Comparison

Snyk vs Trivy

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

Trivy61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SnykLeader	Trivy
Vioscale score	72 / 100high · 76%updating	61 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	109	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.2	6.4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Faquasecurity%2Ftrivy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	10,449	134
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,648	37,628
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	768,717	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	43
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	11	5
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, IL · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Snyk72 / 100high · 76%updating

Trivy61 / 100low · 42%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Model

Snykcommercial

Trivyopen_source

Price level

Snykmid

Trivyfree

Transparent

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Integrations

Count

Snyk109

Trivy7

Security

Disclosure policy

Snyk✓

Trivy–

Gdpr

Snyk✓

Trivy–

Iso27001

Snyk✓

Trivy–

Scorecard

Snyk5.2

Trivy6.4

Soc2

Snyk✓

Trivy–

Vulnerabilities

SnykCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=snyk&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

TrivyCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Faquasecurity%2Ftrivy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Snyk✓

Trivy–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Snyk10,449

Trivy134

Github stars

Snyk5,648

Trivy37,628

Package downloads weekly

Snyk768,717

Trivy–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Snyk100

Trivy43

Release

Cadence days

Snyk11

Trivy5

History

Snyk20 items

Trivy20 items

License

Spdx

SnykApache-2.0

TrivyApache-2.0

Language

Primary

SnykTypeScript

TrivyGo

Market

Availability

SnykAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB, IL · HQ US

TrivyAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for DevSecOps Tools
Capability	Snyk	Trivy
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	Self-hosted only
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration	✓	✓
In-editor / IDE scanning	✓	-
Licensing
OSS engine available	✓	✓

Scan types

SAST (static analysis)

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

DAST (dynamic analysis)

Snyk✓

Trivy-

SCA / dependency scanning

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Secret scanning

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Container / image scanning

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

IaC misconfiguration scanning

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Governance

OSS licence compliance

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)

Snyk✓

Trivy-

Remediation

Automated fix / upgrade PRs

Snyk✓

Trivy-

Prioritisation

Reachability / exploitability prioritisation

Snyk✓

Trivy-

Deployment

Hosting

SnykCloud + self-hosted

TrivySelf-hosted only

Integration

First-class CI / pipeline integration

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

In-editor / IDE scanning

Snyk✓

Trivy-

Licensing

OSS engine available

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

What each one is

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

Snyk

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Trivy

A free, open-source tool that scans code repositories, container images, binary artifacts, and Kubernetes clusters to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license compliance issues. Designed for cloud-native environments and integrates into CI/CD pipelines.

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/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $25/developer/month. Free tier available; Enterprise requires custom quote.

FreeFree
- Open source dependency scanning
- Real-time code scanning
- SCA, SAST, IaC, and container scanning
- IDE, CLI, and source code manager integrations
Team$25/developer/month
- All Free features
- Increased test limits per product
- Jira integration
- License compliance
- Transitive dependency analysis
- +1 more
Ignite$1,260/developer/year
- All Team features
- Full platform capabilities
- Custom security rules and risk-based prioritization
- Real-time custom code scanning
- Dev-first fix examples in IDE
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Ignite features
- Zero-day risk prevention
- Unified AppSec control and strategic security oversight
- Full SDLC automation

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Trivy

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Snyk	Trivy
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Snyk✓

Trivy✗

CLI

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Snyk✓

Trivy✗

Self-hosted

Snyk✓

Trivy✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)

GitHub
GitLab
Kubernetes
Harbor

Snyk

Leader

50 total - 46 not shared

Bitbucket
Azure Repos
Jira
Jira Cloud
Slack
AWS CodePipeline
Azure Pipelines
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
CircleCI
TeamCity
Terraform Cloud
Docker Hub
Amazon ECR
Azure ACR
Quay
JFrog Artifactory
Nexus
IntelliJ
PyCharm
PhpStorm
CLion
GoLand
RubyMine
+22 more

Independently observed

Trivy

7 total - 3 not shared

Docker
Azure Container Registry
CloudNativePG

Independently observed

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