Every free security tier that clears our bar in 2026: 24 offers meet the criteria and 28 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 33 of them: on 29 the page we cite did not answer, and on 4 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.

Best Free Security Tools

Every free security tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-09-30.

24 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 14 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 3 a recorded narrowing, 4 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 3. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page. They are listed in an order that rotates daily. Here is how that order is derived. There is no top slot here to sell.
Why trust this data? Every free tier is verified against the vendor's pricing page with dates tracked. We monitor 476 pricing changes and flag vendors that have reduced or removed free tiers. Rankings start every offer at zero and can only demote. There is no signal a vendor can acquire, lobby for, or buy — there is nothing to add. A record reaches a function page when its category names the function or when it carries a subtype label that names the function. Adding a label to a record publishes it here; removing one withdraws it. No page holds a list of vendors. See all 54 security offers →
1
Corgea stable
Free

Free autonomous security platform that finds, validates and fixes insecure code and packages across +20 languages and frameworks. Free plan includes 10 repos, 10 PR scans/month, and 10 SAST auto fixes. Features: AI SAST, Logic/Auth Scanning, Dependency Scanning, Secrets Detection, Container Scanning, IaC Scanning. Best for open source projects.

2
Free

Pareto Cloud is free for up to 5 devices, with no credit card required. The free tier includes the cloud dashboard, alerts to email, Slack and Teams, and the API. Paid Team and Business plans are priced per device per month. The macOS, Linux and Windows apps are open source. Best for open source projects.

3
Free

Free plan with 5 scan hours/month for web application and API vulnerability scanning, up to 3 users, full API access. No credit card required. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

4
Free

URL and website security scanner API — free tier: 50 private scans/day, 1,000 unlisted scans/day, 5,000 public scans/day, 1,000 search requests/day, 10,000 result requests/day. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-21, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

5
Tailscale stable
Personal

Mesh VPN with WireGuard — 6 users, unlimited devices, MagicDNS, exit nodes, subnet routing. Free Personal plan. Best for personal projects and unlimited usage needs.

6
Falco stable
Open Source

CNCF Graduated (Apache 2.0) runtime security tool. Monitors Linux syscalls and Kubernetes events to detect threats in containers, hosts, and cloud environments in real time.

7
Free

Supply chain security for open source dependencies — Free: $0 per month, per developer. Unlimited developers & repos. 1,000 scans per month. 500 API quota per hour. 3 members, 1 repository label. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs. Note — discovered 2026-09-07: The free tier now has 3 members instead of 5, and 500 API quota per hour instead of unlimited. It also includes Socket Basics - SAST, Secrets, and Container scans. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier now has 3 members instead of 5, and 500 API quota per hour instead of unlimited. It also includes Socket Basics - SAST, Secrets, and Container scans. Source ↗
8
Fingerprint stable
Free

Device identification and fraud prevention — Free: Web and mobile device identification. $0 /month up to 1,000 API calls per month. Includes: 14 day free trial of Pro Plus plan, Fingerprint Identification, Android Smart Signals, 500k Android API calls/mo

9
Free

Secure Enterprise-grade platform for managing environment variables and secrets. Free tier includes up to 3 applications and 150 secrets per project. The page we cite for Smart Grow Vault states in words that it is free, which confirms the price — the limits stated here come from our own record rather than from that page.

10
Free

Static analysis (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) — Free Edition: Cross-file analysis with Pro rules, AI-powered detection, triage, and remediation, 60 AI credits included, Fast CI/CD deploy via Semgrep infrastructure, Scan up to 10 repositories, Maximum 10 contributors, Authentication via GitHub/GitLab Best for open source projects. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now includes 60 AI credits and scans up to 10 repositories with a maximum of 10 contributors. Previously 50 private repos (unlimited public). Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier now includes 60 AI credits and scans up to 10 repositories with a maximum of 10 contributors. Previously 50 private repos (unlimited public). Source ↗
11
GitGuardian stable
Free

Secrets detection for up to 25 developers — 420+ secret types, unlimited real-time scanning, 500 historical scan detections, CLI (ggshield) for pre-commit hooks, VSCode extension, 10K API calls/month Best for unlimited usage needs.

