Comparison

Echidna vs Mythril

No leader: the top candidate Echidna has only 0.22 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Echidna58
Mythril45
Score
Vioscale score
Echidna58 / 100low · 22%
Mythril45 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Echidna
Mythril
Model
Echidnacommercial
Mythrilcommercial
Price level
Echidnafree
Mythrilfree
Transparent
Echidna
Mythril
Integrations
Count
Echidna12
Mythril2
Adoption
Dependent repos
Echidna
Mythril35
Github stars
Echidna1,878
Mythril4,265
Activity
Commits last 30d
Echidna8
Mythril0
Release
Cadence days
Echidna
Mythril20
History
Echidna
Mythril20 items
License
Spdx
MythrilMIT
Language
Primary
EchidnaPython
MythrilPython
Market
Availability
Mythril

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for smart contract tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Stack
Echidna-
Mythril-
Chain support
Echidna-
Mythril-
Local testnet
Echidna-
Mythril-
Mainnet forking
Echidna-
Mythril-
Fuzz testing
Echidna-
Mythril-
Invariant testing
Echidna-
Mythril-
Static analysis
Echidna-
Mythril-
Symbolic execution
Echidna-
Mythril-
Formal verification
Echidna-
Mythril-
Gas profiling
Echidna-
Mythril-
Tx simulation debugging
Echidna-
Mythril-
Upgrade proxy tooling
Echidna-
Mythril-
Multisig transaction ops
Echidna-
Mythril-
Ide editor plugin
Echidna-
Mythril-
Deployment
Echidna-
Mythril-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Echidna

An open-source security tool that systematically tests Ethereum smart contracts by generating diverse inputs to uncover edge cases and potential bugs. It integrates into development workflows, provides code coverage analysis, and supports multiple contract frameworks and testing modes.

Independently observed

Mythril

Not documented yet.

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Echidna

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Mythril

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source

  • Open SourceFree
    • Symbolic execution-based bytecode analysis
    • Vulnerability detection for smart contracts
    • HTML report output
    • Support for Solidity file analysis
    • On-chain contract analysis by address
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Echidna
Mythril
Windows
Echidna
Mythril
Linux
Echidna
Mythril
CLI
Echidna
Mythril
Deployment
Self-hosted
Echidna
Mythril
On-premise
Echidna
Mythril

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Echidna

12 total - 11 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • Foundry
  • Hardhat
  • Brownie
  • Etherscan
  • Sourcify
  • Slither
  • hevm
  • Z3
  • Bitwuzla
  • cvc5
Independently observed

Mythril

2 total - 1 not shared
  • Ethereum
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.