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Sourcery review

An AI reviewer for GitHub and GitLab pull requests with security scanning on higher plans.

By the TopToolAdvisor research desk · Updated November 12, 2026

Features (35%)
7.8
Ease of use (35%)
8.6
Value (30%)
8.6

Sourcery is the budget pick for teams that want a dedicated reviewer without per-credit maths. Pro costs $12 per developer per month billed annually or $15 monthly and adds private repositories and Jira to the free open source tier. Each pull request gets inline comments, a summary with diagrams and a status check, and teams can write review rules and let Sourcery auto-approve low-risk PRs. The Team plan at $24 adds codebase security, with nightly scans of 50 repositories covering secrets, SAST, infrastructure as code, dependencies and licenses. Its docs list GitHub, GitLab, GitHub Enterprise Server and self-hosted GitLab, and its pricing page puts GitHub Enterprise Server on the Enterprise plan while self-managed GitLab works on every plan. Sourcery says it does not keep a copy of reviewed code and holds SOC 2 Type II. The feature set is narrower than the leaders, with no cross-repo context or agent handoff described, which is why it ranks mid-table.

Who it is for

Small teams that want low per-seat pricing and free review on open source

Price

Free for open source; Pro $12 per developer per month billed annually ($15 monthly); Team $24.

Pro costs $12 per seat per month instead of $15, and Team costs $24 instead of $30.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

  • Inline comments, summaries and a status check on every pull request
  • PR summaries and diagrams with one-click fixes
  • Custom review rules and auto-approval of low-risk PRs
  • Security scanning for secrets, SAST, infrastructure as code, dependencies and licenses
  • IDE extension for VS Code and PyCharm

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Strength: Pro at $12 per seat billed annually is among the cheapest paid plans here
  • Strength: Runs on GitHub, GitLab, GitHub Enterprise Server and self-hosted GitLab
  • Strength: Sourcery says it keeps no copy of your code after a review and is SOC 2 Type II compliant
  • Weakness: Private repository reviews need a paid seat; the free tier covers public repos only
  • Weakness: Nightly security scans of 50 repos are a Team feature at $24
  • Weakness: GitHub Enterprise Server, SSO and self-hosting need Enterprise

Key facts

  • Cheapest paid plan: Pro, $12 per seat a month billed annually
  • Free option: Free forever on public repos
  • Trial: 14 days of Team, no card

Where it ranks

Sourcery is No. 6 in our Best AI Code Review Tools verdict.

Alternatives we scored

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