My name is Daniel, and I’ve been with iTmethods for over three years, working directly with our enterprise customers. One question I hear all the time is:
“How do we keep code quality high without slowing developers down?”
This is the story of one enterprise software team that faced that exact challenge, and how our Managed SonarQube Server solution helped them overcome it.
What was the customer struggling with?
The company was scaling fast. Their developers were shipping new features at record speed, but quality and compliance were starting to slip.
- Technical debt was piling up.
- Security teams worried about vulnerabilities in production.
- Compliance audits turned into last-minute fire drills.
One engineering lead put it simply:
“The faster we move, the more risk we seem to create. We can’t slow down, but we also can’t afford mistakes.”
They needed a way to embed code quality and security into their workflow without adding friction or slowing delivery.
Why teams trust SonarQube Server for code quality
The team chose SonarQube Server because it fit naturally into their CI/CD pipelines and gave developers real-time feedback on bugs, vulnerabilities, and maintainability issues.
Almost immediately, they saw results:
- Developers fixed problems earlier in the lifecycle.
- Fewer vulnerabilities made it into production.
- Dashboards gave managers and compliance officers visibility into technical debt.
But as adoption grew, so did the complexity of running their DevSecOps tools at scale.
Why self-managing DevSecOps tools gets harder at scale
At first, everything ran smoothly. The team had SonarQube set up, dashboards were full of insights, and everyone could finally see the impact of their code.
Over time, though, cracks started to show.
Upgrades were delayed because production always came first. Plugins conflicted after updates. Performance tuning turned into late-night troubleshooting.
And when SonarQube went down, pipelines stopped. Deliveries slipped. The DevOps team felt the strain.
One of the leads put it well during a catch-up:
“SonarQube helps us keep our code clean, but keeping SonarQube itself running? That’s a full-time project.”
That’s when it became clear that the tool designed to make development easier had become another system they had to maintain.
How our managed service solves these problems
That’s where our managed solution made the difference. By moving to our ONEplatform, the customer handed off the entire operational load—deployment, monitoring, upgrades, and compliance—to us.
We took care of the reliability and security side so their team could get back to what they do best: writing great code and shipping new features.
Within weeks, their SonarQube instance was stable, integrated with SSO, fully compliant, and backed by enterprise-grade architecture. No more maintenance weekends. No more “who’s handling the upgrade” messages.
The results enterprises see with a managed approach
A few months later, the benefits were obvious:
Developers stayed productive. They shipped faster and spent less time fixing bugs.
Audits became painless. Compliance teams had reports ready whenever needed.
DevOps teams regained focus. Instead of maintaining SonarQube, they could invest time in improving pipelines and developer experience.
One executive summed it up perfectly:
“We don’t gain business value from running SonarQube ourselves. We gain it from delivering secure, compliant products faster. iTmethods helps us focus on that.”
Why enterprises choose managed over self-managed
This story mirrors what we see across industries, from finance and healthcare to SaaS and beyond:
The push for speed creates technical debt and compliance risk.
SonarQube solves code quality, but managing it internally adds operational complexity.
iTmethodsONE delivers the resilience, governance, and monitoring enterprises need.
With our flexible deployment options, organizations get the best of both worlds:
Self-hosted, fully managed: Run SonarQube Server in your own cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) while we handle operations, upgrades, monitoring, and compliance. You keep direct access and control.
Private cloud hosted by iTmethods: We host and manage SonarQube Server end-to-end on our enterprise-grade ONEplatform, built for security, high availability, and compliance.
Either way, your teams stay focused on delivering value and not maintaining DevOps tools.
Get started with Managed SonarQube Server
You don’t have to take this customer’s word for it. With our free trial, you’ll see how quickly you can:
- Launch a ready-to-use, enterprise-grade SonarQube Server instance.
- Gain visibility into code quality and technical debt.
- Ensure resilience, security, and compliance from day one.
- Free your IT team from the burden of tool maintenance.
Start your free trial today and discover how Managed SonarQube Server on ONEplatform helps your team deliver faster, safer, and smarter.
