Qodana vs Fortify Static Code Analyzer

Qodana6.0Visit FSFortify Static Code Analyzer—Visit

Higher score Qodana #2 in IDE Code Security Plugins 6.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Qodana

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FS Fortify Static Code Analyzer #4 in IDE Code Security Plugins —/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit OpenText

• Qodana fits best

  Organizations needing broad code quality and security

• Fortify Static Code Analyzer fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise security teams

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Side by side

Feature	Qodana 6.0/10 Visit ↗	FSFortify Static Code Analyzer —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	6.0	—
Ranking	#2 in IDE Code Security Plugins	#4 in IDE Code Security Plugins
Best for	Organizations needing broad code quality and security	Mid-market and enterprise security teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Support	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs	Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Qodana 1/4 · Fortify Static Code Analyzer 0/4
Security analysis	✓ (best)	Not published
Taint analysis	Not published	Not published
Code quality checks	Not published	Not published
In-IDE fixes	Not published	Not published
Specs
IDE coverage	Not published	Not published
Languages supported	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Analyzes code quality issues, vulnerabilities and taint across supported languages Connects to JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Adds CI quality gates, baselines and project reports	Analyzes source code and compiled artifacts with dataflow and control-flow tracing Supports custom analysis rules, prioritization, and remediation guidance Connects with IDEs and CI/CD or build pipelines
Cons	Community has limited language coverage Advanced security and dependency checks require higher-tier plans Self-hosted deployment requires its own setup	Licensing is handled through sales rather than public pricing Requires a self-hosted deployment Listed support channel is documentation
Our verdict	Qodana brings static analysis into development workflows, checking source code for quality issues and security vulnerabilities. It is aimed at organizations that want IDE and CI/CD checks across teams, from smaller groups to enterprise… Read the review →	Fortify Static Code Analyzer is OpenText’s self-hosted static application security testing product. It analyzes source code and compiled artifacts to identify security vulnerabilities, including in Java and other supported languages.… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Qodana — where it wins

  • Analyzes code quality issues, vulnerabilities and taint across supported languages
  • Connects to JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio
  • Adds CI quality gates, baselines and project reports

  Where it doesn't

  • Community has limited language coverage
  • Advanced security and dependency checks require higher-tier plans
  • Self-hosted deployment requires its own setup

• Fortify Static Code Analyzer — where it wins

  • Analyzes source code and compiled artifacts with dataflow and control-flow tracing
  • Supports custom analysis rules, prioritization, and remediation guidance
  • Connects with IDEs and CI/CD or build pipelines

  Where it doesn't

  • Licensing is handled through sales rather than public pricing
  • Requires a self-hosted deployment
  • Listed support channel is documentation

• Qodana6.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  Qodana combines code quality checks and security analysis across IDEs and CI pipelines.

  Visit QodanaFull verdict →
• FSFortify Static Code Analyzer—/10 · Pricing on request

  Self-hosted code analysis with custom rules, IDE feedback, and CI/CD integration.

  Visit OpenTextFull verdict →