Betterleaks vs ggshield
Betterleaks
betterleaks.com
ggshield
gitguardian.comSide by side
| Figure | Betterleaks | ggshield |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Secrets Scanning Software | 7.9 (#9) | 8.1 (#6) |
| Detection | Its detection and filtering engine goes beyond regular expressions and entropy to reduce false positives, analyze findings in context, and validate whether exposed credentials are still live. | The documentation says ggshield detects more than 600 types of secrets. |
| Purpose | Betterleaks is a configurable secrets scanner designed to find exposed credentials in repositories, CI artifacts, issue trackers, datasets, logs, and other sources. | ggshield is GitGuardian’s command-line application for detecting and preventing hardcoded secrets before code is pushed. |
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In their own words
Betterleaks
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ggshield
ggshield is GitGuardian’s command-line tool for finding hardcoded secrets before code is pushed. It can scan local files and repositories, run before commits or in CI pipelines, and act as a pre-receive hook for self-managed version control. It also scans Docker image layers, build arguments, and Dockerfiles. GitGuardian’s documentation describes detection for more than 600 secret types. The open-source CLI uses a closed-source secrets detection library behind GitGuardian’s public API. It runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows, with API and self-hosted options. Standard installation needs Git and a supported, non-end-of-life Python version; standalone packages are an exception. Scans require an API key for a GitGuardian workspace, and the login command can provision and store a personal access token. Files over 1 MB are ignored, and API calls accept up to 20 documents each. The free Starter plan is free, billed Always; it includes up to 25 developers, 10K API calls per month, up to 500 historical scan detections, and unlimited real-time scanning.