Semgrep
Catch, flag, and fix real vulnerabilities before they ship with AI-assisted SAST, SCA and secrets scanning.
By Semgrep, Inc. · HQ San Francisco, US · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Engineering and AppSec teams that want SAST, SCA and secrets scanning unified in one high-signal platform
- Security teams overwhelmed by false positives; the vendor reports 80% fewer triaged false positives
- Organizations moving off legacy AppSec vendors such as Checkmarx or Snyk
- Developer-first teams that want fixes delivered in PRs, CI/CD, IDEs and AI coding agents
- Fintech and SaaS companies mitigating open-source supply chain and dependency risk
Ideal size: 20–500 engineers people · Scale-up or enterprise with a dedicated AppSec function and mature CI/CD
Not for
- Teams with no developers, source control or CI/CD pipeline to scan
- Buyers wanting a fully managed, no-code security service
- Sub-10-developer shops that outgrow the free tier and want flat-rate pricing
- Organizations that need publicly documented FedRAMP or HIPAA coverage before purchase
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About a week to first scans in CI
~7 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$18,000/yr
Starts at $360 · Per contributor, per month. Free Edition $0 (up to 10 contributors); Teams from $30/contributor/month for Code or Supply Chain and $15 for Secrets; Enterprise custom.
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 Edition caps at 10 contributors and 10 private repositories; Teams up to 500 private repositories; Enterprise unlimited contributors and repositories.
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Semgrep, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2017 · 9 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumAll plans
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Free Edition includes community-based support and documentation; Teams includes award-winning support plus Semgrep Academy training; Enterprise adds a dedicated account manager and tailored onboarding.
“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
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Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
Ships an official MCP server. Connects to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT connectors and Cursor out of the box.
AI & MCP readiness
What Semgrep ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Semgrep Multimodal combines rule-based analysis with AI reasoning for detection, triage and remediation. Pricing lists AI-powered detection, AI Memories, auto-triage, autofix, dependency upgrade guidance and a custom AI model provider. AI credits: 60 on Free, 20 per developer per month on Teams, 50 on Enterprise.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Official MCP server
- Model key
- Either
- 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
Semgrep is an AppSec platform combining SAST (Semgrep Code), software composition analysis (Semgrep Supply Chain) and secrets detection (Semgrep Secrets), with AI-assisted triage and remediation. It targets engineering and AppSec teams that want high-signal findings, fewer false positives and guardrails in PRs, CI/CD, IDEs and AI coding agents. Free Edition covers up to 10 contributors; Teams starts at $30 per contributor per month; Enterprise adds unlimited repositories and a dedicated account manager.
Frequently asked questions
How is Semgrep priced?
Free Edition is $0 for up to 10 contributors and 10 private repositories, including 60 AI credits. Teams is priced per contributor per month: $30 for Code (SAST), $30 for Supply Chain (SCA) and $15 for Secrets, with 20 AI credits per developer per month. Enterprise is custom priced and adds on-prem source control management support, unlimited repositories and contributors, up to 50 AI credits per developer per month, a dedicated account manager and tailored onboarding.
Does Semgrep upload our source code?
According to Semgrep's pricing FAQ, if scans run locally or in your own CI pipeline, source code never leaves your environment; only run metadata is sent to Semgrep's service. If you opt in to AI-powered detection, triage and remediation, the part of a file containing a finding is sent to a model, and model vendors are not permitted to train on that code. Managed Scans clone the repository per scan and destroy the clone afterwards.
What does Semgrep actually scan for?
The platform unifies three products: Semgrep Code for static application security testing across 35+ languages, Semgrep Supply Chain for reachable dependency vulnerabilities and malicious package detection, and Semgrep Secrets for hardcoded credentials and keys. Semgrep also markets an open-source malware firewall that blocks malicious packages from reaching developer environments.
How long until we see value?
Semgrep is developer-first and self-serve: Free Edition lets you connect code and start scanning in a few clicks, and Teams supports one-click CI/CD deployment via Semgrep infrastructure with PR/MR checks in GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure. Most teams should expect first production findings within about a week, although enterprise deployments with on-prem SCM and custom CI/CD take longer.
What support is included?
Free Edition includes community-based support and documentation. Teams plans include the vendor's award-winning support plus Semgrep Academy and documentation. Enterprise adds a dedicated account manager, tailored onboarding and roadmap access, with customized support plans available.
Where does Semgrep fit in our stack?
Semgrep runs from the CLI, CI/CD and IDE plugins for VS Code and JetBrains, integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure for PR checks, routes findings through Jira and Slack, exposes a REST API and webhooks, and offers MCP integrations for AI coding tools such as Cursor and Replit. A public MCP page exists at semgrep.dev/mcp.