12
Safety stable
Free

AI-powered development security platform (rebranded from PyUp). Free: 1 codebase, 100 scans/month, 1 user, non-commercial only. Uses public vulnerability databases (Safety's proprietary 4x database requires paid plan). Email support with 48-hour response.

13
Iubenda stable
Free

Privacy and cookie policies and consent management. The free tier offers limited privacy and cookie policy as well as cookie banners.

14
Twingate stable
Free

Zero trust network access — Starter plan is free and includes up to 5 users and up to 50 Resources.

15
Free

Superseded: As of 2026-09-15, certkit.io/certificate-management reads: Homelab is a free plan for personal, non-commercial use. We are not publishing our stored CertKit terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-15, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ Note — discovered 2026-09-15: The free tier is now called 'Homelab' and is for personal, non-commercial use. Is not reflected on the current pricing page. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-15 · effective date unknown — pricing restructured: The free tier is now called 'Homelab' and is for personal, non-commercial use. Is not reflected on the current pricing page. Source ↗
16
Free

Start free , pay $0.02/month per user beyond 250 users.

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — pricing restructured: The free tier is still offered, but the pricing beyond the free tier is $0.02/month per user beyond 250 users. Source ↗
17
Ketch stable
Free

Consent management and privacy framework tool — Full-Feature Consent Management at $0/month. No credit card, no limits on jurisdictions or customization. Best for unlimited usage needs.

18
Open Source

Open source (MIT) vulnerability scanner with YAML-based template system. 9,000+ community templates for web apps, APIs, networks, DNS, SSL. No usage limits. Best for open source projects. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-16, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

19
Snyk stable
Free

Developer security — 200 open-source SCA tests/month, 100 SAST (Snyk Code) tests/month, 100 container tests/month, 300 IaC tests/month. Unlimited contributing developers. Code and dependency scanning across all products. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs.

20
Free

Code quality and security analysis — free and unlimited for open-source projects, 15+ languages, CI/CD integration. Formerly SonarCloud. Best for unlimited usage needs.

21
Renovate stable
Open Source

Open source (AGPL-3.0) automated dependency update bot. Supports 90+ package managers. Available as self-hosted CLI or free hosted GitHub/GitLab App by Mend. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for Renovate names a plan but states no amount, so these limits come from our own record rather than from that page.

22
FOSSA stable
Free

Open source license compliance and software composition analysis (SCA). Free tier: 5 projects, 10 contributing developers, 1 release group, 5 dependency levels, container scanning, SBOM export, API access Best for open source projects.

23
Free

Free SSL Certificate Authority with certs trusted by all major browsers

24
RandomKeygen stable
Free

A free mobile-friendly tool that offers a variety of randomly generated keys and passwords you can use to secure any application, service, or device.

Demoted — and exactly why

These offers reach this page too and rank below the list above. Each one names the recorded fact behind it. A recorded limit reduction, pricing restructure or new restriction is shown on every surface where the offer appears, with its date and summary — but it does not move rank. We have change records for only 16% of vendors, and disproportionately for well-known ones, so ranking on them would demote the vendors we happen to watch most closely.

−1
Free

Free automated dependency updates and vulnerability alerts for all GitHub repos. Generates pull requests for updates across 30+ ecosystems (npm, pip, Maven, Go, Docker, etc.). Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Intense analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (MIT) secret scanner for git repositories, files, and directories. CLI tool is free with no limits. GitHub Action free for personal repos and 1 org repo. Best for personal projects and open source projects and unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Monitor Java, Javascript, .NET, Scala, Ruby, and NodeJS projects for security vulnerabilities in dependencies. Free for one private project, unlimited projects for open source. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

REST API for fetching information on data breaches. Free web search; API requires subscription for some endpoints. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

