# Snyk vs Socket

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Snyk

| Attribute | Snyk | Socket |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 71.7 (75% (high)) | 57.1 (73% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 10,449 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,679 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 671,447 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A software composition analysis platform that detects malware, vulnerabilities, and license risks in open source dependencies, with automated prioritization to reduce false positives and streamline security workflows. It is indexed under DevSecOps Tools.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What is Socket?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start 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://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Is Socket free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Socket supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Socket support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Socket can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Can Socket be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Socket, including GitHub, npm, PyPI, Cargo, Go packages, VSCode, Slack and GitLab, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"What does Socket integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Socket. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Socket not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://socket.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Socket have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Socket is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://socket.dev/pricing","question":"Where is Socket available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Socket analyzes software dependencies in real-time to detect and block malicious packages, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues before they enter production. It integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines and development tools to flag risky dependencies automatically. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"sca":true,"sast":true,"sbom":true,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"auto_fix_pr":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 109 | 22 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"Cargo"},{"name":"Go packages"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vanta","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS CodePipeline","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Drata","native":true,"category":"compliance","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"JetBrains","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Eclipse","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bundler","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Paket","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Swift Package Manager","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"vcpkg","native":true,"category":"package_manager","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Linear","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Asana","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ClickUp","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Detect 70+ risk types (malware, vulnerabilities, license, etc.)","Block malicious dependencies automatically","AI analysis that flags hidden dependency behavior"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited developers and repositories with basic scanning capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"3","scans_per_month":"1,000","repository_labels":"1","api_quota_per_hour":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/developer/month (minimum 5), save 20% when billed annually","features":["All Free features","Precomputed reachability analysis (cuts 60% CVE false positives)","Priority scoring","Slack alerts for malware/vulnerabilities"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing teams with smart automation and reachability analysis","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","scans_per_month":"5,000","repository_labels":"3","api_quota_per_hour":"2,500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$50/developer/month (minimum 20)","features":["All Team features","Compliance integrations (e.g., Vanta)","SBOM import/export","SSO/SAML and webhook automation","GitHub Actions and AI model scanning"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise-grade automation, compliance integrations, and support without sales calls","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"unlimited","repository_labels":"unlimited","api_quota_per_hour":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; request trial or buy on GCP Marketplace","features":["All Business features","Full application function-level reachability (eliminates up to 90% irrelevant CVEs)","GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, self-hosted repo integrations","SCIM provisioning, audit logs, IP restrictions","Private Slack channel, migration help, named account manager","Uptime SLA"],"description":"Full application function-level reachability for large organizations","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free to $50/developer/month. Save 20% on annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://socket.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T11:08:23.060Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1309.0-preview.b252ba72496c0e1e27c456584c33f66037c0ac5a","date":"2026-10-15T14:41:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1309.0-preview.b252ba72496c0e1e27c456584c33f66037c0ac5a"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1309.0-preview.9fd3bff85d4336fe4b41eb020382869fbc91c7d1","date":"2026-10-14T17:27:40Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1309.0-preview.9fd3bff85d4336fe4b41eb020382869fbc91c7d1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1309.0-preview.897de23f63b3c5e4a0d65f2f31ab5acec80394c7","date":"2026-10-14T15:47:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1309.0-preview.897de23f63b3c5e4a0d65f2f31ab5acec80394c7"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1309.0-preview.5f14c765b340bb2b7eac06aff617d3094a667815","date":"2026-10-14T09:47:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1309.0-preview.5f14c765b340bb2b7eac06aff617d3094a667815"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1308.1","date":"2026-10-14T14:22:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1308.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1308.0","date":"2026-10-08T11:47:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1308.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1307.4","date":"2026-09-23T16:00:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1307.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1307.3","date":"2026-09-18T08:01:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1307.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1307.2","date":"2026-09-09T15:09:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1307.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1307.1","date":"2026-09-07T14:46:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1307.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1307.0","date":"2026-08-26T14:15:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1307.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1306.4","date":"2026-08-13T15:08:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1306.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1306.3","date":"2026-08-06T12:39:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1306.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1306.2","date":"2026-07-27T15:27:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1306.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1306.1","date":"2026-07-16T15:03:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1306.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1306.0","date":"2026-07-09T12:32:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1306.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1305.2","date":"2026-06-23T09:58:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1305.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1305.1","date":"2026-06-02T10:24:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1305.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1305.0","date":"2026-05-20T12:58:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1305.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1304.3","date":"2026-05-13T12:25:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1304.3"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.2 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://snyk.io/platform/security-intelligence/ | https://socket.dev/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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 | Snyk | Socket |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T19:15:25.861Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*