The all-in-one Mend alternative
Protect your code, cloud, containers and domains with Aikido. All-round protection, no false alerts.

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Comparison
How Aikido compares to Mend.io
Aikido is priced per user, no hidden charges for usage.
Mend enforces a minimum list price for 20 users and $1K/user/year.
How it works
How Aikido works
Connect your code, cloud & containers
It doesn't matter on which tool stack you are. Aikido connects with most popular stacks and scans continuously for issues.
Get relevant security alerts
No need to sift through hundreds of security alerts. Only few of them really matter. Aikido auto-triages notifications.
Scanners
10-in-1 vulnerability scanners
An all-in-one security platform, covering you from code to cloud.
Cloud
Detects cloud infrastructure risks across major cloud providers.
Code & Containers
Continuously monitors your code for known vulnerabilities, CVEs and other risks.
Code
Checks your code for leaked and exposed API keys, passwords, certificates, encryption keys, etc...
Code
Scans your source code for security risks before an issue can be merged.
Code
Scans Terraform, CloudFormation & Kubernetes infrastructure-as-code for misconfigurations.
Containers
Scans your container OS for packages with security issues.
Domain
Dynamically tests your web app’s front-end to find vulnerabilities through simulated attacks. Built on ZAP & Nuclei.
Code & Containers
Monitors your licenses for risks such as dual licensing, restrictive terms, bad reputation, etc..
Code
Prevents malicious packages from infiltrating your software supply chain.
Code & Containers
Checks if any frameworks & runtimes you are using are no longer maintained.
Custom
Imports and auto-triages findings from your current scanner stack.
Features
Features that you'll love

Static Code Analysis
Scans your source code for security vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, XSS, buffer overflows and other security risks. Checks against popular CVE databases. It works out-of-the-box and supports all major languages.
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DAST & API Security
Monitor your App and APIs to find vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF—both on the surface and via authenticated DAST. Simulate real-world attacks and scan every API endpoint for common security threats. Our Nuclei-based scanner checks your self-hosted apps for common vulnerabilities.
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Software Composition Analysis
Analyse third-party components such as libraries, frameworks, and dependencies for vulnerabilities. Aikido does reachability analysis, triages to filter out false positives, and provides clear remediation advice. Auto-fix vulnerabilities with one click.
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Container Security
Scan your container operating system for packages with security issues.
- Checks if your containers have any vulnerabilities (Like CVEs)
- Highlights vulnerabilities based on container data sensitivity.
- Auto-triaging to filter out false positives
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Infrastructure as code (IaC)
Scans Terraform, CloudFormation & Kubernetes Helm charts for misconfigurations.
- Detect issues that leave your infrastructure open to attack
- Identify vulnerabilities before they're committed to the default branch
- Integrated in CI/CD Pipeline
Cloud posture management
Detect cloud infrastructure risks across major cloud providers.
- Scans Virtual Machines (AWS EC2 instances) for vulnerabilities.
- Scan your cloud for misconfigurations and overly permissive user roles/access
- Automate security policies & compliance checks for SOC2, ISO27001, CIS & NIS2

Malware detection
The npm ecosystem is susceptible to malicious packages being published because of its open nature.
Aikido identifies malicious code that may be embedded within JavaScript files or npm packages. Powered by Phylum. (Scans for backdoors, trojans, keyloggers, XSS, cryptojacking scripts and more.)
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Protection at Runtime
Block zero-day vulnerabilities. Zen by Aikido detects threats as your application runs and stops attacks in real-time, before they ever reach your database. Block users, bots, countries & restrict IP routes.
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Orchestrate security follow-up
Aikido is API-first. Easily integrate with your project management tools, task managers, chat apps,.. Sync your security findings and status to Jira. Vulnerability fixed? Jira syncs back to Aikido. Get chat alerts for new findings, routed to the correct team or person for each project.
See integrations
Automated triaging
Aikido checks if you're using a certain function. If not, it's clearly a false positive and it's automatically triaged.
