Gearset vs SonarQube

Choosing between Gearset and SonarQube for Salesforce Code Reviews?

Apex-only scanning leaves blind spots. Catch every bad change across Apex, Flows, LWC, Agentforce & more with Gearset’s Salesforce-aware code reviews.

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Code Reviews helps us catch issues earlier and our deployment success rate has improved massively. With Gearset, we know there won’t be issues when deploying to production.”

Frank Ogutu

Lead DevOps Engineer, Ergon

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Why choose Gearset for Salesforce code reviews

See why Salesforce teams trust Gearset’s accurate, Salesforce-aware code reviews to reduce triage, automate fixes, and ship safer deployments over tools like SonarQube.

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Don’t take our word for it — hear from real Salesforce teams who trust Gearset

“When you have almost 30 people pushing changes and only 2 to 3 people reviewing, they need as much help as they can get. Code Reviews has sped up our review process immensely, by flagging issues straight off the bat and helping us fix them.” — Ergon

We now have defined standards to follow, increasing our productivity, and eliminating a lot of tech debt with this simple proactive approach.

Jonathan Ward

Vice President of Global Services, MTX Group

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You don’t always catch everything when you’re reviewing by eye. Now we’ve got a second set of eyes on every pull request — and it’s looking for exactly the right things.

Jolene Mair

Salesforce Applications Engineer IV, HackerOne

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In the past we saw a lot of issues that we can now easily solve with Code Reviews — like missing entry criteria and fault paths in flows. You can easily miss these in an implementation project because it needs to be finished quickly.

Patrick Mueller

Senior Consultant, DIGITALL

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What robust code reviews should look like

Here’s what you should look for in a Salesforce code review solution — and how Gearset delivers:

  • Accurate checks that actually understand your Salesforce orgs — Salesforce-aware rules deliver 99% detection accuracy, reducing false positives so reviewers focus on real issues
  • Catch issues earlier in development — Shift-left guardrails block non-compliant changes before they reach later stages, keeping delivery predictable and reducing reworks
  • Focus on the issues that matter most — Protection modes separate new issues from existing technical debt to keep reviews clear and predictable
  • Speedy issue resolution — Autofix applies safe, Salesforce-specific fixes like sharing violations, missing @IsTest methods, and insecure endpoints to keep reviews moving quickly
  • Audit-friendly reviews — Dismiss issues with clear context to support governance, traceability, and compliance
  • Extensive coverage — Scan config as well as code with support for Flows, Lightning Web Components, Apex, Aura, Visualforce and more
  • CI/CD pipeline integration — Enforce quality gates and surface inline feedback directly in your CI/CD process using Pipelines
  • Track measurable improvements — Monitor code quality trends and team performance over time to demonstrate the impact of your review process
  • Fully cloud-based — Nothing to install or maintain — connect your orgs and start reviewing in minutes
  • Transparent pricing — Predictable per-user pricing with Apex scanning included, not tied to line-of-code limits or enterprise-only tiers
  • World-class support — Live chat with real humans in under 5 minutes — at no extra cost
  • Completely secure — Connect safely to your Salesforce orgs using OAuth, with off-platform processing and enterprise-grade AWS security (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001)

Security you can trust

Gearset is ISO 27001 certified and offers you enterprise-grade security. Your Salesforce data and metadata are encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted on the same AWS data centers trusted by Salesforce, with 24/7 intrusion detection. These security foundations support compliance requirements across regions and give teams of all sizes the freedom to move fast and innovate with confidence.

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Gearset vs SonarQube FAQs

It comes down to how much Salesforce context you need in your reviews. SonarQube is a general-purpose scanner. It focuses on Apex, treats Salesforce metadata as plain XML, and offers syntax-level insights without understanding how your org is structured. Its rulesets don’t consistently keep pace with Salesforce releases, so coverage and accuracy can fall behind — leading to noisy reviews, false positives, and critical blind spots.
Gearset’s Code Reviews is purpose-built for Salesforce. It understands every metadata type, knows how those components relate across your org, and evaluates changes with full architectural and configuration context. Our rules stay up-to-date with each Salesforce release, giving you accurate, reliable signals as your org grows.
Gearset helps teams review changes with greater clarity and ensures issues are surfaced early, without adding friction to your development process.
Static code analysis tools review code in isolation. Code Reviews evaluates changes in the context of your Salesforce org, considering configuration, object relationships, and how different components interact during deployment and runtime.
With this broader perspective, Code Reviews can distinguish between expected patterns and real risks. Reviewers get fewer false alerts, clearer priorities, and a faster review cycle — helping teams maintain high-quality changes without slowing delivery.
By analysing changes in the context of your org, Code Reviews can distinguish between patterns that are genuinely risky and those that are expected. Protection Mode reinforces this by highlighting new issues separately from existing technical debt, helping reviewers focus on the changes that matter most. This filters out unnecessary alerts and keeps pull requests moving without disruption.
AI-generated code is non-deterministic, meaning the output can differ every time. It may look valid, but still introduce design, security, or architectural risks that don’t align with your org.
AI-based review solutions are also non-deterministic, and don’t always catch inconsistencies or hallucinations. They can even hallucinate themselves. Deterministic solutions like Gearset ensure the same checks are applied consistently every time. Gearset applies Salesforce-aware guardrails that evaluate every change against your org’s configuration, Salesforce’s well-architected guidance, and the OWASP Top 10.
Furthermore, each Salesforce release introduces new patterns, APIs and constraints that affect how code should be reviewed. AI models take time to be trained on this new data, so can become inconsistent in distinguishing between legacy and new patterns. Gearset on the other hand is immediately up-to-date with the latest guidelines — keeping your standards current without extra work.
Gearset’s Code Reviews integrates directly with your existing Git workflow — whether you use GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or Bitbucket — so you can apply consistent quality checks without changing how your team collaborates.
When you use Code Reviews with Gearset Pipelines, you add an essential layer of governance to your release process. Pipelines orchestrate environment progression, approvals, and automated deployments, while Code Reviews enforces high-quality changes before they move forward. Together, they give you clear control over every stage of your release lifecycle and help teams deliver safely and predictably at scale.
Yes. Code Reviews can automatically generate pull requests to repair common Salesforce issues that otherwise require manual corrections. These fixes follow Salesforce best practices and are applied consistently every time, reducing the back-and-forth during review.
Automation helps teams maintain quality at scale, reduce review overhead, and catch recurring problems early. Traditional static analysis tools highlight issues but don’t provide Salesforce-specific remediation, leaving more work on the reviewer.
Gearset uses clear, per-user pricing with no line-of-code charges or tier upgrades for Apex scanning. Because Code Reviews runs directly within your Git workflow, costs stay predictable as your team grows — with all Salesforce-specific checks included as standard.
You connect your Git provider, choose your repositories, and Code Reviews starts running checks right away. There’s no rule tuning or Salesforce-specific configuration to manage, so teams get immediate value.
Yes. Gearset is ISO 27001-certified and hosted on AWS with encryption in transit and at rest. Role-based access controls and detailed audit logs support governance, traceability, and compliance for regulated teams.
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