Codacy: improving code quality, performance and security
January 26, 2023

Codacy: improving code quality, performance and security

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Codacy

We use Codacy integrated with GitHub to create and maintain the company's coding standards. We take advantage of the flexibility to create specific rules according to the particularities of each team. The main perceived benefit was the reduction of bugs and syntax problems, as well as the standardization of the code, making it easier to read and understand.

Pros

  • Detailed reports that provide feedback for managers to analyze the main code problems, whether performance, security or standardization deviations
  • Real-time code analysis, ensuring productivity and code quality
  • Integration with the main version control tools on the market

Cons

  • Customizing code analysis settings is complex at first
  • It's a paid tool, for those who really want to make the most of it to improve and standardize the code. For those who want a superficial use, the free options on the market will do.
  • Real-time code analysis
  • Integration with major version control tools and major programming languages
  • Customization of rules according to the needs of each team
  • Higher development performance, enabling the evolution of more projects simultaneously
  • Improved code quality, decreasing support calls, which can now focus on continuous systems improvement
  • Greater evolution for new developers on the team, who learn the company's software coding standards faster
Even though it is paid while SonarQube is free, we chose Codacy because it is simpler to configure and maintain the implemented rules. In addition, it offers support for the main programming languages ​​on the market, ensuring that we can continue to use it if we want to use other languages ​​in new products.

Do you think Codacy delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Codacy's feature set?

Yes

Did Codacy live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Codacy go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Codacy again?

Yes

I recommend it for companies that use several programming languages, as it supports several languages ​​such as Java, Javascript, Python, among others. However, for companies that use only one programming language, there are specific tools for each language that can be more complete in this scenario. I do not recommend it for companies that only use open source software, in which case there are other tools available.

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