SafeDep Platform vs StepSecurity

SafeDep Platform helps teams identify and govern risks in open-source dependencies, from package installation through code review and inventory. Its package monitor checks installs against threat intelligence and policy before post-install scripts can run. The platform scans dependencies, analyzes their actual use, applies policy as code, and generates SBOMs. A GitHub App scans pull requests for malware, vulnerabilities, and license issues, and can act as a required check. Its MCP server checks packages requested by AI agents and attributes each request; named supported agents include Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. Inventory can cover coding agents, MCP servers, CLI tools, skills, scope, and version. Supported ecosystems include npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, Ruby, Rust, and PHP, along with Docker and OCI images, CycloneDX and SPDX SBOMs, GitHub repositories, and GitLab projects. The platform also provides centralized policies, organization-wide findings, audit trails, and compliance reports. The Free plan is free for up to three SDLC endpoints. Team costs $100 a month for five endpoints; Enterprise pricing is custom.

StepSecurity is a software supply chain security platform spanning developer environments, code repositories, and CI/CD pipelines. Harden-Runner uses eBPF to monitor network calls, file writes, and process executions, then relates activity to workflow steps. Dev Machine Guard inventories AI coding agents, MCP servers, IDE extensions, and local packages on developer machines. Secure Registry provides package cooldowns, blocks compromised versions, and offers typosquat protection and blocklists. Code Repo Security screens pull requests and can open remediation pull requests according to policies. Security alerts can go to email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams. Dev Machine Guard can be deployed without an agent through Intune, SCCM, or Jamf on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Community plan is free for unlimited public repositories and lists GitHub-hosted runners on GitHub Cloud; private repositories are included in the 14-day trial. Dev Machine Guard costs $8 a month per device, while Enterprise costs $16 a month per contributing developer. The Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 compliance.