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Comparison

Mend vs TruffleHog

No clear leader: TruffleHog (61.1) and Mend (59.3) 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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Mend59
TruffleHog61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mend59 / 100medium · 70%
TruffleHog61 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Model
Mendfreemium
TruffleHogfreemium
Price level
Mendlow
TruffleHoglow
Transparent
Mend✗
TruffleHog✗
Integrations
Count
Mend2
TruffleHog20
Security
Gdpr
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Iso27001
Mend✓
TruffleHog–
Scorecard
Mend–
TruffleHog7.9
Soc2
Mend✓
TruffleHog–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Mend–
TruffleHog99
Status page
Mend✓
TruffleHog✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mend–
TruffleHog519
Github stars
Mend–
TruffleHog28,528
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mend–
TruffleHog79
Release
Cadence days
Mend–
TruffleHog3
History
Mend–
TruffleHog20 items
License
Spdx
Mend–
TruffleHogAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Mend–
TruffleHogGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Mend7 items
TruffleHog8 items

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

An automated security platform that helps identify and manage security risks in application code and external dependencies throughout the development lifecycle.

Independently observed

TruffleHog

A secret scanning platform that identifies leaked API keys, passwords, and tokens across version control systems, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and CI/CD pipelines, providing automated remediation and verification to reduce exposure risk.

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

HybridFree tier

Free open-source tier available. Commercial SaaS and Cloud plans available via contact.

  • Open SourceFree
    • GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, Docker scanning
    • 800+ secret detectors
    • GitHub Actions integration
    • Pre-commit hooks
    • Pre-receive hooks
    • +2 more
  • TruffleHog Analyze for SaaSContact sales
  • TruffleHog Analyze for CloudContact sales
    • 20+ integrations
    • Choice of on-premises and cloud scanning
    • Continuous monitoring
    • Dashboard for secrets management
    • Alerting and detailed analytics
    • +5 more
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✓
Hybrid
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

8 total - 6 not shared
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • CI/CD
  • Repository integration
Independently observed

TruffleHog

30 total - 28 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
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Discord
  • Elasticsearch
  • +4 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Mend or TruffleHog: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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