Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: GitHub Code Search
GitHub Code Search clearly comes out ahead of GitHub Advanced Security on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. GitHub Code Search's paid plans start at $4/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | GitHub (Microsoft) | GitHub (Microsoft) |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Development | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec |
| Categories | developer-tools | security-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
GitHub Code Search
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| Feature | github-code-search | github-advanced-security |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Collaboration Tools | ||
| Code Scanning | ||
| Advanced Security And Compliance | ||
| Custom Auto-Triage Rules | ||
| Advanced Tools And Insights In Private Repositories | ||
| Dependency Review | ||
| Code Navigation And Browsing | ||
| Secret Scanning | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Support | ||
| Security Overview | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Regular Expressions And Symbol Search | ||
| Saml Single Sign-On | ||
| Search Across All Public Repositories | ||
| Search Across Your Own Private Repositories | ||
| Team Access Controls |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, GitHub Code Search comes out ahead overall, though GitHub Advanced Security can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both GitHub Code Search and GitHub Advanced Security offer a free tier.
