Snyk vs Checkmarx

Why choose Snyk over Checkmarx for AppSec?

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.

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Snyk and Checkmarx comparison

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.

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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

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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.

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Checkmarx requires rule customization and maintenance to fine-tune results and speed.

Advanced proprietary AI

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DeepCode AI is a security-specific, hybrid AI and ML engine trained and updated by Snyk security researchers.

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Checkmarx relies on ChatGPT for code remediations, which has a higher likelihood of hallucinations due to it being general purpose.

Setup & Management

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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.

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With Checkmarx, you’ll spend more time managing the solution than reducing risk.

Embed real-time security into your dev toolkit

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.

Developer-first AppSec

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.

Fast & simple from the start

Snyk scans code in-line as developers write and commit it, breaking free of Checkmarx’s lengthy scan times.

Secure AI-generated code

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.

Why Snyk is the best Checkmarx alternative

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.

Accelerate developer adoption with Snyk’s IDE plugins

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.

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Security context embedded in your PR workflow

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.

Complete coverage across the modern application stack

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.

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Risk-based security across your enterprise

Reduce application risk at scale with complete application discovery, tailored security controls, and risk-based prioritization, providing a complete picture of your application.

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Eliminate container vulns from the start

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.

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Trusted by industry leaders

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Millions of developers build securely with Snyk

“When it comes to developer productivity gains, the recent explosion of generative AI innovation has been welcomed by many with a mixture of enthusiasm and relief. As a security leader, however, my foremost responsibility is to ensure that all of the code we create, whether AI-generated or human-written, is secure by design. By using Snyk Code’s AI static analysis and its latest innovation, DeepCode AI Fix, our development and security teams can now ensure we’re both shipping software faster as well as more securely.”

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.

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