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Cycode: The Modern Veracode Alternative For Application Security

Securing applications and the software supply chain requires understanding the relationships between applications, components, people, tools, pipelines, runtime environments, and risks.

As software development accelerates, legacy tools like Veracode struggle to keep pace. Cycode offers an AI-Native Application Security Platform that delivers faster, more accurate, and developer-friendly security solutions.

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Why choose Cycode over Veracode?

Cycode delivers complete visibility across the entire SDLC and secures your entire software development factory from one unified platform. Accelerate secure development and reduce risk across your applications, software supply chains, secrets, and more with unified visibility, code-to-runtime context, AI fixes, automated reporting, and more.

Cycode
Veracode

Protect Secrets

Identifies secrets across the entire SDLC - source code, build logs, Infrastructure as code, Kubernetes clusters, version histories, Docker images and productivity tools (e. g. Slack).

Partial
Limited ability to detect secrets only in code

detect Leakage

Identifies leakage of private code and secrets in GitHub and GitLab public repositories and code snippets. 

Harden SDLC Tools

Enforces secure configurations and best practices.

Secure Code

Identifies vulnerable application code with SAST.

Secure Code Dependencies

Identifies vulnerable code with SCA.

Secure Infrastructure as Code

Identifies IaC misconfigurations.

Protect CI/CD Pipelines

Next-gen SCA to protect against use of insecure tools, modules, dependencies in pipelines, prevent tampering.

Protect Cloud Deployment

Identifies misconfigured cloud resources and drift from IaC.

Partial
Unable to scan in the cloud runtime, can't protect against drift
Cycode
Veracode

Protect Secrets

Partial
Cycode

Identifies secrets across the entire SDLC - source code, build logs, Infrastructure as code, Kubernetes clusters, version histories, Docker images and productivity tools (e. g. Slack).

Veracode

Partial - Limited ability to detect secrets only in code

detect Leakage

Cycode

Identifies leakage of private code and secrets in GitHub and GitLab public repositories and code snippets. 

Veracode

None

Harden SDLC Tools

Cycode

Enforces secure configurations and best practices.

Veracode

None

Secure Code

Identifies vulnerable application code with SAST.

Secure Code Dependencies

Identifies vulnerable code with SCA.

Secure Infrastructure as Code

Identifies IaC misconfigurations.

Protect CI/CD Pipelines

Cycode

Next-gen SCA to protect against use of insecure tools, modules, dependencies in pipelines, prevent tampering.

Veracode

None

Protect Cloud Deployment

Partial
Cycode

Identifies misconfigured cloud resources and drift from IaC.

Veracode

Partial - Unable to scan in the cloud runtime, can't protect against drift

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Where does Cycode stand out from Veracode?

Cycode's AI-Native Application Security Platform combines all the Application Security tools you need with third-party extensibility to enrich findings with code-to-runtime context, prioritize exploitable risks, and automate remediation processes. This improves collaboration between development, Application Security, and operational teams.

Secure SDLC Foundation

Cycode ensures tools are configured securely, roles are segmented and permissions audited, and security best practices are followed throughout the application lifecycle.

Pipeline Integrity

Cycode protects code and container dependencies, as well as pipeline dependencies such as open source build tools, pipeline actions and plugins, and infrastructure modules.

contextual Insights

Cycode monitors the entire SDLC and reports findings with full context so you can avoid manual investigation and prioritize the most important findings.

Unparalleled Platform

Cycode delivers a seamless user experience with comprehensive reporting dashboards for security pros and deep integrations with developer workflows to shift security left without context switching.

Risk Based Prioritization

With visibility from code to cloud, Cycode eliminates silos to understand your application, dependencies, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments.

Instant Value

Integrate your DevOps tools in less than 1 minute to deliver immediate value and allow maximum agility across your SDLC, all without complicated pricing or packaging.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the key differences between Veracode and Cycode?

Veracode offers a suite of traditional AppSec tools, including SAST, DAST, and SCA, primarily focused on point-in-time analysis. However, its binary analysis is requires cumbersome packaging steps and is difficult to integrate into DevOps workflows at scale. It also suffers from slow scan speeds, high false positive rates, and limited visibility across modern development environments. Cycode, on the other hand, provides a modern AI-Native Application Security Platform that unifies SAST, SCA, IaC security, secret scanning, pipeline security, and cloud configuration scanning. It correlates findings across the SDLC, provides contextual insights, and is built to scale with the speed of modern DevOps and AI-driven development. Unlike Veracode which requires users to compile code and integrate scanning into pipelines one at a time, Cycode enables you to integrate with your SCM and start scanning every code change across your repositories with a click.

Why do companies switch from Veracode to Cycode?

Organizations often migrate from Veracode to Cycode to reduce false positives, speed up scanning workflows, and unify siloed application, software supply chain, secrets, and posture management capabilities into a single, contextualized platform. Additionally, Cycode is built with developer experience in mind, offering better integrations, actionable insights, and significantly faster time to value.

Does Cycode offer SAST like Veracode?

Yes. Cycode offers a modern SAST engine that is faster and more accurate than traditional tools like Veracode. In independent OWASP benchmark testing, Cycode outperformed legacy vendors with 94% fewer false positives and a 2.1% false positive rate, making it easier for developers to trust and act on security findings. Critically, Cycode achieves this accuracy without requiring developers to package and compile code before scanning.

How does Cycode compare to Veracode in terms of developer experience?

Cycode is built with developers at the center. It integrates natively into the tools developers already use (IDEs, source control, CI/CD pipelines), provides clear and actionable guidance, and minimizes friction by surfacing prioritized, contextualized vulnerabilities. Veracode’s heavier, slower processes often delay developer workflows and result in tool fatigue.

Can I use Cycode to replace all of Veracode’s capabilities?

Yes. Cycode not only replaces Veracode’s SAST and SCA capabilities, but also expands coverage with: * Secret scanning across code and DevOps tools * Detection of public code leakage * IaC and cloud misconfiguration scanning * Pipeline integrity analysis * Risk-based prioritization with contextual insights Cycode delivers broader protection and deeper visibility from code to cloud in a single platform.