GitLab Ultimate (Application Security)
By GitLab
The security scanning bundle in GitLab's top Ultimate tier, combining SAST, dependency (SCA), container, IaC, and secret detection with results shown directly in the merge request rather than a separate tool. The advantage is a single pipeline and policy model instead of stitching several point products together.
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- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- SaaSOn-premHybrid
- Organization size
- Mid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- $$$
Capability checklist
SASTHow GitLab Ultimate (Application Security) measures up against the full Static Application Security Testing taxonomy.
- Source code vulnerability scanning — supported
- Analyzes source code for security flaws without executing the application.
- IDE & CI/CD integration — supported
- Surfaces findings directly in the developer's editor or pull request.
- Language & framework coverage — not supported
- Breadth of programming languages and frameworks the scanner understands.
- False-positive triage & prioritization — not supported
- Ranks and filters findings so developers focus on the issues that matter.
- Secrets detection — supported
- Flags hardcoded credentials, API keys, and tokens committed to source code.
- Custom rule authoring — supported
- Lets teams write organization-specific detection rules beyond the built-in set.
- PR / commit gating — supported
- Blocks merges when new high-severity findings are introduced.
- IaC & container config scanning — supported
- Scans infrastructure-as-code templates and container configurations for misconfigurations alongside application code.
Alternatives
Other Static Application Security Testing tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.