CodeSonar vs Mend SAST
CodeSonar
adacore.com
Mend SAST
mend.ioSide by side
| Figure | CodeSonar | Mend SAST |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $83.33/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Static Application Security Testing Sast | 8.1 (#5) | 7.7 (#12) |
| Spec score · Static Application Security Testing Software | 8.1 (#7) | 7.8 (#15) |
| Integrations | The product page identifies Visual Studio, GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, and VS Code integrations, and says CodeSonar integrates with project management, CI/CD workflows, and developer IDEs. | The product page lists JetBrains, VS Code, Visual Studio, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions integrations. |
| Purpose | CodeSonar is a static application security testing solution that finds security and quality defects in code. | Mend SAST is a static application security testing tool for human- and AI-generated code, with vulnerability triage, contextual prioritization, and remediation in developer workflows. |
| Support | AdaCore says its engineering team is directly accessible through support and that customers can speak with the developers of the technology. | Mend’s site provides a support portal for opening and tracking support tickets. |
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In their own words
CodeSonar
CodeSonar is AdaCore’s static application security testing solution for finding security and quality defects in source code and compiled binaries. It supports C/C++, Java, C#, Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, JavaScript and TypeScript. Abstract interpretation and symbolic execution examine feasible execution paths across procedures and modules. Binary analysis covers mixed-language environments and cases where source is unavailable. Security coverage includes OWASP Top 10, SANS/CWE 25, SEI CERT C/C++ and DISA STIG; coding standards include MISRA-C, MISRA-C++, AUTOSAR C++, JSF++ and CERT. Integrations include Visual Studio, GitLab, Jira, Jenkins and VS Code, alongside project-management, CI/CD and IDE workflows. Pull-request scans, custom security rules and report exports to PDF, HTML or XML are supported. AdaCore offers on-premises, air-gapped and private-cloud deployment. The tool runs on supported 64-bit Windows and Linux distributions with glibc 2.39 or higher. Pricing is on request, with a trial available.