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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Renovate58

★Snyk72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Renovate	SnykLeader
Vioscale score	58 / 100low · 38%	72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	109
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.6	5.2
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 11 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=renovate&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · 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	308	10,449
Github starsadoption.github_stars	22,348	5,648
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	374,610	768,717
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	11
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, IL · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Renovate58 / 100low · 38%

Snyk72 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Renovate✓

Snyk✓

Model

Renovatecommercial

Snykcommercial

Price level

Renovatelow

Snykmid

Transparent

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Integrations

Count

Renovate3

Snyk109

Security

Disclosure policy

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Gdpr

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Iso27001

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Scorecard

Renovate6.6

Snyk5.2

Soc2

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Vulnerabilities

RenovateCount: 11 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=renovate&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · 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

Renovate–

Snyk✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Renovate308

Snyk10,449

Github stars

Renovate22,348

Snyk5,648

Package downloads weekly

Renovate374,610

Snyk768,717

Activity

Commits last 30d

Renovate100

Snyk100

Release

Cadence days

Renovate–

Snyk11

History

Renovate20 items

Snyk20 items

License

Spdx

RenovateAGPL-3.0

SnykApache-2.0

Language

Primary

RenovateTypeScript

SnykTypeScript

Market

Availability

Renovate–

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	Renovate	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	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration	✓	✓
In-editor / IDE scanning	-	✓
Licensing
OSS engine available	✓	✓

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

A self-hosted dependency update automation tool that integrates with version control platforms to manage software dependencies.

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.

Renovate

HybridFree tier

Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available

Community EditionFree
Enterprise EditionContact sales

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	Renovate	Snyk
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

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 (1)

GitHub

Renovate

4 total - 3 not shared

GitLab Cloud
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Bitbucket Data Center

Independently observed

Snyk

Leader

50 total - 49 not shared

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
PhpStorm
+25 more

Independently observed

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