Pick Aikido if
product teams who will stay on Developer at $0 (2 users, 10 repos) while they open a first Feed, then buy Basic at $300/month (10 users included) when they need PR review and 100 repos.
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Our take
Pick Aikido if product teams who will stay on Developer at $0 (2 users, 10 repos) while they open a first Feed, then buy Basic at $300/month (10 users included) when they need PR review and 100 repos. Pick Socket if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / dev seat / month (1,000 scans) while they open a first Scans list, then buy Team at $25 / seat / month when they want reachability scoring and Slack alerts.
Aikido
hosted AppSec desk
Best for
Aikido Findings you start at $0
Socket Malware and CVE alerts on the packages you install
Free plan
Aikido $0 · , free forever. 2 users. 10 repos, 2 container images, 1 domain, 1 cloud account, 10 AI AutoFixes / month, 250k protected requests / month. Rescans every 3 days. SCA, SAST, secrets, cloud, license, DAST, IDE plugins
Socket $0 · / dev seat / month. 1,000 scans / month. 500 API requests. Attack coverage 2. 70+ risk types, auto-block malicious dependencies, AI-powered risk analysis
Lowest paid
Aikido Typical Pentest $4
Socket Team $25
Next step up
Aikido Basic $300/mo
Socket Business $50
Runs where
Aikido Hosted
Socket Hosted
Watch out
Aikido Free is 2 users and 10 repos
Socket Free is 1,000 scans / month and 500 API requests
Last checked
Aikido 2026-10-23 · aikido.dev/pricing
Socket 2026-10-23 · socket.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Socket if
app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / dev seat / month (1,000 scans) while they open a first Scans list, then buy Team at $25 / seat / month when they want reachability scoring and Slack alerts.
Read the Socket page