Vettd vs Snyk
which one fits your workflow?
Snyk is the dominant developer-security platform — Snyk Open Source (SCA / dependency CVEs), Snyk Code (SAST / source code), Snyk Container (image scanning), Snyk IaC (Terraform / Kubernetes). Pricing scales from a generous free tier (200 SCA tests, 100 SAST tests/mo) up to Enterprise with FedRAMP and data residency. They are a security-first product, not a quality-readiness scanner.
TL;DR
Pick Snyk if
- Security and compliance are your primary concern — Snyk is the deepest, most credentialed option (SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001).
- You ship containers and need image scanning, or you ship Terraform / K8s manifests and need IaC scanning.
- You need open-source license compliance and SBOM support — Snyk's differentiator at the Team tier and up.
- You're an enterprise team with budget for $25-105/dev/mo and need full SDLC security coverage.
Pick Vettd if
- You're a solo dev or small team and Snyk's $25/dev/mo Team tier (5-dev minimum = $125/mo floor) is too heavy.
- You want production-readiness checks beyond security: SEO, performance, legal, completeness, AI search, CRO. Snyk is security-only.
- You want auto-fixes shipped as patches, not just severity scores.
- You want one product that audits the live site AND reviews the code, not a security platform that needs to be paired with everything else.
- You want findings deduplicated against ESLint and npm audit — Snyk produces its own queue you triage separately.
At a glance
Side by side, in one breath.
Who picks which
A recommendation for your situation.
Snyk's free tier covers 200 SCA tests / 100 SAST tests per month — generous, but the workflow assumes you're a dev who will triage findings on a security-tool dashboard. Vettd Site Scan (free) plus Watch 1 ($19/mo) covers dependency CVEs, basic SAST patterns (hardcoded secrets, dangerouslySetInnerHTML, etc.) and 75+ other production-readiness checks the same product can audit. For "is my AI-built app shipping basic problems," Vettd is the lighter-weight match.
Snyk's container scanning and IaC scanning are real product surfaces with deep CVE databases and remediation guidance. Vettd doesn't scan containers or Terraform. For a team shipping infrastructure as a first-class concern, Snyk is the right tool. Pick Snyk for security; consider Vettd separately for the live-site + completeness layers.
Snyk Enterprise has the credentialing enterprise security teams require: SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, data residency in US/EU/AUS, audit logs, SSO. Vettd is solid for SMB but doesn't have the enterprise security control plane. Pick Snyk; reconsider Vettd for adjacent surfaces (live-site audit, completeness, AEO) once the Snyk integration is settled.
Feature matrix
Every capability that matters, side by side.
35 rows across scanning, fixing, distribution, compliance, and team workflow.
| Feature | Vettd | Snyk |
|---|---|---|
| Scanning | ||
Dependency CVE scan (npm audit equivalent) Snyk Open Source has a deeper CVE database; Vettd uses the npm advisory database. | ||
SAST — secret detection in source | ||
Container image scanning | ||
IaC scanning (Terraform / Kubernetes / CloudFormation) | ||
Open-source license compliance Snyk Team and up. | ||
SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) generation | ||
Live URL audit (real browser, screenshot, headers) | ||
Web Vitals on the live site | ||
AI-graded legal pages + headlines | ||
AEO (AI search readiness) | ||
CRO checks (CTA contrast, headline clarity) | ||
Completeness — Lorem ipsum, dead links, debug logs | ||
Real-time custom code scanning | Roadmap | |
| Fixing | ||
Per-finding suggested fix text | ||
Automated dependency upgrade PRs Snyk's flagship remediation feature. | ||
Auto-generated code patches | Partial | |
Markdown export for AI agents | ||
Dedupe against ESLint + npm audit Vettd unifies all findings; Snyk lives in its own queue. | ||
| Distribution | ||
GitHub App | ||
GitLab / Bitbucket / Azure Repos | Roadmap | |
IDE plugins (VS Code, IntelliJ, Eclipse) | ||
CLI | Roadmap | |
Public REST API | Roadmap | |
MCP server (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) | ||
Jira integration | Team and up | |
| Compliance & trust | ||
SOC 2 | Roadmap | Yes |
FedRAMP | No | Enterprise |
ISO 27001 | No | Yes |
Data residency (US / EU / AUS) | US only | Enterprise (3 regions) |
Self-hosted SCM support | No | Ignite and up |
Audit logs | No | Ignite and up |
| Team & workflow | ||
Multi-organization admin | No | Ignite and up |
SSO / SAML | On request (Watch Custom) | Ignite and up |
Per-project pricing model Snyk is per-developer. | ||
Free tier suitable for solo devs | Generous test quotas, but workflow assumes a dedicated security tool | |
Pricing breakdown
Tier by tier, in your local currency unit.
- 82 production-readiness checks
- Public report URL
- Embeddable badge
- Auto-generated fixes
- Markdown export for AI agents
- Money-back if no real issue caught
- 1 monitored project
- Code Review on every push
- Weekly auto re-scan
- Score-drop email alerts
- 5 monitored projects
- Per-project trend graphs
- 10 monitored projects
- Open Source: 200 tests/mo
- Code: 100 tests/mo
- Container: 100 tests/mo
- IaC: 300 tests/mo
- GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/Azure SCM integration
- IDE plugins, broad language coverage
- 1,000 tests/mo (Open Source + Code each)
- Jira integration
- License compliance
- Standard support
- Unlimited tests across products
- 10 DAST targets
- SCA + SAST + IaC + Container
- Reports, private package registries, self-hosted SCM, SBOM, custom rules, SSO, multi-org
- All Ignite features
- Data residency (US/EU/AUS)
- FedRAMP compliance
- Enhanced support (24x5)
- Optional Snyk Learning + Snyk API & Web add-ons
Architecture & trust
Where data goes, what's persisted, what compliance covers.
| Vettd | Snyk | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II | Roadmap | Yes (publicly listed) |
| FedRAMP | No | Enterprise |
| Data residency | US (Railway) | US / EU / AUS on Enterprise |
| Source code retention | Pulled, analyzed, discarded | Persisted (encrypted) for analytics + history |
| Self-hosting | No | Self-hosted SCM on Ignite and up |
| Audit logs | No | Ignite and up |
Migration & interop
How to move, or how to run both.
Don't migrate off Snyk for security needs — it's the gold standard. Migrate *adjacent* surfaces to Vettd: live-site auditing, completeness, AEO, CRO. Run Snyk for SCA / SAST / Container / IaC, run Vettd for the production-readiness layer the security tool doesn't cover. The two co-exist cleanly because they're solving different problems.
This is the realistic configuration for any team that takes both security and quality seriously. Snyk owns the security pipeline (CVEs, SAST, containers, IaC, license compliance). Vettd owns the deployed-app readiness (live-site audit, code-side rules tuned for AI-built apps, completeness, AEO). Both install as independent GitHub Apps. Expect minor overlap on basic SCA findings; consider Vettd's deduplication a plus and Snyk's deeper CVE database the canonical source for security triage.
FAQ
Answers to the obvious follow-up questions.
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