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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 2 - Reviews of GitGuardian

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
CTO  
Leisure, Travel & Tourism  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Git guardian is a must for any startup team "

September 20, 2022

5.0

Pros

Easy to use and covers the gap completely

Cons

Some ui and UX kinks but nothing major. It's sometimes hard to what's in progress

Review Source

CB

Carter B.  
Co-Founder  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great way to prevent commits with unintended secrets"

September 7, 2022

5.0

Pros

The product was easy to use and setup -- it integrated well with our existing stack. With only a few exceptions, the product has caught secrets before they were committed.

Cons

Really nothing negative to say about the product. It does what it is intended to do very well.

Review Source

EŞ

Eren Ş.  
Founder  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy to use and very useful"

July 21, 2021

5.0

Pros

It is hard to keep track of your projects all the time and GitGuardian does that for you reliably.

Cons

Sometimes you may get spammed with unimportant notifications.

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

July 23, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience Eren! GitGuardian's native integrations with the major VCS such as GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket is what makes tracking all your projects in real-time possible. We're sorry to hear you are receiving many notifications. Have you tried changing the settings in the notifications center to help you focus on secret incidents only?

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Essential tool for modern developers"

September 12, 2021

5.0

Pros

Easy to configure and use. Notifies about leaked secrets and potential vulnerabilities in GitHub repos.

Cons

Would be nice to have suggested improvements automated for simple and common mistakes.

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

September 16, 2021

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with GitGuardian! We are working on providing more automation and detection at various levels of the development lifecycle, for developers to catch incidents earlier and remediate them faster. If you would like to help us shape future versions of the product, please write to contact \[at\] gitguardian \[dot\] com.

CW

Christian W.  
Solutions Architect  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Ideal tool to get started with Secret scanning"

February 27, 2023

4.0

Pros

\-Easy to set up-The remediation workflow helps to quickly resolve findings and makes it easy to include developers in the process

Cons

\- there really aren't any dislikes- Some of the more advanced features are only available with the Business and Enterprise plan

Review Source

SI

Shinobu I.  
VPoE  
Retail  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "The very first glance at GitGuardian"

August 9, 2022

5.0

I just started using it however it is very easy to use as well as efficient to find out security risks.

Pros

The scanning and pointing out risky code fragments is very useful to keep our code repository safe.

Cons

I would like to set up mail notification without adding an account.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Full-Stack Software Engineer  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "GitGuardian Repository Scanning: An Essential Tool"

June 17, 2022

5.0

Our primary goal is to ensure secrets aren't accidentally exposed in our repositories, and it's the perfect tool for that!

Pros

GitGuardian is so easy to setup and use. I love how simple it is to analyze your repositories on GitHub and be warned if commits contain secrets.

Cons

The "free" Team pricing requires a manual support process, but it's not that big of a deal.

Review Source

GB

Gaia B.  
Backend architect  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great software "

September 9, 2022

5.0

Pros

Stellar customer support Quality of the software Monitoring and alerts

Cons

Not very user friendly in the beginning

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Php web developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "A great tool to avoid securities issues"

July 21, 2021

5.0

Pros

The real time notification system allowing to control the secrets leak instantly

Cons

At first I was concern about the data Gitguardian has access but I think they manage it pretty clear

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

July 23, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Our goal is to help you get to your leaked secrets before anyone else does! As for your valid concern on data privacy, GitGuardian's APIs are stateless and do not store any of the documents you send through. We also offer an on-premises version of the Internal Repositories Monitoring for companies with strong privacy requirements.

MK

Matt K.  
Student  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great product"

September 27, 2021

5.0

Very positive, I'll be using it going forward and recommending it

Pros

GitGuardian has already saved my MySQL database and NewRelic accounts, the early alerts are fantastic.

Cons

Nothing really, the alerts are timely and informative, will use it on all my repos.

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

October 1, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to review GitGuardian Matt. We're happy to learn we're protecting critical components such as your database! If you have any feature requests or feedback, drop us an email at contact \[at\] gitguardian \[dot\] com.

DY

Deepak Y.  
Student  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Must use it"

August 12, 2021

4.0

I have a habit of keeping file and secret together for simplicity, But many time have pushed those and key and username again and again. I have pushed almost for 7-8 times. Now days i do that mistake rarely but in earlier days I was struggle with this issue

Pros

Scans for secret is the best thing of this software

Cons

There is nothing more we can get from this software. Its absolutely perfect!!!!!... :)

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

August 13, 2021

Thank you for your review Deepak. We are happy GitGuardian is useful to you! Adopting good habits is hard, you can learn more about the best practices for secrets management here - https://bit.ly/3g2pXwS.

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Software Engineer  
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Exactly as Expected"

July 20, 2021

5.0

Pros

It's easy to use and documentation is concise and straightforward

Cons

Oftentimes can feel like it is used in niche cases but it more pertinent than expected

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

July 23, 2021

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience using GitGuardian. Internal Repositories Monitoring scans your code repositories and alerts you in real-time, you never know!

KK

Konstantin K.  
Frontend Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "GitGuardian Review"

May 2, 2022

5.0

Pros

It is very intuitive in set up and use of dashboards. Lots of documentation available and it feels like a very reliable tool

Cons

I didn't find it easy to contact a support line

Review Source

MH

Michael H.  
CTO  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "A+ for GitGuardian"

July 11, 2022

5.0

Very happy customer of GitGuardian and use their scans to inform how we manage secrets.

Pros

Love that the product makes it so easy to identify when secrets have been checked into the code! Coupled with the low price point, this is a HUGE win for our team + code base.

Cons

The UI is a little tricky to navigate because there's so much information presented. For example, it's hard for me to figure out how to exclude certain repos from their scans.

Review Source

AM

Abdisatar M.  
software engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great Product"

October 3, 2021

5.0

Pros

if you were to leak your smtp credentials or env variables accidentally you get notified immediately thus protecting you

Cons

They add a webhook in every repository with no clear way to removing all of them.Rest To Be Determined

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

October 25, 2021

Thank you for sharing your experience Abdisatar! If you want to remove a repository from the real-time monitoring perimeter, go to your workspace Settings > Integrations > VCS integrations and click on "Edit".

JA

Jonathan A.  
Web designer / developer  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Lifesaver for solo or small teams"

July 26, 2021

5.0

Pros

Has kept me from pushing private keys to repos and alerted me when I have so I can quickly update. Must have for small teams or solo devs such as myself.

Cons

I don't have any cons, I don't use GitGuardian as much as a very dev heavy team might though.

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

July 27, 2021

Thank you for your review Jonathan. We're happy to know GitGuardian keeps your repositories secrets free!

HA

Hakan A.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Helpful for lazy people"

July 20, 2021

5.0

Pros

It's very common to let Firebase keys leak so i like that it catches them

Cons

Unclear how to remove webhooks from my repositories

Review Source

Response from GitGuardian

July 23, 2021

Thank you for sharing your experience Hakan. If you need any help configuring your custom webhooks, please send an email to: ziad \[dot\] ghalleb \[at\] gitguardian \[dot\] com.

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