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Gitar
Most AI reviewers leave a comment. Gitar fixes the build too — Gitar reviews each pull request with your codebase in context, root-causes failed CI and commits fixes within rules you write — on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps, from $20 per user a month, published.
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The Sonar platform family
This page covers Gitar — AI code review, a Sonar company since May 2026. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- AI code review agent for pull requests
- Owner
- Sonar, since 21 May 2026 — still sold standalone
- Platforms
- GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps
- Core
- $20/user/month annual ($25 monthly)
- Pro
- $40/user/month annual ($50 monthly)
- Seat ceiling
- Up to 50 users on Core and Pro
- Enterprise
- Custom — outcome-based pricing per PR
- Trial
- 14-day Pro trial, no credit card
- India
- US processing by default; no India region
- In India via
- TechBag — INR/GST, sizing and support
Understand AI code review before you buy one
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is AI code review?
An AI agent reads every pull request in the context of your codebase and flags bugs before a human reviewer spends time on them.
A human-only review queue vs an AI reviewer that fixes — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | A human-only review queue | Gitar |
|---|---|---|
| First review | Waits on a teammate's calendar | Starts when the pull request opens |
| Failed CI | Someone digs through the logs | Root cause split from flaky-test noise |
| Fixes | Back to the author for another round | Committed and re-run until green (Pro) |
| Team conventions | In senior reviewers' heads | Natural-language rules versioned in the repo |
| The price | Senior engineer hours, uncounted | $20–$40 per user a month, published |
| What it is NOT | — | Not a SAST scanner or a human approver's stand-in |
The cheapest test is two repos: run the 14-day Pro trial where CI fails most often and count the fixes that reached green without a human push.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Review
Reads each pull request with the codebase and your team's conventions in context, then posts one consolidated comment, with inline notes only where they matter.
Diagnose
Reads the pipeline when CI fails, de-duplicates the failures and separates real breakage from flaky tests and infrastructure noise before anyone opens a log.
Fix
Commits a fix to the branch and re-runs CI, iterating until the pipeline passes and committing only on green. Core fixes on demand; the autonomous loop is Pro.
Govern
Natural-language rules in the repo set what Gitar reviews, what it may fix, what blocks a merge and when it may approve. Auto-approve and merge blocking are Pro.
Four steps on every pull request — review the change, diagnose the build, fix the branch, and let your rules decide the merge.
Nine capabilities. Review, fix, govern.
Gitar reviews the pull request, diagnoses the failed build and fixes the branch within your rules — a reviewer that finishes the loop.
One consolidated review comment
Reviews each pull request with codebase and convention context, posting one summary comment and inline notes only where they matter.
Automatic PR summaries
Every pull request gets a generated summary on every plan, so reviewers start from what changed and why rather than a raw diff.
Ask the agent on the PR
Reviewers can question Gitar or request a change inside the pull request thread; the interactive agent is included from Core upward.
Failed CI, root-caused
Reads the pipeline and splits real breakage from flaky tests and infrastructure noise — GitHub Actions and GitLab Pipelines on Core.
Fixes that iterate to green
On Pro, Gitar commits a fix, re-runs CI and repeats until the pipeline passes. Core applies fixes when a reviewer asks for one.
CircleCI, Buildkite, Bitrise
Pro extends failure analysis to CircleCI, Buildkite and Bitrise; Sonar's product page also lists Harness, TeamCity and Jenkins.
Rules written in plain language
Define what Gitar reviews, may fix, blocks or approves in natural-language rules that live in the repo, versioned with your code.
Auto-approve and merge blocking
Pro can approve changes and block merges under custom rules you define — the policy in your repo decides, not a blanket setting.
Where review friction sits
Dashboards track time to merge, fix rates, failure patterns and review cycles; Pro adds cross-repository trends to the view.
Watch Gitar in action
What Gitar does end to end, where it sits beside SonarQube, and how to tune reviews to your project.
Introducing Gitar AI Code Review — review, fix, and merge PRs, automatically
Review, fix and merge, end to end.
Meet Gitar: AI Code Review Joins Sonar's Multilayered Verification Platform
Where Gitar sits beside SonarQube.
