GitGuardian Platform vs Qwiet AI comparison

GitGuardian and Harness are both solutions in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category. GitGuardian is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8, while Harness is ranked #33. GitGuardian holds a 1.0% mindshare in SAST, compared to Harness’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GitGuardian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Harness users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Qwiet AI and GitGuardian Platform are competing in software development environment security. Qwiet AI excels in ease of deployment and customer service, while GitGuardian impresses with its features and perceived value.

Features: Qwiet AI focuses on AI-driven security analysis, automated threat detection, and continuous monitoring. GitGuardian Platform highlights comprehensive secret detection, workflow integration, and an extensive feature set.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Qwiet AI provides straightforward deployment and commendable customer service for quick implementation and responsive support. GitGuardian offers detailed documentation but requires more resources for initial setup.

Pricing and ROI: Qwiet AI is cost-effective, with efficient pricing offering a favorable ROI. GitGuardian, possibly incurring higher initial costs, argues its value through enhanced features seen as justifying the investment by larger enterprises prioritizing security.

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Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform

Ranking in Application Security Tools

8th

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (8th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (5th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th), DevSecOps (4th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (2nd)

Qwiet AI

Ranking in Application Security Tools

34th

Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

33rd

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qwiet AI is 0.7%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
GitGuardian Platform	1.0%
Qwiet AI	0.7%
Other	98.3%

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Ney Roman

DevOps Engineer at Deuna App

Facilitates efficient secret management and improves development processes

Regarding the exceptions in GitGuardian Platform, we know that within the platform we have a way to accept a path or a directory from a repository, but it is not that visible at the very beginning. You have to figure out where to search for it, and once you have it, it is really good, but it is not that visible at the beginning. This should be made more exposed. The documentation could be better because it was not that comprehensively documented. When we started working with GitGuardian Platform, it was difficult to find some specific use cases, and we were not aware of that. It might have improved now, but at that time, it was not something we would recommend.

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Shivendra S.

Senior Director of Engineering - Information Security at Apna

Effectively in identify and fix bugs early in the development lifecycle

When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness. Previously, security professionals had to spend a lot of time and effort running around, asking people to fix issues in their products, architectures, code, and even networks. With ShiftLeft, everything becomes robust and secure from within. Instead of relying on external measures like Web Application Firewalls (WAF) that are applied from the outside in, ShiftLeft takes a proactive approach. It helps prevent issues from arising in the first place, making it much easier for both security teams and developers. It's also cost-effective because you don't have to constantly go back, make changes to the code, and then push it again. Writing secure code from the start ensures that there are no vulnerabilities when it goes live. So, I would say the main features of ShiftLeft are its cost-effectiveness and ease of adaptability or use.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It actually creates an incident ticket for us. We can now go end-to-end after a secret has been identified, to track down who owns the repository and who is responsible for cleaning it up."

"GitGuardian has also helped us develop a security-minded culture. We're serious about shift left and getting better about code security. I think a lot of people are getting more mindful about what a secret is."

"A high number of our exposures are remediated by developers before security needs to step in, as the self-healing playbook process engages them automatically. This results in issues being resolved within minutes, saving significant effort from the security team in tracking down or communicating with developers."

"What I appreciate the most about GitGuardian Platform is its efficiency when triggering our pipeline and notifying us if secrets have been exposed, such as APIs, variables, our database, or anything being exposed."

"We have definitely seen a return on investment when it finds things that are real. We have caught a couple things before they made it to production, and had they made it to production, that would have been dangerous."

"It's fantastic. We have checked a couple of other vendors and seen their results, which are quite inferior to the amount of detail that the GitGuardian Platform provides. With instantaneous notifications connected to our Slack platform, it allows us to deal quickly with incidents."

"GitGuardian has many features that fit our use cases. We have our internal policies on secret exposure, and our code is hosted on GitLab, so we need to prevent secrets from reaching GitLab because our customers worry that GitLab is exposed. One of the great features is the pre-receive hook. It prevents commits from being pushed to the repository by activating the hook on the remotes, which stops the developers from pushing to the remote. The secrets don't reach GitLab, and it isn't exposed."

"The entire GitGuardian solution is valuable. The product is doing its job and showing us many things. We get many false positives, but the ability to automatically display potential leaks when developers commit is valuable. The dashboards show you recent and historical commits, and we have a full scan that shows historical leaked secrets."

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"When it comes to ShiftLeft, the most valuable feature is definitely its ease of use and cost-effectiveness."

Cons

"They could give a developer access to a dashboard for their team's repositories that just shows their repository secrets. I think more could be exposed to developers."

"One improvement that I'd like to see is a cleaner for Splunk logs. It would be nice to have a middle man for anything we send or receive from Splunk forwarders. I'd love to see it get cleaned by GitGuardian or caught to make sure we don't have any secrets getting committed to Splunk logs."

