Native to GitHub. Foreign to Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
GHAS is an excellent choice if your entire stack lives in GitHub and you only use GitHub Copilot. Most teams don't qualify — and the ones that do still lack agent-time enforcement.
What GitHub Advanced Security does well
CodeQL SAST (powerful, query-extensible), secret scanning with high signal, Dependabot for SCA, tight GitHub Actions integration.
But:
Requires GitHub Enterprise (expensive tier lock-in). No MCP integration. No agent-time scanning. CodeQL requires custom queries for business logic — zero out-of-the-box coverage. No IDE security copilot. Dependabot noise is significant at scale.
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 | ||
| 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
Platform lock-in vs agent-agnostic
GHAS is deeply integrated with GitHub — which is its strength and its constraint. If your team uses Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any agent outside GitHub Copilot, GHAS provides no enforcement at agent-time. CybeDefend is MCP-native: it works inside any AI coding agent that supports the Model Context Protocol.
Business logic: what CodeQL misses by default
CodeQL is a powerful query language — but writing custom queries to detect business-logic vulnerabilities requires significant security engineering investment. CybeDefend mines your own codebase to extract business rules and enforces them automatically, with no query authoring required.
Post-commit vs. pre-write: where GHAS stops
GHAS scans code after it's pushed to GitHub. CybeDefend intercepts at the MCP layer — before the AI agent's write reaches the file system. The fix is applied in the same agent turn that produced the flaw, not hours later in a separate PR.
Agent writes code
CybeDefend scans
PR opens clean
Works on every AI coding agent, not just GitHub Copilot. Business-logic rules out of the box. No GitHub Enterprise lock-in. Agent-time, not pipeline-time.
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
- EnterpriseContact sales
GitHub Advanced Security
- GitHub Advanced Security — 10 users$6,360/year
Prices as of 2025. Always verify on vendor websites 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.
Can I use CybeDefend without GitHub Enterprise?
Yes. CybeDefend does not require GitHub Enterprise. It works with GitHub Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise, as well as other git hosting platforms.
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.