GitGuardian vs Semgrep vs Snyk DeepCode AI vs Socket
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
GitGuardian
Secrets detection and non-human identity security
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Semgrep
Static analysis for code, dependencies and secrets, with AI triage
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Snyk DeepCode AI
The AI engine behind Snyk Code scanning and Snyk Agent Fix
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Socket
Catches malicious open-source packages by behaviour, before they merge
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.4 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.7 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Starter is free: up to 25 developers, unlimited real-time scanning, 500 historical detections, 1 GB repo capacity | Free Edition: up to 10 contributors and 10 private repos, Code + Supply Chain, 60 AI credits; Community Edition CLI free (LGPL-2.1) | Free plan: SCA, SAST, IaC and container scanning with monthly test caps (Open Source 200, Code 100, IaC 300, Container 100) | Free: unlimited developers and repos, 1,000 scans a month, 500 API calls an hour, AI analysis and malware blocking; free for open source |
| Paid from | Growth and Enterprise are both quoted | Teams from $30/contributor/mo (Code or Supply Chain); Secrets $15 | $25/month (Team, billed monthly, up to 10 developers) | $25/developer/month billed monthly (Team, minimum 5 developers), up to 20% off yearly |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Founded | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2021 |
| Maker | — | — | Snyk | — |
| Verdict | GitGuardian is one of the established secrets-detection platforms. It scans repositories, CI and collaboration tools for leaked credentials and has expanded into non-human identity governance and developer-endpoint scann... |
Semgrep is one of the most practical code-security scanners: fast, easy to extend with custom rules, and backed by reachability-aware dependency scanning and secrets detection. Its AI triage, now called Multimodal, is in... |
DeepCode AI gives Snyk Code fast in-IDE scanning and fix suggestions that are re-scanned before you see them, and the May 2026 move to an agentic Agent Fix that retries failed fixes is a sensible design. Custom rules are... |
Socket fills the gap CVE scanners leave: it reads package behaviour, so a freshly published malicious version can be blocked before anyone has written an advisory. AI analysis and malware blocking are on the free plan, t... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.