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Exabeam vs GitGuardian Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.4
Exabeam Fusion SIEM offers financial institutions cost savings, enhanced security, and strong ROI, though specific pricing is unknown.
Sentiment score
6.9
GitGuardian Platform boosts efficiency, reduces costs, and enhances security by automating secrets detection and issue management for organizations.
Exabeam offers more machine learning models that detect anomalies.
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
I can certainly say that we have saved significant time and resources in terms of people and automation.
DevOps Engineer at Deuna App
The majority of our incidents for critical detectors and important secret types are remediated automatically or proactively by developers through GitGuardian's notification system, without security team involvement.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Exabeam's customer service garners mixed reviews, with varied responses on responsiveness, efficiency, and support quality across regions.
Sentiment score
7.7
GitGuardian's platform offers exceptional customer support with quick, knowledgeable service, high satisfaction, and a seamless onboarding experience.
Even with TAM support from Exabeam, many issues go unresolved.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It effectively helps us with credentials security and has been performing satisfactorily.
Senior DevOps Engineer
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
I would rate the technical support as excellent.
DevOps Engineer at Deuna App
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Exabeam scales well for enterprise use, despite some latency issues and slowdowns with increased filtering criteria.
Sentiment score
7.9
GitGuardian efficiently manages large deployments, ensuring speed and reliability, though some desire features for automatic assignment as usage increases.
In terms of scalability, I would rate it around a ten out of ten, as it handles all the repositories and commit activity we have.
Head of Engineering Services at IRESS
I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
Currently, what GitGuardian Platform is doing works effectively.
Director, Corporate Security Operations at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Exabeam is stable with high ratings, though some users face processing delays and downtime affecting SOC monitoring.
Sentiment score
8.4
GitGuardian Platform is highly praised for its stability, fast functionality, and rare maintenance needs, ensuring reliable performance.
These problems were not frequent, and the last six to eight months have been stable.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We set up a lot of the repository, so GitGuardian is a required check.
Head of Engineering Services at IRESS
The SaaS platform has experienced two significant moments of downtime or instability in the last six months, requiring notices and retrospectives.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
I would rate the stability of the GitGuardian Platform as excellent with no downtimes.
DevOps Engineer at Deuna App
 

Room For Improvement

Exabeam needs better flexibility, integration, clearer documentation, enhanced dashboards, faster support, improved UI, and reduced false positives.
Users seek enhanced GitGuardian features like customization, integration, improved detection, intuitive UI, and broader token support options.
Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features.
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Another thing that would be good to see is some more metrics on the usage of the GitGuardian pre-push hooks.
Head of Engineering Services at IRESS
The self-healing activity by developers isn't reflected in the analytics, requiring us to collect this data ourselves.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
We are looking for better metrics and audit data, wanting more features such as knowing which users are creating the most secrets or committing the most secrets, what repository, what directory, and who is not checking in secrets.
Director, Corporate Security Operations at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Exabeam offers reasonable pricing with flexible models, though not the cheapest, it's competitively priced compared to some competitors.
GitGuardian is costly but valued for its effectiveness and offers a free tier for small teams, with scalable licensing.
Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are happy with the value we get.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
It's fairly priced, as it performs a lot of analysis and is a valuable tool.
Head of Engineering Services at IRESS
 

Valuable Features

Exabeam excels with advanced analytics, intuitive interface, seamless integration, automation, and machine learning for enhanced security and ease of use.
GitGuardian Platform enhances security with rapid secret detection, automated alerts, pre-push hooks, and customizable integrations for developers.
Exabeam's AI capabilities, like the natural language mode, convert natural language into Exabeam queries, enhancing ease of use.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The product offers useful features like the dashboard, timeline, and session views, which enhance our security tools.
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
One of the best features of the solution is the ability to use pre-push hooks.
Head of Engineering Services at IRESS
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.
Senior Manager, Product Security at DigitalOcean
GitGuardian Platform performs the capability to detect secrets in real time exceptionally, as it activates from the commit and can detect it immediately.
Director, Corporate Security Operations at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Exabeam
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (20th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (2nd), Security Incident Response (5th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (12th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (10th)
GitGuardian Platform
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (7th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (7th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th), DevSecOps (4th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
GitGuardian Platform0.9%
Exabeam0.9%
Other98.2%
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2650449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Machine learning features improve security insight but on-prem limitations prompt consideration of migration
We only use Exabeam for Advanced Analytics. We don't do all those other aspects like ticketing plugins. We just use it for the integration purposes, which are kind of basic. We send alerts via the dashboard for our SOC to identify risky users Exabeam includes machine learning features and…
Ney Roman - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Government
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.
What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules. I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features. We are conside...
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...
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.
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...
 

Also Known As

No data available
GitGuardian Internal Monitoring, GitGuardian Public Monitoring
 

Interactive Demo

Demo not available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
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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