Code scanners
These tools look at your own code or a connected repository. Prices below are the figures on the vendor pages linked from each tool.
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| Tool | Price | What it catches | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aikido | Developer plan listed at $0, free forever, for 2 users, with no credit card. The included usage on that page is 10 repos plus fair-usage limits. | The free feature list includes SAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and cloud checks. | A small team that wants code, dependency, and secret findings in one hosted product. |
| GitHub code scanning | Code scanning and the CodeQL CLI are free for public repositories by default. Private repositories need GitHub Code Security. No public per-committer price is stated. | Insecure patterns in repository code, using CodeQL on the languages that product covers. | A public GitHub repository. A private repository needs the paid Code Security product. |
| Semgrep | Free for up to 10 contributors, with a maximum of 10 private repositories and unlimited public repositories. Code and Supply Chain are listed at $0. Secrets detection is priced on Teams at $15 per contributor per month and is not in the free plan's included products. | Pattern-based code scanning and supply-chain findings on the free edition. The community CLI only analyzes inside a single function or file. | A small team that wants a free hosted tier or a local CLI, and can read the pricing page before counting on secrets scanning. |
| Snyk | Free plan at $0 per month for individuals and small teams, with SCA, SAST, IaC, and container scanning. Team is listed at $25 per month. The numeric free-plan test limit is not stated on the plans page. | Dependencies, code, containers, and infrastructure-as-code from an IDE, CLI, or git host. | An individual or small team. Snyk Evo features such as AI pentesting are not on Free or Team. |
Sources
Each cell is a shorter restatement of that tool's page on this site. The tool page lists the public URL that was checked and anything still unknown.
- Aikido, checked 2026-10-13. www.aikido.dev/pricing, www.aikido.dev/
- GitHub code scanning, checked 2026-10-13. docs.github.com/en/code-security/getting-started/github-security-features
- Semgrep, checked 2026-10-13. semgrep.dev/pricing, github.com/semgrep/semgrep
- Snyk, checked 2026-10-13. snyk.io/plans/