Vooda AI

Overview

Vooda AI is a secrets detection and security intelligence platform for finding exposed credentials and sensitive data across code and other technology sources. It suits security teams that need to verify whether discovered credentials still work and assess their reach. The free self-hosted plan supports production use, but requires Docker; air-gapped deployments give up outbound credential verification.

Key features

Detection combines 942 provider-specific rules with entropy analysis, base64 decoding, structured-file parsing, configuration-assignment detection, and custom detectors. That breadth can help teams catch secrets in varied formats, while rule and source severity overrides, allowlists, and suppressions let them tune results to their environment.

Vooda checks credentials in real time against more than 250 provider APIs. Its AI triage scores confidence, adapts to team accept-or-dismiss decisions, and suppresses known false positives. Vooda Radar adds an impact view: it checks active secrets, enumerates accessible repositories, storage buckets, databases, and IAM policies, then assigns a 0–100 score. This connects finding a credential to understanding its potential reach; disabling outbound verification for air-gapped use removes the live-checking step.

Scanning extends beyond source code to more than 23 kinds of sources, including collaboration tools, cloud storage, Docker images, Postman, and CI/CD logs. Integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS S3, Slack, Jira, Jenkins, CircleCI, Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow, Notion, and Confluence. A GitHub Action, GitLab CI template, and container image support CI/CD use, with pre-commit scanning, CI gates, push protection, and pull-request scanning.

For remediation, Vooda creates provider-specific rotation playbooks and pre-filled pull requests to remove secrets from code. Findings map to frameworks including SOC 2, PCI-DSS 4.0, ISO 27001:2022, NIST 800-53, HIPAA, GDPR, OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25, and CAPEC. Enterprise access controls include SAML 2.0, SSO for Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace, role-based access, and immutable audit logs. Vooda says connection credentials are encrypted at rest and stay within the customer tenant, and that the product needs no agents.

Pricing

The Self-hosted plan costs 0.00 USD per free and is intended for production use at any company size, with no seat limits. It includes GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket support, CI/CD scanning, pre-commit and pull-request scanning, push protection, and custom detection rules. Docker is required, so the zero price does not remove the operational requirement to run it on customer infrastructure. Self-hosting can support air-gapped use with a local AI model, but outbound credential verification must be disabled.

Platforms

Vooda supports API, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and self-hosted deployment. Its self-hosting guide describes running on customer infrastructure, including air-gapped operation. The product is identified as a Virantis product.

Who it's for

Vooda is a strong fit for organizations that want broad secrets coverage, live credential checks, impact assessment, and remediation workflows in one security tool. Its unlimited-seat free self-hosted plan also makes it worth considering for teams able to manage Docker and their own deployment. It is less suitable for air-gapped teams that need live credential verification, since that capability depends on outbound access.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Live checks against more than 250 provider APIs and Radar's access enumeration help teams prioritize credentials by whether they work and what they can reach.
• Pro: Scanning across code, collaboration tools, cloud storage, containers, and CI/CD logs gives teams coverage beyond repositories.
• Pro: The free production plan has no seat limits and includes CI/CD, pre-commit, pull-request, and push-protection options.
• Con: Self-hosting requires Docker, so teams must be prepared to operate the deployment themselves.
• Con: Air-gapped use disables outbound credential verification, limiting the live-checking part of the product.

Alternatives

For another broad secrets-scanning option with a free tier, consider GitGuardian; its Starter plan includes unlimited real-time scanning for up to 25 developers, with historical detections capped at 500 and API calls at 10K. HashiCorp Nomad is another freemium option, with self-managed and customizable enterprise plans. Semgrep Code offers a free edition covering code and supply chain for up to 10 repositories and 10 contributors, with 60 AI credits. Endor Labs has a no-account-required free developer plan for local scans, but without a UI, policies, or scan history.

ggshield may suit readers seeking a free CLI option; its CLI is open source, while the detection library behind GitGuardian's public API is closed source. Kingfisher is a free and open-source alternative. TruffleHog offers an open-source plan with scanning for GitHub, S3, directories, GCS, and Docker, plus 800+ detectors and CI hooks. Betterleaks is another free alternative.

Browse the Secrets Scanning Software category for more options.

Verdict

Choose Vooda AI if your team needs to find secrets across code and connected services, verify live credentials, and see their potential reach, especially if you can self-host. Its no-cost, unlimited-seat production plan is compelling, but Docker operation is a real commitment, and air-gapped users must trade away outbound verification. Teams that cannot accept either constraint should consider another secrets-scanning tool.