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Whitespots
vs GitLab Ultimate

Vendor-agnostic DevSecOps vs. security features bundled inside a single platform.

Choose Whitespots if you use GitHub, Bitbucket or multiple VCS providers — or if your org can't justify Ultimate-tier licensing for every user just to get security features.
Choose GitLab Ultimate if your entire engineering org is 100% GitLab and you want single-vendor procurement.
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TL;DR

Summary at a glance

Whitespots wins on

  • → Works with GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and GitLab
  • → Custom checks configured in UI — no pipeline YAML
  • → Built-in vulnerability-management workflow (triage, SLAs)
  • → Pipelineless integration
  • → Better support (dedicated messenger vs email + portal)

GitLab Ultimate wins on

  • → Deep integration with GitLab-native workflows
  • → Single-vendor procurement simplicity
  • → Already bundled if your org already pays for Ultimate
  • → End-to-end DevOps platform — SCM, CI/CD, registry, planning and security in one tool
  • → Native Merge Request security reports and policies inside the GitLab UI

TCO at 200 devs (yr)

~$26k/yr
Whitespots · entry tier
$100k+/yr
GitLab Ultimate · per-user
Product overview

Side by side

Primary

Whitespots

"Full-lifecycle AppSec — scan, manage, resolve."

Deployment SaaS + Self-hosted
Licensing From ~$26,000/yr (per org, €24k)
VCS coverage GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps
Integration model Pipelineless — VCS webhook
Vuln management Built-in triage & SLAs
Support Tiered plans — dedicated messenger + SLA options

GitLab Ultimate

"Security features bundled into the GitLab DevOps platform."

Deployment SaaS + Self-hosted
Licensing Per-user (Ultimate tier required)
VCS coverage GitLab only
Integration model GitLab CI pipeline jobs
Vuln management Vulnerability Report (list-only)
Support Email + support portal
Feature breakdown

Detailed comparison

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Use Cases

Feature
Whitespots
GitLab Ultimate
Run code checks (SAST/Secrets)
Catch bugs and leaked credentials before they reach production.
Yes Low-code CI/CD included; no pipeline required.
Yes Bundled SAST and secret detection at Ultimate tier.
Run domain checks (DAST)
Yes Ready-to-use DAST config.
Yes
Run cloud checks (CSPM)
Yes CSPM for AWS / GCP / Azure.
Yes
Run Docker container checks
Yes
Yes Container scanning included.
Run host scans
Yes Agent and agentless host scanning.
Yes
Vulnerability management
A central triage queue with SLAs, ownership and workflow — not just a list.
Yes A configurable rule engine (validation + dedup) plus triage queues, SLA tracking and ownership — built to handle the finding volumes a multi-repo org produces.
No Vulnerability Report is a list view — no SLAs, ownership routing or workflow engine.
False-positive suppression
Without it, engineers waste hours triaging noise instead of real issues.
Yes Rule-based auto-suppression of known false positives, scoped by scanner, product or rule pattern.
No Dismiss per finding manually; no automated suppression logic.
Deduplication across tools
Multiple scanners report the same vulnerability — dedup prevents alert fatigue.
Yes Configurable dedup across any scanner set, scoped per product.
No No cross-scanner dedup engine.
PR comments
Yes GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket PR comments included.
Yes Merge-request comments in GitLab only.
IDE integration
Yes VS Code and JetBrains plugins surface findings inline.
No
2

Ease of Use

Feature
Whitespots
GitLab Ultimate
Pipelineless integration
No pipeline authoring — connect your VCS webhook in seconds.
Yes Webhook onboarding in ~15 s. Scans run outside your CI in a dedicated scalable environment, so GitLab pipelines stay fast; quality-gate policies still block risky merges.
No Every scanner runs as a GitLab CI job that must be authored and maintained.
Multi-VCS support
Most engineering orgs aren't 100% on one VCS provider.
Yes GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps at the same price.
No GitLab-only. Other VCS providers are not supported at all.
Customer support
Yes Tiered support plans — entry tier includes dedicated messenger, onboarding and implementation guidance; higher tiers add extended hours and SLAs.
Portal-only Email + support portal. No dedicated messenger channel at standard tier.
3

Flexibility & Customisation

Feature
Whitespots
GitLab Ultimate
Run custom checks
Inject your own scanners without writing pipelines.
Yes Configured in UI — no YAML.
Via YAML Requires authoring and maintaining GitLab CI pipeline jobs for every custom check.
Custom report parsing
Yes
No
Custom validation rules
Yes
No
Custom dedup rules
Yes
No
Custom CVSS rules
Adjust severity to your organization's actual risk tolerance.
Yes
No
4

