--- title: 6 Affordable Security Tools for Software Teams | daily.dev description: Six affordable security tools are recommended for small teams and startups: OWASP Dependency-Check for scanning library vulnerabilities, Semgrep for static... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/6-affordable-security-tools-for-software-teams-durmvpogq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 6 Affordable Security Tools for Software Teams | daily.dev og:description: Six affordable security tools are recommended for small teams and startups: OWASP Dependency-Check for scanning library vulnerabilities, Semgrep for static... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/6-affordable-security-tools-for-software-teams-durmvpogq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/duRmVpOGq.png og:image:alt: 6 Affordable Security Tools for Software Teams og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 6 Affordable Security Tools for Software Teams **[Arcjet](https://daily.dev/sources/arcjet)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Six affordable security tools are recommended for small teams and startups: OWASP Dependency-Check for scanning library vulnerabilities, Semgrep for static code analysis, Trivy for container scanning, OWASP ZAP for dynamic testing, Cloudflare for edge protection, and Arcjet for in-app security. A layered approach combining dependency scanning, static analysis, container scanning, and application-layer protection provides effective coverage without enterprise-level costs. Arcjet offers an alternative to traditional WAFs by running inside applications with full context awareness. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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