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Alternatives to Legit Security
20 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Legit Security in this directory. Below is what separates each from Legit Security on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Legit Security starts at
- On request
Why people look past Legit Security
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Legit Security entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Legit Security carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 16 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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
- Can be used without paying; Legit Security cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $25/month, where Legit Security does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Application risk management platform for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Open-source authentication and two-factor portal for reverse proxies
- Can be used without paying; Legit Security cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
- Can be used without paying; Legit Security cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Headless identity and user management API
- Can be used without paying; Legit Security cannot.
- Sold on a Open-source self-hosted, with a paid managed network model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Open-source identity provider with flexible authentication flows
- Can be used without paying; Legit Security cannot.
- Sold on a Open-source core with a paid enterprise tier model rather than Contact sales for custom pricing.
Every Legit Security 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legit Security (this page) | On request | Contact sales for custom pricing | - | |
| SnykDeveloper-focused vulnerability management with SAST and dependency scanning | Free, then $25/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Legit Security |
| VeracodeApplication security testing and vulnerability analysis platform | On request | Quote | - | vs Legit Security |
| Authelia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| Grype | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| Ory Kratos | Free | Open-source self-hosted, with a paid managed network | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| authentik | Free | Open-source core with a paid enterprise tier | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| Trivy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| Aikido | Free | Subscription with free tier | 4 | vs Legit Security |
| Socket | Free, then $25/month | Per-developer monthly subscription with tiered access | 4 | vs Legit Security |
| Chainguard | Free, then $19000/year | Licensing by artifact type and team size | 7 | vs Legit Security |
| Endor Labs | Free | Seat-based per contributing developer with volume discounts | 1 | vs Legit Security |
| Doppler | Free, then $21/month | - | 3 | vs Legit Security |
| Arnica | Free, then $300/year | Per-identity subscription with annual discount | 3 | vs Legit Security |
| Infisical | Free, then $20/month | - | 5 | vs Legit Security |
| Akeyless | Free | Usage-based pricing units that vary by product module | 2 | vs Legit Security |
| Windscribe | Free, then $3/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Legit Security |
| TunnelBear | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Legit Security |
| Tenable | $3500/year | Subscription | 5 | vs Legit Security |
| Sysdig | On request | Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data | - | vs Legit Security |
| Tanium | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Legit Security |
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 Legit Security badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Legit Security is most often brought in for securing ai-generated code from github copilot and ide assistants, consolidating vulnerability findings from multiple appsec tools, preventing credential leaks across development workspaces, automating remediation workflows with ai-powered suggestions, compliance automation with sbom generation and enforcement. 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 Legit Security is broadly right and the question is cost, the Legit Security 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.
Legit Security runs on web, ide, ci/cd. 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 Legit Security alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Legit Security?
- 20 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Snyk, Veracode, 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 Legit Security?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Snyk, Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos, authentik.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Legit Security?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Legit Security?
- Legit Security is most often brought in for securing ai-generated code from github copilot and ide assistants, consolidating vulnerability findings from multiple appsec tools, preventing credential leaks across development workspaces, automating remediation workflows with ai-powered suggestions, compliance automation with sbom generation and enforcement. 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 Legit Security?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Legit Security 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 Legit Security against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Legit Security 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, 20 tools beside Legit Security. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.