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CodeRabbit reviews your PRs. CodeStax reviews your PRs and catches the vulnerabilities, secrets, exposed IaC, and risky dependencies CodeRabbit never scans for.
Our opinionated read on where CodeStax leads and where CodeRabbit holds ground.
Drag the sliders. Same scan surface. Flat per-seat pricing vs CodeRabbit.
Based on published rates. Your actual quote may differ.
Estimate based on CodeRabbit Pro $12/dev/mo + ~$8/dev/mo budget for a separate security tool to cover SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC. CodeStax bundles both.
The comparison your security + platform teams will do anyway — laid out plainly.
| Capability | CodeStax Growth | CodeStax Pro | CodeRabbit Pro | CodeRabbit Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scanning engines | ||||
| SAST (code vulnerabilities) | Included | Included | Not offered | Not offered |
| SCA (dependency scanning) | Included | Included | Not offered | Not offered |
| Secret detection | Included | Included | Not offered | Not offered |
| IaC scanning | Included | Included | Not offered | Not offered |
| Container security | Included | Included | Not offered | Not offered |
| Code quality & complexity | Included | Included | Style only | Style only |
| AI review | ||||
| AI PR summaries | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI inline fix suggestions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security-aware review | Yes | Yes | No — review only | No — review only |
| Chat with the reviewer | Roadmap | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing & TCO | ||||
| Annual price (per seat) | $144/seat/yr | $264/seat/yr | $144/dev/yr | Custom quote |
| Security tooling bundled | All 6 engines | All 6 engines | None | None |
| Separate security tool needed? | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier | 1 dev, 15 scans/mo | 1 dev, 15 scans/mo | Limited public repos | Limited public repos |
| Setup & ops | ||||
| Setup time | ~2 minutes | ~2 minutes | ~2 minutes | ~2 minutes |
| VCS integrations | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket | GitHub, GitLab, Azure | GitHub, GitLab, Azure |
| Self-hosted option | Contact Sales | Enterprise | Not available | Enterprise |
| Enterprise | ||||
| SSO & SCIM | Contact Sales | Yes | Add-on | Yes |
| SIEM / webhook export | Contact Sales | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Compliance reports (SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR) | Contact Sales | Yes | Not offered | Yes |
What your developer actually sees when a risky change lands.
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Things that don't show up on the pricing page, but do show up in the invoice and the roadmap.
CodeRabbit doesn't scan for vulnerabilities, secrets, or IaC misconfigs. You still need a second tool — and a second bill.
Each PR is reviewed diff-only. No dependency graph, no cross-file reachability, no drift detection between main and long-lived branches.
No SOC 2 / PCI / HIPAA / GDPR reports. Review comments don't count as evidence for auditors.
Without AI triage across the codebase, every PR gets comments — even when the change is low-risk. Harder to filter to what matters.
Seven reasons we hear from teams that consolidated onto CodeStax.
One bill for review + security. CodeRabbit + a security tool easily costs 2x CodeStax Growth at your scale.
Both are ~2 minutes to install. But CodeStax replaces two tools with one config, one dashboard, one audit trail.
One PR comment thread covering review AND security, ranked by AI. Devs stop juggling two review bots.
SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, containers, code-quality — CodeRabbit ships none of these out of the box.
AI-verified triage means low-risk changes get less noise. CodeRabbit reviews every diff at equal depth.
CodeStax suggests committable diffs for security issues too — not just style. CodeRabbit's strength is in style and logic.
Security + review in the same pass = one blocking gate, not two. Teams ship faster with less coordination.
Most teams cut over in a single sprint. Here's the arc.
Connect your VCS. All six engines available from the first scan.
Run CodeStax next to CodeRabbit on a pilot repo for a sprint.
Bring existing triage state via SARIF or manual import.
Enable non-blocking PR comments. Opt into critical-only CI gates later.
Disable CodeRabbit once parity is confirmed. Pocket the savings.
Straight answers to the questions prospects usually send via email.
Start free in under 2 minutes. All six engines from day one. Book a demo if you'd like a hand mapping your current setup.