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ShipSafe is cheap per run but narrow. The free Quick Scan unlocks only one low-severity finding, so you see little before paying. The Deep Audit is $29 per audit with no subscription, which means every repeat scan costs $29 again. The site does not present it as a formal pentest for auditors, so some compliance programs still need a human tester. Only web access was confirmed, with no API or CI integration documented, and scan findings are sent to Google Gemini for interpretation.
The two alternatives we list are coding assistants, not scanners, so they suit the case where you want issues caught while writing code. GitHub Copilot offers completions, chat and agent features in editors, the terminal and GitHub; Copilot Pro is $10 per month with 1,500 monthly AI credits, and a free tier exists. Cursor is an AI code editor with agents and code review, with a free Hobby tier and Individual at $20 per month, where usage past the included amount is billed on demand. Our data does not say either one produces a security report like ShipSafe's, so use them alongside a scanner, not in place of one.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our ShipSafe profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShipSafe (this page) | $29 (Deep Audit) | Yes | Web | The free Quick Scan unlocks only one low-severity finding, and the site does not present the Deep Audit as a formal pentest for auditors. |
| GitHub Copilot | $10/mo (Copilot Pro) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Chat, agents, code review and CLI all draw from a monthly GitHub AI Credits allowance that varies by model and task, so heavy agent use can exhaust a plan mid-month and require paid extra usage or an upgrade. |
| Cursor | From $20/mo (Individual (Pro)) | Yes | Desktop | Hobby has only limited Agent requests, and usage beyond the included amount is billed on demand. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot |
$10/mo (Copilot Pro) | ||
| Cursor |
From $20/mo (Individual (Pro)) |
AI coding assistant from GitHub offering code completions, chat and agent features in editors, the terminal and GitHub.
Free stops at: 2,000 completions per month, Limited chat and agent usage (allowance of GitHub AI Credits)
Verified github.com (opens GitHub Copilot website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
AI code editor with agents, cloud agents and code review, offered with a free Hobby tier and paid plans.
Free stops at: Limited Agent requests
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Open-source terminal AI agent from Google bringing Gemini to the command line; site notes unpaid and Google One users moved to Antigravity CLI.
Free stops at: Verify current availability
Verified geminicli.com (opens Gemini CLI website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
Free stops at: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Verified developers.openai.com (opens OpenAI Codex website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $8/mo US · checked Sep 29
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDEs, desktop app or browser.
Watch out: Not included in the Free Claude plan, and usage on subscriptions is capped by plan limits.
Verified code.claude.com (opens Claude Code website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Watch out: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Verified zro.moonmath.ai (opens Zro (by MoonMath) website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Watch out: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Pricing US price unconfirmed
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
Free stops at: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
From $1/order US · checked Sep 29
ShipSafe's Quick Scan is free but unlocks one low-severity finding. GitHub Copilot and Cursor both have free tiers in our data, though they are coding assistants, not vulnerability scanners.
The free scan shows little, each Deep Audit costs $29, it is not a formal pentest for auditors, and findings are sent to Google Gemini.
Not according to our data. They help write and review code. Copilot Pro is $10 per month and Cursor Individual is $20 per month.
No. Deep Audit is a one-time $29 purchase per audit, and no extra costs are listed.
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