COMPARISON · AIKIDO SECURITY
vibecheck vs Aikido Security
Aikido is a serious all-in-one AppSec platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC scanning, container analysis, and cloud posture management. It's genuinely excellent for the teams it's built for. vibecheck is the focused pre-deploy check for a solo dev or small team who needs actionable results in two minutes, not a platform to operate.
The short version
Aikido's pricing starts at roughly €300/month with a 10-user minimum. If you're a solo developer or a two-person founding team, that's the wrong tool for the job — not because Aikido is bad, but because you don't need a full AppSec platform, you need a pre-deploy sanity check.
vibecheck is free for two repos and £12/month beyond that. It runs four scanners (Gitleaks, Semgrep, njsscan, and 50 custom checks) against your repo in under two minutes, then Claude explains every finding in plain English with a concrete fix. No policies to configure, no cloud posture dashboard to learn.
Where Aikido has an advantage: if you need DAST (scanning the live running app), IaC analysis, or container scanning — vibecheck doesn't do those. For the source-code check that a solo dev needs before shipping, vibecheck covers more AI-specific ground for a fraction of the cost.
Side by side
| vibecheck | Aikido Security | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Solo devs / small teams shipping AI-coded apps | Engineering teams needing full-stack AppSec coverage |
| Setup time | Under 2 minutes — GitHub OAuth, instant results | Hours — integrations, policies, team onboarding |
| Scope | Pre-deploy source code check for AI-generated patterns | SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC, containers, cloud posture |
| AI-code specific checks | Yes — Supabase RLS, unauth routes, NEXT_PUBLIC_ secrets, prompt injection | No — broad AppSec platform, not AI-pattern aware |
| Output | Plain-English report with concrete fixes | Dashboards, severity scoring, ticket integrations |
| Minimum team size | Works for a team of 1 | 10-user minimum on paid plans |
| Free tier | Free for 2 repos, unlimited scans | Free trial, limited private repo scanning |
| Paid pricing | Solo £12/mo · Indie Stack £27/mo — flat, no seats | From €300/mo (10 users) — scales to enterprise |
Why solo devs choose vibecheck
You need a pre-deploy check, not a platform.
Aikido is built for teams that want to manage their entire security posture from one dashboard. If you're a solo dev shipping a Cursor or Lovable app, you need to know: is this safe to deploy right now? vibecheck answers that question in two minutes.
The AI-code checks don't exist in Aikido.
Aikido runs standard SAST and SCA. It won't flag that your Lovable-generated app has Supabase RLS disabled, that your Cursor-written API route skips the auth check, or that a secret is interpolated into an LLM prompt string. vibecheck's 50 custom checks were written specifically for these AI-generated patterns.
The pricing makes sense for a solo dev.
Free for 2 repos. £12/month for up to 5. £27/month for unlimited. No seats, no minimum users, no enterprise contract.
When Aikido is the right call
If you're a team of 10+ that needs DAST, container scanning, IaC analysis, and cloud posture management in addition to SAST and SCA — Aikido is a compelling all-in-one platform. vibecheck is the right tool for the pre-deploy source-code check; if you later grow into needing Aikido's broader coverage, the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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