Configure Gitar for project-aware code reviews
Tuning reviews to your project.
Want a live, India-context walkthrough for your environment?
Book a guided demo →Most AI reviewers stop at a comment. Gitar carries the fix through CI.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
A reviewer that finishes the loop
Most AI reviewers stop at a comment and hand the work back. Gitar carries on: it diagnoses the failed CI run, commits a fix to the branch and re-runs the pipeline until it is green, inside rules your team writes. Core fixes on demand; the autonomous loop is Pro.
Built to sit beside SonarQube
Sonar positions Gitar as the contextual layer — functional bugs, logic errors, behaviour — next to SonarQube's rule-based analysis across 40+ languages. It stays a standalone product, and Sonar says it will also be bundled with SonarQube.
A per-user price you can read
Core is $20 and Pro $40 per user a month billed annually ($25 and $50 monthly), with unlimited repositories and iterations per PR. Enterprise moves to outcome-based pricing per PR. OSI-licensed public repositories get Pro features free.
Where it stops
Core and Pro stop at 50 users with no SSO/SAML; both need Enterprise. Code is processed in the US by default; regional instances (EU, Singapore, Australia, Japan) are an Enterprise beta on request, and India is not listed. For security scanning, Sonar pairs it with SonarQube.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Gitar rollout looks like
Map platforms, CI and PR authors
List your Git platforms, CI systems and the developers who open pull requests; CI coverage differs between Core and Pro.
Settle where code is processed
Processing is in the US by default. If policy says otherwise, ask about Enterprise's regional beta and BYO key before the trial.
Trial Pro on two busy repos
Run the 14-day Pro trial on repos with frequent CI failures, and count the fixes that reached green without a human push.
Write the team's rules down
Move review conventions into natural-language rules in the repo: what Gitar may fix, what blocks a merge, when it approves.
Pick the plan, then scale
Core or Pro while you are under 50 users; Enterprise, priced per PR, above that or once SSO/SAML becomes mandatory.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“One summary comment instead of forty inline nits. The team reads Gitar's reviews, which was never true of our last bot.”
“Flaky test or real break? The CI diagnosis answers that before anyone opens the logs, and our on-call rotation noticed.”
“We run Bitbucket and Azure DevOps side by side. Gitar covered both from week one, which narrowed our shortlist fast.”
“Start on Pro if you want the fix loop. On Core, fixes still waited for someone to ask, so we upgraded after a month.”
“The 50-user ceiling on Pro came sooner than we planned. Past it, you are negotiating Enterprise, priced per PR.”
“Security asked where our code is processed. The US by default, no India region; we recorded that in the vendor risk file.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the AI code review market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag AI Code Review Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Review, CI diagnosis and fix loop; four Git platforms.
Git Platform Coverage × Post-Review Depth
The grid nobody publishes — how many Git platforms it covers vs how far it goes after the review comment.
Four platforms; fixes and re-runs CI until green.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Gitar vs the AI code review field
Against CodeRabbit, Qodo, GitHub Copilot code review, Greptile and Graphite — on platforms, deployment, price, fix depth and India.
