# Socket vs TruffleHog

| Attribute | Socket | TruffleHog |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.1 (73% (medium)) | 61.1 (41% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 79 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 519 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 28,528 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A software composition analysis platform that detects malware, vulnerabilities, and license risks in open source dependencies, with automated prioritization to reduce false positives and streamline security workflows. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What is Socket?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $25 per developer per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Is Socket free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Socket support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Socket can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Can Socket be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Socket, including GitHub, npm, PyPI, Cargo, Go packages, VSCode, Slack and GitLab, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What does Socket integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Socket. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Socket not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://socket.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Socket have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Socket is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Where is Socket available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What is TruffleHog?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"TruffleHog is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Is TruffleHog free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"TruffleHog supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does TruffleHog support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. TruffleHog can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Can TruffleHog be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 22 integrations for TruffleHog, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Docker, Artifactory, Jenkins and Buildkite, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"What does TruffleHog integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for TruffleHog. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as TruffleHog not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/security","question":"What security certifications does TruffleHog have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. TruffleHog is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog","question":"Is TruffleHog open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"TruffleHog is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","question":"Where is TruffleHog available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Socket analyzes software dependencies in real-time to detect and block malicious packages, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues before they enter production. It integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines and development tools to flag risky dependencies automatically. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sca":true,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` | `{"sca":false,"sast":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 22 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"Cargo"},{"name":"Go packages"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vanta","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS CodePipeline","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Drata","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"JetBrains","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Eclipse","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bundler","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Paket","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Swift Package Manager","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"vcpkg","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Linear","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Asana","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ClickUp","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Gerrit"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Artifactory"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Buildkite"},{"name":"Azure Repos"},{"name":"Travis CI"},{"name":"Circle CI"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Vector"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"SharePoint"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Discord","category":"chat","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Elasticsearch","category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS S3","category":"cloud_storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","category":"cloud_storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager","category":"secrets_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GitHub App","native":true,"category":"authentication"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Detect 70+ risk types (malware, vulnerabilities, license, etc.)","Block malicious dependencies automatically","AI analysis that flags hidden dependency behavior"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited developers and repositories with basic scanning capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"3","scans_per_month":"1,000","repository_labels":"1","api_quota_per_hour":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/developer/month (minimum 5), save 20% when billed annually","features":["All Free features","Precomputed reachability analysis (cuts 60% CVE false positives)","Priority scoring","Slack alerts for malware/vulnerabilities"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing teams with smart automation and reachability analysis","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","scans_per_month":"5,000","repository_labels":"3","api_quota_per_hour":"2,500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$50/developer/month (minimum 20)","features":["All Team features","Compliance integrations (e.g., Vanta)","SBOM import/export","SSO/SAML and webhook automation","GitHub Actions and AI model scanning"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise-grade automation, compliance integrations, and support without sales calls","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","repository_labels":"unlimited","api_quota_per_hour":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; request trial or buy on GCP Marketplace","features":["All Business features","Full application function-level reachability (eliminates up to 90% irrelevant CVEs)","GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, self-hosted repo integrations","SCIM provisioning, audit logs, IP restrictions","Private Slack channel, migration help, named account manager","Uptime SLA"],"description":"Full application function-level reachability for large organizations","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free to $50/developer/month. Save 20% on annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://socket.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T11:08:23.060Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, Docker scanning","800+ secret detectors","GitHub Actions integration","Pre-commit hooks","Pre-receive hooks","Custom regex","Automatic updates"],"description":"Free secret scanning with GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, and Docker support","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"secret_detectors":"800+"}},{"free":false,"name":"TruffleHog Analyze for SaaS","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"TruffleHog Analyze for Cloud","features":["20+ integrations","Choice of on-premises and cloud scanning","Continuous monitoring","Dashboard for secrets management","Alerting and detailed analytics","Forager for monitoring public datasets","Single sign-on (SAML 2.0 or OAuth 2.0)","Role-based access control","Deployment and onboarding support","Priority technical support"],"description":"Cloud or on-premises scanning with enterprise features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source tier available. Commercial SaaS and Cloud plans available via contact.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://trufflesecurity.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T21:02:55.201Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.99.2","date":"2026-10-08T13:54:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.99.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.99.1","date":"2026-10-08T10:19:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.99.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.99.0","date":"2026-10-06T17:44:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.99.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.98.1","date":"2026-10-06T11:57:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.98.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.98.0","date":"2026-10-05T17:39:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.98.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.9","date":"2026-09-24T09:11:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.8","date":"2026-09-23T18:11:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.7","date":"2026-09-23T16:44:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.6","date":"2026-09-22T15:08:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.5","date":"2026-09-16T17:37:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.4","date":"2026-09-03T20:01:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.3","date":"2026-09-03T16:52:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.2","date":"2026-09-02T16:55:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.1","date":"2026-08-24T16:53:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.97.0","date":"2026-08-14T18:35:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.97.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.96.0","date":"2026-07-24T18:23:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.96.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.95.9","date":"2026-07-09T23:09:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.95.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.95.8","date":"2026-07-02T18:54:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.95.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.95.7","date":"2026-06-29T15:50:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.95.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases/tag/v3.95.6","date":"2026-06-18T14:38:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.95.6"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://socket.dev/security | https://trufflesecurity.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=actions&package_name=trufflesecurity%2Ftrufflehog&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (DevSecOps Tools)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:14:35.586Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*