Sentrint vs Aikido: one security platform or one code scan (2026)
Pick Aikido if you want one platform covering code, containers, cloud accounts and domains, with a free Developer plan for 2 users and Basic at $350 a month for 10 users. Pick Sentrint if you only need your GitHub code checked now and then, with a fix prompt; it costs $10 for 6 scans.
Aikido sells a whole security programme in one account, and Sentrint sells a code scan. If you want code, cloud and container checks in one place, Aikido is built for that, and its Basic plan is $350 a month for 10 users. If code is all you need checked, Sentrint's Founder plan is $22 a month for 36 scans.
We read both pricing pages, and Aikido's MCP documentation, on 11 November 2026. Aikido's page packs a lot into each tier, so we kept to what we could read clearly.
How they compare
The useful question is how much of your stack one vendor should watch. Aikido's paid tiers count repos, container images, domains and cloud accounts, and Sentrint counts scans of one GitHub repository:
| Aikido | Sentrint | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free Developer plan, then Basic at $350 a month | Free, then $10 for 6 scans |
| Free tier | 2 users, 10 repos, rescans every 3 days | 1 scan a month |
| Price unit | Flat fee, 10 users included | Per scan pack or per month |
| Scan model | Automatic rescans | On demand, one pushed commit |
| Covers | Code, dependencies, secrets; containers, cloud and domains from Basic | Code, secrets, dependencies, database rules |
| MCP | Local server through npx | Hosted server plus npx bridge |
| Fixes | AI AutoFixes | Fix prompt for your coding agent |
| Limits | Fair-usage limits on every tier | Scan allowance per plan |
| Leaves out | Not checked for this page | Running app, logins, cloud, IDE |
Choose Aikido if
- You run cloud accounts, container images and public domains and want them in the same dashboard as your code. Basic includes 3 cloud accounts, 50 container images and 3 domains.
- You want scans that repeat on their own. Even the free Developer plan rescans every 3 days.
- An audit is coming. Basic syncs findings to compliance tools such as Drata and Vanta, and to Jira and Linear.
- You want AI pentesting from the same vendor. Basic includes 25 credits a month, which Aikido says go to AI pentesting, deep PR reviews and AI code analysis.
- A team of up to 10 shares one flat fee, so a new hire does not change the bill.
Choose Sentrint if
- Most of your risk is in code: a web app on a managed host with a managed database, where nobody on the team runs cloud infrastructure.
- You want a plain-English report and a prompt per finding to hand to your coding agent. The sample report shows the format.
- You want your agent to reach a hosted MCP server at
https://sentrint.com/mcpwith nothing installed, or usenpx -y @sentrint/mcplocally. - You want to spend $10 or $22 when you need a check, and nothing in months you do not.
Pricing, as each vendor lists it
Aikido's Developer plan is $0 and "free forever". It includes 2 users and 10 repos plus fair-usage limits, rescans every 3 days, and lists dependency scanning, SAST with AI SAST, and secrets detection. The pricing page also lists cloud, DAST and IDE plugins in that column, but we could not tell which of those the free plan includes, so we make no claim about them.
Basic is $350 a month as a total fee including 10 users, with 100 repos, 50 container images, 3 domains, 3 cloud accounts, unlimited AI AutoFixes and 25 AI credits a month. Pro is $700 a month, also including 10 users, and adds on-prem scanning, virtual machine scanning, attack surface monitoring and malware detection with 100 credits a month. A larger tier with 500 repos sits above Pro.
Sentrint's pricing page has three plans. Free is 1 scan a month for a GitHub account at least 30 days old, Top-up is $10 for 6 scans, and Founder is $22 a month for 36 scans across 15 repositories. Every plan, Free included, comes with the MCP server and the REST API, limited only by the scan allowance.
Where Sentrint is worse
Breadth is the big one. Sentrint reads a GitHub repository and nothing else: no cloud accounts, no container images, no domains, no virtual machines, and no protection for traffic in production. Aikido's paid plans cover all of those, so if any of them is where your risk sits, Sentrint leaves it unchecked.
The free tiers are not close either. Aikido's Developer plan rescans 10 repos every 3 days for nothing, while Sentrint's free tier is one scan a month, and only for a GitHub account older than 30 days.
Sentrint is also a code scan, not a pentest. Nothing is executed, no login is tested, and the running site is never touched, while Aikido sells AI pentesting on its credit system. Aikido's SAST lists custom rules and its plans list IDE plugins, and Sentrint has neither. There is no compliance tool sync either.
Where to start
If you are unsure where your risk sits, look at the code first, because you or your coding agent wrote it last week. Sentrint's first scan is free, and Aikido's free plan is a reasonable next step once cloud and containers enter the picture.
Is Aikido free?
Yes, on the Developer plan. It is $0 for 2 users and 10 repos with rescans every 3 days, subject to fair-usage limits.
Does Aikido have an MCP server?
Yes. Aikido's MCP runs locally through npx and scans AI-generated code for vulnerabilities and hardcoded secrets as soon as it is written. A scan happens when the agent calls the aikido_scan_paths tool, so the agent decides when it runs.
Why does Aikido cost so much more than Sentrint?
It is a different product. The $350 a month covers 10 users and checks containers, cloud accounts and domains as well as code, so the prices only compare for a buyer who needs code scanning alone.
Can I use Aikido and Sentrint together?
Yes, since Aikido's paid plans watch a lot that sits outside the repository. A team can keep Aikido watching cloud and containers and still run a Sentrint scan when it wants a plain-English report on one repository and a prompt for its coding agent.
Sources
Read on 11 November 2026:
- Aikido pricing: https://www.aikido.dev/pricing
- Aikido MCP documentation: https://help.aikido.dev/ai-and-dev-tools/aikido-mcp
- Sentrint pricing: https://sentrint.com/pricing
- Sentrint sample report: https://sentrint.com/sample