Read our docs
When Aikido finds a vulnerability, it will report these issues as one issue. Unlike other scanners that will overload you with 20 separate issues if the affected function is found multiple times.
Over 30 auto-ignore rules filter out false positives. You can feed Aikido with information to automatically adapt severity scores. (What's staging/production? What resources you consider critical?)
Trusted by thousands of developers at world’s leading organizations
"A Comprehensive Security Solution with Exceptional Support"
We’ve been using Aikido Security for almost a year now, and it’s been instrumental in managing our vulnerabilities through its robust repository and container scanning capabilities. The setup process was incredibly easy, allowing us to get started in just a few minutes by leveraging easy connection with Gitlab.
Aikido’s integration with Slack has been particularly beneficial, providing us with timely alerts and weekly status reports directly in our Slack channels. This integration has streamlined our workflow, ensuring that we stay on top of security issues without unnecessary noise.
The support team has been exceptional, always responsive and helpful.
Overall, we very much recommend Aikido as the tool to manage software vulnerabilities.
"Quick to setup and packed with the right features"
Aikido was quick and easy to deploy and delivers clear, relevant alerts without adding complexity. It connects multiple security tools, making them seamless and more efficient to use.
It has all the necessary integrations, covers key security needs like SAST, container, and infrastructure scans and the auto-triage with intelligent silencing is a game changer. The UI is intuitive, support has been extremely responsive, and pricing is fair. I also appreciate their participation in the open-source community.
Overall, it helps us stay ahead of security issues with minimal effort.
"Ideal Security Platform for Startups"
The platform focuses on doing one thing right, increasing the maturity of your company's security posture without having to spend a lot of effort in integration and triaging false positives. Its simple to integrate and simple to adopt for a small startup team that does not have a lot of bandwith but still wants to get better at InfoSecReview collected by and hosted on G2.com.
"Nice security tool which does everything for the right price."
It has everything from cloud scanning to repository scanning, licence management, container scanning, etc.
"No-brainer"
Aikido helps us automate both compliance and security. Without Aikido we'd be spending alot more time setting up tooling to have a similar experience.
It's great feeling in the team that Aikido is running in the back making sure we have no oversights in security measurements ranging from infrastructure to dependencies.
The team is very responsive on feedback and iterates very quickly.
"Effective and fair priced solution"
Compared to well known competitors like Snyk, Aikido is much more affordable, more complete and most importantly much better at presenting the vulnerabilities that are actually reaching your systems. They use many popular open source libraries to scan your code, as well as propriatary ones, giving you a good mix
"Excellent Security Software & Company"
We were looking for a cheaper alternative to Snyk and Aikido fills that role fantastically. Good software, easy UI and most important of all very easy to talk to with feedback.
Everything was really simple to set-up and onboarding of team members a breeze.
"Aikido is the perfect SaaS tool to manage our security"
Aikido does a great job filtering out the noise you get by the standard scanners out there.
They bundle a bunch of scanning techniques into their offering makes it quite effortless to check the security of our entire stack.
They are very responsive and client oriented.
"Scan Github repo in realtime for security issues/improvements"
Aikido is very easy to implement, in less then 10 minutes we had our first report.
The reports are very to the point while mentioning all the necessary information so our devs can easily plan and update the system.
We contacted support for one minor issue and got a reply in less then 4hours.
Today we use Aikido at least once a week to check if there are any new improvements to be made.
"Aikido has become our main source of information for actionable security concerns"
Aikido provides a comprehensive solution for monitoring and managing security issues across source code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure. It’s incredibly easy to set up, and their customer support is highly responsive via Slack. Our engineering team relies on Aikido daily to triage new potential threats, and its integration with Linear helps streamline our development process.
"Swiss army knife for security teams"
Aikido is a highly scalable and easy to use solution, which aggregates multiple controls in one place and integrates seamlessly with IDEs and CI/CD pipelines. The support team is responsive and made quick adjustments in our environment. Additionally, it efficiently filters out obvious false positive alerts, which saved us many MD.
