Independent · sourced · Updated November 2026
Best Code Quality (2026)
5 code quality options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it; where a vendor publishes no monthly price we name the kind of pricing it uses, never a guess.
The cheapest code quality is Codacy at $0/user/mo. 5 offer a free tier. All 5 compared below on price, free tier and compliance — every figure sourced and dated, updated November 2026.
As of Nov 1, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below
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Per The Front Desk Review, the cheapest code quality is Codacy at $0/user/mo; across 4 with published pricing the median is $25.50/mo ($21–$34/mo), 5 with a free tier, every figure sourced and dated, as of 2026-11-01. https://frontdeskreview.com/best/code-quality/ Key takeaways
- Typical paid price: from $21/mo, median $25.50/mo, up to $34/mo — across 4 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Codacy, CodeScene, DeepSource, Embold, SonarQube Cloud (Sonar).
- Tracked: 5 vendors, data current through 2026-11-01. STALE · 2026-06-18
Comparison
| # | Code Quality | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Codacy | $0/user/mo Developer | Yes | — | Yes | teams up to 30 developers | codacy.com | Visit → |
| 2 | CodeScene | $0/mo Community (Open Source) | Yes | — | — | teams wanting behavioral/hotspot analysis | codescene.com | Visit → |
| 3 | DeepSource STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0/mo Open Source | Yes | — | Yes | open source projects | deepsource.com | Visit → |
| 4 | Embold STALE · 2026-06-18 | $0/mo Open Source | Yes | — | — | C/C++ codebases | embold.io | Visit → |
| 5 | SonarQube Cloud (Sonar) STALE · 2026-09-26 | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | open source projects | sonarsource.com | Visit → |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve rate, with the period it is charged on, as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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What is the cheapest code quality?
Codacy has the lowest published entry price at $0/user/mo (Developer), as of 2026-11-01.
How much does code quality cost per month?
Across the 4 code quality with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $25.50/mo, ranging from $21/mo to $34/mo, as of 2026-11-01. 5 also offer a free tier.
Which code quality have a free plan?
Codacy, CodeScene, DeepSource, Embold, SonarQube Cloud (Sonar) offer a free tier.
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