Snyk vs Wiz
Snyk is a recognized leader in Application Security, purpose-built to empower both developers and security teams. We help organizations reduce software risk and move securely at AI speed - fueling innovation without slowing release velocity. Wiz, by contrast, is rooted in Cloud Security. Wiz’s AppSec functionality extends from that foundational focus, making it designed primarily for cloud visibility and security teams, not for broad developer adoption or proactive prevention at the source.
Key Capabilities | Snyk | Wiz |
Developer-first adoption & program maturity | ✔ Purpose-built for AppSec and DevSecOps Snyk integrates security into everyday developer workflows – across IDEs, PRs, and pipelines – driving real adoption and faster remediation. By embedding security where developers work, Snyk empowers organizations to scale secure development practices and mature their DevSecOps programs, preventing vulnerabilities before they reach production. | ✘ Cloud-first, limited focus on developer adoption Wiz’s AppSec capabilities are an extension of its CloudSec platform, built primarily for security teams and cloud visibility. Because remediation context lives largely in the Wiz console, developers are often pulled out of their workflows to address issues. This creates friction and limits broad developer adoption, making it harder to build sustainable, developer-led security practices. |
Risk reduction in development | ✔ Proactive prevention at the source Snyk delivers native SAST, SCA, IaC, and container analysis so vulnerabilities are caught and fixed as code is written. With advanced code analysis and developer education, issues are remediated earlier – reducing mean time to remediate (MTTR), lowering costs, and improving release velocity. | ✘ Runtime-focused, reactive approach Wiz lacks native SAST and DAST, relying on integrations for code analysis. Its CloudSec orientation means vulnerabilities are often surfaced only once they are deployed, limiting proactive prevention and leaving gaps in developer-led risk reduction. |
Learning and training | ✔ Security education where developers work Snyk Learn connects real vulnerabilities in IDEs and PRs to bite-sized, contextual lessons. Developers remediate faster while building lasting security skills, and AppSec teams can track progress to measure and scale maturity across the org. | ✘ No integrated developer training Wiz provides no training specific to Developer Security. Any on-demand training offered is not integrated into DevSecOps workflows and requires developers to take additional time to leave their workflows. |
Industry-leading application security | ✔ Recognized AppSec leader Snyk was named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing, as well as a Leader and the Customer Favorite in the 2024 Forrester Wave: Software Composition Analysis. Snyk was also named a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Application Security Testing, and a “vendor who shaped the year” in the IDC report for Worldwide Application Vulnerability Management Market Shares, 2023: Evolving Application Security with GenAI, Developer Experience, and a Holistic View of Risk. | ✘ Not an established industry leader in AppSec Wiz, while a leader in CNAPP, is not recognized for application security testing capabilities. |
Effective AppSec goes beyond scanning for vulnerabilities – it requires embedding security seamlessly throughout the development process. While cloud security focuses on infrastructure and runtime risk, AppSec addresses the full complexities of modern software development. Unlike Wiz, Snyk is purpose-built to meet these challenges, making security an integrated part of how software gets built, not an afterthought.
CloudSec primarily concerns the infrastructure – managing access, configurations, and network protocols to establish a secure environment. Application Security, conversely, assesses the application's internal structure, analyzing code and dependencies for inherent vulnerabilities. While CloudSec aims to fortify the perimeter, AppSec addresses the logic and functionality within applications, which presents a more complex and dynamic challenge. CloudSec governs the 'where,' while AppSec focuses on the 'what,' highlighting the fundamental difference in scope and complexity.
Key Personas: Developers, software engineers, and dedicated AppSec specialists
Secures the software itself
Dev Lifecycle (coding, CI/CD, dependencies, APIs, apps)
Secure software releases, prevent exploitation
Vulnerability detection & remediation, risk reduction, Shift Left
Dynamic attack surface (modern development)
Key Personas: Cloud engineers, security architects, systems administrators, and compliance officers
Secures the cloud environment where your applications run.
