VISUAL ASSIST vs. Semgrep

Visual Assist (VA) is a productivity plugin for Microsoft's Visual Studio developed by Whole Tomato Software. VA has been enhancing the overall IDE experience for thousands of C/C++ and C# developers for over fifteen years. Things You Can Do with Visual Assist • Navigate your code effortlessly • Inspect code and syntax automatically • Restructure code without affecting external behavior • Modernize legacy code • Improve readability • Access to a variety of accessibility features • Tailored support for Unreal Engine The plugin lets programmers code

Semgrep is a modern static analysis (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and secrets detection platform designed for both developers and security teams. It combines fast, deterministic analysis with context-aware AI that triages findings like a senior security engineer. The AI Assistant helps reduce false positives, prioritize meaningful results, and offers clear remediation guidance. Its “Memories” feature learns from past decisions to further reduce triage noise over time.