Aikido Security bundles many scanners (code, libraries, secrets, containers, cloud, infrastructure files and a web scanner) into one dashboard for developer teams, and adds runtime protection and AI pentesting. VibeShip is narrower and aimed at the founder: what stands between this product and production, in priority order, in plain English.
Choose Aikido if you have developers and want one platform for code, cloud and runtime security. Its free plan is generous for a small team with a repository. Choose VibeShip if nobody on the team reads code and you need a roadmap that also covers legal pages, email, speed and search. Aikido covers far more security ground in the code and the cloud.
Dependency scanning, static analysis, secrets, infrastructure-as-code, containers, cloud posture, a web scanner, a runtime firewall and autonomous pentests, with AI autofix. The free Developer plan covers 2 users, 10 repositories, 1 domain and 1 cloud account.
A free quick check of the running site, a free extensive scan with an account, and with a subscription tests behind the login and in the code. It also checks things outside security: legal pages, email setup, speed and search.
Not a feature-for-feature race: the two tools start from different places and are built for different readers.
| Concern | VibeShip | Aikido |
|---|---|---|
| Primary outcome | A roadmap to production: what is ready, what blocks it, what to do next | One security platform for code, cloud and runtime |
| Who it is for | Founders with a product and its first paying users, often non-developers | Developer teams and their security owners |
| Code, libraries, secrets in the repository | With a subscription and our GitHub app | Core strength, with AI autofix |
| Cloud, containers, infrastructure files | Not checked | Included |
| Live site scan | Sixteen outside checks free, then an extensive scan | Web scanner and surface monitoring |
| Keys in the browser, open Supabase or Firebase data | Checked as a stranger, without reading a row | Secrets in code; not a stranger's probe of your database |
| Legal pages, email forgery, speed, search | Checked | Not in scope |
| Runtime protection | Not offered | In-app firewall |
| Published entry pricing | Free quick check, no signup; free extensive scan with an account; €9.99 a month per site (three-month minimum) for every finding explained, tests behind the login and in the code, with a full refund within 7 days if it isn't useful; or €19.99 once for one report | Free Developer plan; Basic listed at 300 a month including ten users |
Said plainly, because a comparison that only praises one side is an advert.
You need to understand, without reading code, what blocks your product from production, including the non-security parts customers notice.
You have developers and want one platform that scans the code, the cloud and the running app, and fixes some of it automatically.
Code, libraries, cloud and runtime, in the tools your developers already use.
What a stranger sees on the live product, plus legal, email, speed and search, in the order to fix it.
Claims about Aikido were checked on 25 October 2026. Vendor products and prices change; follow the links for current details.
Only partly. If you want a developer security platform, Aikido covers far more. If you want a plain-English roadmap of the live product for a founder, VibeShip is built for that.
Yes. The Developer plan is free and covers 2 users, 10 repositories, 2 container images, 1 domain and 1 cloud account, rescanned every three days.
Run the free quick check against the site your customers use: sixteen checks from outside, sorted into what blocks production and what to do next. Our scans are best effort: they can miss a weakness or flag one that isn't there. This is advice, not a guarantee, and it doesn't replace a security firm. Your site's safety stays your responsibility.