"Other solutions have a live chat feature that provides instant results. Waiting for an agent to reply to an email is less ideal than an instant conversation with a support employee. That's a complaint so minor I almost hesitate to mention it."

"GitGuardian could have more detailed information on what software engineers can do. It only provides some highly generic feedback when a secret is detected. They should have outside documentation. We send this to our software engineers, who are still doing the commits. It's the wrong way to work, but they are accustomed to doing it this way. When they go into that ticket, they see a few instructions that might be confusing. If I see a leaked secret committed two years ago, it's not enough to undo that commit. I need to go in there, change all my code to utilize GitHub secrets, and go on AWS to validate my key."

"Right now, we are waiting for improvement in the RBAC support for GitGuardian."

"We have been somewhat confused by the dashboard at times."

"There is room for improvement in GitGuardian on Azure DevOps. The implementation is a bit hard there. This is one of the things we requested help with. I would not say their support is not good, but they need them to improve in helping customers on that side."

"An area for improvement is the front end for incidents. The user experience in this area could be much better."

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"Having support from senior management is crucial in making it mandatory for teams to collaborate with the security team throughout the development process."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have seen a return on investment. The amount of time that we would have spent manually doing this definitely outpaces the cost of GitGuardian. It is saving us about $35,000 a year, so I would say the ROI is about $20,000 a year."

"The pricing for GitGuardian is fair."

"I am only aware of the base price. I do not know what happened with our purchasing team in discussions with GitGuardian. I was not privy to the overall contract, but in terms of the base MSRP price, I found it reasonable."

"With GitGuardian, we didn't need any middlemen."

"It's a bit expensive, but it works well. You get what you pay for."

"It's fairly priced, as it performs a lot of analysis and is a valuable tool."

"The pricing is reasonable. GitGuardian is one of the most recent security tools we've adopted. When it came time to renew it, there was no doubt about it. It is licensed per developer, so it scales nicely with the number of repos that we have. We can create new repositories and break up work. It isn't scaling based on the amount of data it's consuming."

"It's competitively priced compared to others. Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are very happy with the value we get."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Retailer

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Recreational Facilities/Services Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	13

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

It's also worth mentioning that GitGuardian is unique because they have a free tier that we've been using for the first twelve months. It provides full functionality for smaller teams. We're a smal...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

It's competitively priced compared to others. Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are happy with the value we get.

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What needs improvement with GitGuardian Internal Monitoring ?

GitGuardian Platform does what it is designed to do, but it still generates many false positives. We utilize the automated playbooks from GitGuardian Platform, and we are enhancing them. We will pr...

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Overview

GitGuardian is a comprehensive platform focused on enhancing Non-Human Identity security by integrating Secrets Security and Secrets Observability to detect and manage secrets across development environments.

As cybersecurity threats increasingly target NHIs like service accounts and applications, GitGuardian offers a robust solution by supporting over 450 types of secrets and deploying honeytokens for additional defense. Trusted by leading organizations and developers, its monitoring and quick alert system enable effective detection and management of sensitive data, strengthening operational security across platforms.

What are the key features of GitGuardian?

Secrets Detection: Identifies various secrets types such as AWS keys and passwords.
Quick Alerts: Provides timely notifications for immediate risk management.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with development tools and workflows.
Dev in the Loop: Facilitates rapid issue resolution.
Historical Scanning: Enhances security through thorough scanning practices.

What benefits and ROI should companies consider?

Efficiency: Streamlined remediation processes with minimal false positives.
Customizability: Adaptable detection features cater to specific needs.
Risk Reduction: Proactive management of sensitive data threats.
Team Integration: Improved collaboration through connected workflows.
Development Continuity: Maintains seamless operation during security processes.

In the tech industry, GitGuardian is employed to safeguard APIs and sensitive credentials across code repositories like GitHub. Companies benefit from instant alerts and integrations with tools like Slack, effectively managing risks and enhancing security policies. While popular in sectors dependent on development agility, there is room for further improvement in customization and integration to meet specific industry needs.

GitGuardian

Shipping secure code is painful and time-consuming – slowing down development teams and AppSec teams alike. ShiftLeft is on a mission to make vulnerabilities history. Our revolutionary Code Property Graph (CPG) enables us to seamlessly insert 10x faster code analysis, prioritized OSS vulnerability findings and real-time security education in one single SaaS platform integrated directly into modern development workflows. Combining our OWASP-benchmark dominating NG-SAST, Intelligent SCA, instant secrets detection, and contextual security education, ShiftLeft CORE code security platform turns every developer into an AppSec expert.

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Widely adopted by developer communities, GitGuardian is used by over 600 thousand developers and leading companies, including Snowflake, Orange, Iress, Mirantis, Maven Wave, ING, BASF, and Bouygues Telecom.

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