Aikido vs Cycode:
Skip the Starter Tool. Unleash Mature Agentic Security with Cycode.
Skip the starter tool. Unlike Aikido, Cycode accelerates maturity and delivers agentic security at scale. AIkido is one-size-fits-none with shallow features that lead to deep risk. Cycode is the only agentic development security platform that unifies AST, ASPM, SSCS, and AI security to reduce risk in modern development.
Agentic Application Security
Agentic Application Security
Secure AI Development
Visibility, governance, and guardrails over AI technologies and agentic coding risks.
Instant-on Continuous Coverage
Continuous, automated security woven into every phase of development.
Secure AI & Agentic Development
Visibility, governance, and guardrails over AI technologies and agentic coding risks.
AST + ASPM + SSCS Unified
SAST, SCA, Secrets, IaC, Container, and supply chain security in one platform.
Context Intelligence Graph
Code-to-runtime traceability across code, pipelines, cloud, and runtime environments.
Software Supply Chain Security
Full SSCS: CI/CD hardening, dependency risk scoring, malicious package detection, and pipeline integrity.
Secrets Detection Across the Stack
Scans source code, CI/CD, Slack, Confluence, Kubernetes, and build logs.
Ample Integrations via ConnectorX
Native connections to your entire toolchain: SCM, CI/CD, cloud, ticketing, and IDE.
AI Teammates and Exploitability Agents
AI agents that triage and remediate at scale alongside your team.
Shadow AI Detection
Identifies unsanctioned AI tools and model risks in your development environment.
SDLC Tool Hardening
Protects the SCM, registry, and pipeline tools themselves.
Agentic Application Security
Agentic Application Security
None
Secure AI Development
Visibility, governance, and guardrails over AI technologies and agentic coding risks.
None
Instant-on Continuous Coverage
Continuous, automated security woven into every phase of development.
Partial - Partial - Aikido relies on point-in-time scanning.
Secure AI & Agentic Development
Visibility, governance, and guardrails over AI technologies and agentic coding risks.
None
AST + ASPM + SSCS Unified
SAST, SCA, Secrets, IaC, Container, and supply chain security in one platform.
Partial - Partial - Aikido covers basic AST only.
Context Intelligence Graph
Code-to-runtime traceability across code, pipelines, cloud, and runtime environments.
None
Software Supply Chain Security
Full SSCS: CI/CD hardening, dependency risk scoring, malicious package detection, and pipeline integrity.
Partial - Partial - Aikido offers basic SCA only.
Secrets Detection Across the Stack
Scans source code, CI/CD, Slack, Confluence, Kubernetes, and build logs.
Partial - Partial - Aikido stays at the code layer.
Ample Integrations via ConnectorX
Native connections to your entire toolchain: SCM, CI/CD, cloud, ticketing, and IDE.
Partial - Partial - Aikido integrations are limited.
AI Teammates and Exploitability Agents
AI agents that triage and remediate at scale alongside your team.
None
Shadow AI Detection
Identifies unsanctioned AI tools and model risks in your development environment.
None
SDLC Tool Hardening
Protects the SCM, registry, and pipeline tools themselves.
None
Built for Mature Security. Not Startup Simplicity.
When AI accelerates code output and your attack surface scales with it, you need more than
basic scanning. Cycode is purpose-built for the Agentic Development Lifecycle.
Agentic Application Security
Cycode Maestro brings autonomous AI security agents into your SDLC. They protect, prioritize, and remediate threats without waiting for human review of every alert. Aikido offers automation. Cycode offers agentic security.
AST + ASPM + SSCS Unified
The Context Intelligence Graph gives Cycode a semantic understanding of risk across code, pipelines, cloud, and runtime. Aikido sees files. Cycode sees your entire attack surface and how a risk in one place could impact another.
Built for Enterprise Complexity
From Fortune 100 organizations to scaling companies—they trust Cycode because it handles the scale, compliance requirements, and integration depth that complex companies need. Aikido was built for startups, and that limitation shows when you try to scale.
AST, ASPM, and SSCS in One Platform
Cycode is the only platform that unifies Application Security Testing, Application Security Posture Management, and Software Supply Chain Security under one roof. Aikido covers basic AST. Cycode covers everything.
Secrets Protection Beyond the Code Layer
Cycode scans for secrets across source code, build logs, Kubernetes clusters, Slack, Confluence, and more. Aikido secrets detection is largely limited to code repositories, leaving credentials exposed across the rest of your stack.
Software Supply Chain Security That Goes Deep
Cycode covers the full supply chain: CI/CD hardening, dependency risk scoring, malicious package detection, and pipeline integrity enforcement. Aikido covers SCA. Cycode covers the entire supply chain.
90% Less Noise. 65% Faster Remediation. 99% Faster MTTR.
These are outcomes from enterprises that switched to Cycode. When AI is writing more of your code,
your security needs to keep pace. That is exactly what a Self-Protecting SDLC delivers.
Trusted by the Enterprises That Cannot Afford to Get It Wrong
Security leaders at some of the world's most complex organizations chose Cycode over simpler
alternatives. Here is what they found.
"If you need a swiss army knife of tools it's a fantastic tool. I really like the amount of solutions and third party integrations Cycode supports so I can populate all results into a single place"
“Cycode was like a breadth of fresh air. It enables our engineers to handle findings more efficiently and get things done, rather than just creating a bunch of noise.”
“Cycode has helped us with visibility and surfacing the security risk that exists in our software development process.”
Recognized by the Industry's Top Analysts
IDC MarketScape:
ASPM 2025 Leader
Cycode was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Application Security Posture Management, recognizing its AI-native platform, breadth of coverage, and enterprise-grade integrations. Aikido was not included in the evaluation.
Read the ReportGartner Peer Insights:
Top-Rated AST, ASPM, and SSCS
Enterprise security teams consistently rate Cycode at the top for platform breadth, ease of use, and measurable business impact. Read verified reviews from Fortune 500 security leaders who made the switch from point solutions.
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