SonarQube Cloud

What it is for

SonarQube Cloud is a hosted project-overview desk: you open Overview, and Free is forever up to 50k LOC on private projects. Use it when the job is quality-gate health you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official SonarQube Cloud Overview (editor.js, Quality Gate Failed, Open Issues 6166, Duplication 7.9%, Security E / 4 issues) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The tiles themselves are ops of Overview. SonarQube Cloud bills LOC + a $34 Team tile, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Overview — a project health dashboard (cover still; docs). One desk. Cover 6166 issues and Security E sit here.
• Issues — a finding you open from the project (cover sidebar Issues) (docs). An issue, not the overview tiles. Rules sit here.
• Security Hotspots — a reviewed security spot (cover sidebar) (docs). A hotspot, not an issue. Review sits here.
• Pull Requests — a PR analysis (cover 2 pull requests) (docs). A PR, not a hotspot. Decorations sit here.
• Portfolios — an org rollup of projects (cover My Portfolios) (docs). A portfolio, not a PR. Enterprise-shaped rollup sits here.

The Quality Gate badge on the cover is a status on Overview (not a sixth desk). Free / Team tiles are the meter. Gitar at $20 / user / month is a sister SKU, not a desk we fold into Overview.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing. Copy prints Team starts at $34 monthly (up to 100k LOC), Free forever for private projects up to 50k LOC, and Gitar $20 / user / month billed annually.

• Free (forever) — $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.
• Team — from $34 / month for analysis of up to 100k LOC. Other LOC increments are available. Under 50 developers on the card; 14-day trial, no credit card.
• Gitar — $20 / user / month, billed annually. Unlimited public and private repos on the Gitar card we fetched.
• Enterprise — contact sales. Over 50 developers on the card.

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Limitations / costs

• Free private analysis stops at 50k LOC. Crossing that is the $34 Team tile (100k LOC).
• Dollars are LOC-metered, not a $X/seat tile (except Gitar’s $20 / user). Re-read the 50k / 100k marks before you budget.
• A quality-gate desk, not a coverage %. For Codecov see Codecov. For Semgrep see Semgrep.

Alternatives

• Codecov — line coverage when you want Codecov’s % tree, not SonarQube Cloud’s $0 / $34 Overview.
• Semgrep — SAST rules when you want Semgrep’s findings, not Sonar’s quality gate.
• Snyk — dependency risk scores when you want Snyk’s Issues list, not Sonar’s 6166-issue Overview.

Official tutorial

Official Sonar channel video: How to Get Started with SonarQube Cloud (3 Easy Steps) (oEmbed author: Sonar). First-party Cloud walkthrough; the Overview still is the cover. Issues on the video are a second desk, not generate-on-Overview.

Written path: sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing plus the Overview still.

Website

https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/cloud/

Repository

https://github.com/SonarSource

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official SonarQube Cloud Overview still from the docs CDN. Dollars checked on sonarsource.com/plans-and-pricing (Free forever to 50k private LOC; Team from $34/mo for 100k LOC; Gitar $20/user/mo yearly). Tutorial oEmbed author: Sonar.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.