# GitGuardian vs Renovate

**Leader by Vioscale score:** GitGuardian

| Attribute | GitGuardian | Renovate |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 75.1 (71% (medium)) | 58.1 (38% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 308 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 22,348 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 374,610 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A platform that detects hardcoded secrets and leaked credentials in source code, CI/CD pipelines, container images, developer machines, and public repositories, then automates remediation through context-aware prioritization and integration with existing security workflows. | A self-hosted dependency update automation tool that integrates with version control platforms to manage software dependencies. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sast":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true}` | `{"sca":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise Server"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Azure Repos"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Container registries"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"CyberArk"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab Cloud"},{"name":"GitLab Enterprise Edition"},{"name":"Bitbucket Data Center"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free, no credit card required","features":["Internal secrets monitoring","Unlimited real-time scanning","Multi-VCS support (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos)","Developer workstations scan via Git hooks","Remediation tracking and guidelines","GitGuardian CLI (ggshield)","VSCode extension"],"minSeats":25,"description":"For individuals and teams up to 25 devs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"devs":"25","historical_scans":"500","api_calls_per_month":"10K"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"Free trial available","features":["Everything in Starter, plus:","Internal secrets monitoring (code, CI/CD, containers, custom sources)","Public secrets monitoring (limited)","Endpoint protection for developer machines","Remediation playbooks with automated routing","Slack, Jira, ServiceNow integrations","AI-driven risk scoring and false-positive filtering","SSO (SAML 2.0) and SCIM provisioning","US and EU data hosting options"],"description":"For teams up to 500 developers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"devs":"500","teams":"10","repository_scan_size_gb":"12"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Custom pricing via sales","features":["Internal secrets monitoring","Remediation playbooks","Up to 20 teams","Large repository scanning"],"description":"For teams up to 200 devs","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"teams":"20","repository_scan_size_gb":"12"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom enterprise pricing","features":["Everything in Growth, plus:","Unlimited public secrets monitoring","NHI governance (vault management, identity mapping, policy enforcement)","Endpoint protection (developer and standard endpoints)","Corporate and enterprise data sources (Jira, Slack, Confluence, file storage)","Self-hosted deployment with GitGuardian Bridge","Unlimited teams and custom RBAC","Custom regex-based detectors","12-month audit log retention","Premium Care support"],"minSeats":500,"description":"For 500+ developer organizations","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"teams":"None","repository_scan_size_gb":"60"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Extra endpoints (endpoint protection)"},{"name":"Premium Care support"}],"summary":"Free Starter tier for up to 25 developers. Paid plans start with Growth tier; Enterprise and Business require custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.gitguardian.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:23:02.350Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","summary":"Open source community edition","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:21:54.986Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.4","date":"2026-08-26T13:21:00Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.3","date":"2026-08-26T12:43:54Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.2","date":"2026-08-26T11:11:59Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.1","date":"2026-08-26T10:00:53Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.46.0","date":"2026-08-26T07:33:39Z","type":"stable","version":"44.46.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.4","date":"2026-08-26T03:49:33Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.3","date":"2026-08-26T00:51:20Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.2","date":"2026-08-25T23:23:01Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.1","date":"2026-08-25T21:58:47Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.45.0","date":"2026-08-25T20:56:15Z","type":"stable","version":"44.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.44.0","date":"2026-08-25T16:13:26Z","type":"stable","version":"44.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.43.1","date":"2026-08-25T13:01:04Z","type":"stable","version":"44.43.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.43.0","date":"2026-08-25T12:15:52Z","type":"stable","version":"44.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.2","date":"2026-08-25T11:50:16Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.1","date":"2026-08-25T10:55:36Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.42.0","date":"2026-08-25T07:31:15Z","type":"stable","version":"44.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.41.1","date":"2026-08-24T14:48:25Z","type":"stable","version":"44.41.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.41.0","date":"2026-08-24T11:42:24Z","type":"stable","version":"44.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.40.1","date":"2026-08-24T11:05:39Z","type":"stable","version":"44.40.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/44.40.0","date":"2026-08-24T08:22:24Z","type":"stable","version":"44.40.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":11,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=renovate&per_page=100","last_12m":8,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (DevSecOps Tools)

| Capability | GitGuardian | Renovate |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:44:22.355Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*