Comparison

Mend vs Snyk

On the evidence we track, Snyk leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Mend59
★Snyk72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mend59 / 100medium · 70%
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Model
Price level
Mendlow
Snykmid
Starting price
Mend–
Snyk$25
Transparent
Mend✗
Snyk✓
Integrations
Count
Mend2
Snyk109
Reliability
Status page
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mend–
Snyk10,449
Github stars
Mend–
Snyk5,679
Package downloads weekly
Mend–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mend–
Snyk100
Release
Cadence days
Mend–
Snyk7
History
Mend–
License
Spdx
Mend–
Language
Primary
Mend–
Content
Faq

Capabilities

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

Scan types
SAST (static analysis)
Mend✓
Snyk✓
DAST (dynamic analysis)
Mend✓
Snyk✓
SCA / dependency scanning
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Secret scanning
Mend✗
Snyk✓
Container / image scanning
Mend✗
Snyk✓
IaC misconfiguration scanning
Mend✗
Snyk✓
Governance
OSS licence compliance
Mend✓
Snyk✓
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Deployment
Hosting
MendCloud + self-hosted
SnykCloud + self-hosted
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration
Mend✓
Snyk✓
In-editor / IDE scanning
Mend✗
Snyk✓
Licensing
OSS engine available
Mend✓
Snyk✓

What each one is

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

Mend

An automated security platform that helps identify and manage security risks in application code and external dependencies throughout the development lifecycle.

Independently observed

Snyk

Leader

A security platform that scans code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure for vulnerabilities while providing specialized capabilities for validating AI-generated code and supporting development agent security.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Mend

enterprise_quoteFree tier

Teams and Enterprise editions; free tier for open source. Contact sales for pricing.

  • Teams-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
  • Renovate Cloud OSSFree
as of verify ↗

Snyk

Leader
from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free plan available. Team from $25/month. Enterprise with credit-based pricing at $1 per credit.

  • FreeFree
    • SCA (Open Source) scanning
    • SAST (Code) scanning
    • Infrastructure as Code scanning
    • Container scanning
    • Real-time code scanning
    • +3 more
  • Team$25/month
    • All Free plan features
    • Increased test limits per product
    • Jira integration
    • Next business day support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All capabilities via credit system
    • AI Pentesting
    • Coding Agent security
    • Premium support & services
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Mend✓
Snyk✓
CLI
Mend✗
Snyk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mend✓
Snyk✓
Self-hosted
Mend✓
Snyk✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Jenkins

Mend

8 total - 5 not shared
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • CI/CD
  • Repository integration
Independently observed

Snyk

Leader
68 total - 65 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Jira
  • Jira Cloud
  • Slack
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • Azure Pipelines
  • GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • TeamCity
  • Terraform Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Hub
  • Amazon ECR
  • Azure ACR
  • Quay
  • JFrog Artifactory
  • Harbor
  • Nexus
  • IntelliJ
  • PyCharm
  • PhpStorm
  • CLion
  • +41 more
Independently observed
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Mend or Snyk: which one depends on you

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