Head-to-Head Comparison
AI Security Agent — AI application security agent with threat modeling and sandbox exploit validation, research preview (Mar 2026)
| Capability | DryRun Security | Codex | Verdict |
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| Detection Categories1 | |||
| What this tool covers | ℹ SAST, PR Reviews, SCA, Secrets, IaC. |
ℹ Partial: SAST, DAST. |
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| AI & Intelligence9 | |||
| AI-Native Architecture | ✓ Built AI-native in 2023. Model-independent verification layer. Uses a fleet of specialized agents (Code Review, DeepScan, Custom Policy, Codebase Insight) rather than one general model. |
✓ Fully AI-native. Codex Security (evolved from Aardvark) adds sandboxed exploit validation — a genuine novelty. Still an invoked agent, not a standing review layer. |
Tie |
| Agentic / Multi-Agent System | ✓ Code Review Agent, Custom Policy Agent, DeepScan Agent, Codebase Insight Agent + specialized sub-agents; AGENTS.md support (Linux Foundation) |
~ Single-agent autonomous pipeline (Aardvark-derived). Threat model → commit scan → sandbox validation → patch via Codex. |
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| Natural Language Policies | ✓ Natural Language Code Policies (NLCP); Policy Library with 16+ pre-built policies; Custom Policy Agent enforces on every PR |
~ Editable threat model acts as project-level customization — closer to configuration than a policy engine. |
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| Model-Independent Verification | ✓ Separates code generation from code verification; works regardless of which AI model or human generates code |
~ Sandboxed PoC execution adds a non-model validation step |
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| Code Security Knowledge Graph | ✓ Accumulates organizational knowledge across PRs; cross-repo intelligence; learns risk tolerance from dismissal patterns (nitpicks, FPs, accepted risks); FP fingerprinting improves decision quality over time |
~ Editable threat model captures entry points and trust boundaries |
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| Cross-repo Analysis | ✓ Accumulates security knowledge across all repos in an org for org-wide pattern detection. |
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| Code Security Memory | ✓ Persistent memory of FP fingerprints, dismissed findings, and accepted risk decisions across reviews. |
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| Custom DryRun Cyber Models | ✓ Purpose-built models trained for code security, not general-purpose foundation models. |
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| Multi-model Architecture | ✓ Routes each task to the best-fit model rather than relying on a single LLM. |
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| AI Coding Agent Security6 | |||
| Securing AI-Generated Code | ✓ Reviews every PR regardless of who whether the author was human or AI, DryRun is especially effective at identifying the types of flaws AI coding tools are prone to create. |
✓ Codex Security (ex-Aardvark, research preview March 2026). Sandboxed exploit validation and patch proposal are unique. OpenAI reports 10+ CVE disclosures in open source (<a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-aardvark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">source</a>). |
Tie |
| AI Coding Visibility / Observability | ✓ Code Insights with AI Assistance (beta): NL queries for risk, trends, exposure; org-wide visibility; per-repo drill-down; file-level security history |
~ Finding tracking across commits; not AI coding observability |
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| Malicious AI Agent Skill Detection | ✓ Policy Library includes Malicious AI Agent Skills Detection: flags skills/plugins that could enable data theft, backdoors, or code execution |
✗ No dedicated detection for malicious AI agent skills or plugins. |
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| MCP Integration | ✓ DryRun Insights MCP server: security summaries, PR analysis, trend monitoring, file-level history; connects via Direct HTTP, Claude Shortcuts, or mcp-remote |
~ MCP support in Codex agent; not a documented security-product integration |
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| Continuous Enforcement Layer | ✓ Runs on every PR automatically. Policies enforced at the merge gate. Always on — not invoked per-task. |
✗ Commit-level scanning is continuous in principle (Aardvark-style), but Codex Security is still research preview with per-task cost. Selective rather than universal. |
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| Per-Review Economics (predictable vs. usage-metered) | ✓ Flat subscription pricing based on team size. Usage pricing applies to DeepScan product. |
✗ Token-metered. A single Codex prompt measured at $0.88 under April 2026 billing (community reports). Codex Security was free for a 1-month trial after March 2026 launch — now usage-metered. |
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| Code Security Intelligence3 | |||
| Business Logic Flaw Detection | ✓ Covers all logic flaws, BOLA, IDOR, broken auth, multi-tenant isolation, mass assignment, privilege escalation, OAuth, WebSocket auth bypass, and more. See docs.dryrun.security for more. |
✓ Threat-model-guided scanning plus sandbox validation. OpenAI reports strong recall on golden-repo benchmarks and 10+ CVE disclosures. |
Tie |
| Git Behavioral Analysis | ✓ Git Behavioral Graphs: code churn, temporal coupling, knowledge decay, temporal anomalies, intent mining |
✗ Not available |
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| Continuous Baseline & Risk Trending | ✓ Risk Register with Critical/High/Medium/Low severity; AI Assistance for Insights with NL queries, trend monitoring, and 30-day window analysis |
~ Commit-by-commit scanning, but no trending dashboard. |
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| Workflow & Supply Chain2 | |||
| SCM Support | ✓ GitHub and GitLab (native apps with OAuth) |
~ GitHub only. |
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| SBOM / AI-BOM Generation | ✓ DeepScan generates SBOM with SCA agent providing dependency inventory and license checking (Dependency License Check policy). Plus AI-BOM and runtime context — not just a static dependency graph. |
✗ No SBOM or AI-BOM generation capability. |
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| Reporting & Compliance1 | |||
| Compliance Framework Mapping (SOC 2, PCI, NIST, OWASP, MISRA, STIG) | ~ Findings tagged with OWASP Top 10 and CWE. Dedicated SOC 2 / PCI / STIG report templates are on the roadmap, not shipped. |
✗ Not a compliance product. |
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| Market Feedback (G2)4 | |||
| G2 Rating / Review Count | ℹ 4.9/5 (19 reviews) — g2.com/products/dryrun-security/reviews |
ℹ 5/5 (1 review, not meaningful) — g2.com/products/openai-codex/reviews |
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| Notable G2 Praise (Attributed) | ℹ "DryRun goes far beyond what rule-based SAST tools offer. It catches things other tools completely miss — like middleware that's defined but never mounted, or trust boundary misalignments." — Jabez A., Director, Product Security Architecture, Enterprise (g2.com/products/dryrun-security/reviews) |
ℹ No G2 reviews exist for OpenAI Codex Security product |
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| Notable G2 Criticisms (Attributed) | ℹ "I do somewhat wish there were more customization options for tuning the analyzers, but that seems to be in the works." — Kyle R. (g2.com/products/dryrun-security/reviews) |
ℹ "Learning curve for advanced features." (g2.com/products/openai/reviews) |
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| Common G2 Complaint Themes | ℹ UI/portal speed; desire for more analyzer customization (g2.com/products/dryrun-security/reviews) |
ℹ Learning curve; expensive higher tiers; context hallucinations (g2.com/products/openai/reviews) |
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