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Sonar keeps your code clean.
Conviso runs your AppSec program.
Sonar is the reference for clean code and, in its paid editions, runs SAST and SCA too. An AppSec program goes beyond code: it pulls findings from every tool, prioritizes by risk, tracks pentests and proves posture. That part is Conviso Platform.
The 30-second version
Each tool does the job it was built for
Sonar does well
Code health
- Code smells, coverage and technical debt
- Quality gates on every pull request
- SAST and SCA on code, in paid editions
Conviso Platform does
Risk across the whole application
- Findings from every scanner and pentest in one queue
- Priority by asset criticality, exposure and context
- Threat modeling, OWASP SAMM and your PCI program in one place
Sonar keeps watching the code.Conviso Platform becomes the source of truth for risk, from scanner to ticket.
Side by side
Capability by capability
We compare against Sonar's paid offer with Advanced Security. The row where Sonar is the better choice stays in the table.
Capability
Sonar, paid editions
Conviso Platform
Code quality and technical debt
Sonar, paid editions
Covered:The reference: code smells, coverage and quality gates
Conviso Platform
Covered:Stays with Sonar. Conviso Platform doesn't compete here
SAST on source code
Sonar, paid editions
Covered:Native, with security rules per language
Conviso Platform
Covered:Ingests Sonar findings alongside your other scannersVuln Intelligence
SCA and SBOM
Sonar, paid editions
Partly covered:SCA with Advanced Security; SBOM on Enterprise only
Conviso Platform
Covered:SBOM generated and kept current from your repositoriesThreat & Program Management
DAST and pentest
Sonar, paid editions
Not covered:Outside the scope of code analysis
Conviso Platform
Covered:DAST and pentest findings in the same queue as SASTVuln Intelligence
Cross-tool deduplication
Sonar, paid editions
Not covered:Sees only its own results
Conviso Platform
Covered:Automatic, before a ticket is createdVuln Intelligence
Risk-based prioritization
Sonar, paid editions
Partly covered:Severity set by the rule
Conviso Platform
Covered:Asset criticality, exposure and application contextVuln Intelligence
Threat modeling
Sonar, paid editions
Not covered:Not native
Conviso Platform
Covered:Manual or AI-generated from your architectureThreat & Program Management
Pentest management
Sonar, paid editions
Not covered:Not native
Conviso Platform
Covered:From scope to fix, with evidence per assetOffensive & Audit Manager
Maturity and audit evidence
Sonar, paid editions
Partly covered:Code security reports on Enterprise
Conviso Platform
Covered:OWASP SAMM, posture dashboards and your PCI DSS programThreat & Program Management
Source: public SonarQube Server and SonarQube Cloud documentation, reviewed October 2026. Sonar and SonarQube are trademarks of SonarSource.
Where it breaks down
Code quality and application security are different jobs
Sonar was built to look at code. Application risk also lives in dependencies, runtime, architecture and the fix process.
Security gets lost among code smells
When quality and security share one list, developers treat everything the same, or ignore it all.
Security findings with their own priority
The Platform separates what is risk, scores it and sends developers only what needs fixing first.
Every scanner talks to itself
SAST in Sonar, DAST in another tool, pentests in a PDF. Nobody knows how many real vulnerabilities exist.
One queue for every source
SAST, SCA, DAST and pentest findings are correlated and deduplicated before they become tickets.
Architecture stays out of the scan
Business logic and design flaws don't show up in static analysis.
Threat modeling in the cycle
Threat models are built by hand or generated by AI from your architecture, and the risks land in the same backlog.
“We have SAST” won't hold up in an audit
Code coverage says nothing about dependencies, runtime or how the program evolves.
Posture you can prove
OWASP SAMM, posture dashboards and your PCI DSS program run with evidence and history.
How they work together
Sonar stays in the pipeline.
Risk gets a source of truth.
Conviso Platform ingests findings from Sonar and your other tools, decides what becomes a ticket, with which priority and SLA, and tracks it to the fix.
Tickets land in Jira, Azure Boards, Linear, ServiceNow or Zendesk.
Sonar and other scanners
SAST, SCA, DAST and pentests find issues
Conviso Platform
Deduplicates, prioritizes by risk and sets the SLA
Task tracker
The ticket reaches developers with fix context
Development team
Fixes it, and Sonar confirms on the next scan
Conviso Platform
Records the history and updates posture
The cost of false coverage
It looks covered.
The risk just isn't being measured.
“We already have Sonar” sounds like security is handled. In practice, whatever sits outside the code sits outside the radar.
Developers and tech leads
Alerts without priority
Security and quality findings arrive with the same weight. What matters gets lost in the volume.
AppSec team
Manual consolidation
Merging Sonar, DAST and pentest results in spreadsheets eats the week. Program work waits.
CISOs and security leaders
Coverage that's hard to prove
Without visibility into dependencies, runtime and maturity, answers to the board and auditors become estimates.
Frequently asked questions
What every team asks before switching
Do I have to stop using Sonar?
No. Keep Sonar for code quality and SAST. Conviso Platform ingests its findings along with other tools and manages the risk.
Paid Sonar already has SAST and SCA. Isn't that enough?
It covers code and dependencies. What's missing is everything outside them: DAST, pentests, threat modeling, prioritization by business context and program management.
Am I just stacking another tool?
Conviso Platform replaces the spreadsheets and homegrown integrations used to consolidate results. Your AppSec team runs the program in one place.
How does this help with audits?
Every finding is recorded from discovery to fix, and your PCI program runs on the same trail, with gap assessment and evidence. Maturity is measured with OWASP SAMM.
See what your pipeline still misses
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