Veracode alternatives
13 other tools do this job. Which one is right depends on why Veracode is not working for you — so start from the reason, not the list.
Why teams leave Veracode
- Slow feedback compared with developer-first tools — poor fit for per-commit scanning.
- Expensive per application.
- Developer experience lags Snyk and Semgrep considerably.
Worth saying: Veracode is genuinely strong at this — binary scanning works on third-party and supplier software where source is unavailable. If that is the part you rely on, switching may cost more than it saves.
If cost is the problem
Cheaper than Veracode at the entry point, or free outright.
Dependabot
Security Testing
Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
If you need open source
Veracode is proprietary; these are not.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
CodeQL
Security Testing
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
If it has to run on your own infrastructure
Veracode is cloud-only; these can be self-hosted.
Checkmarx One
Security Testing
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
OWASP ZAP
Security Testing
The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.
Renovate
Security Testing
Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.
Trivy
Security Testing
One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.
Everything else in Security Testing
Ranked by how widely adopted they are. Compare any two to see the differences that matter.
Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.
Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.
Software composition analysis with automated remediation and licence compliance.
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.
Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.
Secrets detection across your repositories, history and developer machines.
Open-source secret scanning that verifies whether the credential is still live.
DAST with proof-based scanning that confirms a vulnerability is real before reporting it.
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