Snyk Freemium
Developer-first security scanner with AI fix suggestions for open source and code
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
Pricing: Free for 5 developers and 100 tests per month. Team is $25 per developer per month (annual billing). Enterprise is custom and adds SSO, on-prem options and SLA.
Limitations worth knowing: SAST coverage for Ruby and PHP lags Java and JS, and some fixes still suggest bumps that break your build — always run the PR through CI. False positives in monorepos with heavy transitive graphs remain the top complaint in forums.
Who should use it (and who should not)
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
Pricing: Free for 5 developers and 100 tests per month. Team is $25 per developer per month (annual billing). Enterprise is custom and adds SSO, on-prem options and SLA.
Limitations worth knowing: SAST coverage for Ruby and PHP lags Java and JS, and some fixes still suggest bumps that break your build — always run the PR through CI. False positives in monorepos with heavy transitive graphs remain the top complaint in forums.
Who should use it (and who should not)
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
Product Highlights
The fix-first design is why teams keep it. A finding that says “upgrade lodash 4.17.15 to 4.17.21, one commit, no breaking changes” gets handled. A finding that says “SQL injection possible” gets ignored for six months.
Pricing: Free for 5 developers and 100 tests per month. Team is $25 per developer per month (annual billing). Enterprise is custom and adds SSO, on-prem options and SLA.
Limitations worth knowing: SAST coverage for Ruby and PHP lags Java and JS, and some fixes still suggest bumps that break your build — always run the PR through CI. False positives in monorepos with heavy transitive graphs remain the top complaint in forums.
Who should use it (and who should not)
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
Snyk (founded 2015 in London, now Boston-based) built its reputation on dependency scanning at a time when the alternative was a PDF-style pen test report. It maintains its own vulnerability database and, importantly, tracks whether an advisory is actually reachable from your code, which cuts noise on transitive dependencies.
AI enters through DeepCode AI: trained on public and synthetic fix data, it proposes patches you accept inside the IDE, plus a risk score for AI-generated code suggestions.
Product Features
- Open source scanning — npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, Cargo, NuGet and more, with reachability analysis.
- Code scanning — SAST for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, C#, Go, PHP and Ruby.
- Container and IaC — scans images in registries and Kubernetes/Terraform configs before deploy.
- Fix PRs — opens pull requests with the minimal version change that closes the CVE.
- IDE and CI plugins — VS Code, JetBrains, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI.
- DeepCode AI Fix — suggests multi-line patches, not just line-level warnings.
Product Highlights
The fix-first design is why teams keep it. A finding that says “upgrade lodash 4.17.15 to 4.17.21, one commit, no breaking changes” gets handled. A finding that says “SQL injection possible” gets ignored for six months.
Pricing: Free for 5 developers and 100 tests per month. Team is $25 per developer per month (annual billing). Enterprise is custom and adds SSO, on-prem options and SLA.
Limitations worth knowing: SAST coverage for Ruby and PHP lags Java and JS, and some fixes still suggest bumps that break your build — always run the PR through CI. False positives in monorepos with heavy transitive graphs remain the top complaint in forums.
Who should use it (and who should not)
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
Snyk is a security scanner for developers. It checks your code, npm/PyPI/Maven dependencies, container images and Terraform files, then suggests a concrete fix — usually a version bump. The free plan covers 5 developers with 100 tests per month.
What is Snyk?
Snyk (founded 2015 in London, now Boston-based) built its reputation on dependency scanning at a time when the alternative was a PDF-style pen test report. It maintains its own vulnerability database and, importantly, tracks whether an advisory is actually reachable from your code, which cuts noise on transitive dependencies.
AI enters through DeepCode AI: trained on public and synthetic fix data, it proposes patches you accept inside the IDE, plus a risk score for AI-generated code suggestions.
Product Features
- Open source scanning — npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, Cargo, NuGet and more, with reachability analysis.
- Code scanning — SAST for JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, C#, Go, PHP and Ruby.
- Container and IaC — scans images in registries and Kubernetes/Terraform configs before deploy.
- Fix PRs — opens pull requests with the minimal version change that closes the CVE.
- IDE and CI plugins — VS Code, JetBrains, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI.
- DeepCode AI Fix — suggests multi-line patches, not just line-level warnings.
Product Highlights
The fix-first design is why teams keep it. A finding that says “upgrade lodash 4.17.15 to 4.17.21, one commit, no breaking changes” gets handled. A finding that says “SQL injection possible” gets ignored for six months.
Pricing: Free for 5 developers and 100 tests per month. Team is $25 per developer per month (annual billing). Enterprise is custom and adds SSO, on-prem options and SLA.
Limitations worth knowing: SAST coverage for Ruby and PHP lags Java and JS, and some fixes still suggest bumps that break your build — always run the PR through CI. False positives in monorepos with heavy transitive graphs remain the top complaint in forums.
Who should use it (and who should not)
Good fit: product engineering teams shipping to production continuously and needing compliance evidence. Bad fit: solo projects with two dependencies, or orgs already paying for Checkmarx or Veracode — running both is redundant and the duplicate alerts annoy developers.
Use Cases
- Blocking a pull request that adds a package with a critical CVE.
- Scanning Docker images in CI before pushing to a registry.
- Clearing dependency alerts for SOC 2 evidence.
- Triaging reachability so urgent tickets drop to a third of the raw count.
- Reviewing AI-generated code for risky patterns.
Quick Summary
- Snyk scans dependencies, code, containers and IaC.
- Free: 5 developers, 100 tests per month. Team: $25/dev/mo.
- It opens fix PRs instead of only reporting issues.
- Reachability analysis cuts noise from transitive dependencies.
- Expect some false positives in large monorepos.
