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Snyk alternatives, matched to the reason you're leaving
The best Snyk alternative depends on why you're leaving. For price, Semgrep's Free plan covers code and dependency scanning for up to 10 contributors, and Aikido covers 10 users for $350 a month. On GitHub, CodeQL plus free Dependabot replaces both halves of Snyk. For noise, try an AI-native scanner such as Corgea; for audits, Checkmarx or Veracode.
Nine alternatives, priced for 10 and 25 developers
| Tool | Replaces Snyk Code (SAST) | Replaces Snyk Open Source (SCA) | Git hosts | 10 developers | 25 developers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyk, for reference | Yes | Yes | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos | $250 (Team) | about $1,521 |
| Semgrep | Yes | Yes Supply Chain | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps | $0 (Free, up to 10 private repos) | $1,500 (Code + Supply Chain) |
| GitHub Code Security | Yes CodeQL | Yes Dependabot, free | GitHub only | $300 + GitHub Team $40 | $750 + GitHub Team $100 |
| Aikido | Yes | Yes | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps | $350 (Basic) | $1,750 (Pro) |
| SonarQube Cloud | Yes | No Enterprise add-on only | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Cloud, Azure DevOps | $34 per 100,000 lines | By lines |
| Corgea | Yes AI-native | Yes | GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket | $390 (Growth) | $975 |
| ZeroPath | Yes AI-native | Yes | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps | $1,600 | $2,500 |
| Socket | No | Yes plus malware blocking | GitHub; others on Enterprise | $250 (Team) | $625 |
| Mend AppSec | Yes | Yes | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure | Up to $833 | Up to $2,083 |
| IonWarp | Partly AI review of each PR | No | GitHub only | $149 (Max, 10 seats) | $584 |
Checkmarx, Veracode and Endor Labs publish no prices, so they aren't in the table. Mend lists AppSec at "up to $1,000 per developer a year", which is where the monthly ceilings come from.
If the price jump at 11 developers is the reason
Snyk Team stops at 10 contributing developers; the 11th moves you to Enterprise credits, sold through sales. Three ways around it:
- Semgrep is free for up to 10 contributors and 10 private repositories, Code and Supply Chain both, and Teams is $30 a contributor for each product after that. Its rules are readable and you can write your own.
- Aikido sells a flat monthly fee that includes users: $350 for 10 on Basic, and on Pro $700 for 10 or $1,750 for 25, with secrets, cloud and container checks included. Pull-request security review starts on Basic.
- GitHub Code Security is $30 per active committer, and Dependabot security updates are included on every GitHub plan, Free too, so a GitHub team can replace both halves of Snyk with one vendor it already pays.
If you mostly need dependency scanning
If you bought Snyk mainly for Snyk Open Source, Dependabot is included on every GitHub plan. Socket checks packages for malware and risky behaviour as well as known CVEs, at $25 a developer seat on Team (GitHub only below Enterprise). Endor Labs adds reachability analysis and sells by quote, with a free local tool for individual developers. SAST vs SCA explains which half of the problem each tool covers.
If the problem is noise
AI-native scanners pitch fewer false positives. Corgea is $39 a developer a month on Growth (pull-request scanning starts there) and looks for logic and auth flaws; ZeroPath starts at $1,000 a month plus $60 a developer with unlimited scans. Semgrep and Aikido put AI triage on top of rules instead, which keeps results repeatable. Run any of them on a month of your own pull requests before switching: a lower count only helps if the findings left are the ones you'd fix.
If you need audits, on-prem or a big contract
Snyk's newer Evo features already need Enterprise. If you are going to sign an enterprise contract anyway, compare it with Checkmarx One, whose Enterprise package is sold on full compliance and which still serves on-premises SAST customers, and with Veracode. Both sell by quote. Checkmarx and Veracode alternatives covers that bracket.
Where IonWarp fits, and where it can't
IonWarp is an AI reviewer for GitHub pull requests. Its Security Review reads the changes in pull requests that touch auth, input, data access or secrets, looking for missing auth checks, injection, over-broad data access and keys added in the diff, in the same comment as a code review, and Max covers 10 seats for $149 a month. It cannot replace Snyk on its own: it has no dependency scanning at all, so Snyk Open Source needs Dependabot, Socket or Semgrep Supply Chain instead; it has no rules engine, so results vary between runs; it works with GitHub only; and its security benchmark is 13 pull requests, where its default model found 10 of 18 known issues and Qodo found 11. Treat it as a second reader on each pull request beside a scanner.
Questions
Who are Snyk's main competitors?
For code scanning: Semgrep, GitHub Code Security (CodeQL), SonarQube and Checkmarx. For dependency scanning: GitHub's Dependabot, Socket, Endor Labs and Mend. Aikido competes across both, and Corgea and ZeroPath are newer AI-native rivals.
Is there a free alternative to Snyk?
Yes. Semgrep's Free plan covers code and dependency scanning for up to 10 contributors and 10 private repositories. On GitHub, Dependabot security updates are included on every plan, and CodeQL is free on public repositories. Aikido's free plan covers 2 users.
Related
- Snyk pricing: what you'd pay to stay, worked out for 5, 10 and 25 developers.
- Checkmarx alternatives: the enterprise end of the same decision.
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