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Pixee
Baltimore company founded by Contrast Security veterans that triages findings from existing scanners, filters out false positives, and opens fixes developers merge.
Enterprise security teams with large scanner backlogs that want triage and fixes on top of the tools they already own.
Small teams without an existing scanner, or buyers who want simple per-seat pricing.
Verdict
Pixee is a Baltimore application security company that clears scanner backlogs by checking which findings are exploitable and writing fixes developers merge. It suits enterprise teams that already run tools like Snyk, Semgrep, or CodeQL and cannot keep up with the volume. Its founders built Contrast Security, so they know how large detection backlogs get.
Score Breakdown
How Pixee scores in the categories that matter to its buyers.
Pricing
Pixee does not publish a price list. It prices on vulnerabilities triaged and fixed, with quotes based on annual scanner findings.
Pixee charges for resolution outcomes instead of seats, so cost depends on the volume of findings from a customer's SAST and SCA scanners.
The Field at a Glance
How Pixee compares with other AI code security vendors we reviewed, by Overall Score and relative typical engagement cost.
Pixee scores 7.5 in AI code security, under ZeroPath (8.0), Corgea (7.9), and DryRun Security (7.6). Relative cost lands upper for this subcategory.
Use-case matrix
| Use case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Triage of existing findings | Strong | Says it removes up to 95% of false positives. |
| Fixes developers merge | Strong | Reports a 76% developer merge rate. |
| Works with current scanners | Strong | Sits on top of Snyk, Semgrep, CodeQL, and others. |
| Outcome-based pricing | Mixed | Cost follows findings fixed, not seats. |
| Published prices | Weak | Quotes only. |
| Standalone scanning | Weak | Built to sit on top of other scanners. |
Who it’s for
Good fit
- Enterprises with scanner backlogs
- Regulated companies facing fix deadlines
- Teams using several SAST and SCA tools
Poor fit
- Startups without a scanner
- Buyers wanting per-seat prices
- Teams wanting one all-in-one scanner
Review Excerpts
Below are excerpts from public reviews. Our team scoured public reviews, forums, and chat rooms to get a balanced view of customers' experience with this company. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch were excluded.
Pixee says it has cleared backlogs of more than 5,200 vulnerabilities at enterprise customers in under 90 days.
Pixee reports that developers merge 76% of the fixes it proposes, and that tracing real execution paths removes up to 95% of false positives.
Pixee prices on vulnerabilities triaged and fixed and publishes no rate card, so buyers need a quote based on their annual scanner findings.
Company Facts
Key Leadership
Arshan Dabirsiaghi
Co-founder and CTO
Methodology
This page is an independent evaluation of Pixee for buyers comparing options in AI code security. AI Industry Reviews accepts no sponsorships, advertising, or pay-for-placement fees. Pixee did not pay for this review.
What we scored
The headline number is an Overall Score on a 0-10 scale. Eight criteria sit under it in two groups.
- Buyer outcomes (for AI code security)
- Backlog reduction
- Fit with existing scanners
- Price clarity
- Use without a scanner
- Company & commercial
- Innovation & product leadership
- Project management & communication
- Pricing
- Contract fairness
Pricing measures whether the price looks fair for the value delivered, including packaging and renewal friction that show up in real buying cycles.
Score Composition
| Input | Weight | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 40% | A proprietary read of what practitioners say about likes, complaints, and day-to-day use, including public review sites, forums, and private chat rooms. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch are out of scope. |
| Product | 35% | Hands-on look at screens and workflows. |
| Pricing | 15% | Whether the price looks fair for what you get. |
| Docs & training | 10% | Docs, tutorials, and training material. |
How we balanced the evidence
The Overall Score is the simple average of the eight criteria. Recommendation language follows that score and the fit pattern described above.
Scope
Pixee is graded here as AI code security. Criteria scores can move as more review volume and product checks are added.