Aikido Alternatives

Why Look for Aikido Alternatives?

Aikido Security has positioned itself as an all-in-one AppSec platform for development teams that want broad security coverage without stitching together separate tools. The platform covers SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, secrets detection, container scanning, cloud posture management (CSPM), and runtime protection in a single product. Aikido claims 85% fewer false positive alerts than competing solutions, uses AI-driven prioritization to surface what matters, and offers AI Autofix that generates pull requests to resolve vulnerabilities automatically. Pricing starts with a free Developer plan and scales to $300-600/month for teams of 10.

So why look elsewhere? The most common concern is depth. An all-in-one platform that covers eight scanning types inevitably makes trade-offs in each area. Aikido’s SAST engine may not catch the same range of vulnerabilities as a dedicated SAST tool like Checkmarx or Semgrep. Its SCA may not match Snyk’s proprietary vulnerability database or Endor Labs’ reachability analysis. Its DAST may not reach the depth of Invicti or Burp Suite. Teams with advanced needs in a specific domain often find they outgrow Aikido’s capabilities in that area.

Ecosystem maturity is another factor. Aikido is a newer company compared to established vendors, which means its integration ecosystem, vulnerability database, and rule coverage are still expanding. Enterprise teams with complex compliance requirements, custom workflow needs, or strict deployment constraints may find Aikido’s platform less configurable than mature enterprise tools. And organizations with existing investments in specific security tools may prefer to add ASPM orchestration on top rather than replacing their scanning engines entirely.

Top Aikido Alternatives

1. Snyk

Snyk is the closest competitor to Aikido in terms of covering multiple AppSec domains from a single platform, but with deeper capabilities in each area. Snyk Open Source provides SCA with a proprietary vulnerability database that catches CVEs 47 days earlier than NVD. Snyk Code offers SAST with real-time IDE scanning and AI fix suggestions powered by the DeepCode engine. Snyk Container and Snyk IaC round out the platform for container image scanning and infrastructure-as-code security.

Snyk’s developer experience sets it apart. IDE plugins for VS Code, JetBrains, and Eclipse provide real-time feedback. The CLI integrates with any CI/CD pipeline. Automated fix pull requests are one of the most useful features in any security tool. Snyk is a Gartner Leader and is used by over 2 million developers.

The trade-off compared to Aikido is cost and coverage gaps. Each Snyk product is priced separately, so a team needing SCA plus SAST plus containers plus IaC may pay significantly more than Aikido’s bundled pricing. Snyk does not include DAST, cloud posture management, or runtime protection natively, so teams needing those capabilities would still need additional tools.

Best for: Development teams wanting best-in-class developer experience with deep SCA, SAST, container, and IaC scanning. License: Commercial (free tier available) Key difference: Proprietary vulnerability database with earlier CVE detection. Real-time IDE scanning with AI fix suggestions. Gartner Leader.

Snyk review

2. Semgrep

Semgrep provides fast, customizable SAST with a rule syntax that reads like the code it matches. The open-source engine supports 30+ languages with community rules, while the commercial platform adds cross-file taint analysis, 20,000+ proprietary rules, secrets detection, and supply chain analysis with reachability. Custom rules are Semgrep’s signature feature: developers can write security patterns without learning a specialized query language.

Where Semgrep differs from Aikido is philosophy. Rather than trying to cover every scanning type in one product, Semgrep goes deep on code analysis. The Pro Engine’s cross-file taint tracking traces data from user inputs through multiple files to dangerous sinks. Semgrep Supply Chain provides SCA with reachability analysis. Semgrep Secrets uses semantic analysis to reduce false positives in credential detection. These focused capabilities often outperform Aikido’s corresponding modules.

Semgrep does not include DAST, container scanning, IaC security, cloud posture management, or runtime protection. Teams replacing Aikido with Semgrep would need to add tools for those capabilities. But for organizations that prioritize SAST depth and custom rule authoring, Semgrep is the stronger choice.

