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Product	GitLab Secret Detection by GitLab View product	TruffleHog by Truffle Security View product
Overview
What it is	GitLab Secret Detection: automated secret scanning, gitleaks engine and 100+ secret pattern rules. Built for Software Supply Chain. Compare Secret Scanning alternatives.	What does TruffleHog do? It covers active credential verification and 800+ secret detectors. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Automated Hardcoded Secret & Credential Detector	High-Performance Secret Scanner & Credential Leak Detection Engine
Best for	Software Developers, DevOps, Security Engineers, Tech, FinTech	Software Development, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Enterprise IT, FinTech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Git Hook Integration; Native CI/CD pipeline feature; All GitLab tiers	Open Source; CLI Tool; Cloud SaaS; CLI Tool; Open Source Binary; Cloud SaaS (TruffleHog Enterprise)
Data residency	GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted	United States; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Automated secret scanning Gitleaks engine 100+ secret pattern rules Merge request diff reports Pre-receive Git hook blocking Secrets Management Application Security Software Supply Chain	Active credential verification (live API probing) 800+ secret detectors Pre-commit hook scanning CI/CD pipeline automation Enterprise multi-repo audits Git secret scanning Pre-commit credential leak prevention Active API key verification
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Git RepositoriesGitLab CI/CDDockerMerge Requests	Git RepositoriesDeveloper WorkstationsCI/CD Build RunnersCloud Buckets
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRFedRAMP	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRAGPLv3 / Commercial Enterprise
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	GitLab CI/CDGitleaksDockerSlackWebhooks	GitHubGitLabBitbucketJiraSlackAWS S3DockerJenkins
Industries	Software DevelopersDevOpsSecurity EngineersTechFinTech	Software DevelopmentDevOpsCybersecurityEnterprise ITFinTech
Regions	GlobalUSEU	Global
Vendor
Company	GitLab	Truffle Security
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	United States
Company size	2,000+	51-200
Founded	2011	2021

GitLab Secret Detection

by GitLab

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TruffleHog

by Truffle Security

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Overview

What it is

GitLab Secret Detection

GitLab Secret Detection: automated secret scanning, gitleaks engine and 100+ secret pattern rules. Built for Software Supply Chain. Compare Secret Scanning alternatives.

TruffleHog

What does TruffleHog do? It covers active credential verification and 800+ secret detectors. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

GitLab Secret Detection

Automated Hardcoded Secret & Credential Detector

TruffleHog

High-Performance Secret Scanner & Credential Leak Detection Engine

Best for

GitLab Secret Detection

Software Developers, DevOps, Security Engineers, Tech, FinTech

TruffleHog

Software Development, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Enterprise IT, FinTech

Pricing

Pricing model

GitLab Secret Detection

Contact Vendor

TruffleHog

Contact Vendor

Free trial

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Deployment

Deployment options

GitLab Secret Detection

Cloud

TruffleHog

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

GitLab Secret Detection

CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Git Hook Integration; Native CI/CD pipeline feature; All GitLab tiers

TruffleHog

Open Source; CLI Tool; Cloud SaaS; CLI Tool; Open Source Binary; Cloud SaaS (TruffleHog Enterprise)

Data residency

GitLab Secret Detection

GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted

TruffleHog

United States; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

GitLab Secret Detection

Automated secret scanning
Gitleaks engine
100+ secret pattern rules
Merge request diff reports
Pre-receive Git hook blocking
Secrets Management
Application Security
Software Supply Chain

TruffleHog

Active credential verification (live API probing)
800+ secret detectors
Pre-commit hook scanning
CI/CD pipeline automation
Enterprise multi-repo audits
Git secret scanning
Pre-commit credential leak prevention
Active API key verification

Platform & access

API access

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Single sign-on (SSO)

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Role-based access (RBAC)

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Multi-tenant

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Mobile app

GitLab Secret Detection

TruffleHog

Supported platforms

GitLab Secret Detection

Git RepositoriesGitLab CI/CDDockerMerge Requests

TruffleHog

Git RepositoriesDeveloper WorkstationsCI/CD Build RunnersCloud Buckets

Compliance

GitLab Secret Detection

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRFedRAMP

TruffleHog

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRAGPLv3 / Commercial Enterprise

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

GitLab Secret Detection

GitLab CI/CDGitleaksDockerSlackWebhooks

TruffleHog

GitHubGitLabBitbucketJiraSlackAWS S3DockerJenkins

Industries

GitLab Secret Detection

Software DevelopersDevOpsSecurity EngineersTechFinTech

TruffleHog

Software DevelopmentDevOpsCybersecurityEnterprise ITFinTech

Regions

GitLab Secret Detection

GlobalUSEU

TruffleHog

Global

Vendor

Company

GitLab Secret Detection

GitLab

TruffleHog

Truffle Security

Headquarters

GitLab Secret Detection

San Francisco, California, USA

TruffleHog

United States

Company size

GitLab Secret Detection

2,000+

TruffleHog

51-200

Founded

GitLab Secret Detection

2011

TruffleHog

2021