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Comparison

Mend vs TruffleHog

No clear leader: TruffleHog (60.3) and Mend (59.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Mend full profile →TruffleHog full profile →
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Mend60
TruffleHog60
Score
Vioscale score
Mend60 / 100high · 75%updating
TruffleHog60 / 100low · 48%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Model
Mendfreemium
TruffleHogcommercial
Price level
Mendlow
TruffleHogfree
Transparent
Mend✗
TruffleHog✗
Integrations
Count
Mend4
TruffleHog23
Security
Gdpr
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Iso27001
Mend✓
TruffleHog–
Scorecard
Mend–
TruffleHog7.4
Soc2
Mend✓
TruffleHog–
Reliability
Sla pct
Mend–
TruffleHog99
Status page
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mend–
TruffleHog519
Github stars
Mend–
TruffleHog27,596
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mend–
TruffleHog52
Release
Cadence days
Mend–
TruffleHog7
History
Mend–
TruffleHog20 items
License
Spdx
Mend–
TruffleHogAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Mend–
TruffleHogGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Mend

Unified security platform combining static code analysis and open source component scanning to automatically identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in custom code and dependencies, with integrated compliance governance and fix automation.

Independently observed

TruffleHog

A security tool that scans code repositories, chat systems, artifact storage, and other SDLC platforms for leaked credentials. It verifies which secrets remain active and provides continuous monitoring and remediation guidance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Mend

enterprise_quoteFree tier

Teams and Enterprise editions; free tier for open source. Contact sales for pricing.

  • Teams-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
  • Renovate Cloud OSSFree
as of verify ↗

TruffleHog

FreeFree tier

Free core product; enterprise features and add-ons available via contact sales

  • Open SourceFree
    • GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, and Docker scanning
    • 800+ secret detectors
    • GitHub actions, pre-commit, and pre-receive hooks
    • Custom regex and secrets verification
    • Automatic updates
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
CLI
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Self-hosted
Mend✗
TruffleHog✓
On-premise
Mend✗
TruffleHog✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • Jenkins

Mend

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Atlassian Bamboo
Independently observed

TruffleHog

23 total - 21 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Gerrit
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Artifactory
  • Buildkite
  • Azure Repos
  • Travis CI
  • Circle CI
  • Slack
  • Teams
  • Jira
  • Vector
  • Confluence
  • Google Drive
  • S3
  • SharePoint
  • Splunk
  • Webhook
  • Email
Independently observed

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