GitHub Secret Scanning

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Runs on api, self-hosted, Web. Paid plans from $19/mo.

GitHub Secret Scanning is ranked #15 of 26 in DevSecOps platforms on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. Paid plans start at $19/mo.

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GitHub Secret Protection $19/mo per active committer/month Secret scanning and push protection included for Team and Enterprise · Free for public repositories · Validity checks, Copilot secret scanning, generic patterns, bypass controls, security overview insights, and scan history API included for Team and Enterprise github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $19/mo
Self-hosted deployment: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Secret scanning automatically detects exposed credentials so they can be secured before they are exploited.
Scan coverage: It scans all branches across Git history and also scans issue and pull request content, discussions, wikis, and secret gists.
Alerts: When it detects a credential leak, GitHub creates an alert on the repository’s Security and quality tab with details about the exposed credential.
Push protection: Push protection proactively blocks secrets before they reach code.
Custom patterns: Organizations can define regular expressions to detect organization-specific secrets not covered by default patterns.
Generic patterns: Generic patterns can detect secrets not tied to a specific provider, including private keys, connection strings, and generic API keys.
AI detection: AI-detected secrets can identify unstructured secrets such as passwords.
Provider integration: GitHub partners with service providers to validate detected secrets and may notify a provider so it can take action, such as revoking the credential.
Validity checks: Validity checks determine whether a detected secret is still active and may contact its issuing service to check whether it was revoked.
Public repositories: Secret scanning runs automatically for free on public repositories.
Private repository access: Organization-owned private and internal repositories can use secret scanning with GitHub Secret Protection enabled on GitHub Team or GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Enterprise option: GitHub Enterprise Server supports secret scanning for user-owned repositories when the enterprise has GitHub Secret Protection enabled.
Public monitoring: An enterprise can enable public monitoring to detect secrets its members leak in public repositories across GitHub.
Founded: 2008
Price from: $19/mo

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Sources

docs.github.com/en/code-security/concepts/secret-securi· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/security/plans· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/security/advanced-security· checked 28 Sept 2026