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Comparison

GitGuardian vs OWASP ZAP

On the evidence we track, GitGuardian leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

GitGuardian full profile →OWASP ZAP full profile →
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★GitGuardian76
OWASP ZAP50
Score
vioscaleAI score
GitGuardian76 / 100medium · 71%
OWASP ZAP50 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tier
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✓
Model
GitGuardianfreemium
OWASP ZAPopen_source
Price level
GitGuardianlow
OWASP ZAPfree
Transparent
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Integrations
Count
GitGuardian16
OWASP ZAP2
Security
Disclosure policy
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✓
Gdpr
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Iso27001
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Pci
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Scorecard
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP6.8
Soc2
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Adoption
Dependent repos
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP30
Github stars
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP15,930
Activity
Commits last 30d
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP29
Release
Cadence days
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP6
History
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAP20 items
License
Spdx
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAPApache-2.0
Language
Primary
GitGuardian–
OWASP ZAPJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
GitGuardian7 items
OWASP ZAP4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for devsecops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Scan types
SAST (static analysis)
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
DAST (dynamic analysis)
GitGuardian-
OWASP ZAP✓
SCA / dependency scanning
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
Secret scanning
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
Container / image scanning
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
IaC misconfiguration scanning
GitGuardian-
OWASP ZAP-
Governance
OSS licence compliance
GitGuardian-
OWASP ZAP-
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)
GitGuardian-
OWASP ZAP-
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
Deployment
Hosting
GitGuardianCloud + self-hosted
OWASP ZAPSelf-hosted only
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✓
In-editor / IDE scanning
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP-
Licensing
OSS engine available
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

GitGuardian

Leader

A platform for discovering hardcoded secrets, API keys, and credentials across code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, container images, and collaboration tools. Provides incident remediation workflows, non-human identity governance, and supports cloud or self-hosted deployment.

Independently observed

OWASP ZAP

An open-source security scanner that performs dynamic analysis on web applications to detect potential vulnerabilities. It supports automation, extensibility through community add-ons, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

GitGuardian

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid tiers (Growth, Enterprise) pricing available upon request.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited real-time scanning
    • Internal secrets monitoring
    • Public secrets monitoring (limited)
    • Slack, Jira, ServiceNow integrations
    • SSO (SAML 2.0) + SCIM
    • +1 more
  • GrowthContact sales
    • Internal secrets monitoring across code, CI/CD, container registries
    • Public secrets monitoring (limited)
    • Remediation playbooks and notifiers
    • SSO (SAML 2.0) + SCIM, IP allowlisting, privacy mode
    • Dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • NHI Governance with vault coverage and identity inventory
    • AI-powered remediation with Smart Routing
    • Enterprise data sources including file storage and CI logs
    • Self-hosted deployment (Helm or KOTS)
    • 12-month audit log retention
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

OWASP ZAP

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
CLI
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✗
Self-hosted
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✓
On-premise
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✗
Hybrid
GitGuardian✓
OWASP ZAP✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • GitHub

GitGuardian

Leader
25 total - 24 not shared
  • GitHub Enterprise Server
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • ServiceNow
  • Confluence
  • Docker
  • Container registries
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • CyberArk
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • AWS IAM
  • Azure Entra ID
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Windsurf
  • Google Gemini CLI
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • AWS Marketplace
Independently observed

OWASP ZAP

2 total - 1 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
Independently observed
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GitGuardian or OWASP ZAP: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.