TruffleHog vs GitGuardian

Free tier available

Free tier available

Free CLI; the enterprise platform adds continuous monitoring and reporting, priced on request.

Free tier covers small teams entirely; business pricing is quote-based per developer.

Open-source CLI is free and fully functional including verification.

Free for individuals and teams up to 25 developers.

Widely used

Truffle Security · since 2016

Widely used

GitGuardian · since 2017

• Live verification cuts false positives to near zero for supported providers.
• Free and easy to add as a pre-commit hook or CI step.
• Scans far beyond git — buckets, images, logs.

• Validity checking distinguishes a live credential from a revoked one, which transforms triage priority.
• Scans full commit history, where most leaked secrets actually live.
• Free for teams up to 25 developers.

• No dashboard or workflow in the free CLI.
• Verification requires outbound network calls, which some environments block.
• Full-history scans on large repositories are slow.

• Secrets scanning only — not a general security platform.
• Historical scans on old repositories produce a large initial backlog.
• Requires repository access, which needs a security review of its own.

Teams that want free, high-signal secret scanning in the pipeline today.

Any organisation with more than a handful of repositories and no secrets scanning today.