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Semgrep vs Unleash

Our take

Pick Semgrep if appSec / eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (10 repos, 10 contributors, Code + Supply Chain, GitHub/GitLab auth) while they scan a first repo, then buy Teams Code at $30/contributor/month when they need Pro rules, SSO, and 20 AI credits — and add Secrets at $15 only when they want a leak scan. Pick Unleash if platform / product teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (1 project, 2 environments, 5,000

Best for

Semgrep Findings you start at $0

Unleash Flags you start at $75 Cloud or OSS $0

Free plan

Semgrep $0 · /month/contributor. Scan up to 10 repositories. Maximum 10 contributors. GitHub/GitLab auth. Includes Code ($0) and Supply Chain ($0). Community support

Unleash $0 · no seat limit. 1 project. 2 environments. 5,000 feature flags per instance. Core flags only — no SSO, SCIM, granular RBAC, change-request approvals, or support SLA

Lowest paid

Semgrep Teams $30/mo

Unleash Not published by the vendor

Runs where

Semgrep

Unleash Local; you host it

Watch out

Semgrep Free is 10 repos and 10 contributors

Unleash $75 is per Unleash seat, with Cloud API overage at $5/million after 53M

Last checked

Semgrep 2026-10-22 · semgrep.dev/pricing

Unleash 2026-10-22 · getunleash.io/pricing

Which one, then?

Pick Semgrep if

appSec / eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (10 repos, 10 contributors, Code + Supply Chain, GitHub/GitLab auth) while they scan a first repo, then buy Teams Code at $30/contributor/month when they need Pro rules, SSO, and 20 AI credits — and add Secrets at $15 only when they want a leak scan.

Read the Semgrep page

Pick Unleash if

platform / product teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (1 project, 2 environments, 5,000 flags, no SSO) while they ship a first kill switch, or start the 14-day Cloud trial and land on Pay-As-You-Go at $75/seat/month when they need SSO, change requests, and a 99.9% uptime card.

Read the Unleash page

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