There are plenty of code security platforms. Here is how to compare them when your app was built with an AI tool — and where VibeShield sits.
What most platforms do
Almost every code security platform combines the same building blocks: scanning your own code, checking third-party packages for known vulnerabilities, looking for keys and passwords committed by accident, and watching your cloud configuration.
The differences are less about that list and more about who it was built for, how much noise you get, and whether you can use it without a security team.
First decide whether you need a pentest or automated scan.
Compare on these points
- Who is the user: a security team with time to triage, or the maker who builds the app?
- How many alerts per scan, and are they ordered by real risk?
- Does it explain what is wrong and what to do, or just give you a line number?
- Does it check database and access rules, or only code?
- What does it cost on a small project, and do you pay per user or per repository?
- Where does your data live, and which privacy rules apply?
Where AI-built apps actually fail
An app built in a day with an AI tool rarely fails on exotic code. It fails on open database rules, a key in the frontend, a function without an auth check, and packages that were never updated.
Classic scanners are not blind to those, but they show them among hundreds of other findings. Without a security background, the list hides the problem.
Review what AI code leaves open to assess a platform’s coverage.
What VibeShield is built for
VibeShield targets exactly that group: projects made with Lovable, Cursor, Bolt or a similar tool that need to get from 80% done to running.
It connects to your GitHub repo, looks for leaked keys, vulnerable packages and open database and access rules, and explains every finding in plain language.
- Built for makers without a security team
- Focus on Supabase permissions and key handling
- Dutch vendor, European hosting
When another platform fits better
With a large engineering team, dozens of repositories and an established security process, a broad platform with deep triage, integrations and reporting is probably the better fit. Choose on coverage and workflow, not on simplicity.
Frequently asked questions
Is VibeShield a replacement for a broad security platform?
For a small to mid-sized AI-built project, usually yes. For an organisation with its own security team and many repositories it is more of a complement or a starting point.
What should I compare first?
Whether you can act on the output yourself. A report you do not understand does not make the app safer.
Does VibeShield check my Supabase setup?
Yes. Access rules, policies and keys are exactly where AI-built apps are most often left open.
Can I run several tools side by side?
You can. Scanners overlap; duplicate coverage is fine as long as you track findings in one place.