"about as good as it gets"
I really like the unintrusiveness of their service. It's a webapp where you register your code, container, IaC,... repositories and they scan them regularly pointing out the issues they found via statical analysis. There's integration to easily/automatically create follow up actions (tickets) aso. The app is great, you get up and running quite quickly.
Sometimes you need support, and that's great too (even if it's really technical).
"The best all-in-one ASPM security solution for startups!"
The UI/UX of Aikido Security is amazing, making it one of the very few tools on the market that does not require a lot of reading to integrate and use!
"A Game Changer in Cybersecurity"
We’ve been using Aikido Security for several months now, and I can confidently say that it has transformed how we manage and mitigate security risks within our organization. From day one, the onboarding process was seamless, and the platform’s intuitive interface made it incredibly easy to integrate with our existing infrastructure.
What truly sets Aikido apart is its proactive approach to comprehensive coverage. The real-time alerts give us a clear advantage, helping us stay ahead of potential security issues. Their support team is also top-notch. Whenever we had a question or needed assistance, their response was swift and thorough.
If you’re looking for a comprehensive, reliable, and forward-thinking security solution, I highly recommend Aikido Security. It’s a game changer for any organization serious about their security.
"Easy setup and integration. Also the support it exceptional good."
It integrates with all of our used services and scans for security problems and best practicies flawlesly. Also the provided rescources on how to fix the issue are really helpful. We also integrated Aikido in our Slack so we get notified immediatly when new issues pop up.
Setting everything up was very easy and the provided guides are up to date. Support is super fast and was able to answer all my questions in a few minutes.
"Simple security scanning that just works"
Aikido integrates various open source security tools like Trivy and zaproxy in one simple to use dashboard where false positives and duplicates are removed. The team responds quickly on inquiries and explains clearly why certain findings are not shown. We are very happy that we do not have to integrate all these tools ourselves, that security experts do that work for us.
"A wonderful security tool loved by engineers and developers"
Aikido allowed us to implement a security by design process smoothly and quickly. My team loves the integration with Jira and how it feels a tool tailored on their needs of engineers (not security experts), no less and no more. Working with Aikido's team has been great, both in supporting us in the selection process and receiving our feedback - many times resulting is a rapid development of new features!
Given the affordable price for me it's a not brainer for any small-medium sized company.
"A promising new AppSec tool"
Our organization implemented Aikido as our main Application Security app to take care of SCA, SAST, Container/Secret Scanning within our code base. Overall, we are very happy with Aikido's performance and ease of use. The deployment was quick and easy thanks to the Bitbucket Cloud integration.
I think the game changing features of Aikido is the auto-ignore capability and the reachability analysis. It helps our development team save time triaging false positives as well as prioritising issues that need to be addressed quickly.
The support we have received from the Aikido team has been top notch.
"Aikido - Perfect security fit for any IT platform"
The standout feature of Aikido Security for me is its ease of use. The platform's wide variety of compatibilities enables seamless integration into our technology stack with minimal effort, especially when compared to configuring multiple separate open-source solutions. I would also like to commend the exceptional support and guidance from their team. They truly understand our needs and we have seamlessly integrated their improvements into our agile workflow. Our weekly sprints have become more robust with their input, ensuring that our platform remains secure. Furthermore, Aikido encourages the adoption of security best practices, transforming it from merely a tool to a partner in our security strategy.
"Useful testing tool"
Comprehensive tool! it scans code repositories and clouds which allow you to gain insights of your application as a whole. The reports are very usefull for less technical people as well.
"Accessible & affordable security"
Their transparancy, ease of use, they're improving their tool all the time.
Affordable price with stellar results. Typical competitors have steep pricing that scales with the number of repo's / number of instances running.
Aikido helps us stay ahead of the curve. It educates us about possible liabilities, and it engages the whole engineering team.
"You don't know you needed it, till you use it"
As your team, and the complexity of your app scales and changes, you find yourself not able to maintain oversight into all the different security aspects of your codebase. Tools that you get from Cloud providers and Github (bots) are powerful, but provide yet another signal of noise, are all distributed and all only are relevant to a specific aspect of your application security. Other DiY tools to monitor specific aspects all take time to setup and maintain. Aikido is quickly setup and nicely packages up this information in a cohesive way, providing this and the tools to comb through them.
