Snyk

What it is

Snyk is a commercial application security platform aimed at developers and AppSec teams. It provides scanning and remediation workflows for application code, open-source dependencies, containers and infrastructure as code, delivered primarily as SaaS with CLI, IDE and pipeline integrations. Public materials also describe an AI-oriented security platform layer (including governance of AI-assisted development) on higher tiers.

What it helps with

- Scanning open-source dependencies (SCA) and application code (SAST) for known vulnerabilities and related issues.
- Checking container images and infrastructure-as-code configurations for misconfigurations and vulnerable components.
- Integrating checks into IDEs, CLIs and CI/CD so findings appear where developers work.
- Prioritising and remediating issues with guidance and fix workflows described on the product pages.
- On Enterprise plans, accessing additional platform capabilities the vendor groups under AI security / Evo (for example agent governance and AI-assisted testing modules described on plans and product pages).

Who it's for

Software engineers, DevSecOps practitioners and application security teams who want security checks in the development workflow. Free and Team plans suit individuals and small teams; Enterprise is sales-assisted for larger programmes.

Worth knowing

Snyk is proprietary SaaS; treat open-source CLI or helper repos as complementary, not as the full product. Advanced AI pentesting and related Evo capabilities are called out on the plans page as Enterprise rather than Free/Team. Use any offensive or scanning features only on code and systems you are authorised to assess. Listing copy summarises public product and plans pages and omits ROI or customer-count claims. Attribution: snyk.io, snyk.io/plans, snyk.io/product and docs.snyk.io.