GitGuardian vs. Veracode

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GitGuardian
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
GitGuardian is an end-to-end NHI security platform designed to help organizations strengthen their Non-Human Identity (NHI) security posture and address compliance standards and regulations. As attackers increasingly target NHIs, such as service accounts, service principals, and applications, protecting and managing these critical assets has become paramount. NHIs rely on “secrets” like API keys and certificates for authentication, and their rapid proliferation has led to significant…
$0
per developer in the perimeter
Veracode
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Veracode provides advanced application security solutions, trusted by enterprises to develop and maintain secure software. Its platform identifies exploitable risks, speeds up vulnerability remediation, and reduces security debt at scale using a proprietary AI-assisted remediation engine.N/A
Pricing
GitGuardianVeracode
Editions & Modules
Small Teams - 1-25 developers
$0
per developer in the perimeter
Standard 26-100 developers
$18
per developer in the perimeter
Standard - 26 to 100 developers
$18
developer per month
Enterprise - above 100 developers
adhoc
developer
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GitGuardianVeracode
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDeveloper pricing options available
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
GitGuardian
Chose GitGuardian
GitGuardian Public Monitoring stacks up well against its alternatives and competitors, as it offers some unique and advanced features that make it stand out from the rest. some of these features
include:-
GitGuardian Public Monitoring stacks up well against its alternatives and …
Chose GitGuardian
SnykGitLeaksTruffleHogDetect SecretsOWASP Dependency-CheckGitrobGitLeaksGit-secretsScoutSuiteSecurity Monkey

Chose GitGuardian
GitGuardian Internal Monitoring offers a comprehensive suite of tools to monitor and protect your organization's source code. It provides real-time visibility into
Chose GitGuardian
haven't used any others, I dont really know of any others that do this.
Chose GitGuardian
Did not explore other alternatives.
Chose GitGuardian
Didn't use anything other than GitGuardian so far.
Chose GitGuardian
I've evaluated quite a few other tools, like git-secrets, Git-leaks, scan, and maybe a few more. They're all great but quite surprisingly none of them detected Github OAuth Secrets for us. A lot of the FOSS tools out there focus on much simpler, generic secrets, which is good …
Chose GitGuardian
GitGuardian Internal Monitoring is a highly respected and recommended tool to guard against suspicious Github activities and it is the first choice.
Chose GitGuardian
GitGuardian has more secret type definitions than any similar offering, yet it has an extremely low false-positive rate and won't waste your time.
Chose GitGuardian
We selected GitGuardian because I attended a webinar from them. And they explained excellent which security issues can be in secrets in public/private repositories and to mitigate this risks we decided to use GitGuardian. Also, the free tier is one of the things which are …
Veracode
Chose Veracode
Veracode takes compiled code, so integration, regression based test cases can be evaluated well. Now, it has lot of features ranging from API sec to DAST, so have a code which is well working in live env is very essential to setup and hence giving us an edge over other tools. …
Chose Veracode
We selected Veracode after testing these tools with 3 important solutions and Veracode had a great ratio of findings, with low false positive, and the best price between the tools that were good enough.
Chose Veracode
I found SonarQube to have some decent data for code quality checks but it underperformed for code security.

