Veracode

What Veracode is

Veracode is an application security testing platform for enterprise teams managing software security risk. The vendor now sells it as the Veracode Application Risk Management Platform: SAST, DAST, and SCA (software composition analysis) sit alongside Risk Manager, an ASPM layer that aggregates and deduplicates findings from other scanners, and Veracode Fix, its AI remediation product. Deep compliance reporting, policy governance, and security program visibility are still the reason large organizations buy it.

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Best for

Enterprise AppSec teams that need application security testing, governance, and security program visibility.

Key features

• Static application security testing (SAST) across 100+ languages and frameworks
• Dynamic application security testing (DAST) for web apps and APIs
• Software composition analysis (SCA) for open-source dependencies
• Risk Manager (ASPM) to aggregate and deduplicate findings from other scanners
• Veracode Fix for AI-assisted remediation, vendor claims cover of over 70% of detected flaws in 10 languages
• Package Firewall to secure development pipelines proactively
• Container and infrastructure-as-code security testing
• Penetration testing as a service (PTaaS), Security Labs, and eLearning
• Compliance reporting (PCI DSS, HIPAA, OWASP, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, DORA)
• AppSec policy and governance dashboard
• SaaS delivery with a FedRAMP Moderate Authority to Operate
• CI/CD and SCM integrations (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• Integration with SIEM, ticketing (Jira), and GRC dashboards

Pricing

Veracode publishes no price list. Every product page routes to a demo request or a sales call, there is no self-serve checkout, and what you pay depends on application count, scan volume, and which modules you take. Any figure quoted elsewhere is somebody's negotiated deal, not list price, so budget from your own quote.

There is no free tier. The no-cost routes in are time-limited trials: DAST Essentials offers a 14 day trial with no credit card required, and Security Labs Enterprise offers 14 days. Security Labs Community Edition, the one genuinely free Veracode product, was deprecated on 31 July 2026.

Pros

• Mature enterprise AppSec platform with strong governance and compliance features
• Combines SAST + DAST + SCA in a single platform
• Risk Manager ingests findings from scanners you already run, so Veracode can be the ASPM layer rather than a rip-and-replace
• SaaS-first delivery reduces infrastructure burden vs on-prem alternatives
• Strong compliance reporting for regulated industries

Cons

• Less developer-friendly than developer-first platforms, surface is heavier than Snyk
• Less depth on code quality and maintainability than SonarQube
• No published pricing and no free tier, so even a look at it runs through sales; the only no-cost paths are 14 day trials
• Setup, tuning, and false-positive triage require dedicated AppSec resourcing

Best-fit use cases

• Enterprise AppSec programs needing governance and compliance reporting
• Regulated industries requiring SAST + DAST + SCA under one platform
• Security organizations measuring application security posture across many applications
• Teams pairing engineering-facing code quality (SonarQube) with security-org-facing AppSec (Veracode)

How Veracode compares to the alternatives

No tool wins for every use case. Before committing, it is worth seeing Veracode side by side with the closest rivals on pricing, features, and day-to-day fit. We have detailed head-to-head breakdowns for Checkmarx and Snyk. If none of those fit, the full list of Veracode alternatives ranks the strongest options by use case.

FAQ

What is Veracode used for?

Veracode is used by enterprise security teams for application security testing across SAST, DAST, and SCA. The platform provides governance dashboards, compliance reporting, and security program visibility for organizations managing software security risk at scale. It's designed for AppSec programs, not for developer-first scanning.

Is Veracode free?

No. Veracode is an enterprise commercial platform delivered as SaaS, and it publishes no price list: pricing is custom and quoted by Veracode sales. There is no free tier. The no-cost routes in are time-limited trials, such as the 14 day DAST Essentials trial, which needs no credit card. Security Labs Community Edition, the one genuinely free Veracode product, was deprecated on 31 July 2026.

Veracode vs SonarQube, what's the difference?

Veracode is an application security testing platform focused on enterprise AppSec governance. SonarQube covers SAST findings but goes broader, code smells, maintainability, technical debt, and quality gates engineers actually use day-to-day. Many enterprises run SonarQube as the engineering-facing platform and layer Veracode on top for security-program governance.

Veracode vs Checkmarx, how do they compare?

Both are direct enterprise AppSec/SAST competitors with overlapping capabilities (SAST + SCA + governance). Veracode is SaaS-first; Checkmarx historically offers stronger on-prem options. Differences come down to deployment preference, language and framework coverage, and existing enterprise procurement relationships.

Does Veracode integrate with CI/CD?

Yes. Veracode integrates with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and major CI/CD platforms. It also integrates with enterprise SIEM, ticketing, and risk dashboards. Developer-side integration is functional but less polished than developer-first platforms like Snyk.