| Dimension | Gitar | CodeRabbit | Qodo | GitHub Copilot code review | Greptile | Graphite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Review, diagnose, fix | AI review, PR + CLI | Review platform | A Copilot feature | Codebase-aware reviewer | Review + stacked PRs |
| Deployment | SaaS; Enterprise options | SaaS or self-hosted | SaaS to air-gapped | GitHub-hosted only | Cloud or self-host | SaaS; GHES on Ent |
| Git platform coverage | 4 platforms | 4 platforms | 4 platforms + Gerrit | GitHub, ADO preview | 3 platforms, no ADO | GitHub only |
| Pricing model | Flat per user | Per developer + usage | Pooled credits | Seat + AI credits | Per seat + credits | Per user |
| Published entry price | $20/user/month | $24/dev/month | $30/month, pooled | $19/seat (Business) | Free Starter | $20; AI reviews $40 |
| Included vs add-on | Fix loop on Pro | Security at Advanced | Controls on Enterprise | Scanning sold apart | Self-host on Enterprise | Unlimited AI on Team |
| Scale and limits | 50 users on Core/Pro | Hourly PR allowance | 30 users on Pro Team | Credit budgets | 50 credits per seat | Unlimited on Team |
| Fix and merge depth | Fix until CI is green | Fixes + finishing | Review + rules | Suggests; may approve | Review-focused | Fixes + merge queue |
| Integrations | 8 CI systems + Jira | Jira, Linear, SAST | Git, IDE, CLI | GitHub + 4 IDEs | Unlimited integrations | Slack, CLI, VS Code |
| Governance and SSO | SSO on Enterprise | SSO on Enterprise | SSO on Enterprise | Org policies | SSO on Enterprise | SAML on Enterprise |
| India data region | No India region | No India region | On-prem route | No India region | Self-host route | Not published |
| Support | Dedicated on Enterprise | SLA on Enterprise | Standard, then SLA | By GitHub plan | Slack channel on Ent | SLAs on Enterprise |
| Lock-in and exit | Rules stay in your repo | Learnings stay behind | Rules live in Qodo | Tied to GitHub | Standard Git, own rules | Tied to GitHub workflow |
| Best fit | Fix-to-green teams | Broad review features | Regulated, on-prem | GitHub-first teams | Credit-metered depth | Stacked-PR teams |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Gitar if…
- ✓You want failed CI diagnosed and fixed on the branch, not only a review comment
- ✓Your repos span GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps, not one platform
- ✓You already run SonarQube and want contextual review beside it from the same vendor
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You live entirely on GitHub and already pay for Copilot — its review may be enough
- ✓You need on-prem or air-gapped review — weigh Qodo, CodeRabbit or Greptile Enterprise
- ✓You want per-PR review depth you can meter — compare credit-based plans
Do not expect…
- ✓SSO/SAML or more than 50 users below Enterprise
- ✓An India processing region — the regional beta is EU, Singapore, Australia and Japan
- ✓A SAST scanner — Sonar pairs Gitar with SonarQube for that
Gitar is one of 35 developer tools products TechBag carries. The Developer Tools guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What do slow reviews and failed builds cost you?
Drag the sliders (developers opening pull requests; developer-hour cost). Estimates model developer time lost to waiting on first reviews and triaging failed CI runs at an assumed 1.5 hours per developer a year, with 70% of it recovered by an AI reviewer that diagnoses and fixes. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Published: Core $20 and Pro $40 per user a month billed annually ($25 and $50 billed monthly), each for up to 50 users with unlimited repositories; Enterprise is custom, outcome-based pricing per PR. Pro features are free for OSI-licensed public repositories, and there is a 14-day Pro trial. No INR price is published — TechBag quotes in INR with GST.
Core
Best for review and CI diagnosis
- $20/user/month annual ($25 monthly)
- Review, summaries, on-demand fixes
- Up to 50 users, unlimited repos
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Pro
Best when fixes should reach green
- $40/user/month annual ($50 monthly)
- Autonomous fix loop, merge gates
- CircleCI, Buildkite, Bitrise, Jira
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Do you need the autonomous fix loop and merge gates? Both are Pro; Core fixes only when a reviewer asks for one.
How many developers open pull requests? Core and Pro stop at 50 users, and Enterprise switches to per-PR pricing.
Which Git platforms and self-hosted instances must it cover, and is self-hosted code hosting an Enterprise item for you?
Which CI systems run your builds? Core diagnoses GitHub Actions and GitLab; CircleCI, Buildkite and Bitrise need Pro.
Is US processing acceptable? Regional instances are an Enterprise beta for the EU, Singapore, Australia and Japan only.
Is SSO/SAML mandatory? It arrives only with Enterprise, together with audit logs and API access.
Do you run SonarQube already? Ask Sonar how the bundled offer is priced against buying Gitar standalone.
Must LLM calls run through your own account? A bring-your-own Anthropic key is an Enterprise option.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Gitar?
Count the developers who open pull requests against the published plans first, or let a TechBag advisor scope a Pro trial on your busiest repositories.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.