Snyk vs Checkmarx
Snyk brings development and security together, automating security in the tools and workflows developers use while also providing the essential visibility, governance, and reporting security teams need.
See why AppSec teams pick Snyk over Checkmarx when they look for a security platform.
Features | Snyk | Checkmarx |
AI guardrails | ✔ Security at the speed of AI development AI security assistant, Snyk Code works alongside your generative AI coding tools, with automatic inline fix suggestions to prevent insecure AI code from entering your codebase. | ✘ Checkmarx SAST has limited real-time scanning in the IDE, so developers have to revisit code to fix their own — and AI-generated — security issues. |
Fast & accurate scanning | ✔ Snyk scans your code fast as it’s being written — averaging speeds 2.4x faster than similar solutions with high accuracy scores on the OWASP benchmark and increasing developer utilization of scans. | ✘ Checkmarx requires rule customization and maintenance to fine-tune results and speed. |
Advanced proprietary AI | ✔ DeepCode AI is a security-specific, hybrid AI and ML engine trained and updated by Snyk security researchers. | ✘ Checkmarx relies on ChatGPT for code remediations, which has a higher likelihood of hallucinations due to it being general purpose. |
Setup & Management | ✔ Snyk's rapid deployment and immediate results mean that security measures can be implemented quickly, reducing the time-to-value and allowing developers to focus on fixing real vulnerabilities rather than managing the tool itself. | ✘ With Checkmarx, you’ll spend more time managing the solution than reducing risk. |
Your security team is outnumbered by developers. Snyk’s real-time SAST and SCA vulnerability scanning and automated fix suggestions in the IDE and PR workflows ensure security from the start, and throughout the SDLC at the speed and scale you need to maintain your developers' velocity.
Snyk finds vulnerabilities and provides fix guidance within developer tools and workflows so developers can choose a fix that works in the context of their whole application and apply it with a click, instead of providing a laundry list of vulnerabilities.
Snyk scans code in-line as developers write and commit it, breaking free of Checkmarx’s lengthy scan times.
Powered by DeepCode AI Fix, Snyk Code provides leading enterprises with unmatched speed and scale in SAST, delivering rapid and accurate vulnerability detection alongside auto-fix capabilities for proactive security that won’t slow development.
Snyk empowers developers to fix security issues with real-time scanning based on the context of their full application, while policies and rules set by security teams help achieve shift-left maturity.
Snyk adds security directly into IDEs with real-time vulnerability scanning and provides actionable fix advice in-line so developers can fix issues quickly and move on. 82.7% of Snyk customers surveyed reported improvements in their developer processes vs. before implementing Snyk.
Snyk integrates into the PR workflow and doesn’t require developers to leave their workflow to get additional context and fix the issue. Accelerate code reviews by enabling auto-fixes within the PR workflow while providing high-context comments on vulnerability criticality, affected code, and clear remediation advice.
Snyk's unified platform provides comprehensive AppSec coverage through integrated native SAST, SCA, IaC, and DAST scanning, compliance tracking, real-time analytics, and enablement tools like Snyk Learn. This ensures full visibility across code, dependencies, and cloud while enabling risk prioritization and visibility throughout the entire SDLC.
Reduce application risk at scale with complete application discovery, tailored security controls, and risk-based prioritization, providing a complete picture of your application.
Snyk Container lets developers know the risks in each image and provides one-click upgrades and alternative image recommendations, enabling them to start from the most secure base image.
See what our customers are saying about the Snyk developer security platform.
世界中の開発者が、Snyk で安全な開発を行っています
「開発者の生産性向上に関して言えば、多くの人が、最近の生成 AI の爆発的なイノベーションを熱狂と安堵の入り交じった入り気持ちで迎えています。ただし、セキュリティリーダーとしての私の最も重要な責任は、AI が生成したものか人間が作成したものかにかかわらず、開発するすべてのコードのセキュリティを設計段階から確保できるよう徹底することです。Snyk Code の AI 静的解析とその最新イノベーションである DeepCode AI の修正を適用することで、当社の開発チームとセキュリティチームは、ソフトウェアを短期間でセキュリティを高めながら出荷できるようになりました。」
Steve Pugh
CISO, ICE/NYSE
Snyk was named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant published in April 2024 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.
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.