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GitGuardian

IT & Security · www.gitguardian.com

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Overview

GitGuardian helps security and engineering teams detect, prioritize, and remediate exposed secrets across source code, repositories, developer activity, and cloud workflows. It combines scanning with remediation playbooks and governance so teams can respond to leaked credentials quickly and reduce the chance that secrets remain active in code history or non-production systems.

Best for

  • Application security teams
  • Engineering organizations with many repositories
  • Security programs formalizing secret response

Not a fit if

  • Teams needing a full vulnerability-management suite
  • Organizations without ownership for credential rotation
  • Purely offline environments without deployment planning

Why it’s listed

  • Clear security problem and buyer
  • Free entry point supports evaluation
  • Strong developer-workflow integrations
  • Adds remediation and governance beyond scanning

Pricing

Starter

Free

Free scanning for small developer teams.

  • Secret detection
  • Repository scanning
  • Basic alerts

Teams

Custom pricing

Scanning and remediation workflows for growing teams.

  • Remediation playbooks
  • More coverage
  • Team workflows

Enterprise

Custom pricing

Governance, self-hosting options, and non-human identity capabilities.

  • NHI governance
  • Custom detectors
  • Dedicated deployment

Features

Secrets detectionScans code and developer workflows for exposed secrets.
Historical scanningFinds exposures in repository history.
On-premise deploymentAvailable for qualifying enterprise requirements.
Pull-request scanningHelps catch secrets before merge.
Remediation playbooksGuides response and credential cleanup.
Developer alertsRoutes findings into existing workflows.
Container scanningExtends detection to container and deployment artifacts.
Non-human identity governanceSupports machine-secret visibility on enterprise plans.

Integrations

GitHubGitLabBitbucketAzure DevOpsJenkinsTravis CISlackJiraDockerKubernetesMicrosoft TeamsREST API

Security & compliance

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Fast secret detection
  • Useful remediation workflows
  • Broad source-control coverage
  • Good fit for developer security programs

Cons

  • Detection is not the same as rotation
  • Can generate workflow noise without tuning
  • Advanced governance is enterprise-oriented
  • Requires integration with credential owners

What the record shows

4.8/5
259 reviews aggregatedLast checked 2026-08-18
G2 ↗Capterra ↗

G2 lists GitGuardian at 4.8/5 across 259 reviews. Published pricing includes a free tier, team plans, and enterprise capabilities for remediation and non-human identity governance.

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