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GitGuardian Platform vs GitLab 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
6.9
GitGuardian Platform boosts efficiency, reduces costs, and enhances security by automating secrets detection and issue management for organizations.
Sentiment score
5.9
GitLab boosts ROI by enhancing DevOps efficiency, time-saving automation, software security, and user satisfaction through broad project adoption.
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
Migrating to GitLab is bringing time-saving benefits, and everything is easier to automate.
IT Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have saved time significantly, reducing deployment time from four hours to five minutes per deployment.
IT Software Architect at ANAC - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
GitGuardian's platform offers exceptional customer support with quick, knowledgeable service, high satisfaction, and a seamless onboarding experience.
Sentiment score
6.5
GitLab support varies by subscription, with paid users satisfied, while free users often use forums or internal resources.
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
We have rarely needed to escalate issues to technical support since GitLab usually runs seamlessly.
AWS DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer at Tata Consultancy
I have interacted with architects for some advice during the implementation, and they were prompt in their response.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I have had meetings where they taught me, explained things, and provided guidance for starting from scratch.
IT Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
GitGuardian efficiently manages large deployments, ensuring speed and reliability, though some desire features for automatic assignment as usage increases.
Sentiment score
7.3
GitLab is praised for adaptability, handling diverse workloads and large architectures smoothly, though some on-premises scalability issues remain.
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
It has all the features required for our coding and deployment needs, which makes it scalable to our changing requirements.
Senior Application Developer at IBM
We're transitioning to OpenShift for future scalability with increased user numbers.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
For scaling, other deployment options from GitLab's side need to be adopted.
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
GitGuardian Platform is highly praised for its stability, fast functionality, and rare maintenance needs, ensuring reliable performance.
Sentiment score
8.1
Users praise GitLab for stability and reliability with minimal downtime, highlighting its strong performance and high stability ratings.
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
I have not encountered any performance or stability issues with GitLab so far.
AWS DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer at Tata Consultancy
The updates are frequent and demanding, happening at least once a week due to security reasons.
Chief Technology Officer at Acclym
We raised a request with GitLab support, but they were unable to help because they could not find the root cause of what went wrong.
Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek enhanced GitGuardian features like customization, integration, improved detection, intuitive UI, and broader token support options.
GitLab users want better integrations, documentation, project management, intuitive pipelines, enhanced security, user-friendly interface, and simplified pricing.
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
It would be beneficial to have a user-friendly interface for setting up these configurations, instead of just writing YAML files.
IT Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
It is essential to conduct proper testing, such as unit tests and code coverage, within the SDLC pipelines.
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven
GitLab can improve its user interface to make conflict resolution more user-friendly.
Senior Application Developer at IBM
 

Setup Cost

GitGuardian is costly but valued for its effectiveness and offers a free tier for small teams, with scalable licensing.
GitLab offers a free tier, with Premium at $19 and Ultimate at $99 per user monthly, plus optional CI/CD costs.
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
Even when working in other small organizations, we opted for GitLab as it was cost-efficient.
Senior Application Developer at IBM
The pricing of GitLab is reasonable, aligning with what I consider to be average compared to competitors.
IT Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The price is high, and it limits user accessibility.
IT Software Architect at ANAC - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione
 

Valuable Features

GitGuardian Platform enhances security with rapid secret detection, automated alerts, pre-push hooks, and customizable integrations for developers.
GitLab excels in CI/CD pipelines, usability, integration, and automation, enhancing collaboration, productivity, and efficient DevOps workflows.
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
As we implement automated testing and DevSecOps, it speeds up the process by forty to sixty percent.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The Ultimate version offers enhanced features for security scanning through DAST and SAST analysis, which have greatly benefitted our project workflow.
IT Software Architect at ANAC - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione
By integrating GitLab as a DevOps platform, we have enhanced agility, improved our time to market, and different teams can work collaboratively on various projects.
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven
 

Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform
Ranking in Application Security Tools
7th
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
4th
Ranking in DevSecOps
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (7th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (5th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (2nd)
GitLab
Ranking in Application Security Tools
12th
Ranking in Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
8th
Ranking in DevSecOps
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (1st), Release Automation (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (10th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (2nd), Fuzz Testing Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitLab is 2.3%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
GitGuardian Platform1.0%
GitLab2.3%
Other96.7%
Application Security Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven
Improved agility and time to market with CI/CD enhancements
The CI/CD pipelines in GitLab are highly valuable. Another important feature is the single source of repository, allowing efficient repository management and source code management. GitLab provides manageability by allowing us to manage source code effectively through separate repositories. Additionally, GitLab enables the creation of individual CI/CD pipelines for each repository, making software more agile. By integrating GitLab as a DevOps platform, we have enhanced agility, improved our time to market, and different teams can work collaboratively on various projects.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise43
 

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...
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...
What do you like most about GitLab?
I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab?
We are currently using general GitLab, not GitLab Premium.
What needs improvement with GitLab?
GitLab can be improved by being more responsive in the UI and offering better pricing for premium features, which would be useful for small startups. While GitLab's CI/CD is powerful, it is somewha...
 

Also Known As

GitGuardian Internal Monitoring, GitGuardian Public Monitoring
Fuzzit
 

Interactive Demo

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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.
1. NASA  2. IBM  3. Sony  4. Alibaba  5. CERN  6. Siemens  7. Volkswagen  8. ING  9. Ticketmaster  10. SpaceX  11. Adobe  12. Intuit  13. Autodesk  14. Rakuten  15. Unity Technologies  16. Pandora  17. Electronic Arts  18. Nordstrom  19. Verizon  20. Comcast  21. Philips  22. Deutsche Telekom  23. Orange  24. Fujitsu  25. Ericsson  26. Nokia  27. General Electric  28. Cisco  29. Accenture  30. Deloitte  31. PwC  32. KPMG
Find out what your peers are saying about GitGuardian Platform vs. GitLab and other solutions. Updated: December 2025.
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