Quick answer
Codacy - Codacy wins for most builders who want a free tier with low friction and strong individual IDE use, while Corgea wins if you need a small team security scanner with explicit repo and team limits.
How the free tiers compare
These two free tiers aim at different starting points. Codacy’s free offering is built around the individual developer workflow: IDE plugins, scan-as-you-type feedback, AI-assisted fixes, and core SAST/SCA/secrets scanning without a card requirement. Its open-source tier is especially broad, extending into team features, PR workflows, and cloud scans for public repos. Corgea’s free tier is narrower but more operationally useful for a tiny team: it includes code, dependency, IaC, container, secrets, and logic/auth scanning, but caps you at 2 team members, 10 repositories, 10 PR scans per month, and 10 auto-fixes. The practical difference is that Codacy is easier to adopt for solo devs and open-source maintainers, while Corgea is better when you want a small security workflow for a bounded private codebase and can live within hard limits.
Codacy vs Corgea free tier, side by side
| CodacyFTV 44 | CorgeaFTV 62 | |
|---|---|---|
| No credit card requiredOnly claimable because the field is present for both products. | Yes | Yes |
| Free team size limitCodacy's free Developer plan is individual-focused; Corgea states a hard team limit. | Not specified | 2 team members |
| Free repository limitCodacy's repo cap applies to open-source project use in the free offering. | Up to 100 private repositories for open-source projects | 10 repositories |
| Free programming language coverageCorgea's input does not list language coverage. | 38 languages in Developer; 49 languages in Team/open-source features | Not specified |
| Free PR scanning limitCorgea's free tier is explicitly capped here. | Not specified | 10 PR scans per month |
| Free auto-fix limitCorgea gives an explicit free-tier fix quota. | Not specified | 10 SAST auto-fixes |
After you outgrow the free tier
Codacy uses a flat free Developer plan, then moves to per-seat Team pricing at $18 per dev/month billed yearly or $21 monthly, with a custom Business tier above that. Corgea also uses per-seat pricing, starting at $39 per dev/month for Growth and $49 per dev/month for Scale, then custom Enterprise. For small teams, Codacy is cheaper at the first paid step and stays lower until you need its Business-only features. Corgea costs more upfront but includes more explicit security workflow limits in its paid tiers.
Cost at real usage
| Usage | Codacy | Corgea |
|---|---|---|
| 1 developerBoth are per-seat plans, so a single seat is the cleanest comparison. | $18/dev/mo billed yearly, or $21/mo monthly | $39/dev/mo |
| 5 developersCorgea's Growth plan explicitly lists a 5 team members minimum, while Codacy prices per developer. | $90/mo billed yearly, or $105/mo monthly | $195/mo |
| 20 developersCorgea's Scale plan has a 20 team members minimum at $49/dev/mo. | $360/mo billed yearly, or $420/mo monthly | $980/mo |
Estimates, not quotes. Usage-based rates change - verify with the vendor's pricing page before committing.
When to pick each one
Pick Codacy when…
- You are a solo developer and want IDE-based scanning without setting up a team workspace.
- You maintain open-source repositories and want the free tier to cover PR workflows, cloud scans, and broad collaboration features.
- You want to try code quality plus security scanning across editors like VSCode, JetBrains, or Cursor.
- You care more about day-to-day coding feedback than team reporting or repository management.
Pick Corgea when…
- You have a very small private team and need a free plan with explicit limits on members and repositories.
- You want a single workflow that scans code, dependencies, IaC, containers, secrets, and logic/auth issues.
- You only need a modest amount of PR scanning and auto-fixing each month.
- You want to validate an application security workflow before deciding whether Growth or Scale is worth paying for.
Bottom line
For the most common builder use case, Codacy is the better free-tier starting point because it is easier to adopt solo, includes useful IDE feedback, and does not force a small-team quota on you. Corgea is the better pick when your main need is a bounded private-team security scanner with clear limits on members, repos, PR scans, and auto-fixes. If you expect to pay later, Codacy also starts cheaper, which matters for teams that outgrow free fast.
Read the full listings: Codacy and Corgea. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more head-to-heads on /compare, or see the top-ranked free tiers on /top.