Comparison

Prisma Cloud 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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Prisma Cloud53
★Snyk72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Prisma Cloud53 / 100low · 25%
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Model
Prisma Cloudfree
Price level
Prisma Cloudfree
Snykmid
Starting price
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk$25
Transparent
Prisma Cloud✗
Snyk✓
Integrations
Count
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk109
Security
Disclosure policy
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Gdpr
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Iso27001
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Scorecard
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk5.2
Soc2
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Reliability
Status page
Prisma Cloud✓
Snyk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk10,449
Github stars
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk5,679
Package downloads weekly
Prisma Cloud–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk100
Release
Cadence days
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk7
History
Prisma Cloud–
License
Spdx
Prisma Cloud–
Language
Primary
Prisma Cloud–
Content
Faq
Prisma Cloud–

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Prisma Cloud

Prisma Cloud provides comprehensive security for cloud-native applications and infrastructure. It delivers continuous visibility into cloud assets, enforces compliance against 75+ standards with automated remediation, and protects against threats through static analysis, dynamic detection, and real-time attack blocking.

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.

Prisma Cloud

Free

Free trial available

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
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
CLI
Prisma Cloud–
Snyk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Prisma Cloud✓
Snyk✓
On-premise
Prisma Cloud✓
Snyk✗
Hybrid
Prisma Cloud✓
Snyk✗

Integrations

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

Prisma Cloud

Not documented yet.

Snyk

Leader
68 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Jira
  • Jira Cloud
  • Slack
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • Azure Pipelines
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • TeamCity
  • Terraform Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Hub
  • Amazon ECR
  • Azure ACR
  • Quay
  • JFrog Artifactory
  • Harbor
  • Nexus
  • IntelliJ
  • PyCharm
  • +44 more
Independently observed
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