GitHub semantic code analysis engine. Free for all public repositories with no scan limits. Supports JS/TS, Python, Java, C#, C/C++, Go, Ruby. Integrated into GitHub Actions. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Find web app vulnerabilities, audit for OWASP Risks. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Sync your .env files, quickly & securely. Stop sharing your .env files over insecure channels like Slack and email, and never lose an important .env file again. Free for up to 3 teammates. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) web application security scanner. Passive/active scanning, AJAX spider, fuzzing, manual interception, CI/CD integration. No usage limits. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) multi-target vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems, git repos, IaC, Kubernetes, SBOMs, and cloud resources. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Test an SSL/TLS service for secure server configuration, certificates, chains, etc. Not limited to HTTPS. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-28, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-28, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Free website security check and malware scanner. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Community (Free)

Malware and URL analysis API (Google) — free community tier: 500 requests/day, 4 requests/minute. Scan files, URLs, domains, IPs against 70+ antivirus engines. Non-commercial use only. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-13 — page content too short (likely JS-rendered SPA); a rendering client read 64 characters), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Helps implement privacy by design via audits and continuous workflows so that organizations comply with GDPR and other regulations. The free tier is limited to smaller teams and the SaaS version only. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems. Covers 20+ language ecosystems with daily-updated CVE database. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) IaC static analysis. Scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, Dockerfile, and 10+ frameworks for misconfigurations. No usage limits. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

A login security API to detect fraudulent and suspicious logins and notify your customers. Free for 1,000 logins per month. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 1 consecutive re-check attempt has failed (most recently 2026-09-10 — HTTP 403), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Open Source

Open source (Apache 2.0) secret scanner for git repos, Docker images, S3, Slack, and 20+ sources. Detects 800+ credential types with active API verification. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Scan your Django site for security flaws with this free, automated checkup tool. Forked from the Pony Checkup site. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

High confidence Indicator of Compromise(IOC) targeting public cloud infrastructure, A portion is available on github (https://github.com/unknownhad/AWSAttacks). Full list is available via API. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

HTTP security header testing tool. Now integrated into MDN as HTTP Observatory. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

A simple, intuitive web app for analyzing and decoding/encoding data without dealing with complex tools or programming languages. Like a Swiss army knife of cryptography & encryption. All features are free to use, with no limit. Open source if you wish to self-host. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

All-in-one appsec platform covering SCA, SAST, CSPM, DAST, Secrets, IaC, Malware, Container scanning, EOL,... Free plan includes two users, scanning of 10 repos, 1 cloud, 2 containers & 1 domain. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-08-29, we could read no amount, tier or rate on the page, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-12 — The pricing page does not explicitly detail the features or limits of a free tier. It mentions starting for free with no credit card required, but does not specify the number of users, repos, clouds, containers, or domains included. Therefore, it's impossible to verify if the stored deal information is still accurate.), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Screen an order transaction for credit card payment fraud. This REST API will detect all possible fraud traits based on the input parameters of an order. The Free Micro plan has 500 transactions per month. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Cloud-first, developer-friendly security platform prevents data breaches in .NET and Java applications. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Test for modern Internet Standards like IPv6, DNSSEC, HTTPS, DMARC, STARTTLS and DANE. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−2
Free

Open Source CLI tool to prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations by ensuring that manifests and Helm charts follow best practices as well as your organization’s policies Best for open source projects. Its pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-07-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −2 link_unreachable Datree's pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-07-10.
−3
Free

Free, unlimited SCA scans for open-source projects. Detect and fix security threats before release. Protect your projects with a simple and effective solution. Best for unlimited usage needs. Its pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-05-23, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −3 link_gone SOOS's pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-05-23.

Not on our ranked list

2 of the 54 offers matching this query are not on our ranked list — 1 requires an application or qualification, 1 has ended. Here is how that order is derived.

Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
date
2026-09-30
query_key
best-of:Security
seed
7a7e6a4d5bee760c1bbd9c29f5acab9b9203788a84b8932790a46ded4bacc27e
tie_count
24

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Durability Read / catalogue date
Corgea Free Free autonomous security platform that finds, validates and fixes insecure code and packages across +20 languages and fr... stable 2026-09-25
Pareto Security Free Pareto Cloud is free for up to 5 devices, with no credit card required. The free tier includes the cloud dashboard, aler... improving
discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown
2026-09-20
Probely Free Free plan with 5 scan hours/month for web application and API vulnerability scanning, up to 3 users, full API access. No... not published
page unreadable · 2026-09-12
2026-08-28 · tried 2026-09-12, no read
URLscan.io Free URL and website security scanner API — free tier: 50 private scans/day, 1,000 unlisted scans/day, 5,000 public scans/day... not published
read not reconciled · 2026-09-21
2026-09-21 / 2026-09-04
Tailscale Personal Mesh VPN with WireGuard — 6 users, unlimited devices, MagicDNS, exit nodes, subnet routing. Free Personal plan. stable 2026-09-21
Falco Open Source CNCF Graduated (Apache 2.0) runtime security tool. Monitors Linux syscalls and Kubernetes events to detect threats in co... stable 2026-09-12
Socket.dev Free Supply chain security for open source dependencies — Free: $0 per month, per developer. Unlimited developers & repos. 1,... watch
discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown
2026-09-22
Fingerprint Free Device identification and fraud prevention — Free: Web and mobile device identification. $0 /month up to 1,000 API calls...
read found the page different · 2026-09-17
improving
discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown
2026-09-17 / 2026-08-15
Smart Grow Vault Free Secure Enterprise-grade platform for managing environment variables and secrets. Free tier includes up to 3 applications... not confirmed · page states a free price · 2026-09-14 stable 2026-09-14
Semgrep Free Static analysis (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) — Free Edition: Cross-file analysis with Pro rules, AI-po... watch
discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown
2026-09-10 / 2026-07-05
GitGuardian Free Secrets detection for up to 25 developers — 420+ secret types, unlimited real-time scanning, 500 historical scan detecti... stable 2026-09-22
Safety Free AI-powered development security platform (rebranded from PyUp). Free: 1 codebase, 100 scans/month, 1 user, non-commercia... stable 2026-08-16
Iubenda Free Privacy and cookie policies and consent management. The free tier offers limited privacy and cookie policy as well as co... stable 2026-09-12
Twingate Free Zero trust network access — Starter plan is free and includes up to 5 users and up to 50 Resources. improving
discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown
2026-09-22
CertKit Free As of 2026-09-15, certkit.io/certificate-management reads: Homelab is a free plan for personal, non-commercial use. Our stored CertKit terms are superseded and withheld. watch
discovered 2026-09-15 · effective date unknown
2026-09-15 / 2026-07-10
Virgil Security Free Start free , pay $0.02/month per user beyond 250 users. stable 2026-09-28
Ketch Free Consent management and privacy framework tool — Full-Feature Consent Management at $0/month. No credit card, no limits o... improving
discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown
2026-09-12 / 2026-07-20
Nuclei Open Source Open source (MIT) vulnerability scanner with YAML-based template system. 9,000+ community templates for web apps, APIs, ... not published
read not reconciled · 2026-09-16
2026-09-16 / 2026-07-30
Snyk Free Developer security — 200 open-source SCA tests/month, 100 SAST (Snyk Code) tests/month, 100 container tests/month, 300 I... stable 2026-09-16
SonarQube Cloud Free Code quality and security analysis — free and unlimited for open-source projects, 15+ languages, CI/CD integration. Form... stable 2026-09-24 / 2026-08-23
Renovate Open Source Open source (AGPL-3.0) automated dependency update bot. Supports 90+ package managers. Available as self-hosted CLI or f... not confirmed · page names a plan, no amount · 2026-09-18 stable 2026-09-18
FOSSA Free Open source license compliance and software composition analysis (SCA). Free tier: 5 projects, 10 contributing developer... stable 2026-09-25
letsencrypt.org Free Free SSL Certificate Authority with certs trusted by all major browsers stable 2026-09-25
RandomKeygen Free A free mobile-friendly tool that offers a variety of randomly generated keys and passwords you can use to secure any app... stable 2026-09-20

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free security tool in 2026?

We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 24 free security offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.

Which of these free security tiers have held their terms?

24 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 14 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 3 a recorded narrowing, 4 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 3. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.

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