Best for: Security teams that want deep, customizable SAST with a rule authoring experience accessible to developers. License: Open Source / Commercial Key difference: Custom rules that read like code. Cross-file taint analysis in Pro tier. 30+ language support with the fastest scan times in SAST.

Semgrep review

3. SonarQube

SonarQube is the most widely deployed code analysis platform in the industry, covering both code quality and security across 35+ languages. Where Aikido focuses on security scanning, SonarQube adds code quality metrics including bug detection, code smells, duplication, complexity, and test coverage tracking. Quality gates enforce standards as PR checks, giving engineering leadership visibility into code health trends.

The Community Edition is free and self-hosted, covering basic security rules and code quality analysis. The Developer Edition ($150/year per 100K LOC) adds taint analysis, multi-branch analysis, and advanced security rules. SonarQube’s AI CodeFix generates fix suggestions for detected issues. The platform integrates with every major CI/CD system and SCM.

SonarQube does not include SCA, DAST, secrets detection, IaC scanning, container scanning, or cloud posture management. Its scope is narrower than Aikido’s, but its code quality and SAST capabilities are substantially deeper. Teams that care about both code quality governance and security often pair SonarQube with dedicated SCA and DAST tools rather than using an all-in-one platform.

Best for: Teams that want combined code quality and security analysis with quality gates and technical debt tracking. License: Free Community Edition / Commercial Key difference: Code quality metrics alongside security scanning. Quality gates enforce standards organization-wide. Free self-hosted Community Edition.

SonarQube review

4. Checkmarx One

Checkmarx One is the enterprise alternative to Aikido, offering SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST, API security, IaC scanning, container security, and secrets detection in a unified platform. Its SAST engine covers 75+ languages, far exceeding both Aikido and most competitors. The ASPM layer aggregates findings across all scan types and prioritizes them based on application context, exploitability, and business criticality.

Checkmarx is a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader used by organizations including Apple, Salesforce, and Walmart. The platform provides custom query authoring, compliance reporting, and role-based access control for enterprise governance. Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment options accommodate organizations with strict data residency requirements.

Compared to Aikido, Checkmarx One offers significantly deeper capabilities in each scanning domain, particularly SAST. The platform is designed for large enterprise security programs with dedicated AppSec teams. The trade-off is cost and complexity: Checkmarx pricing is substantially higher than Aikido, and the platform requires more configuration and expertise to operate effectively.

Best for: Large enterprises needing the deepest scanning capabilities across SAST, SCA, DAST, and more with enterprise governance. License: Commercial Key difference: 75+ language SAST. Full enterprise ASPM with cross-scan correlation. Gartner Leader used by Apple and Walmart.

Checkmarx review

5. Cycode

Cycode provides application security posture management (ASPM) with built-in scanning capabilities spanning SAST, SCA, secrets detection, IaC security, and CI/CD pipeline security. The platform maps the entire software development pipeline from code to cloud, providing visibility into where security risks exist at every stage. Cycode’s pipeline integrity features detect tampering and unauthorized changes to build configurations.

What distinguishes Cycode from Aikido is the pipeline security focus. While Aikido concentrates on code and cloud scanning, Cycode extends coverage to the CI/CD infrastructure itself, detecting risks like poisoned pipelines, unauthorized access to build systems, and drift in security configurations. The ASPM layer correlates findings from built-in and third-party scanners, providing a unified view even for organizations that want to keep their existing scanning tools.

Best for: Teams that want ASPM with built-in scanning that extends to CI/CD pipeline security and code integrity. License: Commercial Key difference: Pipeline security and code integrity monitoring beyond code scanning. ASPM that orchestrates both built-in and third-party scanners.

