Qodana vs NDepend

Qodana9.0Visit NDepend6.9Visit

Higher score Qodana #1 in Code Complexity Analyzers 9.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Qodana

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NDepend #5 in Code Complexity Analyzers 6.9/10 14-day trial ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit NDepend

• Qodana fits best

  Teams needing code analysis across many languages

• NDepend fits best

  .NET teams needing metrics and quality gates

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Side by side

Feature	Qodana 9.0/10 Visit ↗	NDepend 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	6.9
Ranking	#1 in Code Complexity Analyzers	#5 in Code Complexity Analyzers
Best for	Teams needing code analysis across many languages	.NET teams needing metrics and quality gates
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Free trial length	30 days · no card needed	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Desktop, Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs	Email, Docs
Integrations	11 integrations	10 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Qodana 0/4 · NDepend 0/4
Hotspot detection	Not published	Not published
IDE feedback	Not published	Not published
Pull-request gates	Not published	Not published
Trend history	Not published	Not published
Specs
Complexity metrics	Not published	Not published
Supported languages	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Analyzes code quality issues, vulnerabilities, taint and complexity. Integrates with IDEs and CI systems including GitHub Actions and Jenkins. Offers quality gates, issue baselines and historical project reports.	Measures complexity, coupling, nesting depth, and lines of code Custom CQLinq rules and quality gates can fail builds Tracks trends and debt estimates, with CI and IDE integrations
Cons	The Community plan has limited language coverage. Security analysis and custom inspections are in the Ultimate plan. Dependency audits, API checks and single sign-on require Ultimate Plus.	Supports .NET languages rather than a broad range of languages Developer edition is Windows-only Paid product; no free plan
Our verdict	Qodana is JetBrains’ static analysis platform for development teams that want to find code quality issues and security risks across their projects. It supports more than 60 languages and can analyze bugs, code smells, vulnerabilities,… Read the review →	NDepend analyzes .NET applications and assemblies for developers, architects, and engineering teams that need to understand code complexity and dependencies. It reports metrics such as lines of code, coupling, and nesting depth; maps… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Qodana — where it wins

  • Analyzes code quality issues, vulnerabilities, taint and complexity.
  • Integrates with IDEs and CI systems including GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
  • Offers quality gates, issue baselines and historical project reports.

  Where it doesn't

  • The Community plan has limited language coverage.
  • Security analysis and custom inspections are in the Ultimate plan.
  • Dependency audits, API checks and single sign-on require Ultimate Plus.

• NDepend — where it wins

  • Measures complexity, coupling, nesting depth, and lines of code
  • Custom CQLinq rules and quality gates can fail builds
  • Tracks trends and debt estimates, with CI and IDE integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Supports .NET languages rather than a broad range of languages
  • Developer edition is Windows-only
  • Paid product; no free plan

• Qodana9.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  Broad static analysis with quality gates, security checks and cloud or self-hosted deployment.

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• NDepend6.9/10 · 14-day trial

  A .NET-focused analyzer that pairs code metrics with customizable rules and build gates.

  Visit NDependFull verdict →