# Snyk vs Socket

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Snyk

| Attribute | Snyk | Socket |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 71.7 (76% (high)) | 49.9 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 10,449 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,648 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 768,717 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A developer-focused security platform that analyzes the behavior of software dependencies to identify and block malware, mining software, and other supply chain threats. Socket protects against both known and emerging threats with real-time detection across package managers and programming languages. |
| 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,"hosting":"both","ci_native":true,"ide_plugin":true,"open_source":true,"reachability":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true,"license_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 109 | 6 |
| 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":"GitHub"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"Cargo"},{"name":"Go packages"},{"name":"VSCode"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB","IL"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["Open source dependency scanning","Real-time code scanning","SCA, SAST, IaC, and container scanning","IDE, CLI, and source code manager integrations"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"5","iac_tests_monthly":"300","code_tests_monthly":"100","container_tests_monthly":"100","open_source_tests_monthly":"200"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/developer/month","features":["All Free features","Increased test limits per product","Jira integration","License compliance","Transitive dependency analysis","Next business day support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"100","tests_monthly":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Ignite","summary":"$1,260/developer/year","features":["All Team features","Full platform capabilities","Custom security rules and risk-based prioritization","Real-time custom code scanning","Dev-first fix examples in IDE","Container base image recommendations","Reporting dashboard","Policy management","Role-based access control"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":1260,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"Unlimited","tests_monthly":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All Ignite features","Zero-day risk prevention","Unified AppSec control and strategic security oversight","Full SDLC automation"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $25/developer/month. Free tier available; Enterprise requires custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://snyk.io/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:30:23.329Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Free tier available with GitHub app and Socket Firewall; enterprise pricing available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://socket.dev/blog/github-actions-pricing-whiplash","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:21:38.534Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1304.2","date":"2026-05-06T13:59:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1304.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1304.1","date":"2026-04-27T12:51:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1304.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1304.0","date":"2026-04-09T11:40:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1304.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1303.2","date":"2026-03-23T11:30:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1303.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1303.1","date":"2026-03-04T14:34:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1303.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1303.0","date":"2026-02-26T11:37:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1303.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1302.1","date":"2026-01-22T15:42:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1302.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1302.0","date":"2026-01-14T10:25:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1302.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1301.2","date":"2025-12-16T10:06:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1301.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.1301.1","date":"2025-12-08T10:08:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1301.1"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.2 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:43:26.632Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*