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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM X-Force IRIS can be deployed on-site to provide a complete cybersecurity incident response, threat intelligence, and breach remediation platform.N/A

    SonarQube

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASonarQube is an automated code review solution, serving as the verification layer for code quality and SDLC security. SonarQube is used to ensure that code is secure, reliable, and maintainable. It is available through SaaS or self-managed deployment.

    $34

    per month Recommended for teams <50 developers

    Pricing
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Editions & Modules
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    SonarQube Community Build
    $0
    (open source)
    Self-managed: Developer
    Starting at $720 annually
    per year per installation
    Self-managed: Enterprise
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    per year per installation
    Cloud-based: Enterprise
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    per year per installation
    Cloud-based: Teams
    Starting at $34 per month
    per month per installation
    Self-managed: Data Center
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    per year per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    SonarSource Sarl
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Incident Response Platforms
    Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) and SonarQube
    Feature
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SonarQube
    -
    Ratings
    Company-wide Incident Reporting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Other Security Systems9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attack Chain Visualization7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Dashboard10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live Response for Rapid Remediation9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (35 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS)SonarQube
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    The application monitors data networks in the organization to generate positive infrastructure for controlling workflows. It enables my team to plan and collaborate from unified data connecting system that provides positive decision-making base. It has basic networking capacity of eliminating bottlenecks that slows workflows. The customer support team provides best technical support and leads for gaining maximum benefits. The cost and licensing terms can favor any business enterprise.
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    SonarSource Sarl
    SonarQube is excellent if you start using it at the beginning when developing a new system, in this situation you will be able to fix things before they become spread and expensive to correct. It’s a bit less suitable to use on existing code with bad design as it’s usually too expensive to fix everything and only allows you to ensure the situation doesn’t get worse.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Immediate recognition of possible conflicting interests within a field of view.
    • Ability to assist users with Research and Development at an extraordinary rate.
    • Real-Time feedback via neural pathways to analyze data and implement independent solutions that are tailored to the specific applications on-site.
    • This entire review was written with the assistance of IRIS technology as a demonstrative of it's very real practical application. This took less than 2 minutes to write using my own hands.
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    SonarSource Sarl
    • Detecting bugs and vulnerabilities: SonarQube can identify a wide range of bugs and vulnerabilities in code, such as null pointer exceptions, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. It uses static analysis to analyze the code and identify potential issues, and it can also integrate with dynamic analysis tools to provide even more detailed analysis.
    • Measuring code quality: SonarQube can measure a wide range of code quality metrics, such as cyclomatic complexity, duplicated code, and code coverage. This can help teams understand the quality of their code and identify areas that need improvement.
    • Providing actionable insights: SonarQube provides detailed information about issues in the code, including the file and line number where the issue occurs and the severity of the issue. This makes it easy for developers to understand and address issues in the code.
    • Integrating with other tools: SonarQube can be integrated with a wide range of development tools and programming languages, such as Git, Maven, and Java. This allows teams to use SonarQube in their existing development workflow and take advantage of its powerful code analysis capabilities.
    • Managing technical debt: SonarQube provides metrics and insights on the technical debt on the codebase, enabling teams to better prioritize issues to improve the quality of the code.
    • Compliance with coding standards: SonarQube can check the code against industry standards like OWASP, CWE and more, making sure the code is compliant with security and coding standards.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Suggestion 1) "RE:View" functionality.
    • Suggestion 2) "ION = EYE-ON" in Language processing.
    • Suggestion 3) Biological GUI+GPU integration.
    • Suggestion 4) Ability to "RE:Quest" IRIS Up-link/Down-link interaction. (Inter-Act w/(EYE-ON))
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    SonarSource Sarl
    • Importing a new custom quality profile on SonarQube is a bit tricky, it can be made easier
    • Every second time when we want to rerun the server, we have to restart the whole system, otherwise, the server stops and closes automatically
    • When we generate a new report a second time and try to access the report, it shows details of the old report only and takes a lot of time to get updated with the details of the new and fresh report generated
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SonarSource Sarl
    It can improve in some user experience and usability parts, like the code view and the way we assign issues it's a bit hidden and not highlighted
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SonarSource Sarl
    We we easily able to integrate the SonarQube steps into our TFS process via the Microsoft Marektplace, we didn't have the need to call SonarQube support. We've used their online documentation and community forum if we ran into any issues.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Secure work environment with this platform has enhanced effective workflow infrastructure. The cost of deployment and configuration capabilities with other security applications lead to main decision of acquiring this tool. The security control dashboards gives reliable performance reports that leads to quick decision-making when there are malware attacks. It gives lifecycle report for most work processes and threat intelligence information that enables my team to track workloads effectively.
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    SonarSource Sarl
    SonarQube is an open-source. It's a scalable product. The costs for this application, for the kind of job it does, are pretty descent. Pipeline scan is more secured in SonarQube. Its a very good tool and its support multiple languages. Its main core competency is of static code analysis and that is why SonarQube exists and it does it exceedingly well. The quality of scan on code convention, best practices, coding standards, unit test coverage etc makes them one of the best competent tool in the market
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SonarSource Sarl
    • Positive ROI from the standpoint of flagging several issues that would have otherwise likely been unaddressed and caused more time to be spent closer to launch
    • Slightly positive ROI from time-saving perspective (it's an automated check which is nice, but depending on the issues it finds, can take developers time to investigate and resolve)
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