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Secrets Scanning & AI Code Security in AI answers

Data as of Oct 14, 2026Based on 139 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

GitGuardian holds a clear lead across secrets scanning, recommended for real-time monitoring and enterprise leak remediation. For catching leaks directly in pull requests, Gitleaks and TruffleHog are the most frequent answers.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	GitGuardian 95% real-time enterprise monitoring and centralized public leak remediation	real-time enterprise monitoring and centralized public leak remediation	95%
2	Gitleaks 84% fast, lightweight open-source scanning for pre-commit workflows	fast, lightweight open-source scanning for pre-commit workflows	84%
3	TruffleHogTruffle Security product line 74% deep historical repository scans and live API credential verification	deep historical repository scans and live API credential verification	74%
4	GitHub 68% built-in native scanning across hosted public and private codebases	built-in native scanning across hosted public and private codebases	68%
5	GitHub Advanced SecurityGitHub product line 35% native push protection and automated detection for enterprise GitHub users	native push protection and automated detection for enterprise GitHub users	35%
6	Truffle Security 29% centralized enterprise scanning with automated active key validation	centralized enterprise scanning with automated active key validation	29%
7	Gitlab · gitlab.io 27% native integrated secret detection suites within GitLab CI/CD pipelines	native integrated secret detection suites within GitLab CI/CD pipelines	27%
8	Cycode 20% scanning across developer tools, build logs, and collaboration platforms	scanning across developer tools, build logs, and collaboration platforms	20%
9	GitHub Github 11%		11%
10	Semgrep SecretsSemgrep product line 9% customizable pull request scanning for existing Semgrep security users	customizable pull request scanning for existing Semgrep security users	9%
11	Snyk 9%		9%
12	Semgrep 8%		8%
13	Yelp detect-secrets 8%		8%
14	Checkmarx 7%		7%
15	Betterleaks 6%		6%
16	SpectralOps 6%		6%
17	GitLab · gitlab.com 4% native integrated secret detection suites within GitLab CI/CD pipelines	native integrated secret detection suites within GitLab CI/CD pipelines	4%
18	GitHub Secret ProtectionGitHub product line 4%		4%
19	Corgea 4%		4%
20	Trivy 4%		4%
21	SentinelOne 3%		3%
22	Aikido 3%		3%
23	BitbucketOwned by Atlassian 2%		2%
24	HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp product line 2%		2%
25	Snyk CodeSnyk product line 2%		2%
26	Jenkins 2%		2%
27	Cloudsmith 1%		1%
28	Slack · salesforce.comSalesforce product line 1%		1%
29	GitHub CopilotGitHub product line 1%		1%
30	Legit Security 1%		1%
31	pre-commit 1%		1%
32	Wiz 1%		1%
33	BFG Repo-Cleaner 1%		1%
34	KeySentry 1%		1%
35	GitHound 1%		1%
36	AWS Secrets ManagerAmazon product line 1%		1%
37	Aqua Security 1%		1%
38	Azure DevOpsMicrosoft product line 1%		1%
39	Gitleaks GitHub ActionGitleaks product line 1%		1%
40	Check Point SpectralCheck Point product line 1%		1%
41	Slack · slack.comOwned by Salesforce 1%		1%
42	Datadog 1%		1%
43	Palo Alto Networks 1%		1%
44	Puaro Security 1%		1%
45	OpenAI 1%		1%
46	AquilaX 1%		1%
47	Checkmarx Secrets DetectionCheckmarx product line 1%		1%
48	SonarQubeSonarsource product line 1%		1%
49	Praetorian 1%		1%
50	git-secrets 1%		1%
51	Mongodb 1%		1%
52	detect-secrets 1%		1%
53	Datadog Code SecurityDatadog product line 1%		1%
54	Azure Key VaultMicrosoft product line 1%		1%
55	GitLab CIGitLab product line 1%		1%
56	SOPS 1%		1%
57	Wiz CodeWiz product line 1%		1%
58	git filter-repo 1%		1%
59	GitHub EnterpriseGitHub product line 1%		1%
60	Nightfall 1%		1%
61	env-guard 1%		1%
62	LeakWatch 1%		1%
63	Atlassian 1%		1%

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ChatGPT SearchGoogle AI Mode

Widest split: GitHub Advanced Security, 10% on ChatGPT Search and 61% on Google AI Mode.

Mentioned in on each AI engine, by brand
Brand	ChatGPT Search	Google AI Mode
GitGuardian	99%	91%
Gitleaks	87%	81%
TruffleHog	73%	75%
GitHub	84%	52%
GitHub Advanced Security	10%	61%
Truffle Security	36%	23%
Gitlab	29%	26%
Cycode	6%	35%
GitHub Github	10%	12%
Semgrep Secrets	16%	Outside Google AI Mode's top 25

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