# Renovate vs Snyk

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Snyk

| Attribute | Renovate | Snyk |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.7 (41% (low)) | 71.7 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 308 | 10,449 |
| adoption.github_stars | 22,754 | 5,679 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 374,610 | 671,447 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A self-hosted dependency update automation tool that integrates with version control platforms to manage software dependencies. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","question":"What is Renovate?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Renovate is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise Edition, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","question":"Is Renovate free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Renovate supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.renovatebot.com","question":"What platforms does Renovate support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Renovate can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","question":"Can Renovate be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Renovate, including GitHub, GitLab Cloud, GitLab Enterprise Edition and Bitbucket Data Center. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","question":"What does Renovate integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Renovate is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate","question":"Is Renovate open source?","confidence":0.67}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"What is Snyk?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snyk is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $25 per developer per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"Is Snyk free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snyk supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"What platforms does Snyk support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Snyk can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"Can Snyk be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 48 integrations for Snyk, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, Jira, Slack, AWS CodePipeline and Azure Pipelines, plus 40 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"What does Snyk integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Snyk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Snyk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://snyk.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Snyk have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Snyk is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/snyk","question":"Is Snyk open source?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"Snyk is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://snyk.io/plans/","question":"Where is Snyk available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Scans repositories for outdated dependencies and automatically creates pull requests to update them to newer available versions. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sca":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"license_compliance":true}` | `{"sca":true,"dast":true,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"iac_scanning":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 90 | 109 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab Cloud"},{"name":"GitLab Enterprise Edition"},{"name":"Bitbucket Data Center"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true},{"name":"AWS CodeCommit","native":true},{"name":"Gitea","native":true},{"name":"Forgejo","native":true},{"name":"Gerrit","native":true},{"name":"SCM-Manager","native":true},{"name":"npm","native":true},{"name":"Python","native":true},{"name":".NET","native":true},{"name":"Ruby","native":true},{"name":"Go","native":true},{"name":"Docker","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Azure Repos"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Jira Cloud"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS CodePipeline"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"TeamCity"},{"name":"Terraform Cloud"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker Hub"},{"name":"Amazon ECR"},{"name":"Azure ACR"},{"name":"Quay"},{"name":"JFrog Artifactory"},{"name":"Harbor"},{"name":"Nexus"},{"name":"IntelliJ"},{"name":"PyCharm"},{"name":"PhpStorm"},{"name":"CLion"},{"name":"GoLand"},{"name":"RubyMine"},{"name":"RustRover"},{"name":"Android Studio"},{"name":"Eclipse"},{"name":"DataGrip"},{"name":"AppCode"},{"name":"Rider"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Tabnine"},{"name":"Continue"},{"name":"Qodo"},{"name":"Amazon Q Dev"},{"name":"Google Gemini Code Assist"},{"name":"TabbyML"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"SentinelOne"},{"name":"Sysdig"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Backstage"},{"name":"Port"},{"name":"OpsLevel"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true,"category":"coding_assistant"},{"name":"Copilot","native":true,"category":"coding_assistant"},{"name":"Codex","native":true,"category":"coding_assistant"},{"name":"Windsurf","native":true,"category":"coding_assistant"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Terraform","native":true,"category":"iac"},{"name":"npm","native":true,"category":"package_manager"},{"name":"GitHub Container Registry","native":true,"category":"container","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket Cloud","native":true,"category":"source_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket Server","native":true,"category":"source_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Buildkite","native":true,"category":"ci","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Pulumi","native":true,"category":"iac","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitGuardian","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Akamai","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bright Security","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"StackHawk","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Snyk API","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","summary":"Open source community edition","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.renovatebot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:21:54.986Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["SCA (Open Source) scanning","SAST (Code) scanning","Infrastructure as Code scanning","Container scanning","Real-time code scanning","IDE integrations","CLI access","Source code manager integrations"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual developers and small teams with core scanning capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"5","snyk_code_tests":"100/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/month","features":["All Free plan features","Increased test limits per product","Jira integration","Next business day support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For development teams up to 10 developers with increased testing limits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"100","snyk_code_tests":"1,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Pre-purchase credits at $1/credit","features":["All capabilities via credit system","AI Pentesting","Coding Agent security","Premium support & services"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active contributor","amount":1,"period":"day","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"open source","amount":0.33,"period":"day","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"iac","amount":0.33,"period":"day","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"secrets","amount":0.66,"period":"day","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"assessment"},"kind":"per_unit","amount":4000,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Credit-based platform with flexible consumption across all capabilities","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free plan available. Team from $25/month. Enterprise with credit-based pricing at $1 per credit.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://snyk.io/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:24:30.478Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 7 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.7 | 5.2 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://snyk.io/platform/security-intelligence/ |
| security.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"}` |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:13.753Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*