Should I Ship Pricing 2026

Should I Ship is a freemium ai security & testing tool that offers 8 key features including npx should-i-ship scan — runs locally, source stays on your machine, Unlimited free re-scans while you fix issues, Top 3 findings free with details and fixes; the rest locked by severity. Should I Ship is a CLI-first launch-readiness scanner aimed at apps built with AI assistance. The premise is blunt: you built it with AI, and it checks whether it is safe to put in front of real users. The main product runs in the terminal — npx should-i-ship@latest scan from your project folder — with source code staying local and results written as Markdown plus JSON. The free scan is unlimited and can be re-run as often as you like while you fix things; it shows the top three findings ranked by severity with details and fixes, and locks the rest by severity and category. When you want the full diagnosis, you generate an unlock link and pay $10 once for the complete report: every issue, exact file locations, fix suggestions, AI repair prompts, and a shareable report. Crucially, the paid unlock uploads findings metadata only — findings, referenced file paths, scores, counts, and scan metadata — and explicitly not source code, file contents, environment variables, or ignored files, and a --no-upload flag exists for scans that should stay entirely local. There is also a free browser preview that scans a small public slice of a public repo for a fast read on the rules before installing anything. The vendor publishes aggregated, sanitized signal from stored previews showing that most scanned apps are not clean, with common findings being hardcoded credentials, API routes missing authentication, absent rate limiting, and partial input validation.

✅ Should I Ship is a good choice if you need:

• •npx should-i-ship scan — runs locally, source stays on your machine
• •Unlimited free re-scans while you fix issues
• •Top 3 findings free with details and fixes; the rest locked by severity
• •$10 one-time unlock for every issue, exact files, and fix suggestions
• •AI repair prompts and a shareable report in the paid unlock

💡 Value Assessment

With a free tier available, Should I Ship costs nothing to try for ai security & testing work. Its paid option is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, so there is no recurring cost to weigh.