Snyk is a decent product and strong competitor to Veracode for SCA. Snyk's SAST offering is not as good as Veracode and does not support as many languages.
Chose Veracode
Sonatype only identifies and scans third-party dependency and not custom-developed code—at least that's what it was doing back in 2018 when I used to utilize its services. Interface-wise, too, Veracode looks much cleaner and easier to navigate than Sonatype. Support and …
Chose Veracode
As mentioned previously, we're always considering other options. Veracode is what we need right now, and I don't think it would be fair to competitors to compare them to what we need right now. Tomorrow, we might need something else and not require Veracode—that isn't a change …
Chose Veracode
Veracode seems to provide better support and good scan coverage. Veracode also provides multiple scan types like Dynamic, Static Code, Software Composition which others may only offer 1 or 2. I might be missing it but some others like Sentinel provide schedule monthly, …
Chose Veracode
Veracode is slower with scan results however the flaws discovered and sites crawled are almost the same. Rapid7 InsightAppSec only does dynamic scans. Veracode did find more links on a site crawl. Rapid7 InsightappSec has more out of the box reports than Veracode. Both …
Chose Veracode
Veracode is easier to integrate and faster than Fossa although Mend has more visual features
Chose Veracode
Veracode was brought in to supplement services previously provided by other vendors. As our org recently acquired another organization, we identified Veracode as a 'go-forward' system needed to consolidate security tooling in the organization.
Chose Veracode
PortSwigger Burp Suite, Cisco SecureX, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Darktrace
Chose Veracode
Mend.IO formerly WhiteSource software is a product we used prior to Vericode. It did not have all of the capabilities or depth of Vericode. Additionally, Whitesource did not offer automatic scanning as part of their product and there was no Certification program to speak of.
Chose Veracode
We used Accunetix as well mainly for web site security testing. We used Veracode for code and third party analysis.
Chose Veracode
Sonar cube was quicker, but not as thorough. Both integrated into our CI/CD pipeline, however the integration for Veracode is more straight forward.
Chose Veracode
Veracode is much better at uncovering security weaknesses and providing information and consulting. I use Veracode because our company decided for.
Chose Veracode
Veracode stands out as the best of breed for all types of AppSec scanners.
Chose Veracode
The maturity of the Veracode and the continuous improvements in its products it's one of the principal characteristics of chosee it, Veracode it's a SaaS platform and was born in the cloud, so this is a great option for our clients to be quick to implement also the easy of …
Chose Veracode
Checkmarx and Veracode have a few common points and some features which are different. Checkmarx UI is more user-friendly, but the level of detailing in Veracode reports is better. Veracode is a good choice for static analysis of code. if the user interface can be made smoother …
Chose Veracode
As the developer, not the business stakeholder, I did not select Veracode specifically. However, after using the application I believe it was the right choice. Veracode is thorough in its analyses, in its database of flaws, in its methodology of uncovering vulnerabilities, and …
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User Ratings
GitGuardianVeracode
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.4
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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6.6
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Usability
-
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5.5
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Availability
-
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7.3
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Performance
-
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2.7
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Support Rating
-
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7.8
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Implementation Rating
-
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5.8
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Configurability
-
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6.4
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Ease of integration
-
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6.4
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Product Scalability
-
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6.4
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Vendor post-sale
-
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6.4
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8.2
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User Testimonials
GitGuardianVeracode
Likelihood to Recommend
I do think it'll absolutely fit everyone who codes integrates with another platform or services. We all forget that one credentials one in a while, and especially those who managed public repository, it is important to keep an eye on accidentally committed credentials. While I think you don't really needs it for personal project, it's a nice to have, you don't want to waie up to 50k USD of sudden surcharge on resources you don't use.
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* (+) Report generation for our clients: reports are very comprehensive and look professional. * (-) Veracode pipeline scan: takes too much time, need to split our application so that it can fit within the timeout (2h). Currently we're not able to use it, we still use "upload & scan" functionality in our CI pipelines. This is a showstopper to be able to break the build in case of new vuln, and also to use Fix AI based tool.
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Pros
  • GitGuardian monitors every public or private GitHub commit ( that have GitGuardian installed) and event in real-time for secrets and sensitive data. In a leak scenario it immediately notifies us.
  • It uses sophisticated pattern matching techniques to detect credentials that cannot be strictly defined with a distinctive pattern (like unprefixed credentials)
  • It covers several API providers, database connection strings, private keys, certificates, usernames and passwords etc
  • GitGuardian have high True Positive Rate of around 91% and reduces alert fatigue with smart occurrences regrouping
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  • I like the support given by Veracode, they are very responsive and they help you get things done.
  • Veracode has well documented steps for administrating the platform and managing integrations for code scanning.
