A Semgrep alternative, with no rules and no seats.

The short answer

Is p4ndora a good Semgrep alternative?

Yes, p4ndora gives you unlimited scans for one price per repository, with no rules to write or tune, no contributor count and no AI credits to ration. Semgrep charges per contributor on Teams, meters its AI features in monthly credits and keeps self-managed repositories for Enterprise.

• Nothing to tune. No rule sets to pick, write or silence. Connect a repository and start the scan.
• No contributor pricing. One price per repository. Semgrep Teams charges for every contributor of the last 90 days.
• No credits to ration. Fixes are drafted for you on Continuous. Semgrep pays its Autofix from AI credits per plan.

What one price includes

Unlimited scans. No usage limits. Any repository size.

Continuous, $499.50 a month per repository.

• Unlimited scans. Every push to your branch is checked against the last known state. No monthly quota.
• No usage limits. No test counts, no credits and no build minutes. The price stays the same however much you push.
• Any repository size. A side project and a large monorepo cost the same.
• Your whole team. No seats. Everyone who commits to the repository is covered.
• Automatic fixes. Fixes are drafted for you and opened as draft pull requests to review.

Or start with one scan for $149.50, paid once. New accounts get their first scan free.

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How do p4ndora and Semgrep compare?

Facts about Semgrep come from its public website, checked on 21 October 2026. Plans and features change, so check semgrep.dev for the latest.

How does Semgrep pricing compare with p4ndora?

Semgrep prices people and usage. Free stops at 10 contributors and 10 private repositories. Teams charges per contributor and per product, $30 a month each for Code and Supply Chain and $15 for Secrets, for everyone who committed in the last 90 days. Its AI features run on credits, 60 on Free and 20 per developer a month on Teams.

p4ndora prices the repository. Continuous costs $499.50 a month with unlimited scans, every push checked and automatic fixes, whatever the size of the code base and however many people commit. Nothing is metered, so a busy month costs the same as a quiet one.

Should you choose Semgrep or p4ndora?

Choose Semgrep if

• A security engineer on your team writes and tunes rules
• You want checks in the editor and on every pull request
• You need one of its more than 35 languages

Choose p4ndora if

• Nobody on the team has time to write or tune rules
• You want unlimited scans for one price per repository
• You do not want to pay for every contributor
• Your code is on self-managed GitLab
• You want fixes drafted for you without rationing credits

Why choose p4ndora over Semgrep?

Semgrep is a tool you operate. p4ndora is an answer you receive. There are no rule sets to choose and no noise to silence before the results make sense. You connect a repository, start a scan and get every finding rated, traced to its lines and explained, with fixes drafted for you.

Self-managed GitLab works on every plan. Semgrep lists self-managed repositories for its Enterprise plan, while p4ndora reads gitlab.com and your own GitLab server alike.

The bill follows your product, not your head count. Semgrep Teams counts every contributor who committed in the last 90 days, once per product. p4ndora costs the same per repository however many people commit and however often they push.

What does a p4ndora finding look like?

1. What is at stake. A rating from critical to low, a CVSS estimate and the CWE of the weakness.
2. Where it is. The exact lines, and the route from where input enters your code to where it does harm.
3. How to fix it. A small fix in the style of your code. You review it, then p4ndora opens a draft pull request.
4. Whether it stays fixed. On Continuous, every push to your branch is checked against the last known state.

Can I use p4ndora and Semgrep together?

Yes. Some teams keep a few hand written rules in Semgrep and let p4ndora audit the whole repository on every push, including flaws that span many files, such as a route that never checks who is calling. p4ndora needs only a token that can read the repository, so nothing changes in your build.

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Questions

Do I need to write rules for p4ndora?

No. There are no rules to write, choose or tune. You connect a repository and start a scan.

How does p4ndora pricing compare with Semgrep?

Semgrep charges per contributor and per product on Teams and meters its AI features in credits. p4ndora charges one price per repository with unlimited scans and automatic fixes, so the bill does not grow with your team or your commit rate.

Does p4ndora limit scans or repository size?

No. Continuous includes unlimited scans of its repository, with every push checked, and the price is the same for a small project or a large monorepo. There are no credits, quotas or seats.

Does p4ndora support self-managed GitLab?

Yes, on every plan and on any host. Connect it with a token that can read the repository.

Does p4ndora run in the editor or the command line?

No. p4ndora audits the repository and reports in its web app, with fixes opened as draft pull requests. Nothing needs to be installed on a developer machine.

Can I try p4ndora before I pay?

Yes. New accounts can start with a free scan of one repository. Every finding is counted and rated, and the most serious one opens in full.

Get findings, not rules to maintain.

Connect one repository and get every finding counted and rated. The first scan is free for new accounts.

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