Semgrep alternatives
14 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why Semgrep is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.
Why teams leave Semgrep
- Pattern matching without full dataflow misses some vulnerability classes.
- Community rule quality is uneven; expect to curate.
- Advanced dataflow and supply-chain features are paid only.
Worth saying: Semgrep is genuinely strong at this — custom rules are genuinely writable — you can encode your own security or architecture standards in an afternoon. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.
If cost is the problem
Cheaper than Semgrep at the entry point, or free outright.
Snyk
Security Testing
Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.
SonarQube
Code Quality
The static-analysis standard: 30+ languages, quality gates, clean-as-you-code.
CodeQL
Security Testing
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
Dependabot
Security Testing
Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.
Everything else in Security Testing
Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.
Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.
The static-analysis standard: 30+ languages, quality gates, clean-as-you-code.
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
The professional web security tester's tool of choice, plus an enterprise scanner.
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Secrets detection across your repositories, history and developer machines.
Software composition analysis with automated remediation and licence compliance.
Open-source secret scanning that verifies whether the credential is still live.
Application security as a service, with policy enforcement and compliance attestation.
DAST with proof-based scanning that confirms a vulnerability is real before reporting it.
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