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Snyk alternatives
Snyk is in the CheckOps directory. The tools below cover similar ground, based on shared categories and practice tags already recorded on CheckOps. Links go only to CheckOps pages. This is not a paid list and not an official alternatives program.
Snyk on CheckOps · Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.
How we picked
CheckOps is a genuine and free directory. There are no paid sponsors, featured listings, or paid placement on these pages. The shortlist is built from tools already in the directory whose tags match the topic, with a preference for entries that have a fuller CheckOps page so the facts in the table can be checked against the source essay. This is not a claim that one tool is objectively better than another, and it is not a paid ranking.
Alternatives start with any manual list on the Snyk page, then add tools that share first-class categories and practice tags, preferring fuller essays. The list is capped at 15 tools for this page.
Alternatives
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1. OWASP ZAP
The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project.
Read the CheckOps page · Compare with Snyk · Open source
B2. Burp Suite
PortSwigger offers tools for web application security, testing, & scanning.
Read the CheckOps page · Compare with Snyk · Commercial, with a free or trial tier tagged
S3. SonarQube
Modernize your AI workflows with code verification for the agentic era.
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C4. CodeQL
CodeQL is GitHub's semantic code analysis engine: it builds a queryable database from source code and runs security queries (MIT-licensed standard library) to find vulnerabilities, powering GitHub code scanning.
Read the CheckOps page · Compare with Snyk · Commercial, with a free or trial tier tagged
B5. Bearer CLI
Bearer CLI is a SAST tool that scans source code and analyses data flows to find, filter and prioritise security and privacy risks, with a commercial Bearer Pro from Cycode.
Read the CheckOps page · Compare with Snyk · Open source, with commercial options tagged
B6. Bandit
Bandit is the PyCQA's Apache-2.0 tool for finding common security issues in Python code by building an AST for each file and running security plugins against it.
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7. Brakeman
Brakeman is a static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications, run from the command line without needing the app to be running.
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O8. Opengrep
Opengrep is an LGPL-2.1 open-source SAST engine, a fork of Semgrep backed by a consortium of AppSec companies including Aikido, Endor Labs and others.
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F9. Find Security Bugs
Find Security Bugs is the LGPL-3.0 SpotBugs plugin for security audits of Java web and Android applications, also working with Kotlin, Groovy and Scala projects.
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C10. Checkov
Checkov is an Apache-2.0 static analysis tool for infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, Dockerfile and more) that also does SCA for images and open-source packages.
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G11. gosec
gosec is an Apache-2.0 Go security checker that inspects source code for security problems by scanning the Go AST and SSA representation.
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J12. Joern
Joern is an Apache-2.0 code analysis platform that builds code property graphs for C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kotlin, binaries and more, queried with a Scala-based DSL.
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K13. KICS
KICS (Keeping Infrastructure as Code Secure) is Checkmarx's Apache-2.0 open-source scanner for security vulnerabilities, compliance issues and misconfigurations in infrastructure-as-code.
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K14. KubeLinter
KubeLinter is StackRox's Apache-2.0 static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts against best practices for security and production readiness.
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H15. Hadolint
Hadolint is a GPL-3.0 Dockerfile linter written in Haskell that checks best practices and validates inline bash in RUN instructions using ShellCheck.
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Comparison
License, pricing model, and languages or platforms are taken from tags on each CheckOps page. Pricing notes are a short excerpt from that page's Pricing section when one exists. A blank or "not stated" cell means the CheckOps page does not record it.
| Tool | License | Pricing model | Languages / platforms | Pricing notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyk | Commercial, with a free or trial tier tagged | Paid, Trial | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Snyk offers a tiered pricing model designed to accommodate different user needs: Free Tier: The free tier allows users to scan open-source projects for vulnerabilities, making it suitable for individual developers and… |
| OWASP ZAP | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | One of OWASP ZAP’s key strengths is that it is completely free to use. As an open-source project, there are no licensing fees, and the full feature set is available without any cost. |
| Burp Suite | Commercial, with a free or trial tier tagged | Paid, Trial | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Burp Suite offers three pricing tiers based on the level of features required: Community Edition (Free): The Community edition is a limited version of Burp Suite, offering basic functionality for manual testing. |
| SonarQube | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | SonarQube is available in both an open-source Community Edition and several commercial editions, including Developer, Enterprise, and Data Center Editions. |
| CodeQL | Commercial, with a free or trial tier tagged | Free tier, Paid | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | CodeQL is free for academic research and for analysing open-source codebases, per the CodeQL CLI terms. Use on private code requires a paid GitHub product licence; see GitHub's security plans for current prices. |
| Bearer CLI | Open source, with commercial options tagged | Open source, Free tier, Paid | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Bearer CLI is free under the Elastic License 2.0. Bearer Pro is a commercial product from Cycode; see site for pricing. |
| Bandit | Open source | Free, Open source | Python | Bandit is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. |
| Brakeman | Open source | Free, Open source | Ruby | Brakeman is free to use under the Brakeman Public Use License; see the repository for terms. |
| Opengrep | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Opengrep is free and open source under the LGPL-2.1 licence. |
| Find Security Bugs | Open source | Free, Open source | Java | Find Security Bugs is free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 licence. |
| Checkov | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Checkov is free and open source under Apache-2.0. |
| gosec | Open source | Free, Open source | Golang | gosec is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. |
| Joern | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Joern is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. |
| KICS | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | KICS is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. |
| KubeLinter | Open source | Free, Open source | Kubernetes | KubeLinter is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. |
| Hadolint | Open source | Free, Open source | Not stated in the tags on the CheckOps page | Hadolint is free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence. |
FAQ
- Are these official Snyk alternatives?
- No. These are other tools on CheckOps that cover similar ground to Snyk, based on shared category and practice tags. They are not an official list and not a paid placement.
- How are the alternatives chosen?
- The same method as the Alternatives block on each tool page: manual slugs from the CheckOps entry when they exist, then automatic ranking by shared categories and practice tags, with a preference for fuller essays. This page shows a longer list than the tool page.
- Do the links go to vendor sites?
- The alternatives themselves link only to CheckOps tool pages. Each of those pages may also list the vendor website.
- Can I compare them side by side?
- Yes. Use the compare links on this page, or the compare tool at /tools/compare, which reads the same directory facts.