Codacy vs DeepSource

From $21 per user/month (indicative, Pro)

From $8 per user/month (indicative, Starter)

Per-developer pricing rather than lines of code, which suits small teams with large codebases.

Among the cheapest per-developer options with autofix included.

Free for open-source projects and small teams.

Free for open source and small teams.

Established

Codacy · since 2014

Established

DeepSource · since 2019

• Per-developer pricing is cheaper than SonarQube for small teams on big repositories.
• Bundles quality and security scanning in one PR check.
• Very quick to set up — connect a repository and it works.

• Autofix commits remove the tedious half of acting on findings.
• Low false-positive rate keeps developers engaged with the tool.
• Cheap and quick to adopt.

• Wrapping open-source linters means analysis depth depends on those tools.
• Configuration across many languages becomes fiddly.
• Less established than SonarQube in enterprise procurement.

• Narrower language coverage than SonarQube.
• Smaller vendor with less enterprise governance tooling.
• Autofix still needs review — it is not unattended.

Small and mid-sized teams wanting quality and security checks in PRs without running a server.

Teams that want static analysis developers do not resent.