Privacy & Security

Feature
Whitespots
GitLab Ultimate
Self-hosted deployment
Yes Included at no extra cost at standard pricing.
Yes Self-hosted GitLab Ultimate supported.
Custom roles & permissions
Yes Full custom-role engine.
Yes Custom roles available at Ultimate tier.
SSO
Yes
Yes
5

Pricing

Feature
Whitespots
GitLab Ultimate
License model
Yes From €24,000/yr for unlimited developers, priced per organization.
Per-user (Ultimate tier) Ultimate tier must be applied across the whole org to unlock security features.
TCO at 50 devs (yr)
Yes ~$26,000
~$25k–$60k Depending on negotiated per-user rate.
TCO at 200 devs (yr)
Per-user pricing compounds quickly at scale.
Yes ~$26,000 per org.
$100,000+ At 200 users on Ultimate, per-user licensing dominates the TCO comparison.
Decision guide

When to choose each

Choose Whitespots if…

  • You use GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps — or a mix — and don't want to be locked to one VCS.
  • Your team wants pipelineless webhook onboarding instead of authoring GitLab CI jobs.
  • You need a real triage workflow with SLAs and ownership, not just a Vulnerability Report list.
  • You need custom dedup, validation or CVSS rules configurable in a UI.
  • Your org would struggle to justify Ultimate tier for every user just to unlock security features.

Choose GitLab Ultimate if…

  • You want single-vendor procurement and GitLab already covers your DevOps platform.
  • Your entire engineering org lives inside GitLab and is unlikely to change.
  • You're already paying for Ultimate and the security features are effectively bundled.
  • You want one end-to-end DevOps platform covering SCM, CI/CD, registry, planning and security.
  • Security findings must live natively inside Merge Request UI and policies, not a separate tool.
Switching

Migration from GitLab Ultimate

Typical timeline

No data migration step. Point Whitespots at the same GitLab, trackers, registries and cloud accounts; the platform discovers projects and rescans from source within a sprint — no CI jobs to port.

No state import needed

Whitespots connects directly to GitLab via webhook and scans from source, so findings are regenerated from scratch — with your dedup, validation and CVSS rules applied from day one. No dismissal state to untangle.

Free PoC program

Run Whitespots alongside GitLab Ultimate for 30 days. No lock-in. Your Whitespots engineer handles the setup.

TCO Calculator

True cost of ownership

Adjust inputs to see year-1 and year-2 totals including hidden costs.

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Year 1

Whitespots

$26,000
total cost
License $26,000/yr flat
Support Included
Onboarding Included

GitLab Ultimate

$0
estimated total cost
License $25,000
Ultimate-tier add-on $0

* GitLab Ultimate per-user pricing is negotiated per contract; $500/developer/year is used here as a conservatively discounted public estimate. List pricing is typically higher. Whitespots figures are EUR converted to USD for like-for-like comparison.

FAQ

Common questions

How is Whitespots different from GitLab Ultimate?
GitLab Ultimate bundles security features into the GitLab DevOps platform. Whitespots is a dedicated AppSec platform that works across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps. Whitespots adds a full vulnerability-management workflow — triage queues, SLAs, ownership, custom dedup and CVSS rules — plus pipelineless webhook onboarding. GitLab Ultimate's Vulnerability Report is a list view; Whitespots is a workflow system.
We already pay for GitLab Ultimate. Why would we add Whitespots?
If your org is 100% GitLab with a handful of repos and you're happy with the Vulnerability Report list, you probably don't need Whitespots. Most Whitespots customers run scans via Portal rather than in GitLab pipelines — once you have hundreds or thousands of repos, authoring and maintaining a separate scan pipeline for each one becomes prohibitive. Portal auto-applies scan sequences with preset defaults, so you edit one configuration and it propagates to many repos at once. Other common reasons to use Whitespots alongside GitLab: non-GitLab repos in the mix, a real triage workflow with SLAs and ownership, or custom dedup / CVSS rules configurable in the UI.
Does Whitespots work with other VCS providers?
Yes. Webhooks for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps all work at the same price tier — starting at €24,000/yr per organization, regardless of VCS mix.
Can I run Whitespots alongside GitLab Ultimate during a trial?
Yes. Many teams run both in parallel for 30 days. Whitespots ingests GitLab scanner output so you can compare triage depth, dedup quality and cross-VCS reach side by side.
How does the pricing actually compare?
Pricing starts at €24,000/year (~$26k) for the entry tier and scales with the support level you need — higher tiers add extended support hours, SLAs and dedicated engineering time. All tiers are priced per organization, not per developer. GitLab Ultimate is per-user and scales linearly. Above ~50 developers Whitespots is typically cheaper; above 200 developers the gap becomes six-figure scale.
What support tier do I get at the listed price?
The €24,000/yr entry tier covers onboarding, implementation, developer training and messenger-based support during business hours — GitLab standard is email + portal. Higher tiers add extended support hours, faster response SLAs and dedicated engineering capacity.
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