Veracode vs GitGuardian
Feature checklists rarely decide anything. What decides it is the pricing metric, who has to write the tests, and which limitation you can live with.
Entry price
Quote on request
Quote onlyFree tier available
Free tierWhat drives the bill
The metric that actually scales your invoice.
Enterprise annual subscriptions priced by application count and scan types.
Free tier covers small teams entirely; business pricing is quote-based per developer.
Free tier
No free tier.
Free for individuals and teams up to 25 developers.
Open source
Self-hostable
No-code authoring
Languages
Platforms
Fits teams
Adoption
Widely used
Veracode · since 2006
Widely used
GitGuardian · since 2017
Strengths
- Binary scanning works on third-party and supplier software where source is unavailable.
- Policy engine and attestation reports satisfy regulated procurement directly.
- Managed service model suits organisations without a security engineering team.
- Validity checking distinguishes a live credential from a revoked one, which transforms triage priority.
- Scans full commit history, where most leaked secrets actually live.
- Free for teams up to 25 developers.
Limitations
- Slow feedback compared with developer-first tools — poor fit for per-commit scanning.
- Expensive per application.
- Developer experience lags Snyk and Semgrep considerably.
- Secrets scanning only — not a general security platform.
- Historical scans on old repositories produce a large initial backlog.
- Requires repository access, which needs a security review of its own.
Best for
Regulated enterprises needing formal security attestation, including for supplier software.
Any organisation with more than a handful of repositories and no secrets scanning today.
All of these integrate with: GitHub, Jira, GitLab.
Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.