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vs DefectDojo

TL;DR

DefectDojo and SecureScan solve different problems. DefectDojo is a vulnerability-management hub that ingests findings from many tools. SecureScan is a PR-loop scanner that runs the tools and posts a diff-aware PR comment. Many teams use both.

What each tool is

DefectDojo is a vulnerability management platform. Its job starts once findings already exist: import them from 150+ scanners, deduplicate, assign owners, track remediation SLAs, and report across products and engagements. It does not run scanners itself in any first-class way; it consumes their output.

SecureScan is a scan orchestration with PR feedback tool. Its job is to run 14 scanners (Semgrep, Bandit, Trivy, Checkov, ZAP, nmap, and others) against a target, classify the resulting findings as NEW / FIXED / UNCHANGED against the PR's base ref, and upsert a single GitHub PR comment so the developer who opened the PR sees only what their change introduced.

Where they overlap

Both surface findings, both have a web UI, both speak SARIF, and both support a triage workflow with status and comments (SecureScan's triage shipped in v0.7.0). The overlap is shallow: they sit at different points in the security lifecycle.

Where they don't

CapabilityDefectDojoSecureScan
Aggregate findings from external tools✅ first-class❌ runs scanners directly
Diff-aware NEW/FIXED/UNCHANGED on PRs
Single upserted PR comment
Triage workflow (status + comments)✅ mature✅ v0.7.0+
User/role management✅ first-class❌ single-tenant + API keys
Stable across-runs fingerprints
OSS licenseBSD-3Apache-2.0

Using both

The two tools compose cleanly. SecureScan emits deterministic SARIF on every scan; DefectDojo has a SARIF importer. A common arrangement: the GitHub Action runs SecureScan on every PR (developer-facing PR loop), and a nightly job re-imports the latest scan's SARIF into DefectDojo for portfolio-level tracking, SLA reporting, and cross-product views. The PR loop stays fast and local; the long-term ledger lives in DefectDojo.

When to pick which

  • Just SecureScan: small or mid-size engineering org, dev-first PR feedback is the priority, no existing central vuln-management practice yet, single team or single product.
  • Just DefectDojo: large engineering org with established scanners already wired into CI, a security team that owns triage centrally, and an existing PR-comment story that the team is happy with.
  • Both: SecureScan owns the dev-time PR loop (NEW/FIXED on every push), DefectDojo owns the long-term portfolio view (SLAs, engagements, cross-product reporting).

The choice is not adversarial. SecureScan does not aim to replace DefectDojo, and DefectDojo does not aim to replace the PR-loop. Pick the one that fits the gap you actually have today.