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Security · socket.dev

Free plan · paid from $25/seat/mobilled monthly

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Engineering teams that depend on open source packages use Socket to inspect those dependencies and flag risky or malicious ones before they reach production. It works through GitHub, a command line tool and a web extension, and can block dependencies that show signs of a supply chain attack.

Facts at a glance

FactValueSource
Free planFreemium: a free plan existssocket.dev/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026
Starting price$25/seat/mosocket.dev/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026
PlatformsWebsocket.dev/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026

Pricing & plans

Pricing

Free plan · paid from $25/seat/mo

USD, billed monthly

Model

Freemium

Free plan available

  • 1,000 API requests

  • Aimed at solo developers and small teams

Source: socket.dev/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026

Features & platforms

  • Detection of 70+ package risk types

  • Automatic blocking of malicious dependencies

  • AI-powered risk analysis

  • Reachability analysis to cut false positives

  • Slack security alerts

  • Web

Sources: socket.dev/pricing, checked 5 Nov 2026

Alternatives

  • Snyk

    Free plan covers SAST, SCA, infrastructure as code and container scanning, with the Team plan built for up to 10 developers.

    snyk.io

  • Semgrep

    Semgrep Guardian, which scans AI-generated code the moment it is written, is free for the first 30 days.

    semgrep.dev

  • GitHub

    Dependabot security and version updates come with the free plan, alongside 2,000 CI/CD minutes a month.

    github.com

Sources: snyk.io/plans, semgrep.dev/pricing, github.com/pricing

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