JFrog Xray vs Legit Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

JFrog Xray and Legit Security compete in the security and vulnerability management category. JFrog Xray integrates robustly with DevOps tools, while Legit Security takes a more holistic approach with its infrastructure and code security. Each has strengths and addresses different aspects based on user needs.

Features: JFrog Xray provides comprehensive artifact scanning, deep CI/CD tool integration, and prioritization of vulnerabilities. Its integration with Artifactory allows seamless onboarding and management of dependencies. Legit Security offers continuous security policy monitoring, visibility across the development environment, and integration with multiple tools like GitHub and Jenkins, enhancing its infrastructure security.

Room for Improvement: JFrog Xray could benefit from enhancing its user interface and extending support for more external tools beyond Artifactory. Users have indicated room for improving its scanning speed and reducing false positives. Legit Security can improve its secret detection feature, experiencing a 10-20% false-positive rate. Streamlining the integration process further and enhancing the analysis of unmaintained repositories would help bolster its offering.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: JFrog Xray enables efficient deployment within DevOps pipelines with clear documentation and reliable support for troubleshooting. Legit Security provides adaptable deployment options catering to different environments, with a focus on proactive, personalized customer service for an enhanced customer experience.

Pricing and ROI: JFrog Xray offers a competitive structure with lower upfront costs, appealing for budget-conscious users, enhancing ROI by saving time in vulnerability management. Although Legit Security may involve higher initial costs, it provides considerable ROI through extensive security functionality and risk reduction.

To learn more, read our detailed JFrog Xray vs. Legit Security Report (Updated: July 2025).

JFrog Xray vs. Legit Security

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Categories and Ranking

JFrog Xray

Ranking in Software Supply Chain Security

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (32nd), Container Security (19th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (6th)

Legit Security

Ranking in Software Supply Chain Security

7th

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Software Supply Chain Security category, the mindshare of JFrog Xray is 16.9%, down from 17.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Legit Security is 4.7%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Mokshi Pandita

DevOps Engineer at Rambøll Danmark A/S

An intelligent solution that prioritizes which vulnerability to target first in your project

We could create any number of repositories, but we can create only thirty projects with JFrog Xray. If I want things to work, it has to be one project and multiple repositories that belong to different real projects. So I have a limitation of thirty projects, despite being a premium customer. JFrog Xray does not have a dashboard. Although I am able to generate reports, there is no proper dashboard where I can see the total number of vulnerabilities, the total number of license issues, and how many vulnerabilities are fixed. Second, I found the shift left approach missing with JFrog Xray. JFrog Xray has integration with IDEs, but it does not tell you about the vulnerabilities until the artifact is created. However, Snyk could directly integrate with your repository and would not allow you to build unless you fix the problem.

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Tim Crothers

CISO at Mandiant / FireEye

Provides strong visibility, straightforward integration, and reduces the risk of attacks

Legit Security is a product that hyper-focuses on the various aspects of the software development pipeline. For example, if an engineer spins off a new project and stands up a new Git project, Legit automatically detects it, connects Snyk and other tools, and ensures the engineering team doesn't have to think about it. This way, we stay on top of security from the beginning. On the other hand, Legit provides a clear view of the controls around repositories. We have standards requiring code reviews and similar practices, and Legit shows us whether these are being followed. Additionally, Legit helps us identify unmaintained repositories, which often arise when engineering teams try something and leave it behind. This knowledge allows us to determine the appropriate action for these neglected projects. One area where Legit falls short is secret detection. While it functions well overall, the feature has a 10-20 percent false positive rate, requiring some manual intervention. Almost everything else works flawlessly. The true value proposition of Legit lies not in its features but in its ability to support our product security program's focus on creating guardrails instead of toll gates. Unlike traditional programs that require security reviews at specific stages, hindering development flow, we strive to partner with the product engineering team to ship secure code seamlessly within their existing workflows. Legit plays a crucial role in this by automatically notifying us of new projects, eliminating the need for manual communication. This partnership approach, enabled by Legit, allows us to work much closer with our engineering teams than ever before.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"JFrog Xray's reporting feature has a lot of options in it, including scanning."

"I would say that this solution has helped our organization by allowing us to automate a lot of the processes."

"If multiple dependencies and vulnerabilities are found in a project, JFrog Xray is intelligent enough to tell you which vulnerability to target first."

"The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features."

"JFrog Xray shows us a list of vulnerabilities that can impact our code."

"The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features."

"Good reporting functionalities."

"The most valuable feature of JFrog Xray is the display of the entire internal dependencies hierarchy."

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"The true value proposition of Legit lies not in its features but in its ability to support our product security program's focus on creating guardrails instead of toll gates."

"Legit has increased my security posture to a level I couldn't achieve before. I don't need to worry as much about what's happening within my developer environments. I can rest assured that my vulnerabilities are being detected."

"We implemented Legit Security to gain visibility into all development teams and ensure that consistent controls are in place and accounted for on every route."

"Legit has had a positive effect on our overall security posture."

Cons

"JFrog Xray's documentation and error logging could be improved."

"I think that the user interface should be expanded to provide customers with a better dashboard for reviewing their feedback regarding their images and the vulnerabilities that are associated with the images."

"Since we have been using the solution via APIs, there are some limitations in the APIs."

"The speed of JFrog Xray should improve. Other solutions have better performance."

"X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL."

"Lacks deeper reporting, the ability to compare things."

"The out-of-the-box PostgreSQL provided is not stable, which is why we are considering enterprise support."

"Reporting is crucial, but it is lacking in the current tool. Every organization seeks specific data points rather than general information. Therefore, we require customized reports from the Xray tool."

More JFrog Xray cons

"Legit Security could do a little better with detecting publicly exposed keys. It's not bad. The detections that they are running get to everything eventually, but it would be great if they could increase some of that awareness."

"One issue is that engineering teams don't always embed secrets in the same way, making it difficult for the tool to consistently identify them."

"The one we're working on right now is the ability to dynamically rerun development teams and groups."

"I would like them to have their own static code scanner, and I'd like them to have their own open-source software scanners."

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"The pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

University

12%

Pharma/Biotech Company

Company Size

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Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JFrog Xray?

JFrog Xray shows us a list of vulnerabilities that can impact our code.

What needs improvement with JFrog Xray?

X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL. More support during troubleshooting sessions would also be beneficial.

What is your primary use case for JFrog Xray?

Our primary use case for X-ray includes multiple activities such as security and vulnerability scanning. We already use Black Duck for these purposes, and we are evaluating how JFrog Xray can offer...

What do you like most about Legit Security?

The true value proposition of Legit lies not in its features but in its ability to support our product security program's focus on creating guardrails instead of toll gates.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Legit Security?

The pricing is reasonable.

What needs improvement with Legit Security?

Legit Security's secret detection works. However, there are some limitations to its effectiveness. One issue is that engineering teams don't always embed secrets in the same way, making it difficul...

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Overview

JFrog is on a mission to enable continuous updates through Liquid Software, empowering developers to code high-quality applications that securely flow to end-users with zero downtime. The world’s top brands such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Uber, VMware, and Spotify are among the 4500 companies that already depend on JFrog to manage binaries for their mission-critical applications. JFrog is a privately-held, global company, and is a proud sponsor of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation [CNCF].

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Legit Security provides application security posture management platform that secures application delivery from code to cloud and protects an organization's software supply chain from attack. The platform’s unified application security control plane and automated SDLC discovery and analysis capabilities provide visibility and security control over rapidly changing environments and allow security issues to be prioritized based on context and business criticality to improve security team efficiency and effectiveness.

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