Legit Security vs Cycode for AI code security

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Legit Security scores 4.4 and Cycode 3.7 on our AI code security criteria. Legit leads on AI code and assistant coverage, endpoint deployment and tamper resistance, governance and policy control, and pricing and buying clarity; they tie on developer experience and on remediation and ASPM depth.

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

How do Legit Security and Cycode score side by side?

Legit Security and Cycode: editorial assessment, 0-5. Last reviewed October 2026.
Criterion	Weight	Legit Security	Cycode	Edge
Coverage of AI-generated code and AI coding assistants	25%	5.0	4.5	Legit
Endpoint deployment and tamper resistance	20%	5.0	3.0	Legit
Governance and policy control for the CISO	20%	4.5	4.0	Legit
Developer experience and low friction	15%	3.5	3.5	Tie
Pricing and buying clarity	10%	2.5	1.5	Legit
Remediation and ASPM depth	10%	5.0	5.0	Tie
Weighted total		4.4	3.7

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

Legit Security

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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]

Cycode

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Strength:IDE guardrails intercept secrets, file context, prompts and tool calls before they reach AI services. [source]
Strength:AI-BOM tracks .cursorrules and .windsurfrules files, MCP servers and AI API keys, with commit provenance. [source]
Strength:AI Exploitability Agent confirms CVE reachability; AI Fix Agent produces PR-ready fixes. [source]
Strength:Full scanner set: SAST, SCA, secrets, containers, IaC and CI/CD posture. [source]
Strength:Cycode's AI Guardrails names Claude Code and Cursor. [source]

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Limitation:No prices published; pricing is based on active developers and AI usage. [source]

How do Legit Security and Cycode handle coding agents?

Both act on the assistant, not only on the code. Legit's VibeGuard 2.0 runs on the developer endpoint: it discovers coding agents, monitors and enforces commands against policy, blocks dangerous operations, covers MCP security and resists being disabled. Cycode's IDE guardrails intercept secrets, file context, prompts and tool calls before they reach external AI services, and its AI-BOM records rule files, MCP servers and AI API keys with commit provenance. Legit names Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and Amazon Q Developer; Codex: supported (per Legit). Cycode names Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf and Tabnine, and its AI Guardrails names Claude Code and Cursor.

How do they compare on fixing findings?

Both score 5.0 on remediation and ASPM depth. Legit's agentic remediation fixes SAST and dependency findings and opens pull requests, ranked by business context and reachability. Cycode's AI Exploitability Agent checks reachability and its AI Fix and Remediation Agent produces PR-ready fixes.

How do they compare on price?

Neither publishes prices on its own site. Legit lists an all-modules, 100-user bundle on AWS Marketplace at $60,000 for 12 months. Cycode names six tiers, says pricing depends on active developers and AI usage, and offers a free trial.

Which should you choose?

Choose Legit Security if the priority is one policy for every coding agent on developer machines and secrets coverage outside code. Choose Cycode if the priority is a detailed inventory of AI artifacts in repositories, from .cursorrules files to MCP servers and API keys, alongside its own full scanner set.

Frequently asked questions

Is Legit Security better than Cycode?

On our October 2026 scores Legit Security ranks higher (4.4 against 3.7), mainly because VibeGuard 2.0 runs on the developer endpoint with tamper resistance. Cycode ties Legit on remediation and ASPM depth and on developer experience.

Do Legit Security and Cycode both have an MCP server?

Legit lists MCP server integration and MCP security in VibeGuard 2.0; Cycode lists an MCP server and MCP enforcement. Both describe controls for MCP use.

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