ZipLoom vs GitHub Advanced Security
GHAS is excellent inside GitHub. ZipLoom covers the database, the live app, and the deploy.
GitHub split Advanced Security into two add-ons in 2025: Secret Protection and Code Security. If your code is on GitHub, these are the most frictionless security tools available — they're already where your code lives. They stop at the repository boundary.
Where GitHub Advanced Security is stronger
Every tool on this page is here because it's good at something. These are the reasons to pick GitHub Advanced Security over us, written by us:
- Zero integration work. It's a switch in the repository you already use, with results in the interface your team already reads.
- CodeQL is a genuinely strong static analysis engine with years of research behind it.
- Push protection stops a secret before the commit lands, which is better than detecting it afterwards — and it's free on public repositories.
- Copilot Autofix proposes fixes inline in the pull request, which is a smoother loop than reading a report elsewhere.
Who each one suits
- All your code is on GitHub and you want security with no setup at all.
- You want secret detection at push time rather than at scan time.
- Your team is small enough that per-committer pricing stays comfortable.
- Your risk is in the deployed app and the database, not only in the repository.
- You want one flat price instead of a bill that moves with active committers each month.
- You need the app deployed, monitored, and rolled back — none of which GHAS does.
Side by side
| Outcome | ZipLoom | GitHub Advanced Security |
|---|---|---|
| Where it looks | Repository, live app, database, DNS and deploy pipeline | The GitHub repository |
| Secret detection at push time | No — at scan and deploy time | Yes — push protection |
| Static analysis | Yes | Yes — CodeQL, deeper |
| Row-level security on your database | Yes, per table | No |
| Live app posture (headers, TLS, DNS) | Yes | No |
| Ships and monitors the app | Yes | No |
| Cost for 5 active committers | $20/mo flat | $95/mo (Secret Protection) to $245/mo (both add-ons) |
| Billing predictability | Flat | Varies month to month with active committers |
What it costs
The verdict
Not an either/or for most teams. GHAS is the strongest option for repository-level security on GitHub, and CodeQL beats our static analysis. It has nothing to say about whether your database is exposed, whether your deployed app leaks headers, or whether last night's release should be rolled back. That's the division of labour.
Assessed against published pricing and documentation as of 22 September 2026, plus hands-on use where noted. Prices change — follow the source links before relying on a number.
- Confirm per-committer rates at launch — these changed in April 2025 and may change again