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Legit Security vs Aikido Security for AI code security

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Legit Security scores 4.4 and Aikido Security 3.0 on our AI code security criteria, so Legit Security ranks higher on the published weights. Legit leads on AI code and assistant coverage, endpoint deployment and tamper resistance, governance and policy control and remediation and ASPM depth; Aikido leads on developer experience and pricing and buying clarity. The widest gap is endpoint deployment and tamper resistance, where Legit scores 5.0 against 2.0.

Editorial assessment · Compiled from vendor product, docs, pricing and marketplace pages · Rated October 2026

How do Legit Security and Aikido Security score side by side?

Legit Security and Aikido Security: editorial assessment, 0-5. Last reviewed October 2026.
CriterionWeightLegit SecurityAikido SecurityEdge
Coverage of AI-generated code and AI coding assistants25%5.03.0Legit
Endpoint deployment and tamper resistance20%5.02.0Legit
Governance and policy control for the CISO20%4.51.5Legit
Developer experience and low friction15%3.54.5Aikido
Pricing and buying clarity10%2.55.0Aikido
Remediation and ASPM depth10%5.04.0Legit
Weighted total4.43.0

Legit Security leads on 4 criteria, Aikido Security leads on 2, and 0 are tied.

Legit Security

Verdict for Legit Security: strengths and limitations

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  • Strength:VibeGuard 2.0 (3 Aug 2026) discovers coding agents on the developer endpoint, blocks dangerous operations, secures MCP use and resists tampering. [source]
  • Strength:Named support for Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and MCP-based assistants. Codex: supported (per Legit). [source]
  • Strength:Runs SAST and SCA inside the IDE and keeps secrets from being shared with AI systems during generation. [source]
  • Strength:Secrets scanning covers Git history, Jira, Confluence, Slack and developers' personal GitHub accounts. [source]
  • Strength:ASPM core pulls in existing scanners and de-duplicates findings, scored by business and exposure context. [source]

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  • Limitation:No prices, pricing unit or free tier published. [source]
  • Limitation:No self-serve start for a single developer or a small team. [source]
  • Limitation:Reachability is not the headline prioritization method on the pages reviewed. [source]

Aikido Security

Verdict for Aikido Security: strengths and limitations

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  • Strength:Flat prices published: Developer $0 (2 users), Basic $300 a month and Pro $600 a month with 10 users included. [source]
  • Strength:Free plan includes SCA, SAST, AI SAST and secrets. [source]
  • Strength:Free IDE plugin for VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf. [source]
  • Strength:Aikido Safe Chain blocks malware at package install. [source]

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  • Limitation:No agent inventory, MCP governance or agent policy controls on the pages reviewed. [source]
  • Limitation:Free IDE scanning covers JavaScript, TypeScript and Python only. [source]

How do Legit Security and Aikido Security cover AI code and coding assistants?

Legit Security: VibeGuard discovers every AI model, code assistant, MCP server and skill on developer endpoints and runs SAST and SCA in the IDE. Legit names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and Amazon Q Developer. Codex: supported (per Legit).

Aikido Security: The free IDE plugin scans for SAST issues and secrets in VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf; no agent, model or MCP discovery is described.

Assistants named on their public pages: Legit Security: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and OpenAI Codex (Codex: supported (per Legit)); Aikido Security: Cursor and Windsurf.

Where do their controls run on the developer machine?

Legit Security: VibeGuard 2.0 is built "as a full desktop app, and not as a plugin", and its anti-tampering stops agents or threat actors "from disabling VibeGuard". A secrets MCP backed by the OS keychain scopes credentials to the session and keeps them out of agent history and memory.

Aikido Security: An IDE plugin plus Aikido Safe Chain, which blocks malware at package install; no endpoint agent for coding agents.

How much control does the security team get?

Legit Security: A central management console lets security teams approve, block or flag assistants, models and MCP servers and enforce custom or built-in command policies. Audit-log detail specific to VibeGuard is not covered on the public pages reviewed; the platform states an audit trail for policy compliance. Ask Legit for specifics during evaluation.

Aikido Security: No agent inventory, MCP governance or agent policy controls are described.

How do they fit the developer's workflow?

Legit Security: Reaches developers through the IDE, a CLI and MCP, and surfaces dangerous operations for the developer to decide rather than blocking them silently, but there is no free or self-serve tier.

Aikido Security: Free IDE plugin and AutoFix pull requests.

How do they fix and prioritize findings?

Legit Security: Agentic remediation fixes first-party SAST and dependency (SCA) findings and opens pull requests; risk is ranked by business context and reachability, and findings from existing scanners are consolidated.

Aikido Security: AutoFix proposes fixes as pull requests, with SCA reachability and EPSS-based prioritization.

How do they compare on price?

Legit Security: free tier: No (free trial on request); lowest published paid option: AWS Marketplace: $60,000 for 12 months, all modules, 100 users (marketplace price); pricing unit: Users (marketplace bundle).

Aikido Security: free tier: Yes: Developer plan, $0, 2 users; lowest published paid option: Basic $350 a month, 10 users included (Pro $700, Advanced $1,050); pricing unit: Flat fee per plan.

Source: Legit Security pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026

Source: Aikido Security pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026

Which should you choose?

Choose Legit Security if AI code and assistant coverage and endpoint deployment and tamper resistance matter most: Legit scores 5.0 and 5.0 there, against 3.0 and 2.0 for Aikido. Choose Aikido Security if pricing and buying clarity and developer experience matter most: Aikido scores 5.0 and 4.5 there, against 2.5 and 3.5 for Legit.

Frequently asked questions

Is Legit Security or Aikido Security better for AI code security?

Legit Security scores 4.4 and Aikido Security 3.0 on our AI code security criteria, so Legit Security ranks higher on the published weights. Legit leads on 4 of 6 criteria and Aikido on 2; 0 are tied. Which is better depends on which criteria matter most to you; the calculator on this site re-weights them.

How do Legit Security and Aikido Security price their plans?

Legit Security: free tier: No (free trial on request); lowest published paid option: AWS Marketplace: $60,000 for 12 months, all modules, 100 users (marketplace price). Aikido Security: free tier: Yes: Developer plan, $0, 2 users; lowest published paid option: Basic $350 a month, 10 users included (Pro $700, Advanced $1,050). Prices as published on vendor pages and marketplace listings, reviewed 2026-10-11.

Which AI coding assistants do Legit Security and Aikido Security name?

On the pages we reviewed, Legit Security names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and OpenAI Codex (Codex: supported (per Legit)) and Aikido Security names Cursor and Windsurf. 'Not named' means we did not find the assistant on the vendor's pages; it does not prove the tool cannot work with it.

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Last reviewed October 2026. Editorial assessment from public vendor material; no hands-on testing.