Comparison

Renovate 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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Renovate60
★Snyk72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Renovate60 / 100low · 41%
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Renovate✓
Snyk✓
Model
Renovatefreemium
Price level
Renovatelow
Snykmid
Starting price
Renovate–
Snyk$25
Transparent
Renovate✗
Snyk✓
Integrations
Count
Renovate90
Snyk109
Reliability
Status page
Renovate–
Snyk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Renovate308
Snyk10,449
Github stars
Renovate22,754
Snyk5,679
Package downloads weekly
Renovate374,610
Activity
Commits last 30d
Renovate100
Snyk100
Release
Cadence days
Renovate–
Snyk7
History
Renovate20 items
License
Spdx
RenovateAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Renovate6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Renovate

Scans repositories for outdated dependencies and automatically creates pull requests to update them to newer available versions.

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.

Renovate

HybridFree tier

Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
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
Renovate✗
Snyk✓
CLI
Renovate✓
Snyk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Renovate✓
Snyk✓
Self-hosted
Renovate✓
Snyk✗

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • npm

Renovate

18 total - 14 not shared
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Bitbucket Data Center
  • Azure DevOps
  • AWS CodeCommit
  • Gitea
  • Forgejo
  • Gerrit
  • SCM-Manager
  • Python
  • .NET
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Docker
Independently observed

Snyk

Leader
68 total - 64 not shared
  • 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
  • PhpStorm
  • CLion
  • GoLand
  • +40 more
Independently observed
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