Fast to set up. Still a post-write scanner.
Aikido is arguably the best traditional scanner you can buy today. It still runs after your AI agent finishes writing. CybeDefend is inside the agent.
What Aikido does well
Excellent UX, broad coverage (SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, container), SMB-friendly pricing, very fast onboarding.
But:
Classic scanner architecture: runs in CI or on-demand after code is written. No MCP integration. No Security Knowledge Graph. No business-logic semantics. No reachability analysis.
CybeDefend vs Aikido
| Feature | CybeDefend | Aikido |
|---|---|---|
Detection× 10 | ||
| Agent-time scanning | ✓ | ✗ |
| SAST | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCA | ✓ | ✓ |
| IaC scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Container scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secret detection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Business logic flaws | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reachability analysis | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI-BOM — AI component inventory (EU AI Act + NIST AI RMF) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Prompt injection & LLM-misuse scanner (OWASP LLM Top 10) | ✓ | ✗ |
AI & Agent× 7 | ||
| MCP-native (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf…) | ✓ | ✗ |
| IDE security copilot | ✓ | ~ |
| AI-generated verified patches | ✓ | ~ |
| Auto-fix → ready-to-merge PR | ✓ | ~ |
| Security Code Knowledge Graph | ✓ | ✗ |
| VibeDefend — security rules distributed to AI coding agents | ✓ | ✗ |
| Coding agent sandbox policy (allow/deny/warn before every write) | ✓ | ✗ |
Operations× 5 | ||
| CI/CD pipeline gate | ✓ | ✓ |
| Low false-positive rate | ✓ | ~ |
| Setup under 5 minutes | ✓ | ✓ |
| CybeRisk Score — 0-100 score + AI-generated weekly Top 10 brief | ✓ | ✗ |
| EU/US sovereign deployment | ✓ | ✗ |
✓ = Yes - ✗ = No - ~ = Partial
Architecture is the difference
Aikido and CybeDefend both aim for simplicity. The difference is when they run. Aikido is a CI/CD scanner with a clean UI. CybeDefend is an MCP server that lives inside your AI coding agent — it intercepts code as it's generated, not after it's committed.
Agent writes code
CybeDefend scans
PR opens clean
The logic layer Aikido doesn't have
Aikido finds CVEs and misconfigurations reliably. It doesn't understand data ownership, authorization flows, or cross-service business logic — the class of bugs AI agents introduce most. CybeDefend's Knowledge Graph maps these relationships and enforces rules at generation time.
VibeDefend: the rule layer Aikido doesn't reach
Aikido fixes known CVEs. VibeDefend goes upstream — distributing your organisation's custom security rules as MCP context into every AI coding agent before a single line is written. Aikido reacts to vulnerabilities that already exist; VibeDefend prevents your specific logic patterns from being miswritten in the first place.
Same ease of setup. Plus a Knowledge Graph that scores exploitability. Plus enforcement inside Claude Code and Cursor — not just in the pipeline.
Pricing at a glance
Transparent pricing is a core CybeDefend value. See how we compare.
CybeDefend
- Developer€204/year
- Team — 5–10 users€1,644/year – €2,844/year
- Scale — 15–25 users€6,588/year – €8,988/year
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Aikido
- Basic — 10 users€3,240/year
- Pro — 10 users€6,480/year
- Advanced — 10 users€9,720/year
- EnterpriseContact sales
Prices as of 2025. Always verify on vendor websites before purchasing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Both tools claim easy setup. What's the real difference?
Aikido's setup is repo-connection based: connect GitHub, scan runs. CybeDefend's setup is agent-based: install the MCP server in your AI coding tool config. Both take under 15 minutes. CybeDefend requires an AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) in your workflow.
Can CybeDefend and Aikido be used together?
Yes. CybeDefend at agent-time + Aikido in CI gives you defence-in-depth. In practice, most teams find that catching issues before the PR eliminates the majority of CI scanner findings.
Install in your AI agent. First scan in 5 minutes.
No credit card. No setup call. Pick your agent, paste the command, and Cybe enforces your rules from the very next prompt.
claude mcp add cybedefend --transport http https://mcp-eu.cybedefend.com/mcpHosted by us, no install. Just point your agent at the VibeDefend endpoint.