It's nice that it can also be run in CI, so that you can catch things early and integrates nicely with Vanta to help in the efforts related to compliancy.
"easy setup, usefull notifications"
Aikido provides the easiest setup of any of such tools that I have tested so far. I was using it with the Gitlab integration and it recognized all of our repositories. The security warnings it provides are almost always correct and invalid warnings can easily be muted and it learns from this. It even found issues that our previous software could not find.
"Out-of-the box instant security"
Aikido Security is very easy to setup and delivers its first results in mere minutes. It combines all the essential security scanning such as repo scanning, cloud security, credential leakage, ... in one package that's easy to use by any development team.
"Best developer-centric security platform"
Aikido has been instrumental in keeping our application secure. The platform integrates smoothly with popular CI/CD pipelines and other security tools, facilitating a more streamlined vulnerability management process.
"Aikido makes security accessible & easy"
Aikido is primarily based on already available tools, making it feasible to replicate the basic technical functionalities it offers. This means they aren't introducing any novel security scanning features. They're also very open about this by providing some references to how and with which tool a certain finding was found.
For our specific use case, I believe Aikido's strength lies in other areas, mostly addressing false positives and providing an easy to use platform to have a full understanding of your security situation.
Addressing false positives is accomplished by considering factors such as the environment (dev/prod) and whether the vulnerable function or feature is present in your code base. If we were to develop our own security tools using CI/CD pipelines or something comparable, we'd be stuck with numerous false alerts each week, necessitating manual review.
"A developer first security platform that enables your business"
Our teams have been able to quickly deploy and get value out of Aikido where our previous solution was noisey and cumbersome. The fact that we get all the code coverage we need with SAST+, SCA, IaC, Secrets Detection, Licensing, etc.
The all in one product is amazing and makes it easy for our engineering teams to see problem areas and fix them quickly. The other major feature of auto-triage has been such a time saver for our teams, telling us if we are actually using those libraries or certain modules in libraries and excluding them if they aren't relevant is so huge for us.
This enables our business to focus on fixing critical issues, ignoring irrelevant ones and delivering product to our customers.
"Direct Insights on Vulnerability Management"
Aikido Security stands out for its ability to deliver comprehensive, actionable security insights in a user-friendly manner. I was impressed with how quickly and seamlessly it could integrate into existing BitBucket, GitLab and GitHub repositories, and the simplicity of connecting our cloud environment (Google Cloud in this case) was commendable. One of the strongest points about Aikido is its ability to cut through the noise and deliver important, actionable vulnerabilities instead of flooding you with trivial issues or false positives.
"Easy to use code security platform with quick integration into Git repositories"
I highly appreciate Aikido Security due to its clear user experience, enabling you to quickly identify and track security issues. With just a few clicks, you can seamlessly integrate it into your existing GitLab repositories and get started. One of the standout features for me is its communication of newly emerged security concerns through multiple channels, including email updates.
"Comprehensive platform to scan your repositories and cloud for vulnerabilities"
It's was super easy to connect our GitHub organization and cloud environment (AWS in our case).
After connecting, Aikido immediately starts to scan them and give you a list of potential issues/vulnerabilities to check. The checks are very broad: package vulnerabilities, committed secrets, security headers web server, vulnerable libraries in containers, ...
Before Aikido we used GitHub's security issues but in most cases the vulnerable packages are dev dependencies and thus not used in production. Aikido skips through that noise and provides us with actionable vulnerabilities.
I really like the Cloud scanning because it's easy to make mistakes with setting up infrastructure (also when doing maintenance or upgrades).
Being able to see the issues/vulnerabilities in one list (compared to GitHub) is also very useful.
As CTO, it's should be nobrainer to adopt a platform like Aikido. A data leak or hack might put you out of business.
"Best developer-centric security platform"
Aikido has been instrumental in keeping our application secure. The platform integrates smoothly with popular CI/CD pipelines and other security tools, facilitating a more streamlined vulnerability management process.
