OWASP ZAP vs SonarQube

OWASP ZAP and SonarQube are both listed under Security in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

OWASP ZAP, SonarQube compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	OWASP ZAP	SonarQube
Category	Security	Security
Pricing model	Open Source	Freemium
Open source	Yes	Yes
GitHub stars	15.6K	10.9K
Key features	Automated security vulnerability scanning Manual testing tools and proxy Web spidering and passive scanning Active scanning with attack simulation API security testing Authentication and session management testing Extensible through add-ons and scripts Integration with CI/CD pipelines	Static code analysis for 25+ languages Security vulnerability detection Code smell and bug identification Technical debt measurement Quality gates for CI/CD pipelines IDE integration and real-time feedback Historical analysis and trends Custom rules and quality profiles
Use cases	Web application security testing Penetration testing and ethical hacking DevSecOps pipeline integration API security assessment Security training and education Compliance and audit preparation Bug bounty and vulnerability research Security regression testing	Continuous code quality monitoring Security vulnerability scanning Technical debt management Code review automation Compliance and audit preparation Developer education and feedback Quality gate enforcement Legacy code assessment
Integrations	Jenkins GitHub Actions Docker Selenium Maven Gradle	Jenkins Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI IntelliJ IDEA VS Code
Tags	web-security penetration-testing vulnerability-scanner owasp security-testing	code-quality static-analysis security technical-debt continuous-integration
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What each one is

OWASP ZAP

Open-source web application security scanner

OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is one of the world's most popular free security tools and is actively maintained by a dedicated international team of volunteers. It can help automatically find security vulnerabilities in web applications while developing and testing.

Full OWASP ZAP listing

SonarQube

Continuous code quality and security analysis platform

SonarQube is a self-managed, automatic code review tool that systematically helps developers deliver clean code. It detects bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells in your repositories and provides clear remediation guidance to help developers fix issues.

Full SonarQube listing

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OWASP ZAP, SonarQube compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	OWASP ZAP	SonarQube
Category	Security	Security
Pricing model	Open Source	Freemium
Open source	Yes	Yes
GitHub stars	15.6K	10.9K
Key features	Automated security vulnerability scanning Manual testing tools and proxy Web spidering and passive scanning Active scanning with attack simulation API security testing Authentication and session management testing Extensible through add-ons and scripts Integration with CI/CD pipelines	Static code analysis for 25+ languages Security vulnerability detection Code smell and bug identification Technical debt measurement Quality gates for CI/CD pipelines IDE integration and real-time feedback Historical analysis and trends Custom rules and quality profiles
Use cases	Web application security testing Penetration testing and ethical hacking DevSecOps pipeline integration API security assessment Security training and education Compliance and audit preparation Bug bounty and vulnerability research Security regression testing	Continuous code quality monitoring Security vulnerability scanning Technical debt management Code review automation Compliance and audit preparation Developer education and feedback Quality gate enforcement Legacy code assessment
Integrations	Jenkins GitHub Actions Docker Selenium Maven Gradle	Jenkins Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI IntelliJ IDEA VS Code
Tags	web-security penetration-testing vulnerability-scanner owasp security-testing	code-quality static-analysis security technical-debt continuous-integration
Links	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)

OWASP ZAP

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