Comparison

OWASP ZAP 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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OWASP ZAP51

★Snyk72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OWASP ZAP	SnykLeader
Vioscale score	51 / 100low · 41%	72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	109
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.8	5.2
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.zaproxy%3Azap&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=snyk&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	30	10,449
Github starsadoption.github_stars	15,685	5,648
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	768,717
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	34	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, IL · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

OWASP ZAP51 / 100low · 41%

Snyk72 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

Model

OWASP ZAPopen_source

Snykcommercial

Price level

OWASP ZAPfree

Snykmid

Transparent

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Integrations

Count

OWASP ZAP2

Snyk109

Security

Disclosure policy

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

Gdpr

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Iso27001

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Scorecard

OWASP ZAP6.8

Snyk5.2

Soc2

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Vulnerabilities

OWASP ZAPCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.zaproxy%3Azap&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

SnykCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=snyk&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

OWASP ZAP30

Snyk10,449

Github stars

OWASP ZAP15,685

Snyk5,648

Package downloads weekly

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk768,717

Activity

Commits last 30d

OWASP ZAP34

Snyk100

Release

Cadence days

OWASP ZAP6

Snyk11

History

OWASP ZAP20 items

Snyk20 items

License

Spdx

OWASP ZAPApache-2.0

SnykApache-2.0

Language

Primary

OWASP ZAPJava

SnykTypeScript

Market

Availability

OWASP ZAP–

SnykAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB, IL · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for DevSecOps Tools
Capability	OWASP ZAP	Snyk
Scan types
SAST (static analysis)	-	✓
DAST (dynamic analysis)	✓	✓
SCA / dependency scanning	-	✓
Secret scanning	-	✓
Container / image scanning	-	✓
IaC misconfiguration scanning	-	✓
Governance
OSS licence compliance	-	✓
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)	-	✓
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs	-	✓
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration	✓	✓
In-editor / IDE scanning	-	✓
Licensing
OSS engine available	✓	✓

Scan types

SAST (static analysis)

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

DAST (dynamic analysis)

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

SCA / dependency scanning

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Secret scanning

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Container / image scanning

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

IaC misconfiguration scanning

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Governance

OSS licence compliance

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Remediation

Automated fix / upgrade PRs

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Prioritisation

Reachability / exploitability prioritisation

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Deployment

Hosting

OWASP ZAPSelf-hosted only

SnykCloud + self-hosted

Integration

First-class CI / pipeline integration

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

In-editor / IDE scanning

OWASP ZAP-

Snyk✓

Licensing

OSS engine available

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

What each one is

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

OWASP ZAP

An open-source security scanner that performs dynamic analysis on web applications to detect potential vulnerabilities. It supports automation, extensibility through community add-ons, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines.

Independently observed

Snyk

Leader

An integrated scanning and remediation platform that identifies vulnerabilities across application code, open-source dependencies, container images, and infrastructure configurations, with AI-powered analysis to accelerate detection and fix guidance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

OWASP ZAP

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Snyk

Leader

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $25/developer/month. Free tier available; Enterprise requires custom quote.

FreeFree
- Open source dependency scanning
- Real-time code scanning
- SCA, SAST, IaC, and container scanning
- IDE, CLI, and source code manager integrations
Team$25/developer/month
- All Free features
- Increased test limits per product
- Jira integration
- License compliance
- Transitive dependency analysis
- +1 more
Ignite$1,260/developer/year
- All Team features
- Full platform capabilities
- Custom security rules and risk-based prioritization
- Real-time custom code scanning
- Dev-first fix examples in IDE
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Ignite features
- Zero-day risk prevention
- Unified AppSec control and strategic security oversight
- Full SDLC automation

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	OWASP ZAP	Snyk
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

CLI

OWASP ZAP–

Snyk✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OWASP ZAP✗

Snyk✓

Self-hosted

OWASP ZAP✓

Snyk✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

GitHub
GitHub Actions

OWASP ZAP

2 total - 0 not shared

GitHub
GitHub Actions

Independently observed

Snyk

Leader

50 total - 48 not shared

GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure Repos
Jira
Jira Cloud
Slack
AWS CodePipeline
Azure Pipelines
Jenkins
CircleCI
TeamCity
Terraform Cloud
Kubernetes
Docker Hub
Amazon ECR
Azure ACR
Quay
JFrog Artifactory
Harbor
Nexus
IntelliJ
PyCharm
PhpStorm
CLion
+24 more

Independently observed

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