Comparison

Snyk vs StackHawk

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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★Snyk72
StackHawk56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
StackHawk56 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓
Model
StackHawkfreemium
Price level
Snykmid
StackHawklow
Starting price
Snyk$25
StackHawk$10
Transparent
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓
Integrations
Count
Snyk109
StackHawk7
Reliability
Status page
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Snyk10,449
StackHawk–
Github stars
Snyk5,679
StackHawk–
Package downloads weekly
StackHawk–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Snyk100
StackHawk–
Release
Cadence days
Snyk7
StackHawk–
History
StackHawk–
License
Spdx
StackHawk–
Language
Primary
StackHawk–
Content
Faq
StackHawk6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Snyk

Leader

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.

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.

Snyk

Leader
from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free plan available. Team from $25/month. Enterprise with credit-based pricing at $1 per credit.

  • FreeFree
    • SCA (Open Source) scanning
    • SAST (Code) scanning
    • Infrastructure as Code scanning
    • Container scanning
    • Real-time code scanning
    • +3 more
  • Team$25/month
    • All Free plan features
    • Increased test limits per product
    • Jira integration
    • Next business day support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All capabilities via credit system
    • AI Pentesting
    • Coding Agent security
    • Premium support & services
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
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓
CLI
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Snyk✓
StackHawk✓

Integrations

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

In common (8)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • Codex

Snyk

Leader
68 total - 60 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Jira
  • Jira Cloud
  • Slack
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • Azure Pipelines
  • TeamCity
  • Terraform Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Hub
  • Amazon ECR
  • Azure ACR
  • Quay
  • JFrog Artifactory
  • Harbor
  • Nexus
  • IntelliJ
  • PyCharm
  • PhpStorm
  • CLion
  • GoLand
  • RubyMine
  • RustRover
  • +36 more
Independently observed

StackHawk

14 total - 6 not shared
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
  • Snyk
  • Auth0
  • Antigravity
Independently observed
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Snyk or StackHawk: which one depends on you

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