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CodeThreat vs Joern

Both stand on static application security testing sast. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Choose Joern if you need an open-source platform for graph-based code analysis, customizable queries, or CI security scanners. Its breadth of language frontends and API options support varied workflows, but the server should not be treated as a security boundary.

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The facts

	CodeThreat	Joern
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Not published
Plans published	None	None
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	codethreat.com	joern.io
On static application security testing sast	#15 of 24	#11 of 24

CodeThreat: what it does well

Joern: what it does well

Analyzes source code, bytecode, and binary code.
Code property graphs support cross-language analysis.
Includes parsing, taint analysis, and search queries.
Custom scanners can run in CI.
Free and open source under Apache-2.0.

What to know first

Language frontends have varying maturity levels.
The server does not implement sandboxing.
JDK 21 is the listed runtime requirement.

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