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What is SonarCloud? What is the difference between SonarQube and SonarCloud?

SonarCloud is ideal for teams who want zero maintenance and fast cloud adoption. SonarQube is best for organizations needing data control, customization, and on‑prem compliance.

Here is the difference between SonarQube and SonarCloud:


Category SonarQube SonarCloud
Deployment Self-hosted (on-prem or private cloud) Fully cloud-hosted (SaaS)
Maintenance You manage servers, upgrades, scaling Zero maintenance, Sonar handles everything
Cost Free Community Edition; paid tiers for advanced features Subscription based on lines of code; free for public repos
Data Control Full control over data and environment Data stored in SonarCloud’s infrastructure
Best For Enterprises with strict security/compliance needs or custom setups Teams wanting fast setup and no infrastructure overhead
Integrations Works with most CI/CD systems, including on-prem Deep integration with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud, Azure DevOps
Branch/PR Analysis Requires Developer Edition or higher Included by default
Customization Supports plugins, custom rules, and deep configuration More limited customization compared to SonarQube
Scalability Depends on your hardware and architecture Automatically scales in the cloud

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What is SonarCloud? What is the difference between SonarQube and SonarCloud?

SonarCloud is ideal for teams who want zero maintenance and fast cloud adoption. SonarQube is best for organizations needing data control, ...