
What is GitGuardian?
Secure your software development lifecycle with enterprise-grade secrets detection. Eliminate blind spots with our automated, battle-tested detection engine.
Company Details
Need Assistance?
We're here to help you with understanding our reports and the data inside to help you make decisions.
Get AssistanceGitGuardian Ratings
Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard
to access more information on GitGuardian.
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
89 Likeliness to Recommend
94 Plan to Renew
75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
+96 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love GitGuardian?
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Trustworthy
- Saves Time
- Respectful
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
Footprint
Negative
Neutral
Positive
Feature Ratings
Public Monitoring
Container Security Testing
Infra as Code Security
Secrets Detection
Honeytoken (intrusion detection)
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Exploitability
Risk Scoring
Vulnerability Scanning
False Positive Remediation
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Data Integration
Business Value Created
Vendor Support
Breadth of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
GitGuardian Reviews
Deepak S.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2024
Proactive security for developers
Likeliness to Recommend
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
One notable aspect of GitGuardian is its ability to provide proactive security measures for developers, helping prevent data breaches before they occur.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I really like everything about the product but some people I have talked with regarding GitGuardian find it's pricing structure or the learning curve for setting it up to be challenging.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity

Chris B.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2024
Excellent value add to public projects
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitGuardian from other similar products?
I'm aware of similar products, but none with the same freemium model
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
GitGaurdian makes it easy to review potential security risks in large scale projects with multiple contributors. Activating was as easy as using my GitHub login.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There are sometimes false alarms, but I would much prefer that than a false negative
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Outsourcing security monitoring in this manner is much cheaper than the alternative of in-house mistakes
Pros
- Security Protects
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Performance Enhancing

Zaher e.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Energy
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2024
pricey indeed but easy to use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitGuardian from other similar products?
GitGuardian specializes in detecting sensitive information, such as API keys, tokens, passwords, and other credentials, in source code and digital assets. It utilizes advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to scan through vast repositories of code and data to identify potential security risks.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
deep scanning capability, real-time alerts, wide range of integrations, and user-friendly interface.
What do you dislike most about this product?
pricing structure to be expensive, especially for smaller organizations or individuals.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
to take advantage of any free trial or demo offerings to test GitGuardian.
Pros
- Saves Time
- Respectful
- Helps Innovate
- Inspires Innovation
Cons
- Commodity Features