Comparison

GitGuardian vs Trivy

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
Trivy59
Score
vioscaleAI score
GitGuardian76 / 100medium · 71%
Trivy59 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
GitGuardian✓
Trivy✓
Model
GitGuardianfreemium
Price level
GitGuardianlow
Trivyfree
Transparent
GitGuardian✓
Trivy✓
Integrations
Count
GitGuardian16
Trivy7
Security
Disclosure policy
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Gdpr
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Iso27001
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Pci
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Scorecard
GitGuardian–
Trivy6.4
Soc2
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Reliability
Status page
GitGuardian✓
Trivy–
Adoption
Dependent repos
GitGuardian–
Trivy134
Github stars
GitGuardian–
Trivy38,396
Activity
Commits last 30d
GitGuardian–
Trivy61
Release
Cadence days
GitGuardian–
Trivy10
History
GitGuardian–
License
Spdx
GitGuardian–
Language
Primary
GitGuardian–
TrivyGo
Content
Faq
GitGuardian7 items
Trivy6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Trivy

Trivy is a comprehensive security scanner that detects vulnerabilities, configuration problems, sensitive data, and license compliance issues in container images, virtual machine images, and source code repositories. It supports multiple programming languages, operating systems, and platforms with integration into popular development and deployment tools.

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 ↗

Trivy

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Docker

GitGuardian

Leader
25 total - 22 not shared
  • GitHub Enterprise Server
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • ServiceNow
  • Confluence
  • 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

Trivy

9 total - 6 not shared
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Kubernetes
  • Harbor
  • CloudNativePG
  • VS Code
  • Docker Hub
Independently observed
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