections.
Free· paid from$20/mo yearly
Free private analysis stops at 50k LOCChecked 2026-10-23·sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing
vs QodanaWhy: multi-language quality + SAST without a JetBrains license.
Free· paid from$18/mo yearly
Developer is the IDE pluginChecked 2026-10-28·codacy.com/pricing
vs Qodana