"Easy to use code security platform with quick integration into Git repositories"
I highly appreciate Aikido Security due to its clear user experience, enabling you to quickly identify and track security issues. With just a few clicks, you can seamlessly integrate it into your existing GitLab repositories and get started. One of the standout features for me is its communication of newly emerged security concerns through multiple channels, including email updates.
"Accessible & affordable security"
Their transparancy, ease of use, they're improving their tool all the time.
Affordable price with stellar results. Typical competitors have steep pricing that scales with the number of repo's / number of instances running.
Aikido helps us stay ahead of the curve. It educates us about possible liabilities, and it engages the whole engineering team.
"easy setup, usefull notifications"
Aikido provides the easiest setup of any of such tools that I have tested so far. I was using it with the Gitlab integration and it recognized all of our repositories. The security warnings it provides are almost always correct and invalid warnings can easily be muted and it learns from this. It even found issues that our previous software could not find.
"Direct Insights on Vulnerability Management"
Aikido Security stands out for its ability to deliver comprehensive, actionable security insights in a user-friendly manner. I was impressed with how quickly and seamlessly it could integrate into existing BitBucket, GitLab and GitHub repositories, and the simplicity of connecting our cloud environment (Google Cloud in this case) was commendable. One of the strongest points about Aikido is its ability to cut through the noise and deliver important, actionable vulnerabilities instead of flooding you with trivial issues or false positives.
"A wonderful security tool loved by engineers and developers"
Aikido allowed us to implement a security by design process smoothly and quickly. My team loves the integration with Jira and how it feels a tool tailored on their needs of engineers (not security experts), no less and no more. Working with Aikido's team has been great, both in supporting us in the selection process and receiving our feedback - many times resulting is a rapid development of new features!
Given the affordable price for me it's a not brainer for any small-medium sized company.
"The best all-in-one ASPM security solution for startups!"
The UI/UX of Aikido Security is amazing, making it one of the very few tools on the market that does not require a lot of reading to integrate and use!
"Aikido - Perfect security fit for any IT platform"
The standout feature of Aikido Security for me is its ease of use. The platform's wide variety of compatibilities enables seamless integration into our technology stack with minimal effort, especially when compared to configuring multiple separate open-source solutions. I would also like to commend the exceptional support and guidance from their team. They truly understand our needs and we have seamlessly integrated their improvements into our agile workflow. Our weekly sprints have become more robust with their input, ensuring that our platform remains secure. Furthermore, Aikido encourages the adoption of security best practices, transforming it from merely a tool to a partner in our security strategy.
"Aikido is the perfect SaaS tool to manage our security"
Aikido does a great job filtering out the noise you get by the standard scanners out there.
They bundle a bunch of scanning techniques into their offering makes it quite effortless to check the security of our entire stack.
They are very responsive and client oriented.
"Effective and fair priced solution"
Compared to well known competitors like Snyk, Aikido is much more affordable, more complete and most importantly much better at presenting the vulnerabilities that are actually reaching your systems. They use many popular open source libraries to scan your code, as well as propriatary ones, giving you a good mix
"Simple security scanning that just works"
Aikido integrates various open source security tools like Trivy and zaproxy in one simple to use dashboard where false positives and duplicates are removed. The team responds quickly on inquiries and explains clearly why certain findings are not shown. We are very happy that we do not have to integrate all these tools ourselves, that security experts do that work for us.
"Excellent Security Software & Company"
We were looking for a cheaper alternative to Snyk and Aikido fills that role fantastically. Good software, easy UI and most important of all very easy to talk to with feedback.
Everything was really simple to set-up and onboarding of team members a breeze.
"Scan Github repo in realtime for security issues/improvements"
Aikido is very easy to implement, in less then 10 minutes we had our first report.
The reports are very to the point while mentioning all the necessary information so our devs can easily plan and update the system.
We contacted support for one minor issue and got a reply in less then 4hours.
Today we use Aikido at least once a week to check if there are any new improvements to be made.
