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AI Tool Comparison

Comparing as AI Application Security (SAST/SCA/DAST)
Cycode vs Semgrep

Compare features, pricing, pros & cons, and user ratings to decide which AI tool is best for your needs.

Cycode

Cycode

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Semgrep

Semgrep

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Detailed Comparison

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Pricing
EnterpriseCycode uses enterprise subscription pricing with no public pricing page and no free tier. All plans require direct engagement with the sales team. Pricing is based on organizational size, application portfolio, and selected modules within the Complete ASPM platform. Cycode serves Fortune 100 companies and mid-to-large enterprises. Contact Cycode through cycode.com to request a demo and discuss enterprise pricing. A demo environment is available to qualified organizations.
FreemiumSemgrep Community Edition is completely free and open-source under LGPL-2.1 with no usage limits, no account required, and no artificial restrictions — a genuine free SAST engine for individual developers and teams. Team plan at approximately $35/contributor/month bundles Semgrep Code (SAST), Semgrep Supply Chain (SCA), and Semgrep Secrets together with Semgrep Assistant AI triage, cross-file analysis, 20,000+ Pro rules, SSO, PR/MR integration, and IDE plugins. Modules can also be purchased separately (approximately $30 each for SAST and SCA, $15 for Secrets) for teams needing only specific capabilities. Enterprise plan at custom pricing adds dedicated support and SLAs, advanced RBAC, custom deployment options, Semgrep Guardian pipeline builder, AI Memories across all repositories, MCP server integration, and advanced compliance reporting. Contact Semgrep through semgrep.dev for enterprise pricing.
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Summary
AI-native ASPM platform with Risk Intelligence Graph and ADLC Security for AI-era application security
Open-source SAST and AI AppSec platform — custom rules, Semgrep Assistant, and Multimodal engine for AI-generated code
Cycode

Cycode Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Software Supply Chain Security (2026) — highest independent analyst validation
  • Risk Intelligence Graph correlates findings across all AppSec tools to surface truly exploitable vulnerabilities — eliminates alert noise
  • ADLC Security purpose-built for AI-generated code — AI Visibility, AI Governance, AI Guardrails, and AI-BOM in one suite
  • Cycode MCP Server integrates directly into AI coding assistants for real-time scan coverage
  • 300+ ASPM Marketplace connectors — integrates with Snyk, Checkmarx, Veracode, Wiz, and all major AppSec tools
  • AI Teammates autonomously handle exploitability assessment and fix generation — reduces AppSec team burden significantly
  • Fortune 100 customer validation — proven in the most demanding enterprise security environments

Cons

  • $81M raised — smaller financial backing than Snyk ($530M), Checkmarx ($1.15B acquisition), or Semgrep ($204M)
  • Enterprise-only pricing with no self-serve or free tier for evaluation without a sales call
  • ASPM consolidation requires integrating existing AppSec tools — complex initial setup for organizations with mature toolchains
  • Primarily targets mid-to-large enterprises — may be overkill for small engineering teams
  • Newer to market than Checkmarx or Veracode — less legacy customer validation at extreme scale
Semgrep

Semgrep Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Genuinely free open-source SAST engine (LGPL-2.1) with no account or usage limits — real value, not a crippled demo
  • 100M+ scans/year at Figma, Dropbox, Okta, Lyft, Snowflake — proven at scale in demanding engineering environments
  • YAML custom rules — most readable, maintainable, and auditable rule format in the AppSec market
  • Semgrep Multimodal (2026) — hybrid rule + LLM engine reporting 8x more true positives with 50% less noise
  • Semgrep Assistant AI Memories auto-applies past triage decisions — no double-reviewing the same false positive
  • MCP server integration (2025) — AI coding assistants can call Semgrep scans in real-time as code is generated
  • Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Application Security Testing (2025), $204M raised, Menlo/Lightspeed/Sequoia-backed

Cons

  • Commercial Team/Enterprise plans add up quickly when stacking multiple modules (SAST + SCA + Secrets)
  • Requires source code access — cannot scan compiled binaries unlike Veracode
  • No built-in developer security training module (unlike Checkmarx Codebashing or Veracode eLearning)
  • GitLab Ultimate packages the open-source engine for free — reduces incremental value for GitLab users
  • Advanced AI features (Memories, MCP server, Multimodal) gated to higher-tier paid plans