Cycode review

6. ArmorCode

ArmorCode is an ASPM platform that aggregates and correlates findings from over 100 third-party security tools. Unlike Aikido, which provides its own scanning engines, ArmorCode sits on top of existing scanners (Semgrep, Snyk, Checkmarx, Burp Suite, etc.) and provides unified dashboards, deduplication, prioritization, and remediation workflows. The platform uses AI-driven risk scoring to rank findings by business impact.

Best for: Organizations with existing security tools that need a correlation and prioritization layer without replacing scanners. License: Commercial Key difference: Aggregates 100+ third-party tools rather than providing its own scanners. AI-driven risk scoring and unified remediation workflows.

ArmorCode review

7. OX Security

OX Security provides ASPM with pipeline bill of materials (PBOM) technology that maps every artifact, dependency, and configuration across the software supply chain. The platform ingests findings from both built-in scanners and 100+ third-party integrations, deduplicating and correlating results to reduce noise. Active PBOM provides continuous visibility into what is running in production.

Best for: Teams needing supply chain visibility with ASPM that maps artifacts across the full software pipeline. License: Commercial Key difference: Pipeline Bill of Materials (PBOM) for full supply chain mapping. Active PBOM tracks what runs in production.

OX Security review

8. Mend.io Platform

The Mend AppSec Platform bundles SCA, SAST, container security, dependency updates (Renovate), and AI security under a single per-developer license. Mend’s SCA engine supports 200+ ecosystems with reachability analysis, malicious package protection, and license compliance. Mend SAST offers agentic scanning via MCP protocol that integrates with AI-powered IDEs.

Best for: Teams wanting bundled SCA, SAST, and container security with a unified per-developer pricing model. License: Commercial Key difference: One price for SCA, SAST, containers, and AI security. Agentic SAST via MCP for AI-powered IDE integration.

Mend SCA review

9. Jit

Jit provides a DevSecOps orchestration platform that stitches together open-source security tools (Semgrep, Trivy, Gitleaks, ZAP, and others) into a unified pipeline. Rather than building its own scanning engines, Jit curates and manages the best open-source tools for each scanning type, providing a single dashboard and policy engine on top. This gives teams the depth of specialized open-source tools with the convenience of a managed platform.

Best for: Teams that prefer open-source scanning engines with a managed orchestration and dashboard layer. License: Commercial (free tier available) Key difference: Orchestrates open-source tools (Semgrep, Trivy, Gitleaks, ZAP) rather than building proprietary scanners.

Jit review

10. Veracode

Veracode offers a mature application security platform with SAST, SCA, DAST, and container scanning. The platform has been in the market for over two decades and carries strong compliance certifications including FedRAMP authorization. Veracode’s Fix feature uses AI to generate code fixes for detected vulnerabilities. The platform is cloud-only with no self-hosted option.

Best for: Enterprises in regulated industries needing FedRAMP-authorized application security with compliance reporting. License: Commercial Key difference: FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform. Two decades of enterprise compliance track record. AI-powered fix generation.

Veracode SAST review

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When to Stay with Aikido

Aikido remains the right choice for teams that value breadth of coverage over individual scanner depth. If your organization is an SMB or growth-stage company that needs SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, IaC scanning, container security, and cloud posture management without assembling and maintaining six different tools, Aikido provides genuine value at a price point that undercuts most alternatives.

The 85% false positive reduction claim, driven by AI-powered analysis and context-aware prioritization, means security teams spend more time fixing real issues and less time triaging noise. The AI Autofix feature generates remediation PRs that reduce mean time to fix. And the simple onboarding experience, often under 10 minutes to first scan, means teams get security coverage immediately rather than spending weeks on configuration. For development teams that want to ship secure code without becoming security tool experts, Aikido’s all-in-one approach removes friction that multi-tool setups inevitably introduce.

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Suphi Cankurt

Suphi Cankurt is an application security enthusiast based in Helsinki, Finland. He reviews and compares 129 AppSec tools across 10 categories on AppSec Santa. Learn more.