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GitGuardian Platform vs Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 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
7.2
GitGuardian Platform saves time and costs by automating security, boosting productivity, and integrating with existing workflows efficiently.
Sentiment score
8.2
Qualys CyberSecurity improved efficiency, reduced costs, and drove 150% growth with better vulnerability management and simplified asset tagging.
I can certainly say that we have saved significant time and resources in terms of people and automation.
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.
Improvements to our security infrastructure contributed to overall business growth of approximately 150 percent over the past year.
By automating tasks, it significantly reduces the human resources required, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.
It has reduced the number of development and scripting hours along with maintenance hours.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
GitGuardian Platform's support is highly praised for responsiveness, effectiveness, and friendly service, complementing its intuitive design.
Sentiment score
8.0
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management customer service is praised for prompt, knowledgeable support, effective ticket handling, and proactive communication.
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
I would rate the technical support as excellent.
The support team was knowledgeable and offered a variety of quick resolution options.
Their SMEs have sufficient knowledge, and if they are not the right contact, they quickly redirect us to someone who can help resolve issues.
I would rate their customer support a ten out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
GitGuardian Platform is efficient, scalable, and adaptable, with quick deployment, flexible models, and responsive issue monitoring for companies.
Sentiment score
8.8
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management excels in scalability, integration, and ease of use, receiving high ratings from global users.
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.
I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.
Currently, what GitGuardian Platform is doing works effectively.
We have about 300,000 assets installed with agents worldwide.
The scalability is excellent as we manage more than one hundred thousand assets, including over one hundred thousand endpoints, approximately 2,600 servers, and more than 1,200 network devices.
Qualys Cybersecurity Asset Management has proven to be a highly scalable solution for us over the past couple of years.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
GitGuardian Platform is praised for reliability, efficiency, and ease of use, with high stability and minimal maintenance required.
Sentiment score
8.3
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is stable and reliable, with occasional delays, excellent support, and enhanced update capabilities.
We set up a lot of the repository, so GitGuardian is a required check.
The SaaS platform has experienced two significant moments of downtime or instability in the last six months, requiring notices and retrospectives.
I would rate the stability of the GitGuardian Platform as excellent with no downtimes.
I would rate the stability of Qualys CSAM a ten out of ten.
They are constantly adding capabilities.
This platform demonstrates excellent stability with consistent 100 percent uptime and no glitches observed.
 

Room For Improvement

GitGuardian users desire enhanced customization, integration, usability, automation, and comprehensive features including reporting, analytics, and mobile support.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management seeks improvements in integration, customization, performance, user interface, access control, and support resources.
Another thing that would be good to see is some more metrics on the usage of the GitGuardian pre-push hooks.
The self-healing activity by developers isn't reflected in the analytics, requiring us to collect this data ourselves.
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.
Qualys is currently not able to identify assets lacking DNS information.
Features enhancing the interaction with IT or security teams should be added, such as a ticketing feature that, if an issue arises in the CSAM module, enables direct ticket creation in systems like ServiceNow.
We would prefer more options, such as 'approved only for pilot' or 'approved for this line of business,' allowing for better granularity in categorizing software.
 

Setup Cost

GitGuardian Platform offers competitive pricing valued for cost-effectiveness and security, especially for small to medium-sized teams.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers transparent, flexible pricing, ideal for large enterprises, but may be costly for smaller firms.
Overall, the secret detection sector is expensive, but we are happy with the value we get.
It's fairly priced, as it performs a lot of analysis and is a valuable tool.
A cost-effective solution.
A monthly subscription starting at approximately $72 per month, depending on the specific package and features included.
Though the solution is considered expensive, if bundled with other services such as VMDR or cloud agents, its value would significantly increase.
 

Valuable Features

GitGuardian Platform excels in detecting secrets with high accuracy, real-time alerts, and broad integration, minimizing false positives.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers dynamic tagging, real-time visibility, vulnerability prioritization, and automated scanning for comprehensive security management.
One of the best features of the solution is the ability to use pre-push hooks.
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.
GitGuardian Platform performs the capability to detect secrets in real time exceptionally, as it activates from the commit and can detect it immediately.
By correlating this with QDS scores, we can accurately assess the risk level of high or low QDS scores associated with each asset and monitor them accordingly.
The most valuable feature is the real-time visibility Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management provides into all assets across our development and operational environments.
It also performs scans to identify any vulnerabilities, which helps to take proactive measures before those vulnerabilities are identified by any attacker.
 

Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform
Ranking in Software Supply Chain Security
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (8th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (6th), DevSecOps (3rd)
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset ...
Ranking in Software Supply Chain Security
5th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (8th), Patch Management (6th), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) (3rd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Software Supply Chain Security category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 1.9%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is 1.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Supply Chain Security
 

Featured Reviews

Ney Roman - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Scott Frederick - PeerSpot reviewer
Well-integrated with our vulnerability scanning utilities and efficient in asset tagging and identification
Our favorite features are the tagging and the ability to quickly find assets in the portal. Additionally, I do like the fact that Qualys CSAM is integrated with the rest of our vulnerability scanning utilities. We use the full suite from Qualys. The fact that it is integrated makes it very easy to understand. It shares tagging information with VMDR. That is very nice. Qualys CSAM has discovered assets not previously covered by our vulnerability management program. Primarily, if we have assets without vulnerabilities, they become less visible, but Qualys CSAM alerts us to them because they have IP addresses and are attached to our network. It could discover everything from printers to servers to endpoints. It could discover UPSs, network devices, and across all operating systems. It discovers our security badge readers and digital signage. We have to feed that the IP address ranges, but beyond that, it finds everything in our internal network. We were able to realize its benefits within the first quarter of installing it. We did have to take some time to learn it and understand how to operationally leverage what it was telling us, but it was very quick. In addition to vulnerabilities, Qualys CSAM helps identify other risk factors to a degree. For instance, we can see if servers or assets have incorrect naming standards. We have our network segmented into development model, test, and production, and we have server naming standards that identify which management they should be in. If a production server has the naming standard of a development model server, we can find that. That is one area we have used it for. We are not fully using TruRisk, but we are using the Qualys detection score that is central to our corporate risk prioritization approach. It has completely replaced our homegrown one.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Government
16%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
The pricing is reasonable relative to the features provided, as it collects all module data and operates as a main, centralized inventory, making it a cost-effective solution.
What needs improvement with Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management helps us prioritize assets according to operating system, kernel version, installed software, and current version information. The ASM assists with attack surf...
What is your primary use case for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
We are using Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management for daily activities such as identifying new assets through network scanning and agent-based scanning for newly provisioned assets. When any new a...
 

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