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GitGuardian Platform vs Skyhigh Security 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
6.0
Users experienced diverse returns with Skyhigh Security, citing economic benefits and qualitative improvements alongside other security solutions.
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
7.7
GitGuardian's platform offers exceptional customer support with quick, knowledgeable service, high satisfaction, and a seamless onboarding experience.
Sentiment score
7.7
Skyhigh Security's support is effective and responsive, with occasional delays and inconsistencies, but overall high user satisfaction.
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
7.9
GitGuardian efficiently manages large deployments, ensuring speed and reliability, though some desire features for automatic assignment as usage increases.
Sentiment score
6.7
Skyhigh Security offers scalable, flexible cloud solutions appreciated for monitoring; some users note speed and cloud scalability issues.
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
8.4
GitGuardian Platform is highly praised for its stability, fast functionality, and rare maintenance needs, ensuring reliable performance.
Sentiment score
7.5
Skyhigh Security boasts high stability and reliability, improved over time, with strong user ratings and rapid issue resolution.
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
It has many gaps, so I think some customers take three months and up to six months for the deployment of Skyhigh Security.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek enhanced GitGuardian features like customization, integration, improved detection, intuitive UI, and broader token support options.
Skyhigh Security needs better performance, UI, API support, and multilingual capabilities, with enhanced training and disaster recovery features.
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
The solution has room for improvement in its DDoS protection.
Network Architect at Neev limited
The UI is another area where there is room for improvement in the product.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
 

Setup Cost

GitGuardian is costly but valued for its effectiveness and offers a free tier for small teams, with scalable licensing.
Skyhigh Security's pricing varies by user count and integration, with better value in multi-year agreements and varying support quality.
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

GitGuardian Platform enhances security with rapid secret detection, automated alerts, pre-push hooks, and customizable integrations for developers.
Skyhigh Security excels in identifying shadow IT, providing risk assessments, and integrating scalable DLP, enhancing security management and compliance.
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
The cloud security features are the most valuable.
Network Architect at Neev limited
It is actually very flexible, so I think that is the opportunity since it is not resource-intensive.
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
 

Categories and Ranking

GitGuardian Platform
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (8th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (4th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (5th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th), DevSecOps (4th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (2nd)
Skyhigh Security
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
34th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (18th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (12th), ZTNA as a Service (18th), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of GitGuardian Platform is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skyhigh Security is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
GitGuardian Platform1.1%
Skyhigh Security0.6%
Other98.3%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

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.
EK
Secure at ESCARE COLtd
Secure web access has improved threat protection while certificate management still needs work
It depends on the environment, I think, and I am saying that not all, but in Korea, most of the customers prefer on-premise. The setup and configuration process for Skyhigh Security can be short as a month, but regularly three months, and long as six months. The deployment may last up to half a year. I think analytics are better for understanding security posture, but actually, I was using the Web Gateway, so all the analysis and logs were made by Linux, which I do not prefer because they have so many things to do. It is good for the customer, but not for me. I think with the cloud, cloud SWG, anyone can access through the proxy, which is the good part, and it is something they can tell someone that is their strength. My overall rating for this product is seven out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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 Business30
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise37
 

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 needs improvement with McAfee Web Gateway?
So far, only the certification part caused me some issues and some challenges. The certification requires some improvement to not cause so many troubles. The UI is another area where there is room ...
What is your primary use case for McAfee Web Gateway?
I am familiar with Skyhigh and Symantec. The customer's AWS environment is being used, so that understanding is correct. I help customers install and maintain policies and also provide deployment f...
What advice do you have for others considering McAfee Web Gateway?
It depends on the environment, I think, and I am saying that not all, but in Korea, most of the customers prefer on-premise. The setup and configuration process for Skyhigh Security can be short as...
 

Also Known As

GitGuardian Internal Monitoring, GitGuardian Public Monitoring
McAfee MVISION Cloud, McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud Edge, McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee MVISION CNAPP, and Skyhigh Networks, McAfee Web Gateway
 

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.
Western Union.Aetna.DirecTV.Adventist.Equinix.Perrigo.Goodyear.HP.Cargill.Sony.Bank of the West.Prudential.
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