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Alternatives to Endor Labs
21 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Endor Labs in this directory. Below is what separates each from Endor Labs on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Endor Labs starts at
- Free
Why people look past Endor Labs
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Endor Labs entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Endor Labs publishes a single plan, Developer at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Developer-first security platform
- Publishes an entry price of $25/month, where Endor Labs does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
- 4 tiers to Endor Labs's 1.
The One DevOps Platform
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Endor Labs does not.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
Open-source authentication and two-factor portal for reverse proxies
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
Vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
Headless identity and user management API
- Sold on a Open-source self-hosted, with a paid managed network model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
Open-source identity provider with flexible authentication flows
- Sold on a Open-source core with a paid enterprise tier model rather than Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts.
Every Endor Labs alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endor Labs (this page) | Free | Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts | 1 | |
| SnykComprehensive open source and container vulnerability scanning with developer-friendly reporting | Free, then $25/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Endor Labs |
| GitLabIntegrated security scanning throughout GitLab's DevOps platform | Free | Open-source | - | vs Endor Labs |
| Authelia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| Grype | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| Ory Kratos | Free | Open-source self-hosted, with a paid managed network | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| authentik | Free | Open-source core with a paid enterprise tier | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| Trivy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| Aikido | Free | Subscription with free tier | 4 | vs Endor Labs |
| Socket | Free, then $25/month | Per-developer monthly subscription with tiered access | 4 | vs Endor Labs |
| Chainguard | Free, then $19000/year | Licensing by artifact type and team size | 7 | vs Endor Labs |
| Doppler | Free, then $21/month | - | 3 | vs Endor Labs |
| Arnica | Free, then $300/year | Per-identity subscription with annual discount | 3 | vs Endor Labs |
| Infisical | Free, then $20/month | - | 5 | vs Endor Labs |
| Akeyless | Free | Usage-based pricing units that vary by product module | 2 | vs Endor Labs |
| Windscribe | Free, then $3/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Endor Labs |
| TunnelBear | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Endor Labs |
| Tenable | $3500/year | Subscription | 5 | vs Endor Labs |
| Sysdig | On request | Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data | - | vs Endor Labs |
| Legit Security | On request | Contact sales for custom pricing | - | vs Endor Labs |
| Tanium | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Endor Labs |
| Veracode | On request | Quote | - | vs Endor Labs |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Endor Labs badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Endor Labs is most often brought in for securing ai coding agent outputs before deployment, reducing sast false positives with reachability analysis, managing open source supply chain risk, enforcing security policies in ci/cd pipelines. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Endor Labs is broadly right and the question is cost, the Endor Labs pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Endor Labs runs on web, cli, ide. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Endor Labs alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Endor Labs?
- 21 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Snyk, GitLab, Authelia, Grype. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Endor Labs?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Snyk, GitLab, Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Endor Labs?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Endor Labs?
- Endor Labs is most often brought in for securing ai coding agent outputs before deployment, reducing sast false positives with reachability analysis, managing open source supply chain risk, enforcing security policies in ci/cd pipelines. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Endor Labs?
- GitLab is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Endor Labs alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Endor Labs against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Endor Labs covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 21 tools beside Endor Labs. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.