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Vendor comparison · 2 companies

Legit Security vs Neo

Legit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery. Neo sells security for AI and agentic software across every endpoint, SaaS app, and cloud service. CISO Tribune files both under Software supply chain security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Legit Security
  • Neo
Legit Security vs Neo: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Legit SecurityLegit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery.legitsecurity.comNeoNeo sells security for AI and agentic software across every endpoint, SaaS app, and cloud service.neo.ai
What it sells
  • ASPM platform[1][5]A SaaS security solution that automates security issue discovery and gives a unified view of application risk from code to cloud.
  • Neo Node[3][5][6]Enforces policy on the laptop, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Decides each agent action with allow, ask, or block.
  • Neo Console[6]Starts from a customer's organization and its teams, taken from the identity provider.
  • Neoverse[1][3][5][6]The intelligence layer for AI apps and tools.
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Headquarters
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Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • June 18, 2026Legit Security announced it was named a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Secure Software Engineering 2026.[4]
  • April 27, 2026Legit Security announced new executive appointments to its leadership team.[3]
  • July 20, 2026Neo emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures.[7]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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Who it fits
In our reading, Legit Security addresses organisations that are building an AppSec program. Legit Security says it typically works with organisations above a minimum developer count. Legit Security delivers its ASPM platform as a SaaS security solution. Legit Security deploys without agents, using APIs and access tokens.From its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations that need to know which AI agents run on their fleet and what each one can reach. Neo describes examples from a healthcare SaaS company and a fintech. Neo Node deploys through an MDM that the customer already runs. Neo Console takes the organization and its teams from the customer's identity provider. Neo enforces policy on laptops running macOS, Windows, and Linux, and extends the same policy to SaaS apps and cloud deployments.
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September 27, 2026November 9, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Legit Security and Neo are both filed under Software supply chain security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Legit Security's primary category is Application security posture management; Neo's is AI model and agent security.
  • Legit Security is also filed under Secrets detection. Neo is also filed under Workforce AI usage security and AI governance.
  • Legit Security lists ASPM platform. Neo lists Neo Node, Neo Console and Neoverse.
  • Neo is privately held.

What it sells: Neo

What Neo Node does[3][5][6]
Neo Node deploys through the MDM a customer already runs, with no kernel module and no reboot. Neo Node reads the whole session rather than only the command. Inside Claude Code, Neo Node reads the model, MCP servers, skills and plugins that Claude Code loads.
What Neoverse does[1][3][5][6]
Neoverse checks every extension, package, skill, and MCP server before it runs. Neoverse rates an unsigned server loaded by an agent as Unsafe on first sight.

Questions about Legit Security and Neo

What do Legit Security and Neo sell?
Legit Security sells ASPM platform. Neo sells Neo Node, Neo Console and Neoverse.
Are Legit Security and Neo in the same category?
They share Software supply chain security. Legit Security's primary category is Application security posture management and Neo's is AI model and agent security.
Who owns Legit Security and Neo?
Neo is privately held.
Who are Legit Security and Neo sold to?
In our reading, Legit Security addresses organisations that are building an AppSec program. From its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations that need to know which AI agents run on their fleet and what each one can reach.
What have Legit Security and Neo announced recently?
June 18, 2026: Legit Security announced it was named a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Secure Software Engineering 2026. July 20, 2026: Neo emerged from stealth with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures.

About Legit Security

Legit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery. Legit Security gives a unified view of all application risk, from code to cloud, covering what affects an AppSec posture.

Legit Security gives context for prioritizing and acting on remediation of the issues that create the most business risk. Legit Security automates manual processes associated with triage and remediation.

Legit Security discovers, analyzes and secures an end-to-end software supply chain with a real-time SDLC inventory. Legit Security maps and visualizes an entire software supply chain. Customers quoted by Legit Security describe using the platform to inventory SDLC systems and security tools and to view developer activity. A customer quoted by Legit Security describes using the platform to secure CI/CD pipelines, track the security posture of different teams and address SDLC configuration drifts. A customer quoted by Legit Security describes using the platform for governance and for visualization across the SDLC.

Legit Security offers help to organisations as they build an AppSec program. Legit Security helps implement secrets detection and prevention. Legit Security helps identify use of GenAI in development. Legit Security helps align an AppSec program with key compliance standards and frameworks. Legit Security supports security frameworks used to validate and demonstrate compliance.

Legit Security needs no agents to install and uses APIs and access tokens. Legit Security typically works with organisations of 50+ developers. Legit Security was co-founded by Roni Fuchs as CEO, Liav Caspi as CTO and Lior Barak as COO.[1][2]

Legit Security on the record

Sources

Legit Security full record

  1. [1]legitsecurity.comLegit Security · legitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]PlatformLegit Security · legitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Legit Security Names New VP of Human Resources, Head of Engineering to Accelerate Next Phase of GrowthBusiness Wire · published April 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Legit Security Named as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Secure Software Engineering 2026Business Wire · published June 18, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Legit Security at Black Hat | Request a MeetingLegit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Neo full record

  1. [1]Neo launches with 100m to secure ai software across the enterpriseGlobeNewswire · globenewswire.com · published July 20, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]neo.aiNeo · neo.ai · undated page, accessed November 9, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Neo | Secure AI. From Endpoint to EverywhereNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Platform | NeoNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Why Neo | AI Control Starts at the EndpointNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]How It Works | NeoNeo · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Neo Launches With $100M for AI Software SecurityNeo · published July 20, 2026 · Tier A

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