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Contrast Security Protect vs GitHub comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 13, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Contrast Security Protect
Ranking in Application Security Tools
30th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GitHub
Ranking in Application Security Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
94
Ranking in other categories
Version Control (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Contrast Security Protect is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Akshay Waghmare - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable DevSecOps product that gives fewer false positives
We use the product for DevSecOps.  The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.  Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.  I have been using the product for a year.  Contrast Security Protect is stable.  The solution is scalable. My company has ten…
Kamalanadha Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Improved deployment pipeline visibility with generally good support
My primary use case involves working with GitHub for code management. I have extensive experience using it for various tasks, such as creating repositories, managing pull requests, and utilizing GitHub Actions for automating workflows GitHub contributes to efficient project management by…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."
"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."
"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."
"GitHub is the best tool for source repositories."
"The learning curve is small."
"I appreciate saving from Visual Studio Code that implements changes directly on GitHub."
"For branching, it works well, especially in an agile environment."
"I'm able to access any repository that I like, whether it's public or private."
"The most valuable feature of GitHub is version control and continuous integration."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it can support you for most of the road map and it can automate some tasks which works really well with collaboration with the teams. They are really interested in how they organize the history of the code itself which is good."
"You can get the differences, history of changes, and version control for various pull requests."
 

Cons

"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."
"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."
"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."
"One area for improvement in GitHub could be integration with other tools, such as test management or project management tools."
"I would like to see integration with Slack such that all of the changes made in GitHub are reflected there."
"The storage for this solution could be improved."
"I think it would be valuable to have more security. Some of the data is very open to everyone."
"If you are uploading or cloning a large file, with more than 25 megs, it's pretty slow."
"I cannot recall coming across any shortcomings of the product."
"GitHub could automate the setup process more, such as creating YAML files for GitHub Actions."
"From the recruiting standpoint, I would like to see email IDs and phone numbers and a brief introduction about their profile."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It’s an open-source solution."
"The tool offers a free program. As you go, you can upgrade from the community version to the professional one. I believe it costs about ten dollars per person, per month."
"We have an enterprise licensing agreement, and I am not part of the finance department so I can't say how much it costs."
"GitHub is an open-source product, but when using the free-to-use version, anyone can see the code we're working on."
"If I consider the market standards, the product's price is pocket-friendly."
"I use the free version of GitHub."
"It's cheaper than Bitbucket."
"We are currently paying nothing for GitHub."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Contrast Security Protect?
The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.
What needs improvement with Contrast Security Protect?
Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.
What do you like most about GitHub?
The control is the most valuable feature as developers can work on a single code.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?
I am not aware about the pricing, so I will not be able to give feedback.
What needs improvement with GitHub?
Sometimes we do not get the exact solution, and the suggested solution does not work, so GitHub could improve in that area. We have used GitHub mainly for the code generation part. That is the only...
 

Also Known As

Contrast Protect
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Sample Customers

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.
Dominion Enterprises, NASA, Braintree, SAP, CyberAgent
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