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Alternatives to Semgrep
19 security & cybersecurity tools sit alongside Semgrep in this directory. Below is what separates each from Semgrep on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 13
- Semgrep starts at
- Free, then $30/month
Why people look past Semgrep
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Semgrep entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Semgrep starts at $30/month. Across the 12 security & cybersecurity tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $6.34/month.
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.
Application risk management platform for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities.
- No free tier, where Semgrep has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than freemium.
VPN and firewall service with a generous free data tier and a customizable Build-A-Plan option
- Starts $27 a month cheaper, at $3/month.
Consumer VPN with a limited free tier and a bear-themed, beginner-friendly app
- Starts $20.009999999999998 a month cheaper, at $9.99/month.
Password manager with autofill, digital wallet, and dark web monitoring
- Starts $27.5 a month cheaper, at $2.5/month.
Open-source password manager for teams with self-hosted or cloud deployment
- Starts $25.1 a month cheaper, at $4.9/month.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
Offline-first password manager that stores your vault locally instead of the cloud
- Starts $28.01 a month cheaper, at $1.99/month.
- 4 tiers to Semgrep's 3.
Every Semgrep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semgrep (this page) | Free, then $30/month | Freemium | 3 | |
| VeracodeCompeting SAST and software composition analysis platform for enterprise application security. | On request | Quote | - | vs Semgrep |
| Windscribe | Free, then $3/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| TunnelBear | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Sticky Password | Free, then $2.5/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Passbolt | Free, then $4.9/month | Open-source | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Enpass | Free, then $1.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Semgrep |
| Cisco Duo | Free | Freemium | - | vs Semgrep |
| HashiCorp Vault | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Semgrep |
| Tanium | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Semgrep |
| Private Internet Access | $11.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Mullvad VPN | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Semgrep |
| IVPN | $6/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Semgrep |
| Keygen | On request | Subscription | - | vs Semgrep |
| ExpressVPN | $6.67/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Fortinet FortiGate | $500/year | Subscription | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs Semgrep |
| CrowdStrike Falcon | $7.99/month | Subscription | - | vs Semgrep |
| IBM QRadar | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Semgrep |
| Idira | On request | Quote | - | vs Semgrep |
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 Semgrep badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Windscribe , Free, then $3/month
- TunnelBear , Free, then $9.99/month
- Sticky Password , Free, then $2.5/month
- Passbolt , Free, then $4.9/month
- Enpass , Free, then $1.99/month
- Cisco Duo , Free
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
Cheaper than Semgrep (13)
Entry price under Semgrep's $30/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Windscribe , Free, then $3/month
- TunnelBear , Free, then $9.99/month
- Sticky Password , Free, then $2.5/month
- Passbolt , Free, then $4.9/month
- Enpass , Free, then $1.99/month
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Private Internet Access , $11.99/month
- Mullvad VPN , $5/month
What you would be giving up
Semgrep is most often brought in for scanning code for security vulnerabilities in ci/cd, detecting vulnerable open-source dependencies, finding hardcoded secrets before code ships, enforcing custom code standards with rule sets, prioritizing findings with ai-assisted triage. 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 Semgrep is broadly right and the question is cost, the Semgrep pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Security & Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best security & cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Semgrep runs on web, api, linux, mac, windows. 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 Semgrep alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Semgrep?
- 19 other security & cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Veracode, Windscribe, TunnelBear, Sticky Password. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Semgrep?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Windscribe, TunnelBear, Sticky Password, Passbolt, Enpass.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Semgrep?
- Yes. 13 of the alternatives below start under Semgrep's $30/month: Windscribe at Free, then $3/month, TunnelBear at Free, then $9.99/month, Sticky Password at Free, then $2.5/month, Passbolt at Free, then $4.9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Semgrep?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Semgrep?
- Semgrep is most often brought in for scanning code for security vulnerabilities in ci/cd, detecting vulnerable open-source dependencies, finding hardcoded secrets before code ships, enforcing custom code standards with rule sets, prioritizing findings with ai-assisted triage. 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 Semgrep?
- Passbolt, HashiCorp Vault are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Semgrep alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Security & 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 Semgrep against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Semgrep 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 security & cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Security & Cybersecurity category, 19 tools beside Semgrep. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.