"Swiss army knife for security teams"
Aikido is a highly scalable and easy to use solution, which aggregates multiple controls in one place and integrates seamlessly with IDEs and CI/CD pipelines. The support team is responsive and made quick adjustments in our environment. Additionally, it efficiently filters out obvious false positive alerts, which saved us many MD.
"A Game Changer in Cybersecurity"
We’ve been using Aikido Security for several months now, and I can confidently say that it has transformed how we manage and mitigate security risks within our organization. From day one, the onboarding process was seamless, and the platform’s intuitive interface made it incredibly easy to integrate with our existing infrastructure.
What truly sets Aikido apart is its proactive approach to comprehensive coverage. The real-time alerts give us a clear advantage, helping us stay ahead of potential security issues. Their support team is also top-notch. Whenever we had a question or needed assistance, their response was swift and thorough.
If you’re looking for a comprehensive, reliable, and forward-thinking security solution, I highly recommend Aikido Security. It’s a game changer for any organization serious about their security.
"No-brainer"
Aikido helps us automate both compliance and security. Without Aikido we'd be spending alot more time setting up tooling to have a similar experience.
It's great feeling in the team that Aikido is running in the back making sure we have no oversights in security measurements ranging from infrastructure to dependencies.
The team is very responsive on feedback and iterates very quickly.
"Quick to setup and packed with the right features"
Aikido was quick and easy to deploy and delivers clear, relevant alerts without adding complexity. It connects multiple security tools, making them seamless and more efficient to use.
It has all the necessary integrations, covers key security needs like SAST, container, and infrastructure scans and the auto-triage with intelligent silencing is a game changer. The UI is intuitive, support has been extremely responsive, and pricing is fair. I also appreciate their participation in the open-source community.
Overall, it helps us stay ahead of security issues with minimal effort.
"A Comprehensive Security Solution with Exceptional Support"
We’ve been using Aikido Security for almost a year now, and it’s been instrumental in managing our vulnerabilities through its robust repository and container scanning capabilities. The setup process was incredibly easy, allowing us to get started in just a few minutes by leveraging easy connection with Gitlab.
Aikido’s integration with Slack has been particularly beneficial, providing us with timely alerts and weekly status reports directly in our Slack channels. This integration has streamlined our workflow, ensuring that we stay on top of security issues without unnecessary noise.
The support team has been exceptional, always responsive and helpful.
Overall, we very much recommend Aikido as the tool to manage software vulnerabilities.
"Useful testing tool"
Comprehensive tool! it scans code repositories and clouds which allow you to gain insights of your application as a whole. The reports are very usefull for less technical people as well.
"A developer first security platform that enables your business"
Our teams have been able to quickly deploy and get value out of Aikido where our previous solution was noisey and cumbersome. The fact that we get all the code coverage we need with SAST+, SCA, IaC, Secrets Detection, Licensing, etc.
The all in one product is amazing and makes it easy for our engineering teams to see problem areas and fix them quickly. The other major feature of auto-triage has been such a time saver for our teams, telling us if we are actually using those libraries or certain modules in libraries and excluding them if they aren't relevant is so huge for us.
This enables our business to focus on fixing critical issues, ignoring irrelevant ones and delivering product to our customers.
"Comprehensive platform to scan your repositories and cloud for vulnerabilities"
It's was super easy to connect our GitHub organization and cloud environment (AWS in our case).
After connecting, Aikido immediately starts to scan them and give you a list of potential issues/vulnerabilities to check. The checks are very broad: package vulnerabilities, committed secrets, security headers web server, vulnerable libraries in containers, ...
Before Aikido we used GitHub's security issues but in most cases the vulnerable packages are dev dependencies and thus not used in production. Aikido skips through that noise and provides us with actionable vulnerabilities.
I really like the Cloud scanning because it's easy to make mistakes with setting up infrastructure (also when doing maintenance or upgrades).
Being able to see the issues/vulnerabilities in one list (compared to GitHub) is also very useful.
As CTO, it's should be nobrainer to adopt a platform like Aikido. A data leak or hack might put you out of business.
"Out-of-the box instant security"
Aikido Security is very easy to setup and delivers its first results in mere minutes. It combines all the essential security scanning such as repo scanning, cloud security, credential leakage, ... in one package that's easy to use by any development team.
"A promising new AppSec tool"
Our organization implemented Aikido as our main Application Security app to take care of SCA, SAST, Container/Secret Scanning within our code base. Overall, we are very happy with Aikido's performance and ease of use. The deployment was quick and easy thanks to the Bitbucket Cloud integration.
I think the game changing features of Aikido is the auto-ignore capability and the reachability analysis. It helps our development team save time triaging false positives as well as prioritising issues that need to be addressed quickly.
The support we have received from the Aikido team has been top notch.
"Easy setup and integration. Also the support it exceptional good."
It integrates with all of our used services and scans for security problems and best practicies flawlesly. Also the provided rescources on how to fix the issue are really helpful. We also integrated Aikido in our Slack so we get notified immediatly when new issues pop up.
Setting everything up was very easy and the provided guides are up to date. Support is super fast and was able to answer all my questions in a few minutes.
"Ideal Security Platform for Startups"
The platform focuses on doing one thing right, increasing the maturity of your company's security posture without having to spend a lot of effort in integration and triaging false positives. Its simple to integrate and simple to adopt for a small startup team that does not have a lot of bandwith but still wants to get better at InfoSecReview collected by and hosted on G2.com.
"Aikido makes security accessible & easy"
Aikido is primarily based on already available tools, making it feasible to replicate the basic technical functionalities it offers. This means they aren't introducing any novel security scanning features. They're also very open about this by providing some references to how and with which tool a certain finding was found.
For our specific use case, I believe Aikido's strength lies in other areas, mostly addressing false positives and providing an easy to use platform to have a full understanding of your security situation.
Addressing false positives is accomplished by considering factors such as the environment (dev/prod) and whether the vulnerable function or feature is present in your code base. If we were to develop our own security tools using CI/CD pipelines or something comparable, we'd be stuck with numerous false alerts each week, necessitating manual review.
"Nice security tool which does everything for the right price."
It has everything from cloud scanning to repository scanning, licence management, container scanning, etc.
"Aikido has become our main source of information for actionable security concerns"
Aikido provides a comprehensive solution for monitoring and managing security issues across source code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure. It’s incredibly easy to set up, and their customer support is highly responsive via Slack. Our engineering team relies on Aikido daily to triage new potential threats, and its integration with Linear helps streamline our development process.
"about as good as it gets"
I really like the unintrusiveness of their service. It's a webapp where you register your code, container, IaC,... repositories and they scan them regularly pointing out the issues they found via statical analysis. There's integration to easily/automatically create follow up actions (tickets) aso. The app is great, you get up and running quite quickly.
Sometimes you need support, and that's great too (even if it's really technical).
"You don't know you needed it, till you use it"
As your team, and the complexity of your app scales and changes, you find yourself not able to maintain oversight into all the different security aspects of your codebase. Tools that you get from Cloud providers and Github (bots) are powerful, but provide yet another signal of noise, are all distributed and all only are relevant to a specific aspect of your application security. Other DiY tools to monitor specific aspects all take time to setup and maintain. Aikido is quickly setup and nicely packages up this information in a cohesive way, providing this and the tools to comb through them.
It's nice that it can also be run in CI, so that you can catch things early and integrates nicely with Vanta to help in the efforts related to compliancy.
Here’s how Aikido compares to Mend.
Based on user reviews.

FAQ
Does Aikido require agents?
No! Unlike others, we're fully API based, no agents are needed to deploy Aikido! This way you're up & running in mere minutes & we're way less intrusive!
I don’t want to connect my repository. Can I try it with a test account?
Of course! When you sign up with your git, don’t give access to any repo & select the demo repo instead!
What happens to my data?
We clone the repositories inside of temporary environments (such as docker containers unique to you). Those containers are disposed of, after analysis. The duration of the test and scans themselves take about 1-5 mins. All the clones and containers are then auto-removed after that, always, every time, for every customer.