  • Veracode is easy to use and the integration of to code repositories is seemless.
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Cons
  • Improved user interface: It would be beneficial to have a more intuitive and user-friendly interface for Internal Monitoring on GitGuardian. This would make it easier for users to quickly access the data they need and understand the results of their scans.
  • Automated alerts: It would be helpful to have automated alerts when certain conditions are met, such as when a scan reveals sensitive data or when a new repository is created. This would help users stay informed and take action in a timely manner.
  • More detailed reports: Currently, Internal Monitoring reports are limited in terms of the depth of information they provide. It would be useful to have more detailed reports that include additional metrics, such as the number of repositories scanned and the types of sensitive data found.
  • Faster scan times: Scan times can be slow at times, making it difficult to stay on top of changes in repositories quickly. It would be beneficial to have faster scan times so that users can take action quickly when needed.
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  • We would like to see Veracode continue to improve the integrations available, particularly with respect to .NET IDEs. Part of our development team uses JetBrains' Rider which is, as of this time, unsupported for static integration.
  • We would also like to see Veracode continue to improve their dynamic scan offerings; with the recent addition of DAST Essentials we feel this improvement may come sooner than later.
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Likelihood to Renew
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At this time, and we just renewed a month ago, I dont see any products out there overall that can offer what Veracode does. Yes, its not cheap by any means, but for the money its the best application security scanning tool out there.
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Usability
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- Almost no setup required and easy to configure - Very easy to use, intuitive UI with integrated analytics and learning portals. - Seamless to review the results, triage them, generate reports. - Security progression of the product/application is tracked via successive scans. - Privileges/Roles nicely fine grained and tightly controlled to let teams "view" only their products.
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Reliability and Availability
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Veracode has always been up and available to us.
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Performance
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At this point, it runs well and mostly in a timely fashion. Dynamic scans take days but this may be a config issue still to be resolved.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
Overall, Veracode support is helpful, community support is great, and documentation is available for self-service. Our Customer Success Manager is very helpful and reaches out regularly to see if we need assistance. We have not utilized many of the other resources offered by Veracode, however, in the future we would like to leverage secure coding training for our Development teams.
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Implementation Rating
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We use it as a SAS service, so really just getting our teams to mold the use of Veracode into their SDLC has been a process of years in the making. It comes down to what your teams are ready and willing to accept and change. Management is key in getting their groups on board with using it regularly. If it doesnt have management backing, your security teams have little to no influence in getting this process off the ground fully.
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Alternatives Considered
GitGuardian Internal
Monitoring offers a comprehensive suite of tools to monitor and protect
your organization's source code. It provides real-time visibility into
the security of your code, allowing you to quickly identify and address
potential vulnerabilities before they become a problem. Additionally, it
offers automated security scanning and alerting capabilities, ensuring
that any suspicious activity is quickly identified and addressed.
GitGuardian Internal Monitoring stands out from other solutions due
to its ability to detect potential security issues in real-time, rather
than relying on periodic scans. This allows for more timely detection of
potential vulnerabilities, which helps reduce the risk of data breaches
or other malicious activities
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Sonatype only identifies and scans third-party dependency and not custom-developed code—at least that's what it was doing back in 2018 when I used to utilize its services. Interface-wise, too, Veracode looks much cleaner and easier to navigate than Sonatype. Support and consultation with how-to guides and documents make Veracode easier to use.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
Just have to define new apps
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Return on Investment
  • Can't provide exact numbers due to restrictions but trust me our organization saved a decent amount of money coz there were several instances of secret leaks that is notified by GitGuardian.
  • GitGuardian has helped us identify and remediate secrets leaks in our public GitHub repositories. It has also helped us enforce our internal security policies and educate our developers on the best practices for secrets management
  • GitGuardian has been a great addition to our security toolset. It has helped us monitor our public GitHub repositories for any secrets or sensitive data. It has also integrated well with our existing systems and processes.
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  • Positive: Scanning all our applications on Veracode provides us an overview of our cyber security posture for the organization as a whole.
  • Positive: Performing the SAST, SCA and DAST scanning for all the applications at the early stages of the SDLC helps us identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities early, reducing the risk of data breaches and cyber-attacks.
  • Negative: Sometimes Veracode SAST scanner closed and reopens some findings, leading to reliability issues on the scanner itself.
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ScreenShots

GitGuardian Screenshots

Screenshot of GitGuardian Internal Monitoring - Monitoring ScreenScreenshot of GitGuardian Internal Monitoring - Secrets detailsScreenshot of GitGuardian Internal Monitoring - Scanning screen

Veracode Screenshots

Screenshot of a fixScreenshot of the Veracode PlatformScreenshot of SCAScreenshot of SCA Github