Comparison

Snyk vs TruffleHog

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
TruffleHog61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Snyk72 / 100high · 75%
TruffleHog61 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
Snyk✓
TruffleHog✓
Model
TruffleHogfreemium
Price level
Snykmid
TruffleHoglow
Starting price
Snyk$25
TruffleHog–
Transparent
Snyk✓
TruffleHog✗
Integrations
Count
Snyk109
TruffleHog20
Reliability
Sla pct
Snyk–
TruffleHog99
Status page
Snyk✓
TruffleHog✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Snyk10,449
TruffleHog519
Github stars
Snyk5,679
TruffleHog28,528
Package downloads weekly
TruffleHog–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Snyk100
TruffleHog79
Release
Cadence days
Snyk7
TruffleHog3
History
TruffleHog20 items
License
Spdx
TruffleHogAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
TruffleHogGo
Content
Faq
TruffleHog8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

TruffleHog

A secret scanning platform that identifies leaked API keys, passwords, and tokens across version control systems, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and CI/CD pipelines, providing automated remediation and verification to reduce exposure risk.

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 ↗

TruffleHog

HybridFree tier

Free open-source tier available. Commercial SaaS and Cloud plans available via contact.

  • Open SourceFree
    • GitHub, S3, directory, GCS, Docker scanning
    • 800+ secret detectors
    • GitHub Actions integration
    • Pre-commit hooks
    • Pre-receive hooks
    • +2 more
  • TruffleHog Analyze for SaaSContact sales
  • TruffleHog Analyze for CloudContact sales
    • 20+ integrations
    • Choice of on-premises and cloud scanning
    • Continuous monitoring
    • Dashboard for secrets management
    • Alerting and detailed analytics
    • +5 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✓
TruffleHog✓
CLI
Snyk✓
TruffleHog✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Snyk✓
TruffleHog✓
Self-hosted
Snyk✗
TruffleHog✓
On-premise
Snyk✗
TruffleHog✓
Hybrid
Snyk✗
TruffleHog✓

Integrations

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

In common (9)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure Repos
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Buildkite

Snyk

Leader
68 total - 59 not shared
  • Jira Cloud
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • Azure Pipelines
  • GitHub Actions
  • TeamCity
  • Terraform Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker Hub
  • Amazon ECR
  • Azure ACR
  • Quay
  • JFrog Artifactory
  • Harbor
  • Nexus
  • IntelliJ
  • PyCharm
  • PhpStorm
  • CLion
  • GoLand
  • RubyMine
  • RustRover
  • Android Studio
  • Eclipse
  • DataGrip
  • +35 more
Independently observed

TruffleHog

30 total - 21 not shared
  • Gerrit
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Artifactory
  • Travis CI
  • Teams
  • Vector
  • Confluence
  • Google Drive
  • S3
  • SharePoint
  • Splunk
  • Webhook
  • Email
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Discord
  • Elasticsearch
  • AWS S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • GitHub App
Independently observed
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