Compare Black Duck and SonarQube 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Black Duck
Star Rating
(27)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(131)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SonarQube easier to use and administer. Reviewers also felt that SonarQube was easier to do business with overall. However reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Reviewers felt that SonarQube meets the needs of their business better than Black Duck.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that SonarQube is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SonarQube over Black Duck.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Black Duck
No pricing availableSonarQube
Cloud - based: Free
Free
For developers wanting to try SonarQube.
- Scan of private projects limited to 50k lines of code
- Users limited to max. 5
- Architecture management
Free Trial
Black Duck
Free Trial is available
SonarQube
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.9
15
8.9
112
Ease of Use
8.0
15
8.5
115
Ease of Setup
8.1
9
8.1
74
Ease of Admin
8.3
9
8.6
64
Quality of Support
7.7
13
8.2
94
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
11
8.4
58
Product Direction (% positive)
6.4
16
8.6
109
Features by Category
Administration
Not enough data
7.8
19
Not enough data
6.0
20
Analysis
Not enough data
7.4
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Testing
Not enough data
6.6
18
Not enough data
5.9
19
Not enough data
6.0
21
Not enough data
6.9
18
Not enough data
6.8
17
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
6.8
22
Agentic AI - Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.1
31
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.2
29
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
25
Not enough data
7.8
27
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - Software Composition Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Effectiveness - Software Composition Analysis
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Documentation
Not enough data
7.9
38
Not enough data
7.5
36
Not enough data
8.3
37
Security
Not enough data
6.8
35
Not enough data
7.0
34
Not enough data
8.0
35
Risk management - Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Integration and efficiency - Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Reporting and Analytics - Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Agentic AI - Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management - Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Compliance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Risk Management & Monitoring
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Lifecycle Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Access Control and Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration and Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - AI Governance Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Static Code Analysis
Not enough data
6.3
8
Not enough data
5.7
7
Not enough data
6.7
8
Performance - AI AppSec Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI AppSec Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Black Duck and SonarQube are categorized as AI AppSec Assistants and Software Composition Analysis
Unique Categories
Black Duck has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Black Duck
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SonarQube
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
30.8%
Computer Software
30.8%
Computer & Network Security
7.7%
Utilities
3.8%
Telecommunications
3.8%
Other
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
27.3%
Computer Software
21.1%
Financial Services
7.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
37.5%
Discussions
Black Duck has no discussions with answers
SonarQube has no discussions with answers
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