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Aikido vs Semgrep

Deeper SAST. Better coverage. Less noise.

Semgrep scans code. Aikido secures the entire developer workflow.
From code and dependencies to containers and cloud infrastructure.

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SAST WITH FIXES

Where Aikido's SAST goes further

Rule quality over rule quantity
Semgrep's public registry is high-volume by design: often without taint tracking. Aikido writes fewer rules, with taint tracking built in, which is why the noise reduction is real rather than a claim.
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AI AutoFix on every plan
When Aikido surfaces a finding, it ships a pull request with the fix. Available on the free plan, metered by volume. Semgrep's Autofix is a recent addition but Aikido's has been in production longer.
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Auto triaging built in
AutoTriage uses code path analysis to prioritise exploitability over severity. Then ranking the remaining findings by exploitability and severity.
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Setup in under 5 minutes
Semgrep requires rule configuration, tuning, and CI integration to get useful results. Aikido connects to your repos and delivers prioritized findings out of the box.
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Semgrep is a widely used static analysis tool with strong rule-based scanning.
Aikido focuses on the entire developer security workflow.
SEMGREP DOWNSIDES

Where the cracks will
show if you use Semgrep

To secure modern applications,
teams typically need additional tools for:

Container security
Cloud misconfiguration (CSPM)
Dynamic testing (DAST)
API security
Runtime protection

So teams using Semgrep end up adding several extra tools, creating...

Fragmented dashboards
Duplicate alerts
Manual triage across tools
High costs because of stack buildup

Aikido's SAST vs Semgrep SAST

3.2x

Faster scans with multicore parallelism
Rewritten on OCaml 5.3. Median 3.22x speedup over Semgrep across projects up to 1M+ lines.
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10x

Faster IDE scanning in Aikido's VS-Code plugin
The old Semgrep-based version crashed on large repos. Opengrep doesn't.
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16+

New releases in a year
Shipped every 2-3 weeks since the fork. Go goroutine taint tracking, Dart support, C# fixes, Visual Basic parser, ...
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How Aikido compares to Semgrep

Semgrep does SAST & SCA. Aikido does that — plus DAST, Cloud, and Runtime, affordably priced.

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Aikido
Semgrep
Static Code Analysis (SAST)
  • SAST AI Autofix
  • Multi-file Analysis
  • Taint Analysis
  • Custom SAST Rules
  • SAST Issues Directly in IDE
  • Experimental
Code Quality
Dependency Scanning (SCA)
  • Reachability Analysis
  • Malware Detection in Dependencies
    Aikido has extensive malware detection for many systems
  • AutoFix For SCA
    Aikido has extensive AutoFix language coverage and works in SCA, Containers & IaC.
  • License Compliance
  • SBOM Support
  • License PR Release Gating
  • Noise Reduction (False Positive Filtering)
  • Limited (Js & Python)
  • Limited (Js, Python, Go)
  • Noisy (Reported by user reviews)
Secrets Detection
Cloud Security
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Agentic AI Pentesting
Credit-based
Container Security
Runtime Security (In-App FireWall)
Local (on-prem) Scanner
Not on Windows
Dashboards
No Compliance Tracking
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How users rate Aikido vs Semgrep

Aikido is rated higher than Semgrep in most Review categories
Aikido
Semgrep
Meets Requirements
8.8
8.9
Ease of Use
9.1
9.4
Ease of Setup
9.4
9.5
Ease of Admin
9.1
9.4
Quality of Support
8.8
9.4
Good Business Partner
9.5
9.4
Product Direction
9.2
9.4

"Aikido’s pentest delivered human level, comprehensive findings at lightning speed and passed a rigorous compliance review with no issues."

Dan SherwoodManaging Director at Khaos Control Solutions

GEA switched from Sonarqube to Aikido

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