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Pick the right security tool for the problem in front of you.

GuardRank is an independent shortlist of security and compliance tools for 20–500 person B2B software companies — organized by buying situation, with fit and pricing transparency up front.

  • 26 tools
  • 5 buying situations
  • Based on public documentation
  • Sponsors always labeled

What are you trying to do?

All tools

Getting audit-ready for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and similar frameworks.

Compliance ReadinessContact sales

Vanta

Trust management platform that automates evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other frameworks.

Best fit Startups to mid-market teams preparing for a first audit

Based on public documentation

Compliance ReadinessContact sales

Drata

Compliance automation with continuous control monitoring and integrations for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and more.

Best fit Software companies running continuous compliance programs

Based on public documentation

Compliance ReadinessContact sales

Secureframe

Compliance automation platform covering SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS and other frameworks.

Best fit Growing companies seeking guided audit readiness

Based on public documentation

Compliance ReadinessContact sales

Sprinto

Compliance automation for cloud-hosted companies, with control monitoring across multiple frameworks.

Best fit Cloud-native SMBs and mid-market

Based on public documentation

Compliance ReadinessContact sales

Thoropass

Compliance platform combined with in-house audit services for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST and PCI.

Best fit Teams wanting software and the audit from one provider

Based on public documentation

Finding and fixing vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, secrets and containers.

Application SecurityPublic pricing

Snyk

Developer security platform for open-source dependencies, code (SAST), containers and infrastructure as code.

Best fit Engineering-led teams embedding security in the IDE and CI

Based on public documentation

Application SecurityPublic pricing

Semgrep

Static analysis with customizable rules, plus supply-chain and secrets scanning.

Best fit Teams that want fast, rule-customizable SAST

Based on public documentation

Application SecurityPublic pricing

Aikido Security

All-in-one code and cloud security platform combining SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC and container scanning.

Best fit Small and mid-size dev teams wanting one consolidated tool

Based on public documentation

Application SecurityContact sales

Chainguard

Minimal, hardened container images and libraries built to reduce known vulnerabilities.

Best fit Teams reducing container CVE noise and supply-chain risk

Based on public documentation

Application SecurityPublic pricing

Socket

Software supply-chain security that analyzes open-source package behavior to detect malicious dependencies.

Best fit Teams heavily dependent on npm, PyPI and similar ecosystems

Based on public documentation

Application SecurityPublic pricing

GitGuardian

Secrets detection and remediation across source code, CI and developer tooling.

Best fit Any team concerned about leaked credentials in repos

Based on public documentation

External attack-surface scanning, pentest-as-a-service and bug bounty.

Penetration TestingPublic pricing

Intruder

Cloud-based vulnerability scanner and attack-surface monitoring for external and internal infrastructure.

Best fit Small security teams needing continuous scanning

Based on public documentation

Penetration TestingContact sales

Cobalt

Pentest as a service: on-demand manual testing by vetted testers, delivered through a platform.

Best fit Companies needing recurring pentests for audits and customers

Based on public documentation

Penetration TestingContact sales

HackerOne

Bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure and pentest programs run with a researcher community.

Best fit Companies ready to run bounty or disclosure programs

Based on public documentation

Penetration TestingContact sales

Bugcrowd

Crowdsourced security platform for bug bounty, pentesting and attack-surface management.

Best fit Teams wanting crowdsourced testing coverage

Based on public documentation

Penetration TestingPublic pricing

Detectify

External attack-surface management and application scanning informed by ethical-hacker research.

Best fit Web-heavy companies monitoring internet-facing assets

Based on public documentation

Workforce SSO, privileged and just-in-time access, secrets, and access for AI agents and workloads.

Identity & AccessContact sales

Teleport

Infrastructure access platform with identity-based, short-lived access to servers, Kubernetes, databases and more.

Best fit Engineering teams replacing static keys and VPNs

Based on public documentation

Identity & AccessContact sales

Opal

Access management for just-in-time and least-privilege access requests and reviews.

Best fit Teams moving to just-in-time access and audit-ready reviews

Based on public documentation

Identity & AccessPublic pricing

1Password

Password and secrets management for teams, including developer secrets tooling.

Best fit Any company standardizing credential management

Based on public documentation

Identity & AccessPublic pricing

Okta

Workforce and customer identity platform: SSO, MFA and lifecycle management.

Best fit Companies centralizing SSO and user provisioning

Based on public documentation

Identity & AccessContact sales

ConductorOne

Identity governance and automated access reviews, including just-in-time access.

Best fit Teams automating access reviews for compliance

Based on public documentation

Identity & AccessContact sales

Aembit

Workload and non-human identity access management, including access for AI agents.

Best fit Teams securing service-to-service and AI-agent access

Based on public documentation

Assessing third-party risk, answering security questionnaires and comparing vendors.

Vendor Replacement & EvaluationContact sales

Whistic

Third-party risk management and vendor assessment platform, including a trust center.

Best fit Teams running vendor security reviews

Based on public documentation

Vendor Replacement & EvaluationContact sales

SecurityScorecard

Security ratings and third-party risk management based on externally observable signals.

Best fit Companies monitoring vendor and supplier risk

Based on public documentation

Vendor Replacement & EvaluationPublic pricing

UpGuard

Third-party risk and attack-surface management with vendor questionnaires and monitoring.

Best fit Lean teams managing vendor risk at scale

Based on public documentation

Vendor Replacement & EvaluationContact sales

Conveyor

Automates answering customer security questionnaires and hosts a trust center.

Best fit Sales-led companies fielding many security reviews

Based on public documentation

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