Automatic for agents running on GitHub. On request for the ones on your laptop.
GitHub runs CodeQL, dependency checks and secret scanning on code written by the agents it hosts, Copilot, Claude and Codex, before they open a pull request. Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf running locally reach GitHub's scanners only through tools the agent chooses to call. CybeDefend checks every change inside those local sessions too.
What GitHub Advanced Security does well
CodeQL SAST, powerful and query-extensible, secret scanning with push protection, Dependabot for SCA with automatic security update pull requests, Copilot Autofix, security checks on code written by Copilot and third-party agents on GitHub, and free scanning for public repositories.
But:
For private repositories, Secret Protection and Code Security are paid add-ons on a Team or Enterprise plan. Local agents such as Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf reach GitHub's scanners only when they call its MCP tools. CodeQL's built-in authorization checks are narrow, mainly IDOR and missing access control in C#; wider business-logic coverage needs custom queries. The IDE security review runs on request and is in preview.
CybeDefend vs GitHub Advanced Security
| Feature | CybeDefend | GitHub Advanced Security |
|---|---|---|
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 | ||
| Agent-time (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
Hosted agents vs local agents
GitHub's security validation runs automatically on agents it hosts: Copilot's coding agent and third-party agents such as Claude and Codex working in your repository. Agents running on a developer's machine are different: GitHub's MCP server gives them code scanning and secret scanning tools, but the agent decides when to call them. CybeDefend runs inside those local sessions and checks each change as it is written.
Business logic: beyond the built-in queries
CodeQL ships a few authorization queries, such as insecure direct object references and missing access control in C#, and it is a powerful language for writing more. Covering your own business logic still means writing and maintaining those queries. CybeDefend mines your codebase to extract business rules and checks them automatically, with no query authoring required.
Push time vs write time
GitHub blocks secrets at push time, runs CodeQL on pushes and pull requests, and Copilot Autofix proposes fixes on the pull request. CybeDefend intercepts earlier, while the AI agent is still writing, so the fix lands in the same agent turn that produced the flaw.
Agent writes code
CybeDefend scans
PR opens clean
Checks every change in the AI agents your team runs locally, not only the ones GitHub hosts. Business-rule checks without writing queries. Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.
Pricing at a glance
Transparent pricing is a core CybeDefend value. See how we compare.
CybeDefend
- Developer€204/year
- Team · 5-10 users€2,148/year - €3,348/year
- Scale · 15-25 users€6,588/year - €8,988/year
- EnterpriseContact sales
GitHub Advanced Security
- Secret Protection + Code Security · 10 users$5,880/year
Competitor prices: the lowest annual list price published for the plan shown, taken from the vendor's website or its own marketplace listing and checked in September 2026. Always verify before purchasing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does CybeDefend integrate with GitHub?
Yes. CybeDefend integrates with GitHub Actions for CI/CD gating, and with the GitHub pull-request workflow for inline findings. It is not limited to GitHub. It also integrates with GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps.
Does CybeDefend need a paid GitHub plan?
No. CybeDefend works with GitHub Free, Pro, Team and Enterprise, and with other git hosts. GitHub's own Secret Protection and Code Security add-ons, by contrast, require a Team or Enterprise plan for private repositories.
Is GHAS free for open-source projects?
Largely, yes. On public repositories GitHub enables code scanning with CodeQL, Copilot Autofix, secret scanning and push protection at no cost, and Dependabot is available too. For private repositories, Secret Protection costs $19 and Code Security $30 per active committer per month, on a Team or Enterprise plan. CybeDefend has a free plan with 50 AI credits and 10 static scans.
Install VibeDefend in 5 seconds.
One command wires every coding agent on your machine to CybeDefend: your business rules, your compliance frameworks, and guards that block destructive calls before they fire.
npx -y @cybedefend/vibedefend@latest install
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