Comparison

GitGuardian vs StackHawk

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.

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★GitGuardian76
StackHawk56
Score
vioscaleAI score
GitGuardian76 / 100medium · 71%
StackHawk56 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk✓
Model
GitGuardianfreemium
StackHawkfreemium
Price level
GitGuardianlow
StackHawklow
Starting price
GitGuardian–
StackHawk$10
Transparent
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk✓
Integrations
Count
GitGuardian16
StackHawk7
Security
Disclosure policy
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk✓
Gdpr
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk–
Iso27001
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk–
Pci
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk–
Soc2
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk✓
Reliability
Status page
GitGuardian✓
StackHawk✓
Content
Faq
GitGuardian7 items
StackHawk6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

StackHawk

Platform that automatically tests running applications for vulnerabilities within AI coding workflows, identifies exploitable issues, and provides automated fixes before code is committed.

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 ↗

StackHawk

from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $10/user/month (Wingman). 14-day free trial. Scale plan available via sales consultation.

  • Wingman$10/user/month
    • Works inside Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot
    • Auto-configures and boots app
    • Runtime testing against running app
    • Finds and fixes vulnerabilities in same session
    • Auto-rescanning to verify fix
    • +3 more
  • ScaleContact sales
    • Everything in Wingman
    • Attack surface discovery
    • Sensitive data detection
    • Deeper, broader scan coverage
    • Program reporting (coverage, fix rates by team)
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (5)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • GitHub Copilot

GitGuardian

Leader
25 total - 20 not shared
  • GitHub Enterprise Server
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • ServiceNow
  • Confluence
  • Docker
  • Container registries
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • CyberArk
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • AWS IAM
  • Azure Entra ID
  • Windsurf
  • Google Gemini CLI
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • AWS Marketplace
Independently observed

StackHawk

14 total - 9 not shared
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • OpenCode
  • Snyk
  • Auth0
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Antigravity
Independently observed
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