Quick comparison
| # | App | Pricing | Verified price | Open source | Platforms | Verified facts | Score |
|---|
| 1 |  SonarQube | Free plan + paid | $34/month (Team plan, up to 100k LOC) | Yes | Web, Self-hosted | 4 of 4 | 74.4 |
| 2 |  Semgrep | Free plan + paid | $30 per contributor/month (Teams) | Yes | Web, Windows, macOS +1 | 5 of 5 | 57.5 |
| 3 |  Trivy | Open source | — | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows | 3 of 3 | 57.5 |
1Best for: Teams that want quality gates for code quality and security on every pull request
Free plan + paidOpen sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted
Why switch from Black Duck
Code quality and security analysis with a free self-hosted edition for smaller budgets.
Pros
- Combines code quality and security in one report
- Choice of cloud service or self-hosted server
- Free IDE extension for instant feedback
- Free for public open-source projects
Cons
- Pricing scales with lines of code, which gets costly for large codebases
- Free private tier is limited to 50k lines of code
- Advanced security features are kept for higher tiers
How this score is calculated
Editorial fit ×0.369
Reviews ×0.363
Clicks (90 days) ×0.15100
Freshness ×0.15100
Votes ×0.150
0 counted reviews, 0 up and 0 down votes. Full formula
2Best for: Teams that want fast CI scans and easy-to-write custom rules
Free plan + paidOpen sourceWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux
Why switch from Black Duck
Lightweight SAST and supply chain scanning that developers can run in seconds in CI.
Pros
- Rules are written in code-like patterns that are easy to read
- Open-source CLI runs anywhere, including locally
- Free edition covers small teams on the hosted platform
- SAST, dependency and secrets scanning in one product
Cons
- Cross-file analysis and Pro rules need the commercial engine
- Free edition is capped at 10 contributors
- Paid products are billed separately per contributor
How this score is calculated
Editorial fit ×0.363
Reviews ×0.363
Clicks (90 days) ×0.150
Freshness ×0.15100
Votes ×0.150
0 counted reviews, 0 up and 0 down votes. Full formula
3Best for: DevOps and platform teams wanting a free, all-in-one scanner for images, IaC and Kubernetes in CI
Open sourceLinux, macOS, Windows
Why switch from Black Duck
Free open-source scanner for dependencies, container images and IaC, with SBOM output, run straight from CI.
Pros
- Scans images, repos, filesystems, Kubernetes and IaC with one binary
- Free and Apache-2.0 licensed with an active project
- Generates SBOMs as well as vulnerability reports
- Easy to drop into CI pipelines
Cons
- No hosted dashboard or team reporting without Aqua's paid platform
- Does not open automatic fix pull requests like some SaaS tools
- Command-line only, so less friendly for non-engineers
How this score is calculated
Editorial fit ×0.363
Reviews ×0.363
Clicks (90 days) ×0.150
Freshness ×0.15100
Votes ×0.150
0 counted reviews, 0 up and 0 down votes. Full formula