Code Health is a high-level indicator of how easy or difficult it is to work with a piece of code. It reflects factors like complexity, readability, and coupling. Poor code health slows development, increases the risk of bugs, and makes it harder to onboard new developers. Improving Code Health boosts productivity and reduces maintenance costs. Read more about Code Health

CodeScene uses statistical models trained on industry data to estimate how changes in Code Health affect key business metrics. These include the number of defects prevented and the increase in developer capacity — for example, how much faster your team can deliver new features. The ROI calculator gives you a preview of these gains based on real data. Read more about the ROI calculator

Yes. Our peer-reviewed research "Code Red: Business impact of code quality" investigates 39 commercial codebases from various industries and domains. The finding are peer reviewed, statistically significant, and reproducible. All metrics were automated via CodeScene. The results show that code quality has a dramatic impact on, both, time-to-market as well as the external quality of the product. High quality (healthy) code has: A. 15 times fewer bugs, B. twice the development speed, and C. 9 times lower uncertainty in completion time. Read the research

While traditional tools focus on syntax and style issues, CodeScene looks at the big picture. It combines code analysis with behavioral data — such as how the code evolves over time — to prioritize what matters most. And unlike other tools, it connects technical improvements directly to business outcomes like ROI, developer efficiency, and defect reduction. Our CodeHealth™ metric is proven to be 6x more accurate than SonarQube. Read the benchmark study

CodeScene identifies the parts of your codebase that are both unhealthy and frequently changed — these are your high-impact refactoring targets. By improving them, you get the most return for the least effort. You can use Code Health scores and ROI projections to justify technical work and align your team’s efforts with business goals. Read the use case