Comparison

Renovate vs StackHawk

On the evidence we track, Renovate leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Renovate58
StackHawk51
Score
Vioscale score
Renovate58 / 100low · 38%updating
StackHawk51 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Renovate
StackHawk
Model
Renovatecommercial
StackHawkfreemium
Price level
Renovatelow
StackHawklow
Transparent
Renovate
StackHawk
Integrations
Count
Renovate3
StackHawk11
Security
Disclosure policy
Renovate
StackHawk
Scorecard
Renovate6.6
StackHawk
Soc2
Renovate
StackHawk
Reliability
Status page
Renovate
StackHawk
Adoption
Dependent repos
Renovate308
StackHawk
Github stars
Renovate22,348
StackHawk
Package downloads weekly
Renovate374,610
StackHawk
Activity
Commits last 30d
Renovate100
StackHawk
Release
History
Renovate20 items
StackHawk
License
Spdx
RenovateAGPL-3.0
StackHawk
Language
Primary
RenovateTypeScript
StackHawk
Market
Availability
Renovate

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Renovate

Leader

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

Independently observed

StackHawk

A platform that enables AI coding agents (such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to automatically identify, analyze, and remediate security vulnerabilities in applications during development, eliminating context switching and manual handoffs to security teams.

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

Leader
HybridFree tier

Community Edition free; Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

StackHawk

from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $10/user/month (Wingman). 14-day free trial. Scale plan available via sales consultation.

  • Wingman$10/user/month
    • Works inside Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot
    • Auto-configures and boots app
    • Runtime testing against running app
    • Finds and fixes vulnerabilities in same session
    • Auto-rescanning to verify fix
    • +3 more
  • ScaleContact sales
    • Everything in Wingman
    • Attack surface discovery
    • Sensitive data detection
    • Deeper, broader scan coverage
    • Program reporting (coverage, fix rates by team)
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Renovate
StackHawk
CLI
Renovate
StackHawk
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Renovate
StackHawk
Self-hosted
Renovate
StackHawk

Integrations

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

Renovate

Leader
4 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Bitbucket Data Center
Independently observed

StackHawk

12 total
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
  • Cursor
  • Snyk
  • Auth0
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
Independently observed

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