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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 ZAP50
★Snyk72
Score
vioscaleAI score
OWASP ZAP50 / 100low · 40%
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
OWASP ZAP✓
Snyk✓
Model
OWASP ZAPopen_source
Snykfreemium
Price level
OWASP ZAPfree
Snykmid
Starting price
OWASP ZAP–
Snyk$25
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✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
OWASP ZAP–
Snyk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
OWASP ZAP30
Snyk10,449
Github stars
OWASP ZAP15,930
Snyk5,679
Package downloads weekly
OWASP ZAP–
Snyk671,447
Activity
Commits last 30d
OWASP ZAP29
Snyk100
Release
Cadence days
OWASP ZAP6
Snyk7
History
OWASP ZAP20 items
Snyk20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
OWASP ZAPJava
SnykTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
OWASP ZAP4 items
Snyk8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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.

OWASP ZAP

Open sourceFree tier
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
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
68 total - 66 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
  • +42 more
Independently observed
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OWASP ZAP or Snyk: which one depends on you

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