Cloud Services, Network, Access, Storage
Secure cloud foundation, prevent breaches, compliance, unauthorized access
Configuration, monitoring, threat management
Cloud-specific threats (DDoS, malware), access control
Successful Application Security depends on developer adoption. Without it, AppSec tools become reactive dashboards for security teams rather than prevention at the source.
Snyk integrates security directly into developer workflows, enabling faster, more secure development. With real-time insights and one-click automated fixes, developers can remediate issues as they code, while PR checks and actionable context prevent new vulnerabilities from ever reaching the codebase. The result: faster development, reduced risk and a scalable, secure development practice.
Snyk supports all major IDEs, embedding real-time vulnerability scanning and actionable fix advice directly where developers work. With fast, accurate results and one-click remediation, devs can fix issues as they code and keep moving forward. 82.7% of Snyk customers surveyed reported improved developer processes after implementing Snyk.
Snyk integrates into the PR workflow, delivering security insights without forcing developers to leave their flow. With auto-fixes, contextual comments, and criticality scoring, teams accelerate reviews and prevent vulnerabilities from entering the codebase.
With Snyk Learn, vulnerabilities discovered in IDEs and PRs link directly to bite-sized lessong, helping developers understand and remediate issues in the moment – and in their platforms. AppSec teams can track and monitor the progress of security programs for compliance, easily scaling security education across the organization.
The Snyk AI Trust Platform provides a full suite of AI-native capabilities, helping teams more confidently and securely adopt AI-coding practices. Applying consistent, explainable security guardrails across IDEs, PRs, and pipelines, teams ensure compliance and protect your applications from AI-introduced vulnerabilities. By enforcing GenAI coding policies and providing targeted training, Snyk enables organizations to innovate confidently at AI speed.
Snyk’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server embeds security into your AI-native applications. The MCP Server allows AI agents to securely and programmatically invoke our full suite of security engines – including SAST, SCA, and IaC – at the point of code generation. By providing a deeper understanding of your code’s context and lineage, you can ensure vulnerabilities are found and fixed as AI-generated code is created.
Effective AppSec requires prevention early and continuously.
Snyk proactively embeds security guardrails throughout the SDLC – from code and dependencies to pipelines and deployed apps – helping teams shift-left, enforce policies, and remediate issues before they become costly in production.
Snyk provides unified, developer-first AppSec coverage: native SAST, SCA, IaC, and DAST scanning, and compliance tracking. With fast canning (2.4x faster than similar tools), real-time analytics, and integrated learning, Snyk ensures vulnerabilities are found and fixed without slowing delivery.
Snyk delivers multi-file analysis, Auto-Learn ML rules, and real-time IDE scanning – helping developers focus on fixing real vulnerabilities while they code. With industry-leading accuracy and fewer false positives, developers can focus on what matters and ship secure software faster, reducing the risk of costly breaches.
With Snyk API & Web, teams can discover, catalog, and test running web applications (DAST) and APIs for exploitable vulnerabilities. Continuous integration into CI/CD pipelines ensures issues are detected early in production and remediated quickly – protecting your customers, your data, and your reputation.
Snyk is designed to secure enterprise-scale environments, handling large codebases, extensive repos, and complex pipelines with speed and efficiency. Centralized security education, assignment, and reporting ensure compliance while keeping development velocity high.
Snyk AI-ready engines across the SDLC deliver the broadest coverage and unmatched speed and accuracy, critical for explosive code velocity.
AI-powered visibility, prioritization, and tailored security policies enable proactive prevention and rapid remediation of threats.
The AI Trust Platform is developer-first, driving security and upskilling as dev shifts to LLM engineering, AI code analysis, and vibe coding.
Snyk customers realized savings of an average of $5.08 Million based on risk avoidance and developer efficiency gains, as well as a 70% increase in automated remediation. See what our customers are saying about the Snyk developer security platform.
Developer in diesen Unternehmen entwickeln sicher mit Snyk
"Snyk has helped us make significant strides in shifting security left and increasing developer adoption by integrating security testing directly into developers' IDEs and making security tasks less cumbersome and time-consuming.”
Matthieu Nunick
Security Engineering Manager, Mollie