--- description: Review of GitGuardian Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: GitGuardian | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Security Software](/directory/4329/cloud-security/software) > [GitGuardian](/software/206200/gitguardian) # GitGuardian Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/206200/gitguardian Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/206200/gitguardian?page=2) > GitGuardian is an end-to-end NHI security platform designed to help organizations strengthen their Non-Human Identity (NHI) security posture and address compliance standards and regulations. As attackers increasingly target NHIs, such as service accounts, service principals, and applications, protecting and managing these critical assets has become paramount. NHIs rely on “secrets” like API keys and certificates for authentication, and their rapid proliferation has led to significant secrets sprawl. GitGuardian’s platform is built on two core pillars: \*\*Secrets Security\*\* and \*\*NHI Governance\*\*, delivering a holistic approach to NHI security. With \*\*Secrets Security\*\*, GitGuardian aims to eliminate leaks and sprawl, detecting compromised or misused secrets across both public and internal environments. This foundation of NHI security is strengthened by monitoring for incidents, policy violations, and illegitimate use of secrets. GitGuardian offers three powerful products under its \*\*Secrets Security\*\* umbrella. GitGuardian’s \*\*Secrets Detection\*\* tackles internal secrets sprawl by identifying sensitive data in source code and developer productivity tools. The platform supports over 420 types of secrets, including API keys, private keys, and database credentials. With a robust policy engine, security teams can enforce rules across major version control systems (VCSs) like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, and Azure DevOps, CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis CI as well as tools like Slack, Jira, container registries, and more. \*\*GitGuardian Public Monitoring\*\* scans public GitHub repositories, detecting sensitive information in both organizational and developers' public personal repos. This is crucial, as 80% of corporate secrets leaked on public GitHub stem from personal accounts. \*\*GitGuardian Honeytoken\*\* deploys decoy secrets that lure attackers looking for active secrets across your assets. Any unauthorized access attempts will trigger immediate alerts, enabling rapid detection and response during the software development lifecycle. \*\*With NHI Governance\*\*, GitGuardian offers a centralized inventory of secrets, tracking their context and usage. This enables teams to detect high-risk secrets, manage their rotation, and leverage analytics to enhance the overall NHI security posture. Together, \*\*Secrets Security\*\* and \*\*NHI Governance\*\* work symmetrically: one track focuses on detecting compromised secrets, while the other manages legitimate usages of secrets and their lifecycle. Trusted by over 600,000 developers and recognized as the top security app on GitHub Marketplace, GitGuardian is the choice of leading organizations like Snowflake, ING, BASF, and Bouygues Telecom, ensuring robust protection for their sensitive secrets. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 42 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 42 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: GitGuardian - **Location**: Paris, France ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: GitGuardian Internal Monitoring price a yearly fee based on the number of developers included in the surveillance perimeter. The subscription is free for teams below 25 developers. Above 25 developers the price is 17$ per month per developer included in the surveillance perimeter. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: France ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Monitoring - Alerts/Notifications - Authentication - Cloud Application Security - Code Review - Compliance Management - Endpoint Protection Software - Incident Management - Monitoring - Prioritisation - Real-Time Monitoring - Real-Time Notifications - Real-Time Reporting - Reporting/Analytics - Repository Management - Risk Alerts - Single Sign On ## Integrations (11 total) - Azure DevOps Server - Bitbucket - CircleCI - GitHub - GitLab - Jenkins - Jira - PagerDuty - ServiceNow - Slack - Splunk Enterprise ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk ## Category - [Cloud Security Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4329/cloud-security/software) ## Related Categories - [Cloud Security Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4329/cloud-security/software) - [Source Code Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4322/source-code-management/software) - [Cybersecurity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4643/cybersecurity/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It was usefull and not very difficult to understand how to use it. ----- ### "GitGuardian saves you" — 5.0/5 > **Aman** | *6 July 2024* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ability to work on private repo. Standard interface to easily see who comitted and to assign resolution to a user. The teams feature is greate and seemless. It emails on time about the vulnerability. > > **Cons**: I cannot find the button to auto patch and add new commit option > > Great application. Highly recommended to have enabled on anyone's repository. ----- ### "Gitguardian for Institure" — 4.0/5 > **Ansh** | *4 May 2024* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It has helped us in saving tokens and encryption tokens from becoming vulnerable. This has allowed us to get good cybersecurity. it was easy to use because of integration with Git Hub. we have been using it for 6 months and it has saved us quite some time > > **Cons**: Everything has been good except the payment plan, apart from that everything else has been smooth for us. The integration has been easy as it part of GitHub but the payment part has been quite expensive > > as said in the pros, guardian has been good for us in saving tokens and encryption tokens. we actually have an attendance portal. where we put up decryption codes on front end and this was secured using gitguardian. Apart from that, it also protected the token at backend. ----- ### "GitGuardian integrates in a snap\!" — 5.0/5 > **Torgny** | *1 October 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Integration was a snap. We're already using pre-commit for most of our repos so hooking GitGuardian into the process was simple. Since we also already use GitHub, we found integration to be extremely easy. > > **Cons**: We had no issues integrating GitGuardian and have not found any cons, yet. > > We are using GitGuardian to prevent secrets from leaking into repositories both public and private. So far our experience has been excellent. We actually leaked a private SSH key and got a notification from GitGuardian almost immediately. We were able to revoke the key and remediate the blunder. ----- ### "A Powerful Security Solution" — 5.0/5 > **Lapio** | *30 April 2024* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is a great threat response solution and comes cybersecurity solution > > **Cons**: GitGuardian - has been super helpful. 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