Comparison

Renovate vs StackHawk

No clear leader: Renovate (59.7) and StackHawk (55.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Renovate60
StackHawk56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Renovate60 / 100low · 41%
StackHawk56 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Renovate✓
StackHawk✓
Model
Renovatefreemium
StackHawkfreemium
Price level
Renovatelow
StackHawklow
Starting price
Renovate–
StackHawk$10
Transparent
Renovate✗
StackHawk✓
Integrations
Count
Renovate90
StackHawk7
Security
Disclosure policy
Renovate–
StackHawk✓
Scorecard
Renovate6.7
StackHawk–
Soc2
Renovate–
StackHawk✓
Reliability
Status page
Renovate–
StackHawk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Renovate308
StackHawk–
Github stars
Renovate22,754
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–
Content
Faq
Renovate6 items
StackHawk6 items

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

Scans repositories for outdated dependencies and automatically creates pull requests to update them to newer available versions.

Independently observed

StackHawk

Platform that automatically tests running applications for vulnerabilities within AI coding workflows, identifies exploitable issues, and provides automated fixes before code is committed.

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 ↗

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.

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab

Renovate

18 total - 16 not shared
  • GitLab Cloud
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Bitbucket Data Center
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure DevOps
  • AWS CodeCommit
  • Gitea
  • Forgejo
  • Gerrit
  • SCM-Manager
  • npm
  • Python
  • .NET
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Docker
Independently observed

StackHawk

14 total - 12 not shared
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
  • Cursor
  • Snyk
  • Auth0
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Antigravity
Independently observed
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Renovate or StackHawk: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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