Microsoft GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps provides application security testing integrated into Azure Repos and Azure DevOps workflows, including secret scanning, push protection, dependency scanning, and CodeQL-based static analysis.
Published May 16, 2026
| Starting Price | Published per-committer pricing available from the vendor; packaging has been modularized into Code Security and Secret Protection options. | Published per-user pricing available from the vendor; broader bundles can increase costs. | Published pricing with a free tier; team tiers scale with code volume or subscription level. |
| Suitable For | Azure DevOps Services + Azure Repos teams seeking integrated scanning and CodeQL-based analysis within the same platform. | Organizations seeking broad coverage across SCA/SAST/IaC/containers and dedicated AppSec workflows. | Organizations focused on code quality and security rules with code-volume-based economics and multi-language analysis. |
| Key Strength | Integration with Azure DevOps workflows; CodeQL support; push protection and secret scanning within the platform. | Broad product surface across SDLC artifacts and strong integration ecosystem. | Strong code quality governance and established rule ecosystem; code-volume-based pricing can be cost-effective at scale. |
| Key Weakness | Cost sensitivity for narrow use cases; some users report limited native enforcement patterns for pipeline gating and less visible Azure DevOps-specific reviews. | Pricing can escalate with scale; enterprise pricing may require direct negotiation. | Configuration can produce noise if not tuned; advanced enterprise features may require higher tiers. |
Where GHAS for Azure DevOps tends to be a stronger fit:
Where competitors may have advantages:
Adoption and mindshare metrics available on review platforms reflect engagement on those platforms and should be used as directional indicators rather than audited market share.