GitGuardian
Credential-layer security platform that finds every secret across code, CI/CD, endpoints and public GitHub, then helps teams stop the next breach.
By GitGuardian · HQ Paris, France · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- AppSec and SecOps teams that must find leaked secrets across git repos, CI/CD, container registries, collaboration tools and developer endpoints
- IAM teams governing non-human identities: service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens and rotation-overdue credentials
- Organisations that must evidence control over secrets and machine identities for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIS2, DORA or GDPR
- Engineering orgs that want shift-left guardrails via the ggshield CLI, pre-commit hooks and AI IDE hooks
Ideal size: 25-1,500 developers people · Security-conscious scale-up or enterprise with an AppSec owner
Not for
- Buyers looking for a secrets vault or credential store; GitGuardian finds what escaped the vault rather than holding secrets
- Companies without an AppSec, SecOps or platform-engineering function to triage and rotate exposed credentials
- Teams that need published per-seat list pricing, since Growth and Enterprise are quote-only
- Very small teams needing only broad public-repo monitoring on the free tier
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Same day (first repo scan in ~5 min)
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Freemium: perpetual free Starter tier; Growth and Enterprise are quote-only and priced per developer seat. Endpoint Protection and Premium Care are paid add-ons.
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Free up to 25 developers; Growth up to 10 teams; Enterprise unlimited teams with custom RBAC. Licences also available via AWS Marketplace.
Add-on costs
- Developer Endpoint Protection - priced per endpoint per year, split into developer endpoints and lower-cost standard endpoints
- Premium Care support add-on
- Scanning of developers' collaboration tools as an add-on on higher plans
Company & support
Who is behind GitGuardian, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPlan not stated
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPaid plans
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Documentation and a support portal are offered to all users; paid plans list a dedicated CSM and a dedicated support channel, with Premium Care available as an add-on. No support hours or response-time SLA is published.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where GitGuardian sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- GitGuardian
- Contrast Security
- Flagright
- Taktile
- Red Oak
- ComplyAdvantage
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including GitGuardian. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What GitGuardian ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Sources describe an AI Copilot for remediation, agentic incident prioritisation and triage, Smart Routing of incidents to owners, and AI risk scoring with false-positive filtering, plus IDE hooks for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot. No model provider or bring-your-own-key option is stated, and AI-specific logging is not documented.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
GitGuardian is a credential-layer security platform. It detects leaked secrets across git repos, CI/CD, container registries, collaboration tools, developer endpoints and public GitHub, enriches each finding with ownership and validity context, then routes it for rotation and remediation. Enterprise adds non-human identity governance, honeytokens and self-hosted deployment. Free Starter covers up to 25 developers; Growth and Enterprise are quote-only. Frameworks listed as supported include SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and DORA.
Frequently asked questions
What does GitGuardian actually scan?
Internal Secrets Monitoring covers git repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), CI/CD, container registries, AI agent configs, collaboration tools such as Jira and Slack, and developer endpoints. Public Secrets Monitoring covers public GitHub. NHI Governance extends coverage to vaults and IAM machine identities.
How is GitGuardian priced?
There is a free Starter tier (up to 25 developers, 1 GB repo scanning, 10K API calls per month). Growth and Enterprise are quote-only, priced per developer seat, and can be procured through AWS Marketplace. Developer Endpoint Protection is a per-endpoint, per-year add-on, and Premium Care is a support add-on.
How quickly can we get value?
You can start free and scan your first repository in about 5 minutes, with unlimited real-time and historical scanning on every plan. Enterprise rollouts are supported by a dedicated solutions engineering team with phased deployment, training, and self-hosted Helm or KOTS options.
Does GitGuardian replace our secrets vault?
No. It finds credentials that never made it into the vault, such as an API key in Slack or a token on a developer laptop, then helps teams rotate or revoke it and replace it with a new value. Secrets-manager integration with push-to-vault is available on paid plans.
Which AI capabilities are included?
Growth and Enterprise plans list AI risk scoring and false-positive filtering, an AI Copilot for remediation and Smart Routing, and the platform applies agentic prioritisation to triage incidents. AI IDE hooks cover Cursor, Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot. The sources do not disclose which models are used.
What support and audit evidence do we get?
Documentation and a support portal are available to everyone; paid plans add a dedicated CSM and Premium Care is an add-on. Enterprise includes 12-month API audit log retention, SSO with SAML 2.0 and SCIM, IP allowlisting and self-hosted deployment.