What is GitGuardian?
Secure your software development lifecycle with enterprise-grade secrets detection. Eliminate blind spots with our automated, battle-tested detection engine.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
94 Plan to Renew
76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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
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Feature Ratings
Public Monitoring
Container Security Testing
Infra as Code Security
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in
Secrets Detection
Honeytoken (intrusion detection)
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Vulnerability Scanning
Exploitability
Risk Scoring
False Positive Remediation
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Availability and Quality of Training
Business Value Created
Ease of Customization
Usability and Intuitiveness
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
GitGuardian Reviews
Kristijan L.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2024
The powers of git guardian
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitGuardian from other similar products?
Haven't tried others, I've been using this for 1.5years and am very proud.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The fact that I've made mistakes where I've exposed api keys a couple of times, and immidiately got an email by git guardian saying that I've exposed a secret. There is a great UI to work with, where you can say if it's a false positive, if it's resolved, if it's a secret but you want it public etc.
What do you dislike most about this product?
If I am not wrong, git guardian is fulfilling it's purpose. It's supposed to protect me and my secrets. I have no dislikes about it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
#1 reason why you would try it, it's gonna happen sometime in the future when you're gonna leak some code and not see it. Then you would regret it. Better safe then sorry.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
David V.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2025
Remediation Guidance with GitGuardian
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitGuardian from other similar products?
GitGuardian is a well-known platform in the AST industry with its great features, such as real-time monitoring, a large inventory of specific detectors, workflows for remediation, and false positive repression. It also comes with a secrets analyzer, provides support for scanning various sources, and much more.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The Remediation Guidance feature has helped in providing information about the secret, including its location and potential impact. Also, the real-time monitoring feature sends alerts whenever a secret is detected. For me, this is a useful tool that provides efficient services.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes, false alerts have been observed by the Secret Detection feature, leading to time wastage. These alerts are from environment variables or test credentials that ain't secrets after all.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is a powerful platform for sure, but you must double-check every secret detected to avoid any mishap. Also, maintain a list to avoid repeat alerts on known secrets.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Efficient Service
Amisha S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2024
Effective Security Tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates GitGuardian from other similar products?
Git guardian provides excellent features to integrate our system and allows us to easily moniter and track the progress of our projects this differentiates it from others
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its integration with popular CI/CD tools and comprehensive dashboard makes it easy to manage and remediate issues. The focus on developer-centric security aligns well with modern DevOps practices, enhancing overall code security.
What do you dislike most about this product?
GitGuardian's main drawback is its occasional false positives, which can be time-consuming to review.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It will facilitate easy tracking and monitoring of your projects purchase this without hesitating
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features