Snyk alternatives are sought by teams that outgrow the free tier's limits, by organisations that find the enterprise credit model hard to forecast, and by those who want code scanning bundled with a platform they already pay for. They move to a lower-priced developer security tool, to the scanning built into their code host, or to a cloud or web scanner when the real exposure is a running application.
AuthorHannah ReiterSenior Analyst, Business Applications
Short answer: The closest replacements for Snyk in our vulnerability scanning ranking are Aikido Security, GitHub Code Security and Wiz. Choose Aikido Security if you want one all-in-one developer security tool at a published flat price and a free plan. All 12 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Vulnerability Scanner in 2026, and each says where it differs from Snyk.
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Pricing: Free tier; Team plan from 25 dollars a month for up to ten developers, published; enterprise credits quoted
Established in: United States
Built for: Engineering teams fixing vulnerable dependencies during code review
Not for: Anyone trying to cover servers and network devices
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Why buyers look past Snyk
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The free and Team tiers have test limits
Snyk's plans page lists the Free plan at $0 with 5 projects and 100 Snyk Code tests a month. The Team plan starts at $25 a month, with 100 projects, 1,000 Snyk Code tests a month and a cap of 10 developers. A team that grows past ten developers, or runs code tests on every pull request, reaches Enterprise, where pricing is by contract.
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Enterprise runs on credits
For Enterprise, Snyk states that 1 credit equals $1, with capabilities consuming anywhere from 0.33 credits for infrastructure as code or container scans up to 4,000 credits per AI pentesting assessment. Credits do not expire during the contract term, but the bill depends on which capabilities are used, which makes it harder to forecast than a seat price.
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A platform grown wider than the original need
Snyk now lists Code, Open Source, Container, IaC, API and Web (DAST), Secrets, and agent and AI security products. Teams that came for dependency scanning may find they pay for breadth they do not use, or that the scanner is a different tool from the one in their code host or cloud account.
Free community edition; OPENVAS BASIC virtual appliance 2,524 euros a year, published; larger appliances quoted
Open source network scanning you run on hardware you own
you want to scan your own network with open-source tooling and may need an on-premises appliance
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What each one does differently
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Aikido Security
Belgium · Free tier; plans from 300 dollars a month including ten users, published
Aikido Security, a Belgian company in Ghent, bundles dependency scanning, SAST, secrets detection and cloud scanning. Its free plan includes 2 users and 10 repositories; Basic is $300 a month with 10 users and 100 repositories. Pricing is by plan and repository count, not by credit.
Switch from Snyk if you want one all-in-one developer security tool at a published flat price and a free plan.
United States · Code Security 30 dollars per active committer per month, published; add-on to GitHub Team or Enterprise, free on public repositories
GitHub Code Security costs $30 per active committer per month, with Secret Protection at $19, and CodeQL, Dependabot security updates and Copilot Autofix are free on public repositories. It scans where the code already lives. It covers GitHub repositories only, so code hosted elsewhere is outside it.
Switch from Snyk if your code is on GitHub and you would rather use scanning built into the host.
United States · Quoted and modular; scales with workloads, developers, log ingestion or sensors
Wiz joins code, cloud and runtime in one security graph, with Wiz Code for IDE and CI/CD, Wiz Cloud and Wiz Defend. No pricing is published; the site directs you to a demo. It is a cloud security platform that includes code scanning, not a developer tool you can start with a card.
Switch from Snyk if cloud risk is the larger concern and you want code findings tied to what runs in production.
Israel · Quoted per organisation; sold as a cloud security platform
Orca sells an agentless cloud security platform with a code security module covering code, dependencies, infrastructure as code, images and secrets. Pricing is not published. It has offices in London, Tel Aviv and Portland. Like Wiz, it is aimed at security teams buying a platform, not at developers buying a plan.
Switch from Snyk if you want agentless cloud scanning and code scanning from one vendor, bought through sales.
United States · Quoted by package, from Web + API to the full AppSec platform; agentic pentest priced per test on the site
Invicti is built around DAST with proof-based scanning, plus ASPM, SAST, SCA, container, IaC and secrets in its AppSec packages. Packages are quoted, except Agentic Pentest at a maximum of $500 per pentest. It tests running applications first, where Snyk starts from code. Headquarters is in Austin, Texas.
Switch from Snyk if you need exploitability proven against running web apps and APIs, not only found in source.
United States · 10 dollars per user per month, published; organisation-wide plan quoted
StackHawk is a DAST tool for developers: the Wingman plan is $10 per user per month with 50 scans per user per month and unlimited apps, and Scale is quoted. A 14-day trial needs no card. It scans running applications and APIs in CI/CD rather than scanning dependencies or source code.
Switch from Snyk if you want dynamic testing of your running API or app in the pipeline at a per-user price.
United States · Free open-source engine and a limited free platform plan; 200 to 800 dollars per seat per month, published; enterprise quoted
ProjectDiscovery maintains the open-source Nuclei scanner and sells Neo, an AI security platform: a Free tier with limited one-time usage on a single seat, then pay as you go at $200 per seat per month for up to 5 seats, and a quoted Enterprise. It is attack-surface and exploit oriented, not a dependency scanner.
Switch from Snyk if you want open-source scanning templates and an AI platform aimed at attack-surface testing.
Sweden · Platform fee from 2,500 euros a year, published, plus fees per domain and per scanned target; Starter tier waives the platform fee
Detectify scans the external attack surface and web applications. Its annual platform fee is 0 euros on Starter, 2,500 on Standard, 5,000 on Professional and 15,000 on Enterprise, with extra costs for added assets, domains and IP ranges. Starter includes up to 5 users and REST and GraphQL API scanning. It does not scan source code.
Switch from Snyk if your exposure is mostly public domains and web apps and you want a published annual fee.
United Kingdom · Free plan; paid plans a base fee plus a fee per target, monthly or annual, published; enterprise quoted
Intruder, a UK company, sells external and internal vulnerability scanning. The Free plan covers 5 web apps with weekly external scans; Cloud and Pro plans charge a base fee plus a small fee per target, and Pro adds agent-based scanning. Monthly prices were not visible on its pricing page. It scans infrastructure, not source code.
Switch from Snyk if you need infrastructure and cloud scanning for a small team, billed per target.
Romania · Free edition; paid plans from 95 dollars a month for five assets, published; unlimited scans on those assets
Pentest-Tools.com sells scanning and exploitation tools by asset: NetSec at $95 a month for 5 assets, WebNetSec at $140, and Pentest Suite at $190, all with unlimited scans on those assets. It is a toolbox for penetration testers and security consultants. It does not hook into pull requests the way a developer tool does.
Switch from Snyk if a security tester or consultant needs network, web and exploitation tools per asset.
United States · Nessus Professional 4,790 dollars per licence per year, published; platform per asset, published up to 250 assets
Tenable sells Nessus Professional at $4,790 a year and Nessus Expert at $6,790, with unlimited IT vulnerability assessments, web app scans for 5 FQDNs and external attack surface scans. It is a network and host vulnerability scanner, not a dependency or code scanner. Prices are per licence, not per developer.
Switch from Snyk if your need is servers and network devices, and you want a per-licence annual price.
Germany · Free community edition; OPENVAS BASIC virtual appliance 2,524 euros a year, published; larger appliances quoted
Greenbone develops open-source vulnerability management under the OPENVAS brand, with a feed of over 100,000 vulnerability tests, deployable on premises or in the cloud. Products range from OPENVAS BASIC to appliances and virtual machines. It scans networks and hosts. It does not analyse source code or dependencies.
Switch from Snyk if you want to scan your own network with open-source tooling and may need an on-premises appliance.
Snyk is the right choice when developers are the buyers and the work is in dependencies, source code, containers and infrastructure as code. The Free and Team plans give small teams all of those products at a published price, and the IDE, CLI and source code manager integrations put findings where developers work. If your team is under ten developers and stays inside the test limits, a move buys little.
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What moving off Snyk involves
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Replace the pipeline integration, not only the scanner
Snyk findings usually gate pull requests or builds through its CLI, IDE plugins and source code manager integrations. List every pipeline, repository and IDE where it is wired in before choosing a replacement, and run both tools in parallel for a few sprints so you can compare findings before you remove the old gate.
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Test limits and credits will not map one to one
Free and Team limits are counted in projects and Snyk Code tests, Enterprise in credits, while alternatives count users, repositories, assets or committers. Work out your real number for each on one month of actual activity before comparing price lists, and ask about overage rules for any plan that caps usage.
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Questions about replacing Snyk
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Is Snyk free?
Yes, there is a Free plan at $0 with 5 projects and 100 Snyk Code tests a month, covering open source, code, IaC and container scanning. Team starts at $25 a month for up to 10 developers. Open source maintainers can apply for free access.
What is the cheapest alternative to Snyk?
Aikido has a free plan with 2 users and 10 repositories, and StackHawk starts at $10 per user per month, though it tests running applications.
GitHub Code Security costs $30 per active committer per month and is free on public repositories. The right comparison depends on what you scan.
Which alternative covers the same ground as Snyk?
Aikido Security and GitHub Code Security are the closest in scope for code, dependencies and secrets. Wiz and Orca include code scanning inside cloud security platforms, and Invicti includes SAST and SCA beside its DAST products. All of them differ in what they leave out.
Do I need a dynamic scanner as well as a code scanner?
A code scanner reads source and dependencies, while a dynamic scanner such as StackHawk, Invicti or Detectify tests the running application.
They find different problems. Snyk now lists its own API and Web (DAST) product, so check what you already own before buying a second tool.
Which alternatives scan networks and servers?
Tenable's Nessus, Greenbone's OPENVAS products and Intruder scan hosts and infrastructure. They do not replace a dependency scanner, so teams often keep one of each type.
How does Snyk Enterprise pricing work?
Snyk states that 1 credit equals $1 and that capabilities consume different numbers of credits, from 0.33 credits for IaC or container scans to 4,000 credits per AI pentesting assessment. Custom pricing requires contacting sales.
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Checked 8 October 2026
Snyk plans: Free plan $0, 5 projects, 100 Code tests a month; Team from $25, 100 projects, 1,000 Code tests, 10 developers; Enterprise credits, 1 credit = $1; open source maintainers.
Snyk about: Headquarters in Boston with hubs in London, San Francisco, Singapore and Tel Aviv; founded 2015; product list.
Snyk product: Code, Open Source, Container, IaC, API and Web (DAST), Secrets, Evo, AI-SPM.
Aikido pricing: Free plan with 2 users and 10 repos, Basic $300 a month with 10 users, features; Ghent, Belgium (Aikido Security BV in footer).
GitHub security plans: Code Security $30 and Secret Protection $19 per active committer a month, CodeQL, Dependabot, Copilot Autofix free for public repositories.
Wiz: Wiz Code, Wiz Cloud, Wiz Defend, no published pricing.
Orca Security: Agentless platform, code security module, offices in London, Tel Aviv, Portland, no published pricing.
Invicti pricing: Packages, Agentic Pentest at $500 max per pentest, Austin Texas address, products.
StackHawk pricing: Wingman $10 per user per month, 50 scans per user, Scale custom, 14-day trial.
ProjectDiscovery pricing: Neo Free, pay as you go $200 per seat per month, Enterprise; Nuclei open source.
Detectify pricing: Platform fees 0, 2,500, 5,000, 15,000 euros a year, extra costs, Starter details.
Intruder pricing: Free plan, base fee plus fee per target, Intruder Systems Ltd UK registration.
Pentest-Tools.com pricing: NetSec $95, WebNetSec $140, Pentest Suite $190 per month for 5 assets, unlimited scans.
Tenable Nessus: Nessus Professional $4,790 a year, Expert $6,790, features.
Greenbone: OPENVAS products, over 100,000 vulnerability tests, on-premise and cloud, open-source.
