Coding

Codacy

Automated code quality and security for every PR

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★4.3ratingPricing · Freemium from $15/moStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelCodacy · Coding
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Low
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Coding AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Coding AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Codacy does

Codacy is a code quality and security platform for AI assisted engineering that lets teams define coding standards once and enforce them across projects, developers and AI coding agents. It serves engineering teams with fast growing codebases, engineering leaders and teams needing compliance evidence. Named features include AI Guardrails for scanning AI generated code as it is written, AI Reviewer for pull request reviews, AI Risk Hub, AI Inventory, SAST, secret scanning, SCA, coverage reports, DAST and compliance reports. The Developer IDE plugin is free at $0, the Team plan starts at $18 per developer a month billed yearly or $21 monthly with a free trial, and Business pricing is custom.

How Codacy compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Codacy does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Kodezi at $9 a month and the median is $10. Codacy starts at $15 a month, above that median. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Codacy does. Codacy offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Codacy was founded in 2011; the alternatives were founded between 2008 and 2022, 1 of them earlier.

Market position · Coding

How Codacy compares in Coding

Codacy has low opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 500 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates Codacy's own market position as contested. 154 of the 500 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

Codacy compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
CodacyFounded 2011LowContestedFreemium$15/moYesYesWeb, APIStable
KodeziFounded 2022LowContestedFreemium$9/moYesNoWeb, DesktopStable
GitLab DuoFounded 2011 · Remote-firstLowContestedPaid$19/moNoYesWeb, API, Self-hostedStable
GitHub CopilotFounded 2021 · Remote-firstModerateCrowdedFreemium$10/moYesYesWeb, DesktopHot
PR AgentFounded 2022 · Remote-firstModerateContestedFree—YesNoWeb, CLIRising
SonarQubeFounded 2008LowContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, Self-hostedDeclining

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Coding.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Codacy exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Code ReviewSecurity Scanning
Industry Verticals
SoftwareEnterprise
Tagged

Codacy shows up when builders search for these

code-qualitysecurityPR-reviewtest-coveragemulti-language
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Kodezi

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GitLab Duo

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GitHub Copilot

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★ 4.8Opportunity Moderate
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PR Agent

Open-source AI tool for automated PR analysis and review

★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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SonarQube

The industry standard for continuous code quality

★ 4.5Opportunity Low
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CodeRabbit

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★ 4.6Opportunity Low
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Questions

Codacy: common questions

How much does Codacy cost?

As of Oct 2026, the Codacy Developer IDE plugin is free, the Team plan starts at $18 per developer a month billed yearly or $21 billed monthly, and the Business plan has custom pricing.

Source: codacy.com ↗

Is Codacy free?

Codacy has a free tier, with paid plans from $15 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Codacy?

The closest alternatives to Codacy that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Kodezi, GitLab Duo, GitHub Copilot, PR Agent, and SonarQube.

Is Codacy still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Codacy as operating at codacy.com.

Does Codacy have an API?

Yes. Codacy offers an API.

Who is Codacy for?

Codacy is built for developers and enterprises.

How do I sign in to Codacy?

Sign in on Codacy's own website, codacy.com. FalcoScan reviews